Not long after the boss left, a customer arrived and asked the pet hospital to neuter her Persian cat.
The Persian cat had snow-white fur and an exceptionally solemn expression. Its face was practically screaming unhappiness, along with:
*Touch me and you’re dead.*
Gao Xuan was speechless.
She could not afford to offend it. Absolutely not.
She smiled apologetically.
“I’m sorry, but I injured my hand and won’t be able to perform surgery for the time being.”
The customer was extremely disappointed and could only leave resentfully with her cat in her arms.
Gao Xuan felt immense sympathy for whichever veterinarian would eventually perform the operation. She had a strong feeling that doctor was going to be beaten up.
“How are humans supposed to survive in the future?” Gao Xuan asked miserably.
Cola rubbed his cheek against his owner’s trouser leg, seemingly trying to comfort her.
*Don’t be afraid! I’m here!*
“Fortunately, I’m someone who owns a dog.” Gao Xuan relaxed slightly, her words filled with relief.
However, before she could remain happy for long, another person rushed into the shop in a panic.
“Doctor! Help!”
“What happened?” Gao Xuan walked over.
“Something’s wrong with my Papillon!”
The man in his thirties looked close to breaking down.
“It’s eating far more than usual, and it keeps shooting up in height. The entire dog has grown a size bigger. But it’s supposed to be a small breed!”
Papillons had long, upright fur on their ears that resembled the wings of a fluttering butterfly. They were generally between twenty and twenty-eight centimetres tall.
However, the dog beside the man was nearly forty centimetres tall.
Standing boldly inside the shop, it looked particularly imposing.
“Doctor, please examine it quickly,” the man urged anxiously.
Gao Xuan thought to herself that this question was beyond the syllabus.
Even a veterinarian could not deal with it.
The moment she tried to approach, the dog began barking ferociously, apparently refusing to allow a stranger near it.
Gao Xuan had never seen such an aggressive Papillon before. She instinctively pulled her hand back.
The man tightly held his dog and coaxed it gently.
“Be good. Let the doctor examine you. It won’t hurt.”
At the same time, Cola sprang to his feet and barked repeatedly, fiercely barking back.
“Awoo…”
The Papillon immediately lost its courage and hid in its owner’s arms, barely daring to breathe.
“Doctor, what exactly is wrong with it?” the man asked urgently.
Gao Xuan pretended to examine the dog and conduct research.
After a long while, she calmly replied, “It may simply be a matter of body type. Although most Papillons are short, occasionally one or two may grow especially tall. You know that basketball player? Isn’t he much taller than an ordinary person?”
The man froze like a statue and stiffly asked, “So it’s a physical trait rather than an illness?”
Gao Xuan shook her head.
“Look at it. It eats, drinks, runs, and jumps perfectly well. It’s very healthy.”
The man felt deeply aggrieved but could not express it.
There was a huge problem!
The dog ate far too much. It was practically going to eat his entire family into poverty!
“As long as it isn’t sick, I’m relieved.”
Although he said that, there was no trace of joy on his face. He sorrowfully led the dog away.
Gao Xuan touched her chest and felt a faint ache in her conscience.
However, she had no other choice.
She could hardly tell him directly, “Remain calm. Don’t panic. All dogs will eventually become this size, and yours may grow even larger.”
Gao Xuan sat down gloomily beside Cola, sensing that she would encounter even more bizarre problems in the future.
**
That afternoon, Gu Xinghang brought the blue-grey cat back to visit.
The moment the cat saw Gao Xuan, it reacted as though it had found a long-lost relative. It insisted on clinging to her, demanding kisses, cuddles, and petting.
“So, do you believe me now?” Gu Xinghang knowingly asked.
Gao Xuan was mentally and physically exhausted, and a trace of weariness appeared on her face.
“I have no choice but to believe you. Some animals are practically becoming spirits. They’re intelligent and extraordinarily skilled.”
In truth, had Cola not been beside her earlier, she might have been injured.
