Chapter 7: Border Collie

Qin Qing didn’t know what Chen Daguang’s final choice would be, but she had done what she could.

Even though Qin Qing wasn’t a true charlatan, she still had to say that everyone had their own destiny. There was no need to forcibly bear the karma of others.

Not thinking about others anymore, at least an extra 100 in income still made her happy.

Preparing to go down the mountain, she found that the dog was gone.

She wasn’t anxious; Mumu still had short legs and couldn’t run far. After searching around, she found it squatting under the wall of Baiyun Temple, looking up and occasionally barking twice.

“Mumu, what are you looking at?” Qin Qing walked over.

“Woof woof…” The dog wagged its tail and continued to look at the top of the wall.

What was on the wall?

Perched on it was a plump Big Orange Cat. The width of the wall seemed smaller than its body width, and the Big Orange’s flesh was overflowing from the wall. It was particularly comical.

It remained motionless, its disdainful gaze clearly that of a big shot surveying the land.

Looking at the System Panel Intelligence Value, oh wow, it was 15.

Then looking at Talent and Skill.

Its maxed-out Skills were eating and admitting defeat, and its Talent was actually instigating conflict.

Instigating conflict???

With that body full of overflowing fat?

It turned out to be a silly cat that only knew how to eat, yet loved to provoke, but couldn’t win after provoking, so it could only admit defeat.

Truly, you can’t judge a cat by its appearance.

She wondered if it was because she had looked at the System Panel, but now when she looked up at the fat cat’s gaze again, it really did seem to be asking for a beating.

She patted her dog: “Let’s go home. Good children don’t fight outside.” Unless they really couldn’t stand it.

Mumu was a bit reluctant, looking back three times as it walked away.

At home, Dad was still nagging, saying that she had taken Mumu out for too long, and he had to go grocery shopping alone that morning.

Thank you very much, you used to go grocery shopping alone in the mornings too.

Now he was holding Mumu, unable to let go, and even picked out a section of boiled beef bone for it. It was bone and meat, making Qin Qing envious.

Dad even taught the little one to suck bone marrow.

Qin Qing couldn’t help but remind him: “Dad, did you forget that dogs don’t have lips and can’t suck?”

“Don’t you tell me!” He turned around and gently patted the dog’s head, “Mumu, Dad will pick it out for you with chopsticks, and we’ll lick it.”

He had two completely different faces when facing his daughter and when facing the dog.

Qin Qing poked her indifferent mother: “Is this how my dad treats me now? He dislikes me so much that I can’t even compare to a dog?”

Wang Xiangyu: “It’s not just your dad who dislikes you, I do too.”

Heartbreak!

“However…” Wang Xiangyu changed her tone, “You still have a chance to surpass that dog.”

Qin Qing listened attentively.

“If you quickly find someone to marry and have a child, you’ll definitely be the most popular person in this family.”

Hehe…

She gave Ms. Wang a fake smile and a perfunctory heart gesture.

“Thank you, I’m very satisfied with my family status right now.”

The items sent by Mumu’s previous owner arrived via same-city express delivery.

A large bag of dog food, and a dog house that looked quite valuable.

Old Comrade Qin found a new task to do: thoroughly washing and disinfecting the dog house.

Qin Qing checked the reviews and evaluations of this brand of dog food online. It seemed pretty good, so she decided to keep it. However, Mumu seemed to prefer large meaty bones over dog food.

That’s good too; it saves her money.

She remembered that there was an uncollected upgrade reward on the System Panel, which seemed to be a notebook. At the time, Qin Qing was outside and worried that the reward might be a physical item, so she didn’t claim it. Now she could take a look.

She returned to her room, locked the door, and then opened the System Panel.

A notebook sounded ordinary, but as an upgrade reward from the System Panel, it must have something extraordinary about it. Hmm, maybe it would be like Voldemort’s diary in Harry Potter, capable of summoning a great deity!

Her expectations were at their peak.

She clicked “Claim,” and a large image of a closed notebook appeared in the center of the screen.

Below it was an introduction.

[Notebook: Dimensions (105mm x 148mm), blank pages, System Panel auxiliary display item, recommended for carrying. Comes with a matching exclusive inkless pen.]

[Usage: Within the System Panel’s functional range (currently 50m, upgradeable), write the name of the person to be viewed in a blank space to view their relevant information in the notebook. After use, write “Read” in any blank space, and the notebook will return to blank.]

[Item Properties: Indestructible, unlosable.]

[Claim: Yes/No]

She clicked “Yes” to claim it, and the notebook dropped from the air, landing on Qin Qing’s lap.

The notebook’s cover felt a bit like thickened parchment, A6 size, and looked no different from an ordinary vintage distressed notebook.

However, the notebook’s inner pages weren’t like paper; they looked like paper, but felt smoother, harder, and had resilience. Qin Qing tried to fold a corner, and it instantly returned to its original state after she let go, without any crease marks.

The spine of the notebook was hollow, holding a pen with a chain. The pen’s feel and weight made it the most comfortable pen Qin Qing had ever held.

Even though there weren’t many occasions to use a pen now, she still loved it.

She glanced at Mumu, who was lying beside her, and tried writing “Mumu” in a blank space in the notebook. The notebook didn’t project any related information. Instead, the ink slowly disappeared after a short while, and the page returned to blank.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Qing rewrote “Qin Jiamu.” This time, more information began to slowly appear below the name on the page where she wrote the name, and subsequent pages also gradually filled up.

It seemed the notebook only recognized full names, not nicknames or aliases.

She tested the distance and then tried writing the name of the convenience store owner at the entrance of the community in the notebook. It still displayed smoothly.

Aha! As expected of a System Panel product, this notebook was something special.

Not only could she view information remotely, but it also avoided the awkward situation of staring at people for a long time when using the System Panel.

