Free Web NovelChapter 3: Chapter 3: Will He Still Keep Me...?
"Go on, get! Keep chasing me and I’ll roast you!" Gu Xulin’s path was blocked by the charging big yellow dog, and he threatened it, trying to sound fierce.
The big yellow dog was unmoved, its gaze fixed on the Gu Zhao he dangled in his hand.
"Little human, don’t be afraid! I’ll bite him, then you run." The big yellow dog’s heart ached for the little human flailing her legs.
’Talk about a stroke of luck. Usually, it only ran into dog-nappers, but this time it had found a kidnapper!’
’The poor little human! It’s up to me to save her!’
The big yellow dog bared its fangs at Gu Xulin with a threatening growl. Gu Xulin’s expression remained fierce, but his calves had already begun to tremble.
Aside from his brothers and his manager, no one knew he was afraid of all animals! Especially the furry ones!
"Get lost already! I’m really going to hit you!" Gu Xulin retreated step by step under the big yellow dog’s gaze.
Just as he began to relax, seeing that the dog hadn’t pounced, he realized he’d celebrated too soon.
"Fuck!"
Gu Xulin was about to lose his fucking mind. The dog hadn’t even bitten his hand before the child he was dangling took a chunk out of it.
"Shit! Let go of me!" Gu Xulin raised his other hand, intending to scare the child into releasing her jaw.
But that movement provoked the dog, who lunged forward and chomped down on that hand.
Gu Xulin went rigid. His pupils contracted, his face turned deathly pale in an instant, and he watched, completely frozen, as the dog lunged and bit down.
"L-let go..." His voice trembled, the end of the word even cracking. His usual calm and elegance were completely gone.
The dog’s fangs pierced his flesh, and pain caused him to break out in a cold sweat.
Gu Xulin tossed Gu Zhao onto the lawn.
Now free, Gu Zhao rubbed her sore bottom. Seeing that "Auntie Dog" had the bad guy, she immediately joined the battle.
Auntie Dog was biting one hand, so Gu Zhao latched onto the other!
’Society is really going downhill! People have no morals anymore! Snatching a child in broad daylight! A kidnapper! He even threw away my food!’
’How infuriating! He actually wanted to roast her new Auntie Dog! Despicable!’
Gu Zhao bit down without mercy. Her missing front tooth didn’t stop her from clamping down and refusing to let go.
"Let go, you little squirt!" The pain jolted some of Gu Xulin’s senses back. He sucked in a sharp breath, his handsome face contorted in a grimace.
His terror of animals sent a chill through his entire body; he could even feel his own fingers trembling.
But Gu Zhao’s actions angered him back to his senses. "You ungrateful little brat!"
’He had picked her up to save her from the dog, and now she was ganging up with the dog to bite him!!’
’This kid is as bad as the dog!’
[AHHHHHHHHHH THAT’S YOUR FOURTH BROTHER! ARE YOU DISOWNING HIM?!] The system admitted it had wanted to take a hands-off approach, so it had been slacking off! But how could such a little person make such a huge mistake!
The metallic taste of blood filled Gu Zhao’s mouth. It was Gu Xulin’s. She was still biting down blankly when the system’s words made her freeze.
’So her second brother had just passed her off to her fourth brother. He wasn’t abandoning her after all.’
’But now that she’d bitten her future meal ticket... would he still want her?’
’Maybe it would be better to just...’
While Gu Zhao’s mind was racing, Gu Xulin was reaching his limit. The dual torment to his body and mind was too much, and he simply passed out, collapsing to the ground.
Seeing this, the big yellow dog let go and trotted over to Gu Zhao, tail wagging. It gently tugged at her clothes, trying to pull her away.
Seeing her in a daze, the big yellow dog whined and nudged her with its head. "Little human, let’s go! Let’s go find the two-legged beast in the blue clothes."
"Auntie Dog... I fink this is my fourf brudder..."
The big yellow dog froze. Its eyes darted guiltily toward its bloody handiwork...
Its tail stopped wagging. The dog was panicking.
......
「One hour later, inside Gu Xulin’s villa.」
Gu Xulin was slumped wearily on the sofa. Gu Zhao stood before him, hugging the big yellow dog.
Gu Zhao stared at him with wide, pleading eyes, while the big yellow dog’s ears drooped, its tail giving a few feeble, listless wags.
"I take my eyes off you for a single day! How do you immediately go and pick a fight with a dog?! Aren’t you afraid of animals?! Why would you actively go near one?!"
His manager, Brother Wang, paced back and forth in the living room, his mouth running a mile a minute. He grew even more incensed seeing Gu Xulin’s completely unfazed expression!
"Have you forgotten about your variety show?! When your fans see you like this, how am I supposed to explain it? Huh? Do I just post on Weibo and say, ’My artist got tired of living and picked a fight with a dog’? Or do I go for the ’dedicated professional’ angle: ’To prepare for a new role, my artist attempted to overcome his fear of animals and was bitten in the process’!"
"Go on! Tell me! Which story sounds less humiliating? You tell me, and I’ll help you come up with it!"
Brother Wang felt a massive headache coming on. Other people’s clients were perfectly behaved. His, on the other hand? If he didn’t watch him for one day, the man would tear the roof off the house!
"And whose kid is this!" Brother Wang pointed at Gu Zhao, who was staring longingly at the fruit on the table.
"Look how badly she’s craving it, she’s drooling all over the dog’s head."
Brother Wang, the manager, picked an apple from the table and handed it to Gu Zhao. She took it happily. "Fank you, big bwudder!"
"You’re very welcome." Brother Wang patted Gu Zhao’s head.
Seeing Gu Zhao smile so sweetly at someone else when she’d used her teeth on him made Gu Xulin even angrier. He answered peevishly, "She’s from my family."
Brother Wang instantly exploded. "When did this happen?! Who’s the mother?! How old is she?! Does anyone else know?!"
"You are really something else!! Why not wait until I’m dead to tell me this?!" Brother Wang felt his heart was astonishingly tough for not having given out from the shock.
"What are you thinking? She’s my sister." Gu Xulin rolled his eyes. "My biological sister. We just found her."
Brother Wang didn’t ask any more questions. As long as Gu Xulin hadn’t fathered her, it was fine. His standards were very low.
His heart settled back into his chest, and he began to study Gu Zhao, who was laboriously gnawing on the apple.
’Long hair, her skin looks good, and she has a cute face. Just a little thin.’
"You remember the variety show tomorrow, right?" Brother Wang asked.
"It’s just that travel show," Gu Xulin said dismissively. "It’s all scripted anyway, you just act your part."
Brother Wang said, "Then have you prepared your young guest?"
Gu Xulin: ????
"The what now?"
"The name of the show is *Extreme Survival: Cute Baby Strike*!"
Gu Xulin shot upright, a movement that pulled at his wounds. He hissed in pain and frowned. "With a kid? The contract didn’t say anything about that!"
Brother Wang sneered. "Contract addendum, Article Three, Section Two. It’s right there in black and white. You signed it yourself."
Gu Xulin: "..."
The air went still for two seconds. Then, in perfect unspoken agreement, both Gu Xulin’s and Brother Wang’s gazes landed on Gu Zhao.
Gu Zhao swallowed her last bite of apple and casually tossed the core. It landed squarely in the trash can.
"A ready-made one," Brother Wang said with a smile.
"So... we’re just... taking her?"
Gu Zhao suddenly felt like she’d met a real kidnapper after all. She stared at Gu Xulin, as if trying to appeal to his last shred of conscience.
’Look into my eyes!’
’She was here to enjoy a life of leisure, not to be a child laborer!!’
