Chapter 16 Biting Dog Teeth Marks

Although Cheng Guo knew that Shen Zhui had misunderstood, and although he was anxious, he still felt like teasing him.

"I'm so bad," she thought.

Then, with a nonchalant expression, she raised her chin and said, "You've started working? How come I didn't know?"

"I—" Shen Zhui said hastily, but his words trailed off as his face instantly fell. He lowered his voice and accused, "Even if you haven't taken up your post, you can't be greedy and have your cake and eat it too."

"I haven't seen what's in the pot yet," she deliberately said vaguely.

Shen Zhui seized on this point, his voice unconsciously rising: "Still?"

He was tall, had a fierce face, and gave off a sense of oppression when he looked down at people.

Cheng Guo raised her eyes and glanced back without any guilt: "Can't I look?"

The two stared at each other, the air around them so dry it seemed about to spark.

"able."

Shen Zhui gritted his teeth, turned around to rinse his mouth, and put on his T-shirt as soon as he came out, as if he wanted to take her "bowl" away.

Cheng Guo was amused and tried to suppress her laughter: "Aren't you hot anymore?"

“It’s not warm in the cold palace,” he said, but his actions showed no awareness of being in the cold palace. He sat down right next to her, his eyes drooping pitifully. “Could you buy me a long-sleeved shirt?”

Cheng Guo was practically bursting with laughter inside, but afraid she might actually laugh out loud while sitting there, she got up and walked towards her room, casually remarking, "Looks like I won't need to open the windows tonight."

As soon as she finished speaking, someone brushed past her arm and entered the room faster than her. They glanced resentfully at the large bed, pitifully tossed the pillow on the floor, their movements as practiced as if they had rehearsed it a thousand times.

This is the height of a Border Collie's superhuman ability!

Cheng Guo was stunned again, wondering if Shen Zhui would have put the pillow directly on her bed if he wasn't afraid of being kicked out of the house.

She stood by the door, looking at the sullen boy, and asked, "What are you doing?"

"To make myself more noticeable, so you'll see me more often."

"What are you looking at?" Cheng Guo wanted to kick him. "Are you looking to see if you really have heat rash on your back, or are you just trying to cheat on me?"

The person who was being unreasonable turned around, showing no embarrassment at being exposed, and glanced at her, saying, "Because my sister opened the window last night."

Cheng Guo pursed her lips, her cheekbones practically cramping from the pressure. She opened the door as wide as possible and coldly told her to "go back to your cold palace and sleep with your pillow."

The person being chased stood there motionless, stubbornly staring at her. Cheng Guo met her gaze without flinching. Seeing that the stalemate was truly unavoidable, Chen Zhui picked up a pillow from the floor, opened her window as wide as possible, and stood in front of her as he went out.

Cheng Guo looked up in confusion. Shen Zhui stared intently at her lips, his burning gaze unwavering, as if he were about to lower his head and kiss her at any moment. She pursed her lips uncomfortably, moved her heels back, and pressed her bare calves against the cool lacquered door panel, leaning her back against it as well.

Suddenly, her foot was hit by a cushion. Shen Zhui cupped her face in his hands, tucked her stray hair behind her ear with his fingertips, and then lowered it along her earlobe, finally stopping at the back of her neck.

A tingling sensation spread around her, and Cheng Guo's heart raced instantly. In her line of sight, Shen Zhui lowered his head, and her earlobe was lightly touched by a dragonfly, followed by a sharp pain on the tip of her ear.

Shenzhui bit her.

pain!

Cheng Guo couldn't help but let out a soft cry, grabbing the hem of his T-shirt with her hand and quickly squeezing it into wrinkles. The pressure on her ear was gone, but Chen Zhui didn't leave. His cheek was pressed intimately against hers, and his panting, like that of a canine, was blowing all over the back of her ear. His breath was very hot.

Cheng Guo's heart was pounding. Just as she was about to make a move, Shen Zhui raised his head, grabbed her right hand, and bent her ring and index fingers upwards, revealing her half-bent middle finger, and put it in his mouth.

