Chapter 251: Triumph Above All Chapter 251

It was inevitable that Lola would be distracted with so many dogs to look at. Her attention was drawn from the white Pomeranian to the golden retrievers in another pen. “Wow! Golden doggies! They’re so pretty!”Her gaze soon wandered from the retrievers. “Daddy! That doggie there looks good too, the one with blue eyes! Oooh, that one with long fur is very cute, it looks like a little old man!”Lola kept looking here and there; if given a choice, she would have taken home every dog she saw.Skylar gently stroked his daughter’s hair and said with a touch of resignation, “Sweetheart, you’re only allowed to pick one doggie, alright? One that you like best.”In all honesty, his fortune was so vast that it was entirely possible for him to buy one of every dog breed in the world. Buying every dog in this facility would barely make a dent in his finances. However, Lola was still a child in the process of growing up, and there were some important life lessons that she needed to understand.One of these lessons was that she had to learn how to make trade-offs for something she wanted.Lola nodded vigorously when she heard what Skylar said. Turning her gaze back to the dogs in the pens, she looked them over again even more intently than before.Skylar did not hurry her either; he merely waited patiently for her to make her choice.In a little while, Lola suddenly pointed in one direction and asked softly, “Daddy, is that doggie over there sick?”Skylar looked over to where she was pointing and discovered that she had spotted a very young golden retriever pup lying on the ground. It looked as if it was about to die and did not appear to be more than a month old. It had suffered a very serious injury to its leg, which was still bleeding. The pup must have been trampled on earlier when the dogs were lunging at the sides of the pens. Sadly, it was probably not the only victim either.The pup seemed to sense Lola watching it. Lifting its head with great difficulty, it looked piteously in her direction and began whimpering softly.It was as if the puppy was trying to tell the little girl that it did not wish to leave this world so soon. Lola’s heart overflowed with sympathy for the poor creature, and tears sprang to her eyes. Tugging at Skylar’s hand, she asked, “Daddy, the poor doggie’s hurt. Can we make it better, please?” What she meant was that she wanted Skylar to take the puppy to the animal hospital. However, she had not expected that her father would immediately agree and carry the injured pup out of the pen.Like magic, Skylar shook a tiny pill out of the pendant around his neck and crushed it into powder. After that, he pushed the powder onto his fingertips and held it to the puppy’s mouth.The puppy’s eyes opened a little as it sniffed at the powder. Slowly, it extended its tongue and began licking at the powder on Skylar’s fingertips until it was all gone.Skylar very gently stroked the site of the injury twice, then told Lola, “Don’t worry, sweetheart. The doggie will get better very soon now.”“Really? The poor doggie won’t die now?” Lola asked, thrilled.Skylar nodded and gently picked up the pup, putting it into Lola’s arms.Only then did Lola notice that the puppy’s injury had stopped bleeding, and the blood was beginning to congeal over the wound surface. Its eyes were noticeably brighter and livelier as well.“Wow! You saved him, Daddy, you’re incredible!” Lola was so happy she could not help squealing with delight.The puppy seemed to have been infected with her excitement. It licked her cheek, and Lola immediately began giggling because its tongue tickled her.“Daddy, I’ll take this one!”“Alright!” Skylar nodded. He, too, felt that this little pup seemed to have an affinity with Lola. With that, he picked his daughter up, the puppy still in her arms, and made his way to the door. Turning to Mitzi, he asked, “How much is this puppy?”A shiver ran through Mitzi as she heard Skylar’s voice again. Regaining her composure with difficulty, she stammered, “N-nothing, it’s f-free of charge. You can just take it home with you now.” She did not even have the courage to meet his gaze.