Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation Chapter 1330 - Capítulo 1330: 743: Humanity's Hypocrisy

Capítulo 1330: Chapter 743: Humanity’s Hypocrisy

January 11th, Sunday.

On the way to school, Xue Yuantong checked out the small stalls on the dam and said, “Did you smell the fried rice aroma today?”

Jiang Ning definitely smelled it. Within his Divine Sense range, in Yang Fei’s rural tourism restaurant, Zhuang Jianhui wasn’t obsessed with fishing anymore. Today, he has been learning a craft with the master.

Only learning one skill, egg fried rice.

“I feel like eating egg fried rice.” Xue Yuantong said.

Jiang Ning: “How about grilled cold noodles?”

“Want to eat that too.”

Jiang Ning continued, “And pickled snow vegetable shredded pork roll?”

“Want that too.”

Jiang Ning concluded, “Alright, you just simply want to eat.”

Xue Yuantong chuckled, “As expected of my great general.”

Facing the splendid sunset, the electric bike moved forward slowly, and the two chatted leisurely.

The weather turned cold, with temperatures close to 0°, and the wind blowing head-on was chilly. Xue Yuantong raised her hand to adjust Jiang Ning’s scarf.

Jiang Ning looked at the urban landscape of Nanhong Road, where the street-side shops had already lit up, giving off a sparse sense of coldness.

“My ears are freezing.” he suddenly said.

Xue Yuantong immediately straightened her slender waist and gently raised her hands, cupping Jiang Ning’s ears like petals folding together, so naturally as if it had been repeated countless times.

“Heehee, feels warmer, right?” Xue Yuantong giggled.

Jiang Ning felt the warmth from his ears and also laughed cheerfully.

Although he had Spiritual Power protecting his body, and wasn’t physically cold, a trace of warmth surfaced in his heart.

‘This feels so nice,’ he thought.

Xue Yuantong inspected the asphalt road sides again. She had sharp eyes and spotted a pitiful stray puppy through the dry grass, so she pointed at the grass: “Jiang Ning, look quickly!”

“I see it.” Jiang Ning, “Probably another abandoned dog.”

Xue Yuantong: “Poor thing.”

In the dead of winter, without anyone to care for it, the puppy would most likely die, it’s indeed pitiful.

Jiang Ning glanced at it, pondered for a moment, then drew out a stroke of Spiritual Power, marking the puppy, guiding it toward the Qingyu Lake area.

If the dog is lucky enough to enter the Qingyu Lake Domain, it might eke out a few more years or months. As for its ultimate fate, that would depend on how delicious its meat is.

Xue Yuantong didn’t know what Jiang Ning did. Facing the stray puppy, she only sympathized for a few seconds, without any thoughts of adopting it.

For Xue Yuantong, who grew up in the countryside, there were too many such examples. Rural stray dogs were very fertile, having several pups at a time, either given away or abandoned, a common occurrence.

Adopt? It’s impossible to adopt them all; the standard of living in the countryside was generally modest, and owning one or two dogs for guarding the house was already commendable.

Originally, Xue Yuantong was going to pass by, but suddenly thought of something and asked Jiang Ning to stop the bike.

Then, she ran off the bike and recorded a video of the stray puppy, planning to upload it on the Kuaishou platform to seek someone with a connection.

Jiang Ning laughed, “Lord Tong is showing benevolence.”

He speculated the video would likely not be effective, possibly even attracting negative comments, but he didn’t stop Xue Yuantong, letting her try what she wanted wasn’t a problem.

Anyway, Jiang Ning mastered the Spell of online tracking, and if he wanted to put in the effort, he could physically force an apology from netizens.

Xue Yuantong hopped back on the bike with her phone in hand, humming, “I, Tong Emperor, cannot tolerate poverty within ten miles.”

Jiang Ning teased, “There are so many rabbits being sold in cages by the roadside, aren’t they quite pitiful too?”

Xue Yuantong rubbed her soft little belly and honestly said, “Human effort is limited; I can only save one a day.”

…

In the cafeteria, people came and went.

At the dining table where Jiang Ning and others sat, in the midst of the chaos, there was a certain quietude, usually because he deliberately used the Array to reduce surrounding noise.

Of course, if there was gossip, he’d turn up the volume and join the girls at the table in eavesdropping.

Xue Yuantong ate quickly, holding her phone to check if any netizens commented on her benevolence video.

She rarely showed her face online, never made any comments, even when encountering offensive news or netizens, she’d only share with Jiang Ning and Chuchu.

She was part of the silent majority online but, seeing the poor puppy, she posted a video and even shared the location.

As a result, not only did no one show up to pick up the dog, more people criticized her for not taking the dog home.

Some people commented, “If you choose to stand by and do nothing today, you will live your life filled with regret and guilt!”

Xue Yuantong was stunned.

Some artistic dog lovers commented, “Meeting it exhausts all your luck in life.”

So absurd… Xue Yuantong couldn’t help but retort, “What score did you get on your composition exam?”

“My composition score isn’t important, what matters is that if you don’t do good deeds, you’ll suffer bad consequences (hands clasped together).”

Xue Yuantong got so angry she wished she could reach through the internet and slap that person for cursing her!

Xue Yuantong’s mood was in full display, Chen Siyu asked what was wrong.

After Xue Yuantong explained, Chen Siyu was outraged and joined her sister in backing her up.

Still, Xue Yuantong didn’t understand: “Why do I see so many people expressing sympathy online, yet none are willing to adopt?”

Bai Yuxia put down her bowl and calmly said, “Because it’s just an ordinary rural dog, so no one cares.”

After hearing this, Tang Fu looked at Bai Yuxia, knowing she was the ‘Wise Man’ far more intelligent than the twins.

Tang Fu asked a question that went straight to the point: “Then why do many people treat dogs as if they’re their whole life?”

The dog-loving trend in Yuzhou is quite prevalent. The famous news story ‘dogs are worth more than people’ happened in this city.

Tang Fu had often heard such examples before; among her relatives, there was a kind aunt who picked up a stray dog on the street and was willing to spend thousands on its medical treatment, yet docked the full attendance bonus of a factory worker who took sick leave.