Chapter 570 — Eaten by the Dog
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"Grandfather, then what about me and Wang Xinyan?" Kang Jinglong had already decided to distance himself from Wang Xinyan, but plans never keep pace with change. Elevating the family to a noble house had seemed a sure thing, yet in the blink of an eye it had all come to nothing, leaving Kang Jinglong deeply dispirited.
"You still have to keep in contact with her. Our family is in troubled waters now, and we cannot afford to cut ties with the Xiao family," Divine Doctor Kang said, his words soaked in profound helplessness.
Kang Jinglong nodded. In truth, he still coveted Wang Xinyan; it was only the interests of the family that left him wavering, uncertain just how far to take things with her. He feared that if the Kang family rose high, Wang Xinyan would bind him fast and he would never break free; yet he also feared that, now that the Kang family had lost the Xiao family's support, they would sink even deeper into misery.
So it was that Kang Jinglong slept not a wink all night, fretting over his gains and losses, and rose early, intending to take the Life-Prolonging Detox Pill to the laboratory to analyze its ingredients. If they truly could not identify its composition, then there was nothing for it but to keep pursuing Wang Xinyan.
In the living room, he reached for where his grandfather had placed the Life-Prolonging Detox Pill the day before. But the moment he stretched out his hand, he froze in shock — the box holding the pill was open! And the Life-Prolonging Detox Pill inside had vanished into thin air!
"Oh no! Grandfather, where's the Life-Prolonging Detox Pill?" Kang Jinglong cried out in alarm. This was something they had bought for over four hundred million — no joking matter!
Kang Jinglong's shout brought Divine Doctor Kang, Kang Guifeng, Kang Cuipu, and Kang Jingming rushing into the living room. Staring at the empty box on the coffee table, all of them gaped in alarm.
"It's gone? Which of you touched the Life-Prolonging Detox Pill?" Divine Doctor Kang's first thought was that someone in the family had turned thief, quietly making off with the pill, and his face darkened at once.
Everyone was taken aback, but one after another they shook their heads. They were all children of the Kang family; though Kang Guifeng and Kang Cuipu had their little frictions, those were personal grudges — who would dare sabotage the family's great enterprise?
"Dog hair!" Kang Jingming had sharp eyes, and suddenly spotted several strands of dog hair beside the box that had held the Life-Prolonging Detox Pill.
"Where's that sheepdog?" Divine Doctor Kang started, his brows knotting at once. Could their own dog have carried it off?
Because of the earlier investigation into the dog's droppings, that German shepherd had been kept in the house all this time. Later, when the droppings proved useless, no one had bothered with the dog and simply let it live at home. Yet no one had expected the beast to cause such a disaster, carrying off the Life-Prolonging Detox Pill in its mouth!
The Kang family all came to their senses and began searching the whole villa for the dog, until at last they found the German shepherd in a corner of the courtyard. The dog was curled up beside a pile of broken branches, surrounded on all sides by runny dog droppings that stank to high heaven.
Yet Divine Doctor Kang had no time to care about the stench. He hoisted the shepherd up by the scruff and began searching the ground around it, but after a long while he still found no sign of the Life-Prolonging Detox Pill. The pill was gone!
"You wretched dog, where have you taken the Life-Prolonging Detox Pill?" Divine Doctor Kang was frantic, cold sweat beading on his forehead. That was bought with cold, hard cash — over four hundred million! If it was lost, what a colossal loss that would be!