Yu Yelan felt it was all her fault. If she had adopted the puppy or moved it to the other side of the road, the puppy wouldn’t have died! Tears fell in strings.
If she hadn’t asked the servant for the puppy, it wouldn’t have died!
It was all her fault! The shadows of two puppies overlapped, and Yu Yelan’s tears fell more urgently. She desperately wrapped herself in the cotton quilt, “Woo… puppy… I’m sorry… I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to… I’m sorry…”
Crying more sorrowfully, Yu Yelan’s eyes and head hurt.
Finally, she fell into a chaotic dream, with a bright tear still hanging on her cheek.
When Yu Yelan opened her eyes again, she was confused about what had happened. Rubbing her swollen eyes that could barely open, she still went out of the room. Yue Xiye was not there. Yu Yelan sat on the sofa for a long time, deciding to go down with a pen to write the puppy’s name on its “tombstone.”
Yu Yelan walked to the flower bed where the puppy was buried but didn’t see the erected “tombstone.” What was going on? Did she cry herself silly and remember wrong? Yu Yelan jumped out of the flower bed and looked in another flower bed, discovering a puppy sitting in the middle of the road, looking at her with round eyes full of pleading.
“Puppy?” Yu Yelan, certain no car was coming, rushed to the street to pick up the puppy, bringing it back to the roadside. “You’re not good, why sit in the middle of the road? Are you the dead puppy’s brother? You look so similar!”
“Could it be you?” Yu Yelan hugged the puppy as if seeing a ghost and rushed back to the apartment without thinking about Yue Xiye’s potential reaction. She threw the keys on the table and immediately checked the time: two-ten!
“How is this possible!” Yu Yelan collapsed on the sofa. Yue Xiye had clearly returned at 1:30, she told him about the necklace, they had lunch together, and at two o’clock they had just left after lunch. How could this be!
When Yu Yelan opened her eyes again, she saw Yue Xiye’s worried eyes. “Little rabbit, are you feeling unwell? Shall I take you to see a doctor?” He had only been out for a few hours, and Yu Yelan was lying on the sofa with a fever. If he hadn’t remembered there was a little rabbit at home and went directly to work the night shift, who knows how high her fever would have gone.
“Where’s the puppy? The puppy?” Yu Yelan sat up, anxiously looking around. “Where’s my puppy?”
Who allowed you to bring the dog here? This isn’t a stray animal shelter!” Yue Xiye’s anger rose as he looked at the dog, which was sitting on his sofa, blinking with innocent eyes just like the little rabbit in front of him, and wagging its tail.
Yu Yelan pulled Yue Xiye’s sleeve, pleading desperately, “Please, it’s so pitiful. I had a dog when I was young, just like this one, but my sister killed it!” Tears welled up in her eyes, and the nightmare she had never shared with anyone before easily unfolded before Yue Xiye.
“Brother Yue, please have mercy and take it in! Otherwise, it will die!
“Remembering the dog’s tragic death in a pool of blood, Yu Yelan’s tears finally fell, ‘Please, okay, Brother Yue!’
‘What do you mean it will die!’ Uncomfortable under Yu Yelan’s expectant gaze, Yue Xiye casually responded. He wanted to say that if the dog couldn’t survive on its own, death was inevitable, but he swallowed the words.
‘Don’t you know? We saw the dog die together… Brother Yue, do you know how I got this rose ring I’m wearing?’ Yu Yelan opened her eyes wide, forgetting her tears.
‘Little rabbit, does your head still hurt?’ Yue Xiye worriedly touched Yu Yelan’s forehead, which wasn’t as hot as before.
‘Brother Yue, answer my question!’ Yu Yelan pushed away his hand, biting her lower lip nervously.
‘That’s mine. You found my necklace with the ring inside. You insisted on using your chain as collateral, remember?’ Yue Xiye touched her forehead again and prepared to give her the medicine.
‘Brother Yue, what happened after I used the necklace as collateral?’ Yu Yelan held her breath, sensing something significant had occurred.
‘I got a call from the restaurant where I work part-time, asking me to fill in with triple the salary, so I went!’ Yue Xiye thought she was a spoiled child who got a fever so easily.”
“Brother Yue, didn’t you see the dog get hit by a car?” Yu Yelan asked tentatively.
“No!” Yue Xiye found her persistent questioning frustrating. “It’s still fine, locked on the balcony!”
“Brother Yue, please take it in. I’ll eat less at each meal to feed the dog, okay?” Yu Yelan believed the scene she remembered was a sign from heaven to save this poor dog.
“You…” Yue Xiye almost ground his teeth, facing Yu Yelan’s determined, pleading eyes. He could only clench his fist and say grudgingly: “Fine!”
Yu Yelan jumped off the bed, cheering, “Thank you, thank you, Brother Yue!” She rushed to the balcony, picking up the curled-up little dog. “Brother Yue, can I name it Xiao Xiao Lan? The same name as the dog I had when I was ten?” She held the dog, excitedly seeking Yue Xiye’s opinion.
“Whatever,” Yue Xiye could only respond.
“Thank you, Brother Yue! Xiao Xiao Lan, I’ll give you a bath. Sister will definitely take good care of you!”
Yu Yelan’s soft voice disappeared into the bathroom, speaking to the dog.
Yue Xiye shook his head, seeing Yu Yelan’s condition had clearly improved without medication. He punched the wall, wondering what spell had been cast on him to have his life turned upside down by a little girl!
While Yu Yelan happily cared for the dog, Yue Xiye sought out Qin Boxiao regarding her school enrollment, knowing that for someone like Qin Boxiao, it would be easy but would likely cause some trouble.
Yue Xiye gritted his teeth, thinking of Yu Yelan’s bright, expectant eyes, and reluctantly signed the contract. Qin Boxiao was indeed a ruthless person, even scheming against his own friend.
Qin Boxiao laughed mysteriously, never expecting Yue Xiye, this stubborn guy, would ask him for help, and for a young girl! The more Yue Xiye tried to distance himself, the more curious Qin Boxiao became.
Qin Boxiao had to sign a one-year contract with Yue Xiye and meet the little girl who made Yue Xiye open his mouth before he would help Yu Yelan enroll and process her identity documents.
The day before school started, when the student council held a new semester management meeting, Yue Xiye brought Yu Yelan to the school.
“Little bunny, don’t listen to anything that guy who’s itching for trouble says later,” Yue Xiye cautioned uneasily. Based on his understanding of Qin Poxiao, that guy who always wore a charming smile was actually the most heartless demon who enjoyed tormenting others, and a pure girl like Yu Yelan would definitely suffer.
“Brother Yue, can I not go?” Having already walked into Liufeng High School’s gate with Yue Xiye, Yu Yelan became timid. What she feared most was seeing strangers and hearing them say many incomprehensible things.
“I don’t want to expose you to that bad guy either, but this is the condition for him to help you process your enrollment and identity documents. Little bunny, just endure it. Act like you didn’t see him or hear what he says,” Yue Xiye rubbed Yu Yelan’s head, truly unwilling to bring this pure little bunny before such a man-eating demon.
“Oh.” Yu Yelan obediently responded. Brother Yue was doing this for her good, and she would try her best to do as he said.
Yu Yelan followed Yue Xiye into the student council president’s office, hiding entirely behind Yue Xiye, with only her eyes curiously looking around.
Qin Poxiao had been waiting in the office for a long time, having overheard Yue Xiye’s instructions outside the office, “And the reason Yue stood me up on Qixi Night?”