Cheng Guo trembled when his fingertips touched the warm, moist tongue. His entire finger was enveloped by the warm mouth of the man, and he felt a sharp pain at the base of his finger.

"Shenzhui!"

The pain caused her neck to flush instantly.

As if he had vented his anger, Chenzhui took a vicious bite, picked up the pillow from the ground, and left without looking back.

A ring of teeth marks marked the base of his finger, and Cheng Guo winced in pain. She stormed into the living room and berated him, "Chen Zhui, are you a dog?!"

The tall, long-legged boy slumped onto the sofa in frustration, covering his head and remaining motionless. After a while, a "woof" came from under the pillow.

The sullen, aggrieved "woof" that had bitten her.

Cheng Guo's lips twitched, her anger completely dissipated, and she almost burst out laughing. She stood and watched him for a while, and seeing that he really didn't intend to get up, she went back to her room, closed the door tightly, and lay down on the bed, laughing so hard that her shoulders shook.

Her ear was fine, it only hurt for a moment. Shen Zhui really didn't hold back when he bit her finger, leaving teeth marks on the inside of her fingertip, which connected with the outside like a ring.

Cheng Guo looked at her right middle finger and remembered the ring that Shen Zhui wore in the same spot even at home, and the implicit meaning of "taken & in love". Then she thought of the tattoo on his fingertip and smiled.

At the same time, I reminded myself that teasing others should be done in moderation.

The little dog that acts tough outside may seem harmless in front of her, but it can bite when it gets angry.

After that day, Shen Zhui became noticeably more clingy. If she spent too much time on her phone, he would make a fuss. One minute he would say, "Dr. Cheng, my wound hurts, can you take a look?" The next minute he would say, "Sister, come over for tea. Looking at electronic screens for too long is bad for your eyes." Then he would ask her if sleeping on the sofa for too long would hurt her back, hinting that he should sleep somewhere else.

During the day, when she went to work, he didn't care about her eyes at all. He kept sending her messages at noon, and the frequent message notifications also attracted Shu Shu's attention.

"Chatting with Xu Qingnian?"

"No," Cheng Guo replied, looking down at her phone, "the dog at home..."

You have a dog?!

Shu Shu suddenly raised her voice, and Cheng Guo realized what she had said. She blinked and said, "I left my neighbor's Border Collie with me for a few days. He keeps going around the feeder, so I'm checking if it's not dispensing any feed."

“Oh, a Border Collie,” Shu Shu said, having a very good impression of the breed. “Aren’t they really intelligent?”

“Hmm,” Cheng Guo sent Shen Zhui a final message, ordering him to go eat, “He’s got a lot of tricks up his sleeve.”

After saying that, he curled the corners of his lips into a smile.

The night the living room air conditioner was installed, Cheng Guo closed the window before going to sleep. When she woke up, she found that the window had been opened completely. After this situation continued for several days, Cheng Guo gave in and left the window open.

Jiang Heng's birthday is approaching, and Cheng Guo is worried about how to give him a return gift. That evening, she asked Ruan Ningshu to help her come up with a solution.

[Running: Are you worried that Jiang Heng has a crush on you?]

[running: That's true. He gave you a watch, and you wore it for a year. Then he saw you wearing it and gave you another one. Objectively speaking, that's quite ambiguous.]

[Don't like reading: Pseudo-incest, kind of interesting (stroking chin)]

Cheng Guo: He also gave one to his mother.

Jiang Heng's mother came to the Third Hospital for a check-up earlier this year because she was feeling unwell. Cheng Guo happened to meet her and saw the watch on her wrist, but at the time she thought it was a gift from Cheng Fuyan.

Cheng Guo didn't want to pry into Jiang Heng's thoughts; she just wanted to keep to herself and maintain a proper distance.

[He doesn't like reading: Did he give one to his fiancée too?]

