How Can A Jiu's Actions Possibly Be Considered Stealing?

Restaurant.

Because Uncle Fu had been admitted to the hospital, the original dining room remained unchanged.

The slightly spacious dining room caused a sense of epic proportions to well up deep inside Young Master Fei's heart.

Mortals are bound to die; disasters are born from blue hair, and death comes from being too alive.

It seemed today was destined to fulfill this prophecy.

He hoped he wouldn't vomit too ugly of a sight later on.

Gu Xiyue wore a smile on her lips as she sat nearby, spreading out the lunchbox and setting out the items one by one. She gently blew on the thin porridge before pushing it softly toward him.

"Eat."

Fortunately, the heavens did not extinguish Young Master Fei.

At that moment, a voice sounded. Jiang Anran returned, interrupting Gu Xiyue's coercive stance.

"Young Master, that dog was newly raised... Good morning, Miss Gu."

Jiang Anran exchanged greetings with Gu Xiyue and walked into the kitchen wearing an apron.

Truly, one wave had not settled before another rose.

Now, Gu Xiyue's breakfast crisis had yet to pass, and over there Jiang Anran had come to meddle once again. He wondered what kind of reaction she would have regarding yesterday's incident.

Young Master Fei wore a tragic expression on his face, yet was forced to maintain a happy smile. "Xiyue, it's getting late. Your company should be very busy, right? Don't let me delay matters at the group."

"It's fine. I'll watch you finish eating and then go. There's still time."

"Uh, didn't you say last time that the company was currently negotiating a huge contract? You should be very busy, right?"

"This... Fine, then you must finish eating!" Gu Xiyue hesitated for a moment, but still decided to handle company affairs first, after all that was not something to joke about.

Besides, she instinctively felt uncomfortable staying together with Jiang Anran.

"Of course. This is love-filled breakfast made by you after all. How could I not lick it clean?"

Young Master Fei smiled ingratiatingly and sent her off.

A licking dog is a licking dog; aren't they just meant to lick the goddess? Licking the goddess until she feels comfortable all over.

Watching Gu Xiyue depart, Young Master Fei let out a breath of relief. Fortunately, quick wit had saved the day, and he used an excuse to chase her away.

Today could be considered safe and sound.

However, he had just mentioned the company's contract earlier. Judging by Gu Xiyue's reaction, the email he sent yesterday didn't seem to have had any effect?

Did she know but not care?

Or did she not see it?

According to his deduction, once Gu Xiyue knew, she shouldn't have been indifferent; she definitely would have gone to investigate.

It was more likely that she hadn't seen it.

Busy and forgot?

Or unable to see it for some reason?

The person responsible for managing the sending and receiving of her emails was the business secretary.

If the business secretary wanted to conceal an unimportant email, Gu Xiyue definitely wouldn't discover it.

Could it be that the business secretary responsible for sending and receiving emails had also been bought off?

Young Master Fei felt this possibility wasn't out of the question. The original book didn't specifically state which corporate executives were coerced, lured, or betrayed.

Aside from a few jumping-jack clowns with names, the rest were background boards, nameless and faceless.

What's more, even if the business secretary hadn't been bought off by that gang, she might have been coerced and lured by those traitors.

This wasn't impossible.

Though he watched helplessly as Gu Xiyue continued to march toward the mire, he temporarily had no win-win solution.

One that could both break this crisis and add favorability toward Ye Chen.

Sending the email earlier had been the most perfect method. Borrowing Ye Chen's name, he didn't need to show his face as someone unable to appear, and as someone who couldn't show his face, he didn't need to appear either.

Based on the identity of Fei Yangyao, he couldn't say anything either.

The identity was wrong.

What if the favorability for breaking the scam was added to himself later on? Wouldn't that be completely screwed?

He hadn't felt it yesterday, but today he realized this matter was rather tricky.

Even if he couldn't do it in Ye Chen's name, he must absolutely not do it in Fei Yangyao's name.

He would send another email today to test the waters. If there were still no changes by then, he would just have to take some risks or lower some returns.

Thinking up to this point, he finalized his plan.

Hungry~

A Jiu, who had just lain down for a nap, was already awake. At some unknown point, she had sat down beside him, looking toward the kitchen with eager eyes.

That Golden Retriever, which had popped up from nowhere, was currently curled up in her arms.

