The Domineering Chief Dotes on His Wife

At the dinner table, Grandpa Yan often chatted with Huo Xiangtian, and would occasionally mention Yan Liluo.

Huo Xiangtian chatted enthusiastically with the old man, while Yan Liluo occasionally gave a passive reply.

Yan Mu occasionally chimed in, and even Yan Liheng chatted familiarly with Huo Xiangtian. They were all talking about trivial matters.

"Xiangtian, you must come and chat with me often when you have time to relieve your boredom," Grandpa Yan said to Huo Xiangtian with a smile.

Yan Liluo was busy eating when Huo Xiangtian glanced at her, then turned back to smile and echoed the old man's words, replying with an "okay."

After finishing her lunch and saying goodbye to the old man, Yan Liluo left with Baiqiu, as she still had work to do at the company in the afternoon.

She had just stepped out the door when Huo Xiangtian followed.

"Yan Luo".

Place your hand on the door handle to open the rear door and let the white ball into the car.

Knowing that Huo Xiangtian probably had something to say to her, Yan Liluo didn't avoid him. She closed the car door and then walked up to Huo Xiangtian.

"What's the matter?"

“I used to come here often, and I never saw you so indifferent.”

Huo Xiangtian frankly stated that they used to have a good relationship, but now he felt things had changed, and that what he said that day might have been hasty.

Before Yan Lilu could speak, Huo Xiangtian continued, "What I said that day was just a joke, don't take it seriously."

After listening to Huo Xiangtian's words, Yan Liluo thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "I didn't take it to heart. I don't think our relationship has changed. We're still friends, aren't we?"

Then Huo Xiangtian asked another question.

"What exactly is your relationship with Lu Jingchuan? Didn't you break off your engagement?"

Huo Xiangtian was her close male friend. For a man as outstanding as Huo Xiangtian in every way, she could only hope that their relationship could remain that of ordinary friends.

Looking at Huo Xiangtian, Yan Lilu hesitated for two seconds before saying, "Xiangtian, we will only be friends. Whether in the past or in the future, we will have no relationship. If you can accept that we can still be friends, I won't force you."

Huo Xiangtian's expression remained calm. "I asked casually. If you don't want to answer, I won't force you."

Yan Liluo knew clearly what Huo Xiangtian's attitude towards her was after so many years of relationship. Huo Xiangtian hadn't said it directly, so this relationship had remained unchanged.

She knew that Huo Xiangtian's jokes and remarks during this time were a test of her.

Now that Huo Xiangtian is testing her again and again with joking words, she can no longer pretend to be stupid.

Yan Liluo then stated bluntly, "Regardless of whether I have a relationship with Lu Jingchuan or not, you and I can only be friends. Whether what I said that day was a joke or not, you know in your heart that you don't need to explain it to me."

"I have work to do, I'll be going now."

All day long, Bai Qiu stayed by Yan Liluo's side, whether she went to company meetings or social events, she took her along.

Throughout the day, the white ball was very obedient, following Yan Lilu wherever she went and eating whatever she was given, without being picky at all.

Yan Liluo delivered the white ball to Dingsheng. At the company entrance, Yan Liluo squatted down and first tried to persuade the white ball, "I have something to do and can't take you with me. Be a good girl, okay, Qiuqiu?"

When Yan Liluo brought the white ball, Lu Jingchuan was entertaining guests, and Han Fei received her.

"Be good, Qiuqiu, don't make a fuss. I have things to do and I have to go. Be good and don't run away."

As Yan Liluo explained, when Han Fei took the leash, Qiuqiu behaved very docilely.

After finishing his work and seeing off his clients, Lu Jingchuan returned to his office and found Han Fei walking his ungrateful dog.

How did it get here?

"Manager Yan just delivered it."

Lu Jingchuan appeared, and Han Fei completed his handover and went out to work.

"They actually knew to come back. Why didn't they just follow me wholeheartedly?"

As soon as Lu Jingchuan finished speaking, the white ball barked twice in response.

Upon hearing this voice, Lu Jingchuan recalled how Bai Qiu had yelled at him like an enemy earlier that day, and he felt extremely upset, a flame rising above his head.

Lu Jingchuan squatted down, covered the white ball's mouth with one hand, and slapped the white ball's head with the other hand while muttering something.

"Shut up! Shout again and I'll chop you into pieces and stew you! I've fed and clothed you, and this is how you repay me? You've gone with outsiders!"

"ungrateful!"

"I'll teach you to be ungrateful!"

"You don't want to live a good life anymore? How dare you yell at me like that!"

"If you don't discipline someone for three days, they'll start climbing on the roof and tearing off the tiles, huh?"

The white ball was severely punished and dared not utter a sound afterward. Its obedient appearance won Lu Jingchuan's heart, and his anger disappeared.

Back at the apartment, Lu Jingchuan put out dog food for Baiqiu and patiently fed it.

The white ball took two bites, wagged its tail, walked to the door, looked at Lu Jingchuan, and pawed at the door with one of its front paws.

"Come here, it's raining outside, how can we go out!"

Wang Wang...

"Who is the master here? Are you starting to forget your roots again?"

Wang Wang...

Unsurprisingly, the white ball received another stern lecture.

The white ball, lying in its doghouse, was in a low mood.

Normally, Baiqiu has a very good appetite, and it will never leave a piece of its favorite jerky uneaten.

Ever since Jiang Hao brought the white ball, the white ball's reaction has been very strange. It had never resisted him before, let alone yelled at him.

Lu Jingchuan called Jiang Hao to ask when Bai Qiu's appetite started to decrease and what other symptoms it had besides not eating or drinking.

"Just a few days ago, I took it out for a bath, and it came back like this."

Jiang Hao also mentioned that the place where Baiqiu takes a bath is the same one that Baiqiu always goes to, and the person who usually bathes it hasn't changed either; the whole process is done according to Baiqiu's preferences.

"Has my brother not run into it recently?" Lu Jingchuan asked doubtfully.

Previously, he had been encouraging Baiqiu to go against Lu Jingshen, and whenever they encountered Lu Jingshen, he would order Baiqiu to bark at Lu Jingshen like a dog.

On one occasion, in order to prevent him from having the opportunity to sow discord, Lu Jingshen forcibly found a reason to send him abroad on a business trip for a period of time, so Bai Qiu returned to the old house for a while.

When he returned, Baiqiu was in low spirits. She asked the family's maid and learned that Lu Jingshen had been bullying her dog behind her back for the past few days. From then on, Baiqiu would have a strong stress reaction whenever she saw Lu Jingshen.

"No, oh, right, I did have a bit of an abnormal reaction when I came back that day, but I changed cars that day, could it be a problem with the car?"

"If there's a car to ride in, I won't be picky; it's not a problem."

Jiang Hao thought for a moment and then said, "Could it be that I took the wrong route home that day?"

Jiang Hao said that he had something urgent to attend to that day and went to another district.

"You went to Shengshi?"

"No, I just passed by the Meili Building."

Beautiful Building?

Lu Jingchuan realized that Lin Jiaran worked at a jewelry company near the Meili Building. He guessed that Jiang Hao was driving by and Bai Qiu, with his sharp eyes, had seen Lu Jingshen in the car, which was why he did this.

"I misunderstood you." Lu Jingchuan squatted down and gently stroked the white ball's head, speaking in a low voice.

The white ball stared at Lu Jingchuan, not daring to shout to express its feelings. It wanted to say that it had never been ungrateful, that its keen sense of smell could prove it, and that it had not mistaken Lu Jingchuan for someone else.

Unfortunately, humans and dogs don't understand each other's languages...