[Don't like reading: Mom, wife, and younger sister each get a penny]

[Running: When is Jiang Heng's girlfriend's birthday? Are you going to give her a pair of matching couple items?]

[Cheng Guo: June]

[running: Oh, I just passed by. It's not good to make up for it then.]

[Don't like reading? I've got a solution!]

[Don't like reading: Guo'er, you should quickly get together with Xu Qingnian, and then deliver the book together as a couple.]

[Don't like reading: So what? I'm a genius!]

[I don't like reading: Why doesn't anyone praise me?]

[Don't like reading: @ChengGuo @running]

Cheng Guo stared at the words for a moment, then carefully typed a reply: 【@running, I'll treat you two to dinner when you get back. I have something to announce (line dog)】

The group chat remained quiet. Little did she know that the moment Shu Shu mentioned the idea, Ruan Ning sent her a private message.

[Running: Xu Qingnian asked Guo'er for help, but there's no chance for them to develop a relationship. Don't try to set them up.]

[Don't like reading: I know! I'm just here to provoke Guo'er]

[Don't like reading: Let me tell you, something's wrong with Guo'er. I suspect she's seeing someone else.]

[Running: Detailed Performance]

[She doesn't like reading: She's much more popular now than before. Before, when I gave her a choice between two options for lunch, she would just choose the first one without even listening, acting like she had no desires. Now, she often asks me what to eat for lunch, which means she's obviously thought about it.]

[Doesn't like reading: And, he's glued to his phone every day during lunch! His lips are practically curled up in a smirk, and he even told me it's because they have a dog at home.]

[I don't like reading: With my IQ, do you think I can be fooled by her?]

[She doesn't like reading: Now she also loves sending emojis]

Shu Shu glanced at the message Cheng Guo had just sent in the group chat: 【Look, look, something's really happening, she even sent an emoji!】

[Don't like reading: Where are you?]

[Running: I received a last-minute notification that the training has ended and I'll be heading home tomorrow]

[Running: Do you know who that guy is?]

[She doesn't like reading: Speaking of which, I'm a little worried. A while ago, a penniless guy contacted her for a chat service.]

[running: broke? Looking for someone to chat with? ?]

[Doesn't like reading: Yes, she said it was someone she knew before, a guy so poor he couldn't even afford underwear.]

[running: ...Okay, I'll handle it when I get back]

The two returned to the group chat.

[running: Okay (smiles)]

[Don't like reading: Okay (smiles)]

Cheng Guo felt a chill run down her spine.

Jiang Heng's birthday gift hadn't been decided yet, but Shu Shu's words gave Cheng Guo a hint: Jiang Heng's girlfriend's family wanted the two of them to get engaged in August. Cheng Guo decided to commission a set of ceramics as an engagement gift for him, thus saving her the trouble of returning the birthday gift.

She arranged a time with a ceramics shop she had visited before, and asked Chen Zhui before leaving the house the next day, "Are you coming out with me?"

Chen Zhui's gaze hadn't left Cheng Guo since she came out after putting on her makeup and changing her dress. Hearing her question, he immediately stood up, his smile more uncontrollable than AK's, and asked in a lazy tone, "What are you going out for?"

Cheng Guo didn't hide anything from him: "I went to choose a gift for Jiang Heng."

Her smile faded, and she sat back down on the sofa, turning her face away from her: "I'm not going."

“Alright then,” Cheng Guo shrugged and picked up her car keys. “I’ll go pick out an engagement gift for him myself.”

“An engagement gift,” the person on the sofa turned their face and slowly stood up. “I’ll go with you to pick one out. An engagement gift should be thoughtful.”

Today, Cheng Guo wore a fitted black T-shirt, tucked into a high-waisted off-white long skirt. The wide skirt swayed in the breeze, revealing her slender and beautiful ankles as she walked past him. She exuded a gentle and intellectual aura.

