Picking up a puppy

After Qin Yan had eaten her fill, Fu Yunting worried she would get bored, so he had Assistant Shen take her out to play in the courtyard.

The little one secretly listened to the pretty lady play the piano for a while, then wandered around the beautiful courtyard to help digest her food.

"So many fish."

There was a whole pond of koi here.

They looked very pretty.

She leaned over the arched bridge and watched them for a while.

Just then, a security guard walked past carrying a bag, with whimpering sounds coming from inside it.

Qin Yan asked curiously, "What is it?"

But her voice was so quiet that the security guard did not hear her.

It was Assistant Shen who stopped him.

"What have you got in there?"

The security guard said, "A puppy that got in from who knows where. I was just about to take it outside and find somewhere to leave it."

Animals like cats and dogs were not allowed to wander into this place.

After all, it was a place where people ate. Even if the owner did not mind, some guests would object.

"A puppy? Can I see?"

Qin Yan poked her fluffy little head out from behind Assistant Shen.

The security guard's attention was instantly captured.

Few people could refuse a request from such a pretty, well-behaved little girl.

"Of course."

They opened the bag on the grass, revealing a pitch-black puppy inside.

"So black."

Qin Yan crouched on the ground and reached out a little hand to poke it gently.

"So tiny."

Her voice was soft, and Little Black Dog raised its head, looking at her with dark eyes.

Qin Yan stroked the puppy's floppy ears.

Little Black Dog whimpered and pitifully pressed its head into her hand.

Wagging its tail, it walked toward Qin Yan.

Qin Yan looked pleadingly at Assistant Shen.

"Does it have no home, and no mommy or daddy?"

Assistant Shen said, "I don't know either."

The security guard said, "I didn't see any adult dogs nearby. It's most likely a stray."

Qin Yan's heart softened. "Then, if it gets left somewhere, can it survive?"

That was hard to say.

But its chances of surviving were slim.

"Can I keep it?"

Assistant Shen really could not bear to turn her down.

But she was not his little girl.

"Well, you'll have to ask Mr. Fu."

Qin Yan picked up the puppy.

The little thing was quiet and well-behaved in her arms.

"Then I'll go ask Uncle."

She ran to the private room with the puppy in her arms, but did not dare barge straight in.

Secretly opening the door a crack, she first poked out a little of her fluffy head and peeked inside.

Sneaking around like a cat, the little one felt terribly guilty.

She was bringing another little animal home. Would Uncle be angry?

If... if Uncle won't let me keep it, then I... I'll secretly keep it outside!

"What are you doing?"

The little one, who thought she had been very careful, had no idea she had been discovered.

Fu Yunting looked at her guilty little expression.

She's only been out for a little while. What has she done?

Qin Yan did not go in, only asking in a small voice.

"Uncle, our home is missing something."

Behind her, Assistant Shen held back a laugh. This little girl was far too adorable.

Fu Yunting and Gu Lin both watched her with leisurely interest.

"Oh? What is it? Let's hear it."

Qin Yan held her little face solemn. "A really fierce little puppy."

She brought the little black puppy into view, looking at him eagerly yet cautiously.

The pretty little girl had revealed what she was after.

"I, I just happened to pick one up."

"Pfft..."

Gu Lin could no longer hold back his laughter.

"Hahaha... Fu Yunting, how is your little niece so funny?"

"How about..."

"Get lost."

Without even waiting for him to finish, Fu Yunting sent those two words straight at him.

Gu Lin spread his hands and shrugged.

Holding the puppy, Qin Yan looked at Fu Yunting pitifully.

"Uncle, it only needs a teeny bit of space to grow up."

"It doesn't even have a mommy or daddy. It's so pitiful."

The Little Black Dog in her arms only glanced at Fu Yunting once before quickly looking away, whining and nuzzling against Qin Yan.

When her uncle said nothing, Qin Yan carried the puppy over and tugged at his clothes with her tiny fingers, shaking them gently.

"Uncle."

"You can."

At last, he spoke, and gave his permission.

In that instant, the already incredibly pretty little girl's eyes lit up, her bright, dark eyes seeming full of stars.

"Thank you, Uncle."

"You're the best, Uncle."

She even rose onto her tiptoes, trying hard to make herself a little taller.

"Uncle, come down a tiny bit."

Fu Yunting obligingly bent down a little.

The next second, he felt something warm and soft against his cheek.

Qin Yan kissed him on the cheek.

Then the little one's fair, delicate face flushed pink, and she became very shy too.

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She had learned this from television.

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Gu Lin stood to one side with his arms folded, clicking his tongue.

A grand CEO had been sweet-talked into a fool by a three-year-old child.

Worried that the puppy was hungry, Qin Yan asked for milk to feed it.

They did not stay much longer before saying goodbye to Gu Lin and heading home.

In the car, the little girl held Little Black Dog and called her grandpa.

"Grandpa, I picked up a puppy..."

The little girl was very good and knew to tell her grandpa.

Old Master Fu's attitude toward this was, "Keep it. Keep whatever you want. We have such a big garden at home. Never mind a few cats and dogs-even bringing home a tiger to keep would be no problem."

There were servants at home, so Qin Yan would not have to tire herself out.

In any case, as long as she liked it, Old Master Fu indulged her without limit as her grandpa.

After arriving home, she held the puppy. "Puppy, this is our home."

Then, with the puppy in her arms, she introduced the butler and all the servants at home.

There was also Tuantuan, and the fish at home.

The fish had already moved into a building of its own, which had been converted into a very large, beautiful aquatic display room.

In the middle was an enormous fish tank, filled with all sorts of pretty pebbles, artificial landscaping, and aquatic plants.

The decor around the room also had a touch of forest elements. In short, it was very pretty.

There was only one fish in such a huge tank.

"Look, puppy, it's a fish."

As soon as she entered the room, the Butterfly Koi swam over from whatever corner it had been hiding in.

It did not stop until it reached the glass wall of the tank in front of Qin Yan.

The little black puppy stared disdainfully at the palm-sized fish in the tank.

A little eldritch creature.

"Wow... Fishy, have you grown new scales?"

The Butterfly Koi's scales had originally looked as though they had rotted and fallen off, leaving it looking dark, ugly, and unattractive.

But now, quite a bit of the black substance on its body had fallen away, and some new scales had grown.

It looked a tiny bit prettier than when it had first been brought home.

Qin Yan put the puppy and Slime Tuantuan together.

"They need names."

She sat on the carpet, thinking hard.

In the end, the fluffy little girl, who had not even started school yet, gave up and went to her eldest uncle for help.

"Names? Both this dog and that fish need names?"

Qin Yan nodded. "Mm-hmm."

"Like Tuantuan's."

Fu Yunting: this was a bit of a challenge for a grown man like him.

"Wait."

He decisively tossed the problem to his secretaries.

He sent a message to the secretaries' group chat, asking them to name a fish and a dog.

Fu Yunting: make the names cute.

The secretaries: heavens, had their boss's account been hacked?