Sweet daily life of Little Tanuki and Qin Che in Love and Deep Space

While trying to control your body, you attempted to calm the horse's restless state. After a few tries, taking advantage of a brief pause in its breathing, you quickly dismounted.

Qin Che, standing to the side, clapped for you with a broad smile: "That was fantastic! Want to do it again?"

"Hmph... Are you showing us what schadenfreude is?!" You poked his arm in annoyance. "Don't blame me for not warning you, provoking an angry hunter is not a wise choice."

"Don't misunderstand, this is just a friendly reminder." Qin Che spread his hands elegantly. "This guy had already thrown off three horse trainers before he came into my hands."

"Oh, I see~" You scratched your chin, your eyes rolling around a couple more times. "Now that you mention it, I think I'm even more eager to tame it. Ah! I'm getting fired up! No problem, I have other ideas."

Qin Che seemed immune to your sudden outbursts. He leaned against the railing with his arms crossed, his tone laced with amusement: "Bluster."

"Wait for me a moment," you said, and ran into the main building.

......

When you came back a little while later, you were holding a bright red and tempting apple.

Clearly, the dark horse was very pleased with this gesture of goodwill.

Qin Che stared at your smug expression and said, "With such an easy reward, this horse is likely to become more and more spoiled as you train it."

“It’s just an apple. I call this giving first and then taking. As a tamer, I’m not that stingy,” you replied logically.

This time, instead of rushing to mount the saddle, you gently stroked the horse's glossy coat back and forth.

"Sweetie, if you eat my apple, you'll be my horse. If you behave well, I'll give you something good later."

It shook its ears, but you couldn't tell if it had heard you. You saw that it quickly finished the apple, so you weren't in a hurry. You continued to stroke its body, letting it get used to your touch and scent.

"With this technique and pressure, it'll fall asleep in no time," Qin Che teased. "Or do you think putting it to sleep is a form of taming?"

"Qin Che, this is blatant jealousy. Are you jealous because I fed others but not you, and I touched others but not you?" You concluded with a chuckle.

Qin Che looked at you with amusement: "Me, jealous of a horse?"

"Why not? After I said that, didn't you rush to refute me without even thinking? Just tell me honestly, is your heart beating a little faster than before? Hehe..." You blinked twice, observing Qin Che's facial expression.

He froze and doubted himself for at least a second.

Then she raised one corner of her lips, revealing a captivating smile.

You were still gently stroking the horse's mane when you realized that Qin Che had somehow appeared beside you.

“Indeed, disturbing my mind has always been your specialty, but I’m talking about taming horses now…” He lowered his head and frowned. “Blindly trying to please will only make you lose the initiative. Making the enemy afraid and nervous is the first step to taming them.”

"Really? I don't think so..." You smiled confidently, then gripped the reins and swiftly mounted the horse again.

The dark horse quickly struggled back up, but that was to be expected.

She turned on me as soon as I finished eating; she was just pretending to be good!