With his back to Cheng Guo, Shen Zhui tore off his white T-shirt, exposing his beautiful back muscles to the air. He wasn't in a hurry; he bent down, opened his suitcase, took out a black T-shirt, put it on, and then went to the mirror to scratch his hair.

Cheng Guo thought to herself, "Next time, I should give handsome men time to groom themselves."

She leaned against the shoe cabinet, took out her phone, and glanced at the time.

Shen Zhui followed her movements, his eyes falling on her bare wrist. Her wrist had been empty for a long time; she wasn't wearing the watch Jiang Heng had given her, nor the bracelet he had given her.

"Dr. Cheng," Shen Zhui called to her, "is it against hospital regulations to wear bracelets?"

“No,” Cheng Guo realized what he meant, “You can’t wear it when you’re in the operating room, but you can wear it at other times.”

Shen Zhui didn't speak, his dark eyes staring at her as if asking, "Then why don't you wear it?"

During his hospitalization, he observed the medical staff entering and leaving the ward every day. The young doctors wore all sorts of bracelets and bangles on their wrists, and some could wear five on both wrists.

Cheng Guo thought of the valuable diamonds on the bracelet and smiled as she considered her words: "That bracelet is too gorgeous."

Shen Zhui nodded in acceptance of her reasoning, then asked her, "Oh, do you like the bracelet I gave you?"

Cheng Guo looked into his eyes without saying anything, knowing in her heart that he was comparing her gift with Jiang Heng's.

She was used to a simple lifestyle and often went out without makeup. She wore a watch partly because she thought it was a gift from Cheng Fuyan, and partly because it was convenient for time management.

She smiled and nodded, saying she liked it.

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Zhui said, "Then you don't have to go to work today, so you can wear it, right?"

Wearing the bracelet he gave her, she went with him to choose an engagement gift for Jiang Heng.

How could Cheng Guo not understand what he meant? She tilted her head, about to pretend to think about it, when "beep beep," the sound of entering a password rang out from outside the door.

The two people were standing by the door, and their voices came through very clearly.

Someone is opening her door from the outside.

Cheng Guo was startled. Shen Zhui came over and shielded her behind him. He frowned and, before the people outside could finish unlocking the door, pushed it open from the inside.

The tall, handsome young man, standing at 1.9 meters, stood calmly in the doorway. Ruan Ning, who was outside holding her suitcase, cursed and shouted inside, "Cheng Guo, you come out here!"

"Don't shout, don't shout..."

Cheng Guo peeked out from behind Chen Zhui, looking timid, and dragged Ruan Ning's suitcase through the door. Then she dragged Ruan Ning again and asked her in a low voice, "Why didn't you tell me in advance that your training was over?"

Shen Zhui automatically stepped aside, and after the two entered, he closed the door again.

Ruan Ning's gaze followed Chen Zhui, scrutinizing him from head to toe. "I'm telling you in advance so you have time to hide your other man?"

What are you doing at her house?

Shen Zhui stood by the door and asked her. He was unhappy because she had called out Cheng Guo loudly, so his tone was naturally not friendly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Guo tugged at the corner of his clothes.

Ruan Ning glanced at the unconscious intimacy between the two, snorted, opened the shoe cabinet, and after a few seconds asked Cheng Guo, "Where are my slippers?"

Cheng Guo then remembered that Shen Zhui had put away all of her "ex's" things. She turned to Shen Zhui and asked, "Where did you put those black slippers?"

Shen Zhui frowned slightly, then raised his eyebrows almost imperceptibly, his tone rising as he looked at Ruan Ning, "Are those black men's slippers yours?"

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A note from the author:

Shen Zhui: So Jiang Heng is getting engaged! My imagined enemy decreased by 1. Turns out he doesn't have an ex, so my imagined enemy decreased by another 1. And my wife's best friend caught us living together! Today is truly a triple celebration!

It's here! Holidays are here! Wishing everyone a happy National Day in advance!! [Kiss][Kiss]

I'm going out to play tomorrow, so see you the day after tomorrow! [Sparkling eyes]