Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

A soft blue light shone down from above, and Pei Du looked down at the contents of the book. The words were densely packed in the center of the page, and Pei Du felt a strange sensation from the repeated mention of the word "master."

He said I was his baby.

He kept me at home like a precious treasure.

He suddenly started to dislike me.

He asked me if I was his dog.

Pei Du read through the book line by line, projecting himself onto the dog in the story. After immersing himself in the experience, he suddenly realized the owner's sinister intentions.

This owner is constantly using PUA techniques on "me".

He kept me at home like a precious treasure, pretending to love me, but in reality, he cut me off from all contact with the outside world. After I lost the ability to live independently, he often implied in daily life that I was not good enough for him.

Ultimately, he forced "me" to admit that I was his dog.

Pei Du's expression grew increasingly complicated as he looked at the scene.

Sheng Shixian was sleeping against the foot of the bed. He was only truly well-behaved when he was asleep, with his eyes lightly closed and his lips relaxed into a straight line. His breathing was also very quiet, almost inaudible, and Pei Du could only see the slight rise and fall of his chest.

People like Sheng Shixian, when locked in a cage, will bite and go crazy, but they will never easily show weakness. Therefore, he was beaten black and blue in the black market.

Pei Du couldn't imagine himself following behind someone and calling them "master".

Pei Du's sense of unease grew stronger. The pages he was reading didn't seem to have much to do with him, so he could only continue turning the pages.

Besides the owner and the dog, other people's names should appear in this book, since Pei Du's name is also mixed in.

It was past midnight, and Pei Du felt dizzy. He numbly flipped through the pages of paper.

"...In my life, I've met many people, but few have accompanied me on the long journey. It's ironic that Ling Shu is one of them."

[It's quite a coincidence that Ling Shu shares the same surname as my master. I can't address my master by his full name, but I can call Ling Shu by it.]

Pei Du finally found something useful. He marked the name "Ling Shu" and wrote the character "Ling" next to it.

The dog's owner's surname is "Ling".

Pei Du paused after finishing writing.

Ling Shu...

The new junior colleague in the lab also has the surname "Ling".

What was his name again? Pei Du pulled out the file next to him. His assistant had already sent him the names and positions of everyone in the lab. Pei Du looked over the table and confirmed his name.

Ling Yu.

Pei Du sketched on the paper, and after finishing, he unconsciously twirled the pen between his fingers.

The pen had a rich, dark hue and a smooth, rounded body. Pei Du handled it with skill, the pen, which was difficult to hold, tumbling through his fingers and leaving several afterimages.

Ling Yu... toilet play...

Anjia?

Pei Du stopped fiddling with the pen abruptly.

He read through the book from beginning to end and slowly began to understand its unique flavor.

The dog was in a sorry state, but it wasn't written how it became so.

Pei Du only knew that Sheng Shixian was in dire straits. These past few days, Sheng Shixian had been meekly and subservient under Pei Du's nose; in his previous life at this time, he was probably in an even worse state.

Pei Du was a little unsure about An Jia's situation.

He was just An Jia's ATM, and rarely had any contact with her.

An Jia should have been destitute. She was a wealthy heiress, but overnight her company went bankrupt, her parents went to jail, and she was burdened with a huge debt. According to the plot, she should indeed have lived a miserable life.

But with Pei Du as her ATM, what did she have to fear?

Before Pei Du ascended to heaven in his previous life, he had seen An Jia once. At that time, An Jia was wearing a mink coat and her gold and jade bracelets shimmered with a subtle light, exuding the air of a noblewoman.

Who ever falls so low as she does?

Pei Du was somewhat suspicious. After thinking for a few seconds, he wrote Sheng Shixian and An Jia's names next to the dog's name and added a question mark.

As for the master... Pei Du has only confirmed one surname: "Ling".

It seems we can start with Ling Shu from the book.

Pei Du thought to himself as he continued to flip through the papers.

When I was young, I fell ill and was sent to a rural hospital for treatment. Ling Shu was also attending school there at the time; he had always lived in that area.

When I first arrived there, I heard a lot about him. Locals said his mother was a prostitute. In the red-light district, she was the top courtesan.

I'm terrified of Ling Shu. Ling Shu has a tail. How could he have something like that? He's not human.

Ling Shu tried to strangle me. I saw his tail; he wanted to kill me. But my parents didn't believe me. Ling Shu's physical examination at the time showed no problems.

[I was so scared, who will save me? Ling Shu won't let me go... Later, it was my master who pleaded for me, and Ling Shu stopped coming after me. Thinking about it, it's really fate that I met my master when I was a child.]

But I didn't stay in the countryside for long. After my treatment ended, I fled that place. Because of Ling Shu.

Pei Du knew that the plot of this mad book was abnormal, and every character who appeared, except for Pei Du himself, was mentally ill.

Pei Du was speechless for a while, then continued to watch Ling Shu's actions.

But this is not the end.

Years later, Ling Shu also arrived in City A. He seemed to have undergone a complete transformation in those short years; I almost didn't recognize him. His face had changed, his height had changed, and his tail was gone… He told me to keep my mouth shut and not to mention anything about us to anyone…

Only my master can protect me. He always stays by my side, preventing Ling Shu from getting close. Over time, Ling Shu stopped bothering me. My master says he won't let anyone hurt me...

Then came a long string of praises from the dog to its owner. Pei Du was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information. He managed to read a dozen pages before he simply ran out of energy to continue.

Pei Du has already read half of this thick guide to surviving, which is as thick as a Xinhua Dictionary. He plans to spend another three or four days reading the rest.

Pei Du sighed. Actually, tonight wasn't entirely fruitless. At least he learned about his master and got Ling Shu's name.

Once Ling Shu is found, the trail leads to the owner of the "Ling" surname, and the dog will naturally come to light.

Pei Du stuffed the book into the drawer, locked it, and then lay back down on the bed. The creature, barely conscious, hovered in the air, its blue light flickering as if it would go out at any moment.

Pei Du called out to it twice, and the creature, barely surviving, instantly awoke: "How is it? Any new results?"

“There are some, but it’s not certain yet. I’ll go out and gather some information tomorrow,” Pei Du said.

The survivor, barely surviving, exclaimed in surprise, "Really?!"

"Oh my, you're really promising! You're the most promising and intelligent kid I've ever mentored!" Gouqie Tousheng immediately changed his tone, praising Pei Du several times.

Pei Du: "..."

Get lost, 16 smart eggs have already died ahead of us.

Pei Du wasn't in the mood to chat with Gouqie Tousheng, so he pulled the covers over himself. Seeing this, Gouqie Tousheng quickly crawled into the closet, found a comfortable position, and extinguished all the light emanating from its body.