A chaotic chorus of barks erupted. Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu knew the newcomer was a stranger to their dogs.
"Zhao Jun! Zhao Jun!"
Immediately after, they heard someone shouting Zhao Jun's name from outside the courtyard gate. Zhao Jun, who was sitting on the wall, heard the voice and exchanged a look with Li Baoyu.
'Why is he here?' the two of them wondered.
But regardless of what they were thinking, both Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu jumped down from the wall and walked out from Zhao Jun's family's courtyard.
A man was standing at the courtyard gate. Zhao Jun greeted him, "Jinshan, have you eaten?"
Zhao Jinshan seemed not to have heard Zhao Jun's pleasantry. He looked at him anxiously and said, "Brother Jun, my dad needs to see you about something."
"Oh!" Hearing this, Zhao Jun glanced at Li Ruhai before turning back to Zhao Jinshan and asking, "What's wrong?"
Zhao Jinshan replied, "Tao Dasheng is dead!"