“Are you free tonight?” Gu Xinghang invited her again. “I’d like to have a proper conversation with you.”
“You want to have dinner, right? I’ll treat you.”
Gao Xuan thought that she had been able to prepare in advance thanks to his warning, so she ought to thank him.
Gu Xinghang laughed softly, his gaze deep.
“Agreeing to have dinner with me tonight and letting me pay would be the best way to thank me.”
Gao Xuan frowned slightly, sharply detecting something unusual in his words.
“Why?” she asked. “Even if I saved you in your dream, you don’t have to go this far. Unless…”
Before she could finish, Gu Xinghang openly admitted, “Yes. I like you.”
After thinking about it, he felt that this description was not strong enough, so he added, “I like you a lot!”
Gao Xuan froze.
Liking her was one thing, but what was with the “a lot”?
“Do you have a boyfriend?” Gu Xinghang asked.
“I’ve been single since birth,” Gao Xuan answered instinctively.
As for her rational mind, it was currently nowhere to be found.
“Then that’s fine.”
The corner of Gu Xinghang’s lips lifted slightly, his eyes dark.
Without warning, he thought of the German Shepherd he kept at home.
Whenever the dog’s favourite snack was placed before it, the German Shepherd would circle it repeatedly, so delighted that it did not know where to begin eating.
Gu Xinghang felt that he was showing signs of behaving similarly.
Because he liked her too much, he only dared to approach carefully, terrified that he might frighten her away by accident.
What exactly was fine?
After regaining her senses, Gao Xuan rejected him righteously.
“I’m sorry, but I have no intention of dating anyone.”
Even her own biological father’s attitude had changed without warning. She did not believe there was anyone else in the world she could truly rely on.
“I’m only making my position clear. I didn’t expect you to accept me immediately.”
Gu Xinghang did not seem surprised in the slightest. Instead, he smiled and asked, “See you tonight?”
Gao Xuan considered it.
They had already explained everything clearly. It was only one meal together, so it was not a big deal.
She nodded.
“See you tonight.”
**
Night descended, and Gao Xuan stepped out of the shop precisely on time with Cola.
“Get in,” Gu Xinghang said.
Gao Xuan initially intended to sit in the back, but an enormous German Shepherd was already crouched there.
Worried that the two dogs might fight, she had no choice but to sit in the passenger seat.
“Is that your dog?” Gao Xuan casually asked.
“Yes.”
Gu Xinghang said seriously, “It’s January now, and walking outside is no longer safe. You need to bring a bodyguard wherever you go. The blue-grey cat’s fighting ability is average, so bringing a dog is safer.”
“Why a German Shepherd?” Gao Xuan asked curiously.
“German Shepherds possess both the ferocity of wolves and the gentleness of dogs. They’re also more obedient than ordinary breeds.”
At this point, Gu Xinghang suddenly laughed.
“If I raised a group of huskies instead, I’d be finished. They’re energetic, refuse to obey instructions, and are especially destructive.”
Evolved huskies?
They would probably become demolition experts.
Gao Xuan sincerely sympathised with families that owned huskies.
While they chatted, they smoothly arrived at their destination.
Gao Xuan carefully examined the hotel before them and concluded that it had to be extremely expensive, because even the woman welcoming guests at the entrance was particularly beautiful.
“Are dogs allowed inside?” she asked curiously.
“It’s fine. I reserved a private room.”
After parking, Gu Xinghang took the dog’s lead and walked ahead with his German Shepherd.
“Follow me.”
Gao Xuan quickly followed.
Before long, she realised that they were taking a small side path.
The surroundings were exceptionally quiet, and no one else was nearby.
Only then did she secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
Cola was walking beside her, and it would be troublesome if he frightened anyone.
The moment the thought entered her mind, a greasy, exaggerated male voice sounded nearby.
“Well, look who it is. Isn’t this Young Master Gu? How rare. I never expected to meet you here.”
Gao Xuan looked over and discovered that the speaker was a fat young man with a beer belly. He appeared to be only in his early twenties.
