"Why did you let the dog in again?" Xun Ting leaned against the door, not daring to move an inch.

Her eyes were filled with murderous intent as she looked at Gu Zhu, suspecting that Gu Zhu and the villain were doing it on purpose.

"Xiao Hua is hungry," Gu Zhu explained innocently, not knowing what he had done to offend the young mistress, since it was Huo Ye's instruction to bring the dog over for food.

He simply did as instructed.

"You call him Xiaohua?"

“Young Madam, this name was personally chosen by Old Madam Huo.” Assistant Gu nodded.

"..." Xun Ting was speechless. What the hell is this? Such a big male dog named Xiao Hua?

Huo Lin came out of the living room at some point, patted the dog's head, but his gaze fell on the woman at the door, and he said in a low voice, "Come in."

"Sweetheart~ Please get the dog away first." Xun Ting's legs went weak just looking at the dog.

Not to mention having the courage to go in; she was terrified that the dog would pounce on her if she got too close.

"It won't bite you."

Xun Ting shook his head frantically, "Then he'll get close to me, which is also terrifying."

The man smiled faintly, his eyes filled with doting affection, and walked a few steps to the woman's side.

The long-lost scent of hormones drew her closer to the man; he had been gone for about a week this time.

Huo Lin's smile couldn't hide the dark circles under his eyes and his slightly tired expression. He held out his hand, gesturing for her to place it on his. "Give me your hand."

"Sweetheart~ Can't you just get the dog away?" Xun Ting silently took a step back.

She couldn't walk past an untied dog.

"You'll have to get used to it sooner or later." Huo Lin sighed, feeling somewhat helpless with her.

"No... I don't want to."

"Then stew it?"

"..." Xun Ting's lips twitched. The villain wouldn't even spare his own dog? She began to seriously doubt whether she was safe next to the villain.

As she was deep in thought, the man suddenly beckoned to the dog, which immediately ran over.

"Ahhhhh!" Xun Ting was so scared that she jumped directly onto the villain. She was so angry that she wanted to curse. She wondered if the villain was doing it on purpose, just like last time!

"Pet it?" Huo Lin reached out and tugged at the woman in his arms, gesturing for her to look at the dog on the ground.

Fortunately, the villain is tall, and the dog can't touch him because he's hanging on him.

Xun Ting felt her heart break just looking down at that dog; it was terrifying! Especially the way it stuck out its tongue, as if it wanted to swallow her whole.

She was instantly furious, suspecting that the man had deliberately scared her, and couldn't help but feel unhappy.

"Mr. Huo... if you keep trying to scare me, then we should live separately."

"Try separating again?" Huo Lin's expression turned cold, his extremely intimidating gaze falling on her face, and his previously good-natured tone instantly turned gloomy.

A chill emanated from his body, and the smile on his face vanished.

His gaze made her scalp tingle, but to defend herself, she forced herself to speak, "You sent the dog to scare me, aren't you just trying to get rid of me..."

"Cowardly." Huo Lin glanced at her a few times, then finally gave in and carried her into the villa.

The dog was handed over to Gu Zhu.

Assistant Gu reached out and patted Xiao Hua's head. She was so cute, why was the young mistress so afraid?

Wouldn't that little flower become a stumbling block on Huo Ye's road to love?

"Woof woof woof..." The big dog with small eyes looked aggrieved, knowing that it was being disliked.

"Let's go eat." Gu Zhu patted the dog's back reassuringly, secretly glad that Xiao Hua was the lowest-ranking person in the villa, not him.