Zhong Yongliang wiped the sweat from his brow and felt power surging through every limb; he was not tired anymore.

Just as he was lost in his fantasy, Shen Yushu came walking over, grinning at him. "Liang, Sister Yaoyao wants to know—are you tired?"

"Tired? This is nothing. I'm not tired at all! Pits like this, I could dig eight or ten of them in one go without stopping!" Zhong Yongliang said.

"Oh, that's wonderful! Sister Yaoyao says she likes boys who are strong and helpful. Hurry up and go help other people dig their pits!" Shen Yushu said.

"Huh?" Hearing Shen Yushu's words, Zhong Yongliang nearly toppled headfirst into the pit. He had to go help others dig too? But he had already said what he had said; if he went back on it now, would that not be slapping his own face? There was no way out. Zhong Yongliang could only nod, crestfallen. "I'm off to do good deeds..."

"Hee hee, we finally got that idiot out of the way. Sister Yaoyao, you can come over now—let's start planting!" Shen Yushu waved Gu Mengyao over.

"Xiaoshu, I really have to wonder—how can you be so dumb sometimes, and yet so clever other times? Tell me, are you faking it?" Gu Mengyao was speechless at her best friend.

"Oh, no, it's not like that. When I'm with Sister Yaoyao, I'm just a little kid..." Shen Yushu took hold of Gu Mengyao's arm. "Actually, I'm not dumb..."

"Fine, you're not dumb, I believe you." Gu Mengyao shook her head, unwilling to dwell on the question, and picked up the sapling to start planting... A while later, when Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had finished planting the saplings in their hands and were about to head back to the classroom to rest, several workers came running over carrying a strangely shaped sapling, with Zhong Yongliang directing them from the front... By now Zhong Yongliang was so exhausted that his arms and legs had gone weak, but to show off his strength in front of Gu Mengyao, he had to pretend nothing was wrong, waving his arms about. "Careful, all of you—this sapling is imported from abroad, don't damage it..."

"Sister Yaoyao, look—that dumb thing you talked about, someone actually did it!" Shen Yushu pointed excitedly at Zhong Yongliang's Eskimo tree. "Look, that tree is on a drip too!"

"..." Gu Mengyao was somewhat speechless. Was Zhong Yongliang really this dumb? He had actually brought in a tree on an IV drip. The moment he stopped giving it the drip, the tree would probably die. "Let's go back to the classroom. Don't pay him any attention."

"All right..." Shen Yushu still wanted to watch the fun a little longer, but she guessed Zhong Yongliang would need a while yet to prepare that "fire trees and silver blossoms, a night without end" display; it would not be too late to come out and watch once he had it ready.

But just as Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu were about to leave, Zhong Yongliang finally could not hold on any longer and collapsed headfirst onto the ground... He truly could not hold on. He had dug so many pits that his legs had gone weak, and now it was nearly noon and he still had not eaten; his stomach was growling with hunger. How could he possibly hold on?

"Sister Yaoyao, Zhong Yongliang seems to have fainted!" Shen Yushu wanted to go over and see the excitement.

"Who cares. Someone will deal with it." Gu Mengyao had no interest in whether Zhong Yongliang lived or died.

"Just one look, and I'll come right back, all right? Please?" Not watching a scene was simply not in Shen Yushu's nature.

"Fine, then just one look from a distance." Gu Mengyao had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Shen Yushu, however, ran over quickly. Gao Xiaofu was at that moment flustered, trying to lift Zhong Yongliang up. "Brother Liang, Brother Liang, what's wrong with you?"

"Let me have a look!" Shen Yushu ran over and went to examine Zhong Yongliang.

"This..." Gao Xiaofu did not know whether he should let Shen Yushu look. But then he thought: even Zhong Yongliang did not dare offend Shen Yushu, so how would he dare? So he stepped aside and let her come over.

"Oh, I know. He must be too weak. Just give him some nutrient solution and he'll be fine!" Shen Yushu's little eyes darted around. She casually pulled the drip needle out of the Eskimo tree beside Zhong Yongliang and stuck it straight into Zhong Yongliang's backside... The onlookers' eyes went wide. Could the nutrient solution meant for plants be used on a person too? Gao Xiaofu's face changed color; he nearly had a heart attack... Zhong Yongliang would not be stabbed to death, would he?

"Mmm..." The pain jolted Zhong Yongliang awake at once! How thick was the needle for a tree's IV drip? Stuck into his backside, would it not hurt like hell?

"See? He's awake, isn't he?" Shen Yushu said smugly. "I'm a miracle doctor!"

"..." Everyone nearly keeled over at Shen Yushu's words. You call that a miracle doctor? But... Zhong Yongliang really had woken up.

Shen Yushu was of course no fool; she would not commit robbery and murder in front of so many people. There was plenty of flesh on the backside, so the needle would not do any real damage—at most it would hurt a little, that was all. "You don't need to thank me. I'm off!" With that, Shen Yushu turned and ran off... But Zhong Yongliang turned his head and caught sight of the top-grade giant needle in his backside, and was so frightened that he fainted again... "What do we do? He's fainted again. Should we pull the needle out and stick it in again?" Gao Xiaofu looked at the once-again unconscious Zhong Yongliang, at a loss... "Xiaoshu, how could you go sticking needles into people like that? What if you stabbed him to death?" Gu Mengyao was startled by Shen Yushu's behavior.

"Hee hee, I wouldn't. I picked a spot with plenty of flesh on purpose," Shen Yushu said.

"..." Gu Mengyao did not know what to say. Her best friend was a bit too ruthless... Kang Zhaolong called several pet shops, but none of them had a purebred German Shepherd. Mixed-blood dogs there were, but when Kang Zhaolong compared them with the dog poop, there was still quite a gap.

So Kang Zhaolong decided to get a purebred German Shepherd. He asked around, and was told that a purebred shepherd had to be ordered, and how long the order would take was unclear, because this was a rather precious breed—usually only after a buyer appeared would the pet shop contact the source.

Kang Zhaolong was anxious and naturally could not wait for them to place an order. He could only use his connections to inquire whether any of the celebrities in Donghai kept a German Shepherd. And when he asked around, he actually got a lead!

The owner of a big hotel in Donghai happened to have a German Shepherd, and as it happened, this owner was a friend of Grandpa's. On the day of Grandpa's birthday banquet, this hotel owner had even come to offer congratulations!

So Kang Zhaolong told Grandpa the news, hoping Grandpa would step in and borrow or buy the shepherd from the hotel owner.

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