Seething with resentment, Yan Junye was still secretly snarking away. As a dog who couldn't even slack off, everything rubbed him the wrong way now.
-"Rather than worrying about my life here, I'd be better off being a retired police dog. Forget it. I'm afraid the one I'd run into at the station would be you under arrest, you filthy-rich owner who just won't stop haunting me!"
-"I'm exhausted from acting cute. Why doesn't this bastard have any expression at all? Normally, shouldn't he be throwing himself at me to huff dog fur, going absolutely crazy for fluffy little me?"
The first thing Yan Junye did after work every day was pet dogs, including but not limited to hugging their heads and kissing them, and rubbing their fluffy butts. He practically wanted to embed a dog in his arms.
-"Don't tell me this bastard doesn't even like animals?"
Arms folded, Chang Yu leaned against the wall and surveyed the golden retriever rolling around on the floor, throwing a tantrum and acting cute, his eyes narrowed almost to slits.
This little thing actually had two faces?
What happened to dogs being man's most loyal friends?
But now he could be completely certain that the voice came from the golden retriever lying on the floor.
Had he awakened some special skill?
Or could everyone hear it?
Just then, the cleaning lady came upstairs, and he asked, "Did you hear anything?"
She looked around. Aside from Chang Yu and a dog, there were no other living creatures. "Mr. Chang, I didn't hear anything."
The cleaning lady went inside to clean as usual. Chang Yu looked at this dog whose thoughts didn't match his appearance and wondered whether he ought to keep him after all.
After all, this dog sounded rather foul-mouthed.
-"I'll show you my belly. This doesn't mean I like you. It's just my ultimate survival technique. Don't touch me. I'm saving my own hide so I can find a gentle, rich young man."
-"You bastard, I've already crossed you off my list!"
-"Maybe I should find a chance to make a run for it?"
Chang Yu heard the golden retriever's thoughts again. He also caught a flash of cunning in his eyes, just like a human's.
Bastard this, bastard that-the dog was insulting him so viciously, and he hadn't even done anything to this golden retriever yet.
Not giving as good as he got would hardly suit his temperament.
He decided to do precisely the opposite of what this golden retriever wanted.
"What a kind, adorable, good dog. From now on, stay by my side for the rest of your life."
Yan Junye had never heard such a vicious curse.
He nearly failed to maintain the smile at the corners of his mouth, and nearly opened his mouth to curse the man in front of him.
Outwardly, he could only maintain his sweet, gentle dog persona. Inside, however:
-"What sins did I commit in my last life? Why else would I have to spend my whole life with you?!"
In quite a good mood, Chang Yu brought the dog inside. He sat down, crossed his legs, and leisurely watched the golden retriever wagging his tail before him.
"What should I call you?"
"Little thing? You look a bit fat. That doesn't really suit you."
Yan Junye felt that his tail was now wagging purely out of anger.
-"You're the fat one! My figure is perfect."
Oh? He could even understand human speech.
Chang Yu lowered his head again and smiled as he returned the insult. "How about Bastard? You are a dog, after all."
Yan Junye: "..."
-"You're the real dog here."
Chang Yu simply ignored the golden retriever's snark. Since the dog loved snarking so much, he might as well happily settle on a name. "Xiaotu it is."
Yan Junye really wanted to jump up and beat this bastard of a man.
Xiaotu wasn't even as good as Xiaojin. Both were tacky, but at least Xiaojin sounded more prosperous.
-"Call me whatever you like. I'm not answering."
Chang Yu picked up a fruit knife in front of him and wiped it unhurriedly, calling indifferently, "Xiaotu, come here."
Yan Junye immediately raced over, but failed to control himself, and his two hooves stuck up again.
He rubbed his head against the man's thigh in a friendly manner, thinking, You're amazing. Everything you say is right!
Chang Yu felt the title of comfort dog wasn't undeserved. At any rate, he was quite happy now.
As for whether the comfort dog was happy, he didn't know. He looked happy.
But what was wrong with those legs?
Since he had decided to keep the golden retriever, Chang Yu planned to take him to have his legs examined and get him cleaned up while they were at it.
After rolling around in the hallway acting cute and running off at full speed earlier, he was bound to be dirty.
His obsession with cleanliness was quite severe.
There was a large pet store near the Golden Cauldron Residential Complex, offering everything from bathing and medical care to pet supplies.
The Golden Cauldron Residential Complex where he lived was a gathering place for the wealthiest of the wealthy. The cats and dogs brought here for baths were all pets belonging to the complex's rich residents.