Since dogs could eat raw meat and raw bones, surely eating a bit of raw porridge shouldn't be beyond them, right?

Glancing at the already opened breakfast, he beckoned to the Golden Retriever, having the Golden Retriever sit in his own spot to eat. "Come on, little one, come sit over here and eat."

After all, a person had to keep their promises. Since he said he would let the Golden Retriever sit in his spot, he would let it sit in his spot.

As for him eating the Golden Retriever's?

Young Master Fei decided that from now on, the Golden Retriever could also eat the master's meals together.

Mm, nothing wrong with that; he hadn't broken his promise either.

"Go on, doggy! Go sit over there."

Unexpectedly, that fellow seemed quite resistant to Young Master Fei's spot, refusing to budge from its nest no matter what.

Fine, he had raised an ancestor.

After failing to get a response even when handing the food over, Young Master Fei simply stopped bothering with it.

It clearly looked like its external conditions were good, with smooth fur and clear, bright eyes.

Why was it so lacking in observation skills, failing to recognize who its feeding master was?

No wonder it became a stray dog.

A promise is a promise, it wasn't that he didn't want to fulfill it, but rather that fellow wouldn't cooperate.

That Golden Retriever even slipped straight downstairs.

Could it be that it felt too annoying?

"A Jiu, how did I get back to bed last night?"

"Last night, you fell asleep lying on the sofa. Elder Sister said that whenever you can avoid sleeping on the sofa, you shouldn't sleep on the sofa, or you'll get sick. A Jiu didn't want you to get sick, so I carried you to the bed."

Then why are you wearing my clothes?

"Later after A Jiu finished taking a bath, I didn't have any clothes to wear... A Jiu was wrong, wuuwuuwuu~ A Jiu shouldn't steal things, please don't chase A Jiu away~"

As she spoke, she lowered her head, poking two little fingers together.

Unexpectedly to Young Master Fei, as she spoke, she suddenly brewed up tearfulness, crying softly out of fear.

"No, no, this isn't stealing, it's not stealing."

Verbal comfort yielded no results, and Young Master Fei panicked.

This feeling was just like when a kindergarten child at home suffered a grievance; when they suffered grievances, adults reacted the same way.

He quickly crouched down beside her, patting her head while saying, "Wearing a piece of clothing isn't stealing, it's not stealing."

Not to mention, it felt quite nice to pet. Her hair was soft and smooth, and carried a faint, refreshing fragrance.

"Really not?" Her eyes were red-rimmed, lips pouting with a aggrieved expression.

"Not at all! Stealing means not intending to tell the master about the matter. Do you not plan to tell me?"

"I planned to!"

"That settles it then. This isn't stealing, it's borrowing. How can A Jiu's actions possibly be considered stealing?"

"Mm-hm, then A Jiu will report to you immediately! Last night after I finished taking a bath, I took your clothes, one piece of this, one piece of that." She broke into a smile through her tears, one finger pointing at the top, one pointing at the pants, reporting to Young Master Fei piece by piece.

"Alright, I know." Young Master Fei nodded one item at a time with a serious attitude. "Go ahead and wear them, I approve."

"Really!" Her eyes lit up, her black pupils staring straight at him for quite a while before suddenly hugging him. "You're so good." As she spoke, she rubbed her temples against his face.

"Alright, alright, you've already handed out the good guy card many times, let go of me quickly." Young Master Fei was squeezed somewhat breathless by those two mounds of hers.

"What's a good guy card?"

"What you just said is handing out a good guy card."

"Then I'm going to give you lots and lots of good guy cards!"

Not to mention, staying together with A Jiu brought a rather pleasant mood, just like raising a child.

Young Master Fei was quite happy to let her hug him for a while.

At first he didn't have any thoughts while being hugged.

As it went on, however, the embrace began to feel more and more wrong.

"A Jiu, why are you so soft here?"

"Because A Jiu isn't wearing anything underneath, and you don't have that kind of clothes."

"... " Young Master Fei hurriedly pried her hands apart, pushing her to a safe distance. "Go back today and bring a few sets of clothes over."

"Mm-hm, that way A Jiu will have clothes to wear and won't need to take yours anymore."

"That's right, you're so smart." Young Master Fei gently flicked the tip of her little nose.

"Hehe~ It tickles~" A Jiu felt a bit tickled by the flick and giggled foolishly.