At the same time, Gu Xinghang’s eyes darkened, and a trace of impatience flashed across his face.
Gao Xuan glanced between them and instantly understood the situation.
The two men knew each other, but their relationship was poor.
“And who is the young lady beside you? Your latest lover?” the fat man asked mockingly.
“Show some respect,” Gu Xinghang replied coldly.
“Humph! I only pretended to be polite and called you Young Master Gu out of respect for your father. Did you genuinely think you were impressive?”
The fat man’s expression abruptly darkened.
“Something happened to President Gu, and you couldn’t even protect the business empire he worked so hard to build. You sold the company almost immediately!”
“All the elders used to say that you were intelligent and capable and would become the most successful person among the younger generation. But what about now?”
The fat man smiled mockingly.
“I heard you’re raising several German Shepherds at a villa in the suburbs. You even built a small food-processing factory beside it?”
“Gu Xinghang, Gu Xinghang, you really are becoming more pathetic by the day!”
He believed he had viciously struck Gu Xinghang’s sore point and waited for him to reveal pain, anger, and unwillingness.
Unexpectedly—
Gu Xinghang replied with complete confidence and visible impatience, “I enjoy raising dogs, and I enjoy running a food-processing factory. What about it? Am I eating your family’s rice? What business is it of yours?”
The script did not seem quite right.
The fat man felt deeply frustrated.
When he looked again, Gu Xinghang’s female companion was staring at him sympathetically as though she were looking at a complete idiot.
The fat man was speechless.
He had already exposed Gu Xinghang’s humiliating circumstances.
Why was this woman still unable to understand the situation?
She should hurry up and distance herself from him!
However, she remained standing in place.
Instead, Gu Xinghang began retaliating.
“Call me whatever you like. There’s no need to approach me and start a conversation. We aren’t close anyway.”
“All the Gu family’s businesses belong to me. I can sell them if I want or keep them if I want. No one has the right to interfere.”
The fat man’s eyelids twitched, and his face alternated between green and white.
From childhood onwards, Gu Xinghang had always been the legendary “other family’s child” in his father’s eyes.
Everything he attempted succeeded, and every elder praised him.
He had once been the fat man’s greatest childhood nightmare.
Three or four months earlier, Gu Xinghang had suddenly decided to transfer ownership of his company. Afterwards, he sold nearly all the family assets, keeping only a villa in the suburbs.
At last, the fat man’s father had stopped using Gu Xinghang to motivate his son.
The fat man had been so overjoyed that he nearly cried and enjoyed several rare days of peace.
Now that he had encountered Gu Xinghang, he instinctively wanted revenge.
However, he had never expected the other man’s attitude to be so forceful.
“What are you acting so arrogant for? Just you wait!” the fat man threatened fiercely.
Gu Xinghang remained unmoved, his expression indifferent.
However, his German Shepherd became enraged.
It ran up to the fat man and barked furiously, looking exceptionally vicious.
The fat man fell silent.
The dog’s expression was terrifying. When it stood upright, it was taller than a person and looked incredibly frightening!
His calves trembled uncontrollably, and he could not help shifting to the side.
Gu Xinghang was utterly speechless at this fat man, who was both cowardly and aggressive.
Shaking his head, he led his dog away.
As the German Shepherd walked forwards, it repeatedly looked back, its eyes filled with fierce hostility.
Gao Xuan mocked, “A loyal dog protecting its owner. Someone had nothing better to do and deliberately provoked you, only to bring suffering upon himself.”
After saying that, she also left in a carefree manner.
The fat man ground his back teeth and muttered resentfully, “What’s so impressive about owning a dog? Tomorrow, I’ll get an even fiercer one!”
…
**Author’s Note:**
The information was taken from Baidu Baike.
The German Shepherd is also known as the German Black Back and the German Wolfdog.
…
As for the romance… we’ll see how it goes. The main focus is still the central plot.
Someone asked whether the combat chicken tastes good.
Detective, you’ve discovered the crucial point. 233333
**Nomad: **
Papillion Dog
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