Ling Chengyan glanced quickly at the yellow dog and soothed it with a word, "Be good."
As soon as she spoke, she tore the little boy clinging tightly to a tree branch off, shook open the strap of a luggage bag and securely tied the boy to her back.
After finishing, she stepped down the tree using a makeshift bamboo ladder, re-entered the water, shook the bamboo pole grasped in her hand, and called back, "Let's go!"
The yellow dog whimpered twice, looked down at the floodwaters under the tree, then looked back at its hind legs, and whimpered again softly.
Seeing this, Ling Chengyan took notice and finally saw that one of its hind legs was injured. Since it was submerged, there was no bleeding, but a closer look revealed the yellow fur was rolled back, and the wound inside was pale from water exposure.
