Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

"Honey, listen to me. The handler of Beauty sacrificed herself a few days ago, and Beauty was so traumatized that she wouldn’t eat or drink. I saw her on my trip and felt really heartbroken. Beauty has served for over six years and it’s time for her to retire. How could I just watch her starve to death?"

"Yu Xiaoqiang, you’re not..." Qian rubbed her temples, "You’re not bringing a dog home to make me give it therapy?"

Pardon me, but your wife cannot do this!

No matter how skilled she is, she can’t provide therapy to animals!

"Besides—look at it, eating so ravenously, its appetite super strong. Does that look like it’s not eating or drinking?!"

Qian pointed at the corner where a dog was happily eating, the sound of chewing filling the room. If this counts as not eating or drinking, then there would be no starving ghosts in this world.

"No, honey, I don’t want you to treat it. Beauty starts eating when she sees me. Honey, look at my handsome, suave demeanor, who wouldn’t feel good seeing me? Last time you even said you eat two extra bowls when dining with me."

It’s like courting disaster without reason!

Qian got angry, picking up a couch cushion ready to strike. This guy is comparing himself to a dog?!

"Woof!" Sensing the hostility behind him, Beauty immediately turned around. Seeing Qian about to attack its friend, Beauty bared its teeth as if ready to defend.

"Sit!" Qian pointed with her hand, and miraculously Beauty sat down, startled by her commanding aura.

A second later, realizing it shouldn’t take orders from a stranger, Beauty was about to stand up when Yu Minglang spoke.

"Sit down!"

"Awwooo..." Beauty finally sat properly again.

"Beauty, she is my love, my wife, also your future mistress. Her words are my words, you need to follow her orders, understood?"

"Woof..." She’s kind of fierce...

Seeing him and the dog communicating, Qian actually felt a sudden illusion, as if the dog could truly understand human speech.

"I didn’t want you to treat Beauty, I want to adopt her. When Beauty was still a puppy, I used to take care of them. Now the handler has sacrificed, and Beauty is so emotional that it refuses to eat or drink. If it weren’t for my visit, she might have starved."

"When did you ever take care of dogs? Weren’t you a sniper at your old unit?"

"When I first joined, before I was officially assigned to a department, because, um, just a tiny mistake, I was punished and served as a dog handler for awhile."

Back then, Yu Minglang was quite unruly, assigned to take care of dogs for two weeks to break his spirit, not many knew about it.

"So this is the dog you once took care of?"

"It’s a dog!" Xiaoqiang corrected seriously, calling it a dog shows respect.

No wonder it’s so silly, as they say, birds of a feather flock together!

Qian suddenly felt a sense of betrayal. Could it be that Yu Minglang’s cooking skills came from being punished to make dog food? Then what was the point every time she gobbled down his delicious meals?!

"When I raised her, she had just been weaned. I didn’t expect that when I visited, she still remembered me. Honey, do you believe in fate? She was starving for so long, skin and bones, wouldn’t eat from anyone, but I touched her head and she licked my hand. It’s destiny, so... Could I just watch her starve?"

Generally, dogs cannot be taken out; adoption isn’t allowed.

But this was a special case. Seeing Beauty like this, Yu Minglang couldn’t bear it, so he applied and was allowed to adopt due to the circumstances.

"Hmm, go on."

Yu Minglang glanced at Qian’s expression, unable to discern her emotional fluctuation. Qian was truly adept at masking her emotions.

What does it mean to be like living with a tiger? Yu Minglang truly understood now.

Maybe in his early years, Xiaoqiang was too domineering, even heaven could not stand it, so it sent Qian to him, allowing him to experience the anxiety of being called into the principal’s office, a feeling not even found during his school days.

"I know you don’t like pets, you’ve emphasized multiple times that apart from you and me, and future children, no furry creatures are allowed at home."

"Hmm!"

This kid is quite sensible, he still remembers it. Qian felt her anger seemed diminished.

He had previously tried multiple times, subtle hints, hoping to get permission from Qian to keep a pet, but Qian shot it down with one sentence.

Qian often went to parks to feed stray cats and dogs, but she hated furry pets in her own domain. Yu Minglang was truly out of options this time, thus thinking of the idea of hiding Beauty—Qian had many homes across several cities, planning to hide and raise Beauty there.

"How old is she now?" Qian asked about the dog supposedly with a history of fasting. If she wasn’t mistaken, that guy was eating an entire bowl of canned pure meat dog food, how does it not get stuffed!

"Six and a half years old." When Yu Minglang heard her asking Beauty’s age, he thought there was a chance; his eyes lit up.

His face seemed to be engraved with words: honey, adopt her, adopt her~

"A dog’s lifespan is generally over ten years, long-living ones can reach 20 years. How long are you planning to secretly raise a six-and-a-half-year-old dog behind my back?"

Does this guy have a screw loose or something?

Qian felt embarrassed about even suspecting this guy would hide a mistress earlier.

If he had that leisure, how nice it’d be, but his thinking was short-sighted. Raising another dog secretly—how foolish is that action?

"I thought of several options, first is to raise her and gradually work on your mindset, but based on my long-term observation and understanding of you, I reached a conclusion."

"Spill it!"

Yu Minglang gulped, "You must promise not to get angry or cut my benefits and pocket money after I finish speaking."

"Go ahead." At this moment, Qian felt like a parent who caught a mischievous child.

What exactly did she experience, a proper adultery catch ended up being such a farce?

"Based on my long-term study, you’re someone very hard to persuade. Once you’ve made up your mind, there’s nothing moving you back. So I concluded, the likelihood of me raising Beauty at home is less than 10%."

"Hmm, you understand me quite thoroughly."

Qian admitted, she is indeed like this.

What she likes she truly loves, what she doesn’t like, no one can truly force her.

"So I’ve prepared a second plan. I can secretly raise her. For instance, in this city, I’d keep Beauty in this house, then when we return home, I’d hide Beauty in the trunk and bring her back, placing her in another house of yours. If you check the houses, I’ll transfer her in advance." Having many homes truly comes with advantages.

"Are you trying to play guerrilla warfare with me?"