Next time she encountered a wanted criminal like Gui Cheng, she wouldn’t have to appear in front of them. As long as she maintained a distance within 50m, she could directly view their information. This could maximize the safety of her life.

It was a good item! She was a bit curious about its special properties.

Hehe…

Someone with an experimental spirit tried burning it with fire, splashing it with water, and applying lip gloss… The notebook didn’t change color, deform, or even budge.

She opened the room door, then retreated and sat on the chair at her desk. Facing the hallway outside the door, she held up the notebook and said to Mumu, “Let’s play a game of fetch with the notebook. I’ll throw it, and you bring it back to me.”

Mumu looked very interested, stood up with muscles tensed, ready to go, and wagged its tail incessantly.

With a strong throw, Qin Qing watched the notebook fly through the door frame towards the hallway, and Mumu, with its short legs, shot out as well.

“Bang!”

Suddenly, Qin Qing’s face was hit by a strong force without warning. Her body was forced backward, and the back of her head hit the desk. She saw stars, and her nose stung so much that she shed physiological tears.

She looked down and saw the notebook she had thrown, now resting steadily on her lap.

Mumu barked a few times in the hallway. It circled around, seemingly confused as to why the notebook that had flown out with it had suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Not only was the dog confused, but the person was too.

Qin Qing covered her nose, astonished.

This was the so-called “unlosable”? It was too magical. Compared to physical properties like being indestructible, the unlosable characteristic was simply in the realm of magic.

No wonder the usage instructions suggested carrying it with you; it really couldn’t be left behind. If every time it was lost, the way to get it back was by hitting her in the forehead like this, Qin Qing felt she would meet her great-grandmother prematurely.

Later, an unfamiliar number added her on WeChat, with the note: Liang Jian, the junior who had his father-son relationship read outside Baiyun Temple.

Oh, a big shot was visiting. Even if he hadn’t added that last sentence, Qin Qing would have known who he was, but she wouldn’t let customers know they had no privacy in front of her.

Liang Jian probably got her number from the payment QR code.

But Lu Yang had paid at the time, and since the cool guy had added her, it was reasonable to suspect that the talkative young master’s application wasn’t far off.

Qin Qing accepted; this was a high-quality potential customer who had brought her 1000 yuan.

[Qin Qing: ?]

[Liang Jian: ?]

She sent another one.

[Qin Qing: ?]

[Liang Jian: .]

Understood, he just wanted to save a contact.

So she replied with an OK emoji.

[Qin Qing: [ok].jpg]

[Liang Jian: OK]

Thanks to her intelligence, an ordinary person might not have grasped the essence.

That’s good; she didn’t want to waste words with people either.

Her good mood didn’t last long. Another new account requested to add her as a friend, with the note: It’s me, it’s me, beautiful master, look at me.

She decisively ignored it.

A new application popped up, with the note: Master, master, I’m Lu Yang.

Before she could process it, another application appeared: Master, master, add me.

Her prediction was correct, but she didn’t really want to add him. This guy seemed even more talkative online than in real life.

The fourth application: Master, master, I still need to consult you.

Qin Qing then accepted the application. She could refuse a talkative person, but a talkative person who brought money deserved a little respect.

[Alpha Lu: [Transfer] 1000]

[Qin Qing: [Received] 1000]

[Alpha Lu: Master, master, I’m sorry, I was too loud before [little bear kneeling].jpg]

[Alpha Lu: My name is Lu Yang, we met at the entrance of Baiyun Temple this morning. You said my girlfriend would break up with me, do you still remember me?]

[Alpha Lu: Master, master, Yangyang really isn’t talking to me anymore, she’s determined to break up, what should I do, what should I do, please give me some advice, please [little bear kneeling].jpg]

[Alpha Lu: Master, master, only you can help me now [little bear kneeling].jpg]

[Alpha Lu: Master, master, please respond to me, master]

[Qin Qing: …]

[Alpha Lu: Please enlighten me, master, do these three dots mean I should find you at 3 AM, or do I need to pay 3000 yuan?]

[Alpha Lu: [little bear shivering].jpg]

Qin Qing wanted to reply with another ellipsis, but she held back. Her head hurt. The emoji bear in the chat box seemed to be about to leap out of the screen, demonstrating Lu Yang’s frantic state for her.

[Qin Qing: [Transfer] 900]

[Alpha Lu: Master?]

[Qin Qing: You’ve worshipped the wrong deity. My business scope is limited to telling you about certain established, already happened things. How to solve and salvage them is up to you. I’m charging you 100 yuan, and the information I’m giving you in exchange is that in the future I currently see, your future wife has not appeared, and it’s highly likely she won’t be any of the girls you currently know. Of course, the future can also be changed, it just depends on how persistent you are.]

[Alpha Lu: [bear crying loudly].jpg]

[Qin Qing: Collect payment!]

[Alpha Lu: I’ll save it for now.]

[Qin Qing: Membership pre-payment service is not yet available, collect payment!]

Seeing Lu Yang tearfully collect the payment, and about to start a new wave of emoji attacks, Qin Qing quickly created a group chat and pulled Liang Jian into it.

[Liang Jian: ?]

[Alpha Lu: [little bear questioning].jpg]

[Qin Qing: @Alpha Lu You can share your heartbreak with your friend.]

[Alpha Lu: …]

[Liang Jian: …]

[Qin Qing: @Liang Jian Do you stop using Chinese characters when you go online?]

[Alpha Lu: Hahaha [little bear holding stomach laughing].jpg]

Suddenly, she felt that the interaction between these two friends was a bit like the confrontation between Mumu and the Big Orange at Baiyun Temple today.

The playful dog, the aloof cat.

Of course, only the superficial appearance was similar; their intelligence was reversed.