Dog King
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Chapter 9: Ankle Twisted
Maya smiled gently at him. Dino always felt that, when she smiled, she was the most beautiful woman in the world. He didn’t even dare to look at her for long and would just scratch his head and chuckle.
On the way back, Black Panther saw a rabbit and ran to catch it. Maya glanced at it, but then lost sight of the road and suddenly veered off course.
“Oh dear!” she exclaimed, and immediately squatted down on the ground.
“What’s wrong, sister?” Dino hurriedly turned around.
“I twisted my ankle.” Maya squatted down, clutching her left foot, her face contorted in pain.
Dino crouched down next to Maya and said, “Let me take a look.” He examined her ankle, which was clearly twisted and swelling fast.
“It’s just a pulled muscle,” he assured her. “It’s not too bad. I’ll massage it to help loosen it up.”
Dino helped Maya sit down on a nearby rock and held Lele in his arms. He placed Maya’s feet on his lap, rubbed them a couple of times, and then gave her a sudden push.
With a soft “smack,” Maya cried out, then her brows relaxed, and she said, “Much better, it doesn’t hurt inside anymore.”
Dino thought to himself, ‘The way my Madam calls me that sounds so nice. Thinking about it this way, I suddenly felt a little embarrassed.’
During that time, he followed Kelo and kept listening to those women screaming and yelling, but none of them sounded as nice as Maya.
Dino immediately abandoned his initial thought because Maya attempted to stand. He quickly stopped her, saying, “Sister, you mustn’t move right now. Any movement will only aggravate your injury. You need to rest for at least one night and apply some medicine when we get home. You should be fine by tomorrow morning.”
Upon hearing this, Maya became worried: “What should we do now? We can’t stay here all night, can we?”
Dino thought about it and realized it made sense. He looked around and saw that it was already two or three in the morning, and there was no way he could find anyone to help him. After thinking for a moment, he said, “Sister, how about I carry you on my back?”
Maya blushed slightly and said, “And what about Lele? How are you going to carry her?”
“That’s easy,” Dino said confidently. “I’ll take off my clothes, make a little pocket, hang it on my chest, and then I’ll carry you on my back.”
As he spoke, he took off his outer jacket, but it was a bit short. He was wearing a shirt underneath, but if he took it off, his arms would be bare.
Maya was a little shy about being carried, but she really couldn’t think of a good way. She was also wearing a mottled yellow blouse, so she took it off and put the two pieces of clothing together. Her small body fit perfectly in the pocket.
After carefully tucking Lele in, Dino squatted down and said, “Sister, come here.”
Maya hesitated for a moment, but still climbed onto his back.
She was a little shy. When she got on Dino’s back, she was still holding on with her hands, and her body was stiff.
Dino said, “Sister, put your hands in front of you and hold Lele in place. If your clothes come loose and Lele falls, it won’t be a joke.”