Holding the leash, Chang Yu sat on a chair to wait. The person beside him had a Samoyed on a leash. He knew the owner, though not well.
Unlike the indifferent Chang Yu, Yan Junye couldn't get enough of fluffy dogs.
But however much he loved them, he wouldn't allow his rear to be sniffed.
He knew that dogs greeted each other by sniffing their rears, but he still had his human memories, and in particular, the fine moral principles of a little shou. He really couldn't accept it.
Squatting down to hide his butt, he turned his head toward the Samoyed and took the initiative to nuzzle the smiling angel, barking softly.
"Do you know my dog's owner?"
Know yourself and your enemy, and you could win every battle.
It would also help him tread the line where the man wouldn't get angry and would send him away in one piece, letting him achieve a dog's life of slacking off.
The Samoyed automatically understood "dog owner" as the dog's owner.
He wasn't feeling well right now and wasn't in the mood to sniff the golden retriever's butt in greeting. He could only respond softly and amiably.
"I've met him. Don't know him very well."
"I know your owner is engaged, but his fiancée seems to be involved with another man."
The gossip perked the Samoyed up again. "Once, I ran to a corner to pee and saw them kissing there!"
He shook his ears, which looked wonderfully pettable. "They even screamed when they saw me. They nearly deafened my tender little ears."
Hearing the two dogs talking quietly, Chang Yu lifted his eyelids.
He could actually understand Xiaotu talking now, but he couldn't understand the Samoyed. It seemed his special skill was limited to the golden retriever on his leash.
He had just withdrawn his gaze from the golden retriever when he heard an exclamation brimming with shock and mockery.
"What?! You're saying my owner's fiancée has someone else, and he's from the same complex? He's been given a green hat! Serves him right."
That bastard only had his looks going for him. He seemed gentle and considerate, but once you spent time with him, there was that rotten temper. Who would like him?
Chang Yu: "..." He held back again and again.
He bent straight down, reached out, and clamped a hand around the golden retriever's constantly opening muzzle, threatening, "Bark again, and I'll have your balls chopped off while we're here."
Yan Junye's tail, which had been swaying as he listened to the gossip, immediately drooped, covering what needed to be covered.
At the same time, his clear, innocent, round eyes blinked, as though saying, "I won't bark anymore. I won't."
He had only lost control of his volume because he had gotten too excited just now.
Although he didn't intend to do that sort of thing among dogs, he still thought like a human.
Without that thing, he wouldn't be able to get past that mental hurdle. He would die of depression.
Once he was sure the dog had quieted down, Chang Yu released his hand.
The Samoyed, however, lay on the floor on the other side, his round eyes full of interest as he peered through the fluffy tail at the place it concealed.
He whined softly, unable to hide the excitement in his voice. "You still have your bells!"
None of the dogs' families in the Golden Cauldron Residential Complex lacked money, but all the male dogs lacked bells.
The owners were afraid the male dogs would pee everywhere at home when spring fever hit. Besides, one male dog in the complex had once single-handedly fathered every puppy in the complex.
For a while, that male dog's owner hadn't even dared walk through the complex with his head held high. After all, his dog had rolled around with everyone else's sweet cabbages, and he couldn't take responsibility for them all.
To avoid suffering the same social death, very few people in the Golden Cauldron Residential Complex kept male dogs after that.
Now there was only one male dog in the Golden Cauldron Residential Complex, and he had been neutered, though that was because he had an undescended testicle.
So a male dog with bells was a rare sight indeed in the Golden Cauldron Residential Complex!
Realizing that his private parts were being inspected, Yan Junye pressed his tail even more tightly between his hind legs and let out a warning rumble.
Not daring to speak again, he only dared snark inwardly.
-"You're a snow-white, pure Samoyed. No lewdness allowed!"
Chang Yu found the golden retriever's tightly clamped tail amusing. A little male dog even knew how to be shy.
Soon, a pet store attendant came over to take the golden retriever for his bath.
Yan Junye himself hadn't noticed that whenever his mood improved, his tail couldn't help sticking up and wagging.
Now his tail lifted a little again, swaying in small arcs.
-"Please, let a pretty young man bathe me!"
Chang Yu snorted. To think he was a gay dog, too. Quite ahead of his time.
"Arrange for a sweet young lady to bathe him."
While the man wasn't looking, Yan Junye shot him a fierce glare with his dog eyes. He liked men!
After glaring at the man, he sensed many gazes fixed on him from behind, all concentrated on the same spot.
Frightened, he immediately dropped his tail.
Fuck, it really was hard to preserve the chastity of his little flower and his front in dog circles.