Back home, Fang Li and Wang Shuo chatted in the living room, while their elder brother Wang Wenshan and second sister Wang Wenfang's families had all left.

Wang Wenchuan looked at Wang Wenfeng, who had just entered, with some surprise: "Third Brother, where did you go to get a dog?"

Before Wang Wenfeng could answer, Fang Li asked, "Why did you bring Xiaoman back? Did you really go to see Chunlan just now?"

"Mm." Wang Wenfeng nodded in agreement, squatted down and untied the suspenders from Zhan Xiaoman's body, watching as Zhan Xiaoman cautiously started sniffing around from the doorway: "Go on, wander around and get familiar with things."

Seeing that Zhan Xiaoman wasn't scared, he walked over to the sofa and sat down: "I just suddenly remembered that Chunlan injured her foot today and couldn't walk the dog, so I went to walk the dog for her."

"Then why did you bring the dog back? Chunlan, are you willing to do that?" Zhan Xiaoman followed Wang Wenfeng step by step to the sofa. Suddenly, she smelled a more familiar scent and immediately went to Fang Li's feet, wagging her tail so high that she probably didn't touch it because her owner wasn't there.

Fang Li quickly reached out and petted it, responding to the little guy: "Xiaoman is here? Grandma kept saying she would bring you back, but you refused to come with me. Now you're at my house, aren't you?"

“I originally planned to walk her dog before going to work in the morning and after get off work in the evening, but it takes an hour to go there and back, and another hour to walk the dog. I have to get up at five o'clock to make it to work.” At this point, Wang Wenfeng smiled happily: “Chunlan felt sorry for me getting up too early in the morning, so she let me bring it back directly and return it to her after she recovers.”

Fang Li couldn't bear to look at the way he was talking, so she took Xiaoman directly to the kitchen: "Xiaoman, come with Grandma, there's lots of meat for you to eat today."

"Mom, which dishes are too salty? Rinse them with hot water." Wang Wenfeng quickly reminded her. This was something Zhan Chunlan had specifically instructed her to do before she left. She said that puppies shouldn't eat human food because it has too many seasonings, especially salt. She was also embarrassed to ask them to make special dog food, so she just asked them to rinse the human food with water when feeding it.

Although there is still some salt residue, Zhan Chunlan is very careful when feeding the animals, so there is no major problem for the time being.

"If you ask me, I've known Zhan Xiaoman for three years, and I still don't know as much as you do?"

Fang Li found two clean bowls, poured some cooled boiled water into one bowl, tapped the bowl, and said to Zhan Xiaoman, "Xiaoman, this is water. Drink water here."

Then she put the meat that had just been soaked in boiling water into another bowl, cut it into minced meat with scissors, and mixed it with white rice: "Eat up, this is all meat, made by Grandma, it's especially delicious."

Zhan Xiaoman stood two steps away, her tail wagging slightly, tilting her head to look at Fang Li, but she didn't take a single step closer.

Fang Li suddenly realized something and whispered, "Oh right, Chunlan said you shouldn't stand next to me while you eat. Grandma will go first, you can eat by yourself."

"Is this puppy possessive of its food?" Wang Shuo was a little worried after hearing her say that you can't stand next to the puppy while it's eating. If it is possessive of its food, then we'll have to be careful in the future.

“Xiaoman isn’t possessive of its food.” Fang Li was a little unhappy when he heard him say bad things about Xiaoman: “It just has a sense of boundaries and doesn’t like people sitting around it while it eats. It insists on eating when it can’t see anyone. If you go over and snatch the meat out of its mouth now, it won’t react at all.”

"Why would I go and snatch meat from its mouth? It's not like we don't have meat to eat." Wang Shuo folded the newspaper he had been looking at countless times and put it down, somewhat displeased: "I just wanted to find out the truth. This little dog isn't like a human, it can't understand human speech, and it's not familiar with us. We have to be careful when we're with it."

Fang Li disliked these words even more. She reached out and slapped his arm, then looked at Zhan Xiaoman. Seeing that it was focused on eating and didn't react, she said, "Our Xiaoman is very smart. Who said it can't understand human speech? Every time Chunlan and I talk to it, it listens attentively. You better watch your mouth and don't say anything bad in front of it, or it will get angry."

"Moreover, it's much smarter than you. You can't understand dog barks, but it can probably understand human speech."

"Nonsense!" Fang Li rarely embarrassed his children. Looking at the mistresses sitting to the side pretending not to hear anything, he was a little embarrassed and angry: "I'm going to rest. I can't be bothered with you."

Fang Li stopped him, saying, "Wait a minute, let me go find a small blanket to make up our Xiaoman bed."

Without waiting for his expression, she ran into the bedroom. Zhan Xiaoman, who was focused on eating, heard the noise and looked up at her.

"Xiaoman, Grandma will go find a small blanket to make your bed. Eat slowly, and make sure you finish everything."

Hearing her coquettish tone, Wang Shuo shuddered as if he had seen something terrifying. He pointed towards the bedroom and shook his head at his two sons: "Look at you, look at you, you're all getting on in years."

The next morning, Zhan Chunlan woke up at six o'clock and didn't see the dog who had come to urge her by the bedside. She didn't react for a moment: "Xiaoman? Zhan Xiaoman? Where is she?"

There was still no movement outside the door. Zhan Chunlan suddenly sat up, thinking that Zhan Xiaoman was sick. She ran to the outer room without even putting on her shoes. She was terrified to see that there was no dog in Zhan Xiaoman's kennel.

Suddenly, she raised her hand and gently patted her head, muttering to herself, "I've forgotten, Wang Wenfeng took me away."

Seeing that it was still early outside, I lay back down on the bed, intending to take a nap, but I couldn't fall asleep no matter how much I tossed and turned. I couldn't help but feel a little annoyed: "I finally get to sleep a little longer, but I can't fall asleep. What a waste."

On the other side, Wang Wenfeng inquired carefully about Zhan Chunlan's arrangements for the dog and learned that she did not close the door every night to facilitate Xiaoman's entry and exit, so he did not close the door either.

I was a little disappointed that I didn't see the dog's head that Zhan Chunlan had mentioned when I woke up at six in the morning.

He got up quickly, changed his clothes, and prepared to go out, only to see Zhan Xiaoman standing quietly at the door, watching his every move.

At that moment, Wang Wenfeng truly understood Zhan Chunlan's affection for Zhan Xiaoman. Because she wasn't familiar with him yet, she wouldn't come inside, but she wanted to go out, so she stood at the door waiting. This was truly heartbreaking for Wang Wenfeng, who had never raised a pet before.

Seeing Wang Wenfeng leave, Zhan Xiaoman excitedly ran to the front door to wait. Her four feet seemed to be wound up, and she paced back and forth excitedly. When she saw him reach for the suspenders, she spun around excitedly.

She even complained that he was too slow in opening the door, so she leaned against the door herself, wanting to help open it.

Zhan Xiaoman had never been here before, and unlike yesterday, it didn't walk in front. As Wang Wenfeng walked in that direction, it followed beside him.

Since this place is close to the park, Wang Wenfeng took it directly to the park to play.

Only then did he truly understand the profound meaning behind Zhan Chunlan's admonitions from the previous day. Yesterday, it took nearly an hour and a half for the little guy to reluctantly relieve himself. Today, in his new environment, he happily sniffed around, marking a spot here and leaving his scent there, and in less than half an hour, he found a satisfactory "auspicious spot" and happily took care of his business.