Quite awkward

In the first year that Qi Yu moved into the back building of the Mu family, Mu Yanqing brought home a golden retriever puppy without telling his family. He originally wanted to raise it in the main building of the Mu family, but Shen Shuang hated creatures running around on the ground the most, so he could only raise the golden retriever next to Qi Yu's room.

From then on, a well-behaved girl and a cute puppy lived on the third floor of the Mu family's back building.

Mu Yanqing gave the right to name the child to Qi Yu. At that time, the two of them and the dog were basking in the sun on the lawn in the yard of the Mu family manor. Qi Yu was still a first-grade elementary school student. She raised her head and reached out to touch the sky, and her black ponytail behind her head swayed.

Let’s call it...Sunny Day.

From then on, the puppy was named Sunny.

Fifteen years have passed, and Qingtian has become an old dog. He always walks with a stagger and moves slowly. He is no longer the friend who would excitedly wag his tail when he saw Qi Yu.

Now Qingtian is kept in Mu Yanqing's private residence. Qi Yu goes to see it occasionally. In recent years, it has always had various health problems. She has a premonition that Qingtian's life is counting down.

Qi Yu didn't have work that day. She was watching a movie at home with a black leather notebook at her side, ready to take notes at any time.

The cell phone rang, and she glanced at the screen distractedly. The note on the screen was Mu Chenan's name.

She took the phone, hesitated for a moment, and pressed the green answer button.

“Second brother.”

"I'm outside your community. Are you home?" Mu Chenan's voice was clear and charming, but not very gentle.

You have to ask clearly before you can find an excuse to refuse.

"What's going on?"

The girl's tone was clearly testing, and Mu Chenan could hear it. He sighed softly, "My eldest brother's nanny said that Qingtian might be dying."

“Where’s my eldest brother?”

"He and his sister-in-law went to New Zealand to take wedding photos. They can't come back for the time being. He asked me to come pick you up."

Qi Yu's breathing stagnated, and his heart felt so sour that he didn't respond for a long time.

Although she had long since accepted the fact that Mu Yanqing was married, she couldn't help but envy or jealousy the woman who was able to marry him. Another conflict arose in her heart: Mu Yanqing was enjoying the happiness of life, while the pet that had accompanied him for years was facing death.

Thinking of this, she began to breathe unevenly. Qingtian only recognized Mu Yanqing as his master, and she was just his playmate.

"Come down now, I'll take you to his house." Mu Chenan deliberately urged.

“Oh, okay.”

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Qi Yu picked up a hair clip and tied her hair up, then left home.

There was a black Maybach parked outside the community. She had seen this car before. She trotted over and opened the back door. A man in a gray striped suit appeared in her sight. He looked like a business elite.

He sat on the other side of the back seat and turned to glance at her lightly.

This glance made Qi Yu feel uneasy, and she greeted him in a low voice.

“Second brother.”

"Yeah." He deserved to be relaxed and casual.

After getting in the car, Qi Yu leaned against the door, putting some distance between herself and Mu Chenan. However, she could still smell the cool-toned perfume coming from him, a faint astringency, and the elegant body fragrance of a man. The enclosed space made her feel dizzy.

The driver waited for her to sit firmly before starting the car.

Mu Chenan must have come from a negotiation site, or he came to see her right after finishing work.

Qi Yu didn't have time to think about it. He lowered his head and opened his phone to find a video of Qingtian when he was a child. He stared at it for a long time.

In the middle of the conversation, Mu Chenan received two work calls. After a brief chat, he hung up and just said that he was busy.

The car stopped in front of Mu Yanqing's private residence. Qi Yu pushed the door and got out of the car, then ran into the house as if she was familiar with the place. The nanny came to greet her and explained Qingtian's situation to her.

"Qingtian couldn't stand up, couldn't open his mouth, and couldn't eat..."

Qi Yu walked straight to Qingtian's doghouse on the first floor, pushed the door open, and saw Qingtian collapsed on the ground in the corner, his limbs crossed, his eyes half-open, and his breathing light and weak.

"sunny."

She called Qingtian's name, but it didn't respond.

Qi Yu squatted down and touched Qingtian's head. She didn't notice the footsteps behind her. She was talking to Qingtian. Suddenly, Qingtian whimpered with all his strength, and stared at the door with his eyes wide open.

Qi Yu turned her head and saw Mu Chenan standing at the door with one hand in his pocket, his eyes cold as he looked indifferently at the room.

Like his mother, he wasn't very fond of animals.

"Qingtian, you're wrong. He's not the eldest brother."

Mu Chenan raised his eyebrows and thought it was funny that even a dog could mistake a person for another.

Neither he nor Mu Yanqing thought they looked similar to each other. Mu Yanqing looked more like his father Mu Luowen, while he looked more like his mother Shen Shuang.

Mu Chenan stood at the door without moving. He disliked the smell of dust inside even more. Picking up Qi Yu to see the pet that was about to die was the task assigned to him by Mu Yanqing.

He expressed his disgust and strongly refused, but was unsuccessful.

Qi Yu tried to give Qingtian some water, but all the water flowed onto the ground.

It looks worried, as if it has unfulfilled wishes.

"Does this dog want to see Big Brother?"

Mu Chenan saw Qingtian's anticipation, so he took out his cell phone and made a video call directly. After the call was connected, he still stood at the door and asked Qi Yu to come over and get the phone.

Qi Yu heard Mu Yanqing's voice on the phone.

It was 7:30 in the evening in New Zealand, and he was having a candlelight dinner with Xu Nianhan. Perhaps because of this phone call, the carefully created romantic atmosphere disappeared in an instant.

She took the phone, zoomed in on Mu Yanqing's face, and placed the screen in Qingtian's sight.

"Sunny, look who this is!"

When Qingtian saw his owner's face, his lifeless eyes gradually lit up and he barked a few times.

Mu Yanqing sighed repeatedly, his tone unable to conceal the sadness: "Qingtian, I'm sorry that I can't be with you at this time."

It whimpered again and again, and a tear rolled down the corner of its eye.

"I'm here to talk to Qingtian." Xu Nianhan leaned over to look at the phone screen and soothed it with a gentle voice: "Qingtian, your owner is also sad for you..."

Mu Yanqing let Xu Nianhan talk to the phone for a long time, but Qingtian didn't react at all during this time.

After a long time, the atmosphere gradually became heavy.

"Stop talking." Mu Yanqing stopped Xu Nianhan from continuing. The unnecessary sentimental words made people's mood even more depressed.

He turned to Qi Yu and said, "After Qingtian passes away, someone will be assigned to take care of his body. Ah Yu, please say goodbye to him properly for me."

Then, the video call was disconnected...