Chapter 976: Son, Does My Love for You Make Up 10%?

“This little dog is so cute.”

The woman in the couple stared at Bullet, smiling.

The man agreed. “Yeah, I think he’s pretty cute too.”

After saying that, the couple went into the bedroom together. When they came back out, they sat on the sofa and called to Bullet.

“Bullet, come here.”

The woman called him.

Hearing someone call his name, Bullet looked at the woman. Although she was a little unfamiliar to him, he still went over.

The woman picked Bullet up and settled him on her lap, gently stroking his head and body.

Bullet gradually closed his eyes and began to enjoy it.

“This dog seems pretty well-behaved. He’s nothing like that boy said. He doesn’t like tearing up the house!”

As he spoke, the man handed the woman a roll of clear tape.

The woman said, “Maybe it’s because he’s new here and hasn’t gotten used to the place yet. Once he does, he’ll start tearing things up.”

“But whether he does or not doesn’t matter.”

After the woman took the tape, the man suddenly pressed both hands lightly against Bullet’s four legs.

Meanwhile, the woman tore off some tape and began winding it around Bullet’s mouth, one loop at a time.

Bullet had no idea what they were planning, but he certainly wasn’t going to sit still.

After all, they had only just become his new owners.

He tried to resist, but this was when the man’s two large hands came in handy. He grabbed all four of Bullet’s legs and held them firmly in place.

Bullet couldn’t move at all.

The woman wound the tape faster.

Soon, Bullet’s mouth was wrapped round and round in clear tape.

It was wound tight, layer upon thick layer.

Then the woman used the clear tape to bind his four legs. She taped his two front legs together, then his two hind legs together. Taping his legs was much faster than taping his mouth, and much easier too.

Once he was bound, Bullet was thrown onto the floor. He made muffled noises, and it was clear he was straining with his whole body, but he couldn’t muster any strength.

The woman took a long black stick the man handed her.

It was an electric baton.

She switched it on. A crackling electric current sounded from its tip, and blue arcs of electricity flashed.

A radiant smile spread across the woman’s face. She crouched down and planted the electric baton in front of Bullet.

In a gentle voice, she asked, “Bullet, would you like to try how this tastes?”

Bullet had never seen an electric baton and had no idea what it was, but an animal’s instinctive sense of danger made him whimper in terror. His whole body was trembling.

“Don’t be afraid. It’s delicious.”

The woman jabbed the electric baton into his lower belly. In an instant, Bullet’s whole body convulsed, and before long, the stench of scorched flesh filled the air.

Clearly, the electric baton had a great deal of power, and it had definitely been set to its highest setting.

“Take your time. It’s delicious.”

The woman kept jabbing him with it for over a minute before finally stopping.

Bullet wasn’t dead, but his condition was poor.

Then the woman switched the electric baton on again and began shocking Bullet.

……

The boy who had sold the dog lived in an apartment complex. When he got home,

he found his parents and younger sister anxiously calling out inside the apartment:

“Bullet! Bullet, where are you? Come out!”

The boy’s younger sister was on the verge of tears.

Her father asked her mother, “Could Bullet have gone outside?!”

The mother sounded doubtful. “Maybe? But that doesn’t make sense.”

Just then, the three of them saw the boy who had sold the dog come back. All three turned to look at him.

“Hey, have you seen where Bullet went?”

His father asked.

The boy shook his head. “How would I know where that stupid dog went?!”

After saying that, the boy headed for his room.

His younger sister suddenly screamed, “It was definitely you! You must have abandoned Bullet or sold him! You never liked him! You said you wished he would disappear!!!”

The boy’s heart skipped a beat, but he still turned around. “That’s nonsense. I may not have liked that dog, but I’m not crazy enough to hurt him, am I?!”

His sister shot back, “Then where’s my dog?! Where could he have gone?! If he’d just run outside, he would’ve come back by now! He knows the way!!!”

His sister sat on the floor and burst into tears.

Their parents hurried to comfort her, saying that if Bullet was gone, they would buy her another Toy Poodle.

But his sister refused.

The boy went back to his room.

He lay on the bed, took out his phone, and opened Honor of Kings. He used all the 500 yuan he’d gotten from selling the dog to buy in-game vouchers.

With the vouchers, he bought several skins he’d wanted for a long time, then happily started playing.

Just then, his bedroom door suddenly opened. It was his father.

His father saw him engrossed in his game but didn’t say anything.

He closed the door and spoke in a low voice. “Did you abandon Bullet?”

The boy said, “No. I don’t know where that dog went. What’s it got to do with me?!”

His father said, “You can still admit it now. I’m going to the property management office to check the surveillance footage in a minute. If I find out you abandoned Bullet, just you wait. If I don’t give you a proper beating with my belt tonight, then I’ll take your surname!”

The boy’s hands trembled. He could barely control the phone with both hands anymore. The character on the screen started messing up his movements, skills, and everything else. It proved that inside, he was frightened and panicking, but he still wouldn’t admit it.

His father went out to check the surveillance footage.

While his father was gone, the boy quietly slipped out of the apartment too.

He took only his phone and charger.

He planned to go to a good buddy’s place and lie low for a few days.

Once things had blown over, he would come back.

What he hadn’t expected was that as soon as he opened the apartment’s security door to sneak out,

he saw his father standing motionless in the doorway.

He had no idea how long his father had been standing there. In any case, his tall frame blocked the way, and his eyes fixed on the boy coldly.

The boy instinctively swallowed.

His father sneered. “Son, where are you going in the middle of the night?”

The boy stammered, “Out to buy something to eat.”

His father said, “Oh.”

“But do you remember what I told you earlier?”

The boy said, “I remember.”

His father said, “Son, I lied to you about something. I said I was going to check the surveillance footage, but I’d already checked it.”

Cold sweat poured down the boy’s forehead.

His father continued, “I’d checked the footage before you got home. I was going to give you a chance to change your ways, but you’ve really disappointed me.”

If this were a TV drama, his father would be wearing a disappointed expression right about now. Instead, his face was utterly calm and cold. He pulled the belt he’d bought for over a thousand yuan from his waistband.

“The store that sold me this belt told me it was made of crocodile leather, but it turned out to be synthetic leather. Crocodile leather makes up only 10% of it.”

“Son, what percentage of my love for you do you think you get, compared to the love I have for your sister and your mother? Could it be 10%?”

Cold sweat kept breaking out across the boy’s forehead.

“Son, enjoy this meal of belt-fried meat strips!”

The terrified boy tried to squeeze out through the doorway, through the gaps and whatever space he could find, but his father pinned him down with one hand. The boy was so scared that he turned and ran back into the apartment.

His father was like a demon, following him step by step.

……

Huang Kaiyu was genuinely surprised that he’d been caught, pulled out, and brought to Alice Apartment to become a resident.

Although he’d heard a lot about the apartment from Huo Yun, he hadn’t expected that he would become a resident himself, or that he’d be pulled out so quickly.