Half an hour later

Yu Mian successfully drove the feeding vehicle to the base gate and immediately spotted Shen Junzhi standing nearby, looking like he was waiting.

“Dean,” Yu Mian rolled down the car window, poked her head out, and looked at him strangely, “were you waiting for me?”

Meeting Yu Mian's gaze, Shen Junzhi nodded stiffly, his eyes involuntarily drifting to the little dog that was currently nestled in the passenger seat.

He hesitated and said:

"This is……"

As soon as Shen Junzhi asked the question, Yu Mian's eyes lit up instantly.

He whirled around, scooped up the puppy in both hands, flung open the door of the feeding cart, and stood right in front of Shen Junzhi, his face beaming with delight.

"It's a puppy!"

"I just found it on the grassland, it's so small and cute."

As she spoke, in front of Shen Junzhi, she lifted the white puppy up in the air and then brought it close to her face, nuzzling it against her cheek, and looked at Shen Junzhi with a smile, asking:

"How is it, Dean? Isn't the puppy cute?"

Can I keep it as a pet?

"I can keep it, right?"

Even though I knew this was a possibility.

But when he actually saw this scene, Shen Junzhi couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.

His dark eyes fell coldly on the white puppy's face, scrutinizing it inch by inch, as he wanted to know why Yu Mian liked this puppy.

Apart from looking a little smaller and a little whiter, there's nothing particularly special about it.

Qin Yuzhi, under scrutiny, was tense all over. Whether he could stay or not depended on Shen Junzhi.

He never underestimated the keen senses of a top-tier 3S-level individual. If Shen Junzhi had noticed the anomaly at that moment, he would have faced an attack from the entire base.

Qin Yuzhi forcibly suppressed his tense body. The white puppy relaxed, tilted its head to meet Shen Junzhi's gaze, and pretended to be harmless, making pitiful whimpering sounds again.

Yu Mian's heart melted upon hearing this.

She hurriedly hugged the puppy tightly, glanced at the time, and hastily asked Shen Junzhi for leave:

"Dean, I'll leave the puppy at the villa now, and I'll go to the lab right away."

"Please wait for me for a moment."

After saying that, she hurriedly carried Qin Yuzhi away, not giving Shen Junzhi a chance to refuse.

Shen Junzhi stood silently watching Yu Mian's departing figure, his aura instantly turning somber and cold. He then strode towards the laboratory.

Shen Junzhi's change in mood was noticed by everyone in the laboratory almost instantly.

Several lab technicians huddled together, exchanging glances and whispering amongst themselves.

"What's going on? Wasn't Dean Shen dating Yu Mian, the feeder? Why is he in such a bad mood today?"

"Sigh, I knew it. Unannounced secret relationships are bound to break up sooner or later. If I'm not mistaken, Dean Shen probably got dumped by Yu Mian today."

"ah!"

Upon hearing this conclusion, everyone gasped, then realized that this was the only way to explain Shen Junzhi's unusual behavior.

"I never thought that even someone as outstanding as Dean Shen would be no different from an ordinary person after breaking up."

They can get angry and unhappy too.

For some reason, the distance between me and Dean Shen has lessened, and I feel more at ease with him now.

Some of the bolder ones were even eager to try, saying, "Do you think I should go and comfort Dean Shen, and share some of my experience with him?"

"Come on, are you crazy? Have you forgotten that they're in a secret relationship and haven't made it public at all? If you just barge out like that, aren't you afraid of getting a scolding from Dean Shen?"

The next second after the words were spoken

Shen Junzhi, who was conducting an experiment at the lab bench, looked up, his clear, dark eyes sweeping over the group of people:

"What are you doing?"

Have you finished your work for today?

The hearts of the group, caught gossiping again, suddenly skipped a beat.

Did they just get incredibly bold? How could they think they were getting closer to Shen Junzhi?

The group of people quickly fell silent, buried their heads like quails, and began to conduct the experiment seriously.

Shen Junzhi silently exhaled a breath of stale air as he looked at the crowd who were bowing their heads to do the experiment. No one noticed that at this moment, he was gripping the test tube with such force that his fingertips turned white.

He heard everything they just said.

Yu Mian will never know that, without her noticing, she and he had already gone from dating to breaking up.

That dog!

The thought of the dog that Yu Mian was holding in her arms and that would live in the base forever sent a rush of heat to Shen Junzhi’s head.

At this time

villa

Throughout the journey, Qin Yuzhi obediently nestled in Yu Mian's palm, trying his best to act like a well-behaved little puppy, making soft whimpering noises.

However, his two eyes were shining as he rapidly shook his head from side to side, trying to memorize the interior of the base.

If his identity is suddenly exposed later, with his current memories, he can still buy some time to spread the news. If he's lucky, he might even be able to escape.

Yu Mian was completely unaware of this. She just suddenly realized that, for some reason, the little dog she was holding had been unusually happy and active ever since it entered the base.

I mistakenly thought it particularly liked the atmosphere at the shelter, and couldn't resist reaching out to pat the puppy's head.

"Wow, I'm so glad you like it here."

She had been worried that it, having become accustomed to life in the wilderness, would not like being suddenly brought to a human settlement.

Seeing him like this now, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Three minutes later

The outline of the villa quickly came into view. With practiced ease, Yu Mian opened the villa door and put the puppy on the ground.

Qin Yuzhi soon started wandering around the villa on his own. Relying on the faint, familiar scent in the air, he realized that this must be the residence of the beautiful little female.

I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Here, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief and think about what to do next.

Seeing the puppy's remarkable adaptability and lack of stress response, Yu Mian also breathed a sigh of relief. To place a glass of water on the ground, she couldn't resist reaching out and stroking its fluffy head.

"Why don't you play here first? I have to go out to work, and I'll play with you when I get back from get off work tonight."

Work? !

The alarm bells in Qin Yuzhi's mind went off instantly.

What other jobs does she have?

Could it be related to the treatment of the toxins on the Dark Planet?

He wanted to go too.

The little white dog instinctively raised its paw and took a few steps toward Yu Mian.

I realized then that something was not quite right.

no!

Now that he has just entered the base, if he rashly goes to the laboratory, and there is also Shen Junzhi who is extremely unhappy with him, he could easily be thrown out of the base by Shen Junzhi.

He can't go!