3. The ferocious dog's attack

  Xia Menglian was also especially afraid of dogs since childhood.

  It's not just because she was bitten by a dog when she was young. In fact, even before that incident, she remembered being afraid of dogs.

  Her fear of dogs seemed to be innate.

  At this time, unable to find any defensive weapons, Xia Mochen clenched his fists. The bulging tiger's mouth had a scar left by a dog bite in the moonlight.

  That was when she was very young, seemingly only three years old. She doesn't remember how she ended up walking out of the house by herself and into a narrow alley where she was surrounded by a pack of wild dogs that seemed to have gathered out of nowhere. One of the big black dogs bit through the skin on her cheek, it didn't hurt much but blood gushed out instantly, and little her used all her might to wail...

  The scene before her eyes was like a replay of that nightmare from her childhood, so even though she herself was afraid of dogs, she couldn't just watch as the little girl was chased by the big dog!

  Xia Menglian clenched her fist and charged forward, stretching out her left hand to pull the little girl over and shielding her behind her back. Then she raised her right fist and swung it at the big dog that was chasing them, shouting "Scram! If you dare come any closer, I'll fight you!"

  The big dog was startled by her aura, stopped in its tracks, and panted coldly as it sized her up. As if pondering, the woman in front of him, who was slightly taller than the little girl, seemed to be more difficult to deal with.

  Xia Meng understood that the big dog's hesitation at this moment was the most precious opportunity, so she didn't retreat in the slightest, but instead took a step forward, raising her foot and making a gesture to kick the big dog's face. "Get out! I'm telling you to get out!"

  The little girl was so scared that she pulled on Xia Mu's arm from behind and screamed, "Sister, I'm afraid! I'm afraid!"

  The big dog hesitated, but a pair of dog eyes stared at Mochen, breathing heavily. Suddenly, strange sparks burst forth from the dog's eyes - that eerie gaze made Mochen's hair stand on end.

  She recalled that encounter in her childhood, as if those big dogs pounced on her with such greedy and strange eyes!

  Xia Meng held the little girl with one hand and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, you're a good girl. Sister won't let that beast hurt you, as long as sister is here, you don't have to fear anything."

  She told the little girl not to be afraid of anything, but in fact she was also scared to death! At this time, it's just a show of strength, hoping that the dog will eventually be afraid of people and retreat; if it really doesn't want to retreat, then she really doesn't know what to do.

  It's unclear whether it was her hesitation that the dog saw through, but just as Xia Muzhen was talking to the little girl, the big dog suddenly lowered its body and then pounced on Xia Muzhen!

  It was that little girl who saw it first. Her crying voice knocked into Xia Muzhen's eardrum, and when she turned her head back - it was already too late to react.

  The big dog pounced through the air, and Xia Mochen could almost smell the stench emanating from its mouth. She saw the cruel glint in its eyes - Xia Mochen heard her own heart racing wildly in her chest, thumping, thumping...

  Subconsciously stretched out his arm to block, thinking that if it was really possible to save his own life and the safety of the little girl, this arm would have died for a good cause...

  Everything happened in the blink of an eye, Xia Mochen waited for the pain of the dog's bite to arrive; but what arrived was not flesh tearing and blood flowing, but a long howl that came from the vast sky.

  "Wah, wu——"

  The cry was shrill, yet it carried an unyielding majesty that brooked no resistance.

  Xia Mengchu subconsciously turned his head to look for it, but couldn't see where the cry came from. His gaze only swept across the sky in surprise - as if he saw the silver moon dyed gold, and the entire sky was covered with a shallow golden round moon.

  And those howls seemed to come from around the moon and pour down from the sky.

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  Thank you, Mimi's flower~