Chapter 235: Jiang Ran: Good dog, don’t bite me
Since Jiang Ran was still quite some distance away from Fang Xiao's location.
He couldn't hear the conversation between Fang Xiao and Old Dog at all.
He could only sense that these two men seemed about to come to blows.
"Old Man, should I go over and stop them?"
Jiang Ran turned his head to ask the Old Man in Room 301.
The Old Man in Room 301 was speechless: "Then go ahead."
Jiang Ran looked at the dozen or so dogs surrounding Old Dog.
He said: "What I meant was calling the police to stop their conflict."
The Old Man in Room 301 didn't respond.
Jiang Ran said: "I should still call the police. It feels like if these two really start fighting, it'll be a fight to the death." Just as Jiang Ran was about to pull out his phone, a heavy, guttural breathing sound suddenly reached his ears.
Fiddling with his phone, he asked the Old Man in Room 301: "Old Man, why is your breathing so heavy?"
The Old Man in Room 301's heart skipped a beat. He thought Jiang Ran was talking nonsense!
It's clearly YOUR breathing that's heavy;
his own breathing has never been that intense.
Oh, he understood now. Could it be that Jiang Ran wanted to pick a fight with him again?
Damn, last time he admitted he got beaten because he started it.
But this time he's been obedient, he hasn't provoked anything!
"It's not mine."
The Old Man in Room 301 still patiently explained. He had no choice - the Jiang Ran before him was like an ancestor he genuinely feared.
Jiang Ran was puzzled: "Then it's not mine either?"
"Then..."
At that moment, as if sharing the same thought, both men turned to look behind them.
From the pitch-black darkness behind them, a pair of eyes glowing with an eerie green light was getting closer and closer.
And the sound was coming from there.
Jiang Ran instinctively shone his flashlight in that direction.
Where the light illuminated.
The owner of those eerie green eyes turned out to be a ferocious large dog.
Coincidentally, Jiang Ran actually recognized this dog.
It was a notorious vicious dog popular on TikTok - a Pit Bull.
The Pit Bull's most notable characteristics are: feeling no pain, never letting go once it bites its prey, extreme ferocity, and fighting to the death.
Right now, this muscular, tan-skinned, short-haired Pit Bull that seemed almost hairless opened its large mouth, with disgusting white drool streaming from its lips.
It was staring directly in their direction while making those heavy breathing sounds.
"Old Man, whatever you do, don't make eye contact with it!"
Seeing this, Jiang Ran immediately warned, while quickly shifting his own gaze away.
Why was that?
Because Jiang Ran actually had experience with this. When you encounter a dog on the street, if you don't make eye contact, you might be fine. But if you lock eyes, the dog will get excited and chase after you barking.
Hence, Jiang Ran's reaction.
But the Old Man in Room 301 said beside him: "It's too late, Jiang Ran."
Jiang Ran wondered, what was too late?
So, the next second he turned his head to see what was too late.
Well, after seeing it, he indeed confirmed it was too late.
That tan Pit Bull opened its large mouth, its two small eyes filled with extreme ferocity.
Its robust body, like a started engine, charged wildly toward them.
As the saying goes, "Husband and wife are birds in the same forest, but when disaster strikes, they fly separately."
If even married couples are like that, let alone Jiang Ran and the Old Man in Room 301 who are just neighbors.
Therefore, Jiang Ran didn't hesitate for a second before running to the left.
It wasn't that he wasn't considering the more vulnerable.
It's just that in the current situation, it was like a clay Bodhisattva crossing a river - unable to guarantee its own safety.
He needed to save himself first.
Besides, the Old Man in Room 301 had been giving off danger warnings constantly.
Let that dangerous person fight it out with the dog!
Additionally, Jiang Ran had another small thought.
The Old Man in Room 301's physical condition clearly wasn't good;
he'd run slowly.
Therefore, he could serve as a living decoy.
Unless the dog directly abandoned the Old Man in Room 301 and chased after him instead.
Then he'd really have nothing to say.
And to Jiang Ran's relief.
The Pit Bull didn't chase him.
Instead, it pounced directly toward the Old Man in Room 301.
However, the bloody scene Jiang Ran imagined did not occur.
Instead, something that Jiang Ran felt belonged in a sci-fi movie happened.
He saw the Old Man in Room 301, whose waist was usually exaggeratedly hunched.
His waist suddenly straightened up at this moment.
Quickly, it achieved the standard posture of "standing straight like a pine tree."
Jiang Ran thought he was seeing things, so after running out of the danger zone, he stopped.
He rubbed his eyes and looked again.
And what happened next was even more incredible to Jiang Ran.
After the Old Man in Room 301's waist straightened, he saw him grip his thick walking stick tightly with both hands and swing it directly at the head of the Pit Bull pouncing toward him.
This strike actually made the Pit Bull's head and body stagger to the left.
And it fell to the ground.
Of course, this level of damage meant nothing to a Pit Bull. It quickly stood up again and continued pouncing toward the Old Man in Room 301.
Just as Jiang Ran was still watching the struggle between the Old Man in Room 301 and the Pit Bull.
His left ear twitched repeatedly, hearing some movement.
His head, along with the flashlight in his hand, turned to shine toward the left.
What he saw next made his heart leap into his throat in fear.
He saw two white vicious dogs, their pupils reflecting white from his flashlight, growling at him.
These two dogs were Dogo Argentinos.
The Dogo Argentino is also an extremely fierce breed of large vicious dog.
The two before him were likely both males.
Their shoulder height alone was probably around 70 centimeters.
Their weight was likely close to 100 pounds.
Their bodies were quite similar to the earlier Pit Bull's, giving that explosive muscular feeling.
Besides that, they shared the same characteristics.
Squinty eyes, small eyes.
The Dogo Argentino was bred abroad long ago specifically for hunting wild boar.
Thus, one can imagine the ferocity of this dog breed.
Also because the Dogo Argentino is entirely white, it's called the White Death, the King of Hunting Dogs.
And now, before Jiang Ran, there weren't just one, but two White Deaths.
This situation was truly despair-inducing.
Imagine yourself: you're walking outside, and two fierce dogs jump out in front of you, staring viciously at you.
Would you panic?
Okay, you say you're brave, that small local dogs are nothing to you, what is there to panic about?
The word "panic" doesn't exist in your dictionary!
Then!
What about facing the current situation?
Two large Dogo Argentinos blocking your path!
What, you say this is nothing?
They charge at you, and you kick one, punch the other?
If Wu Song could fight a tiger, you can fight dogs.
These mere vicious dogs are nothing to you?
Then you're definitely stronger than Jiang Ran, truly admirable!
"Holy mother's kiss!!!!!!!!"
Anyway, when Jiang Ran saw these two white Dogo Argentinos.
His face immediately turned extremely pale, even whiter than the two Dogo Argentinos' fur.
Simultaneously, Jiang Ran, who rarely swore, cursed vehemently in his heart.
Moreover, Jiang Ran discovered that his arms and legs were trembling uncontrollably for some reason.
Of course, no amount of cursing or internal fear was useful!
He needed to address the current situation first.
Jiang Ran shifted the flashlight beam away.
Pretending he hadn't seen the two dogs.
He acted casual as he stepped backward, trying to leave the area.
But these two Dogo Argentinos seemed to have already marked Jiang Ran as their prey.
They completely ignored his act of pretending not to see them.
They just barked fiercely and charged straight at Jiang Ran.