Suddenly, Huo Lin was enveloped by a warm fragrance on his back. The woman's body was soft where it should be, and seemed to be all bone where it shouldn't be fleshy, perfectly pressed tightly against Huo Lin's back.

Her slender hands wrapped tightly around his neck, and her legs wrapped around him, lifting him higher and higher.

Her bright, large eyes were fixed on the dog, her expression one of despair, her voice tinged with a hint of grievance: "Get it away from me right now..."

Huo Lin subconsciously reached out to support her, glancing at her as he explained, "It won't bite you, try touching it?"

"don't want."

"So scared?" The man laughed when he saw her puffed-up face.

The little swindler is quick to back down and has a big temper.

Xun Ting's eyes darted around, and she reached out to hug the man's neck tightly, as if afraid he would throw her off. She looked at the man with extreme disappointment and a heartbroken expression.

"Mr. Huo, you've disappointed me so much! You're bullying me like this just because I like you. I'll never like you again, and I won't pursue you anymore!"

As Huo Lin listened to the woman's words of "disappointment," a smile crept onto his lips. He squatted down, his back to the dog.

"This is bullying."

"Ahhh! Don't do that! It'll swallow me whole! Are you out of your mind?!" Xun Ting screamed in terror when she saw the dog behind her.

She held the man tightly, looking as if she wanted to swallow them both whole.

"Did it touch you?" Huo Lin turned his head and glanced at her, as if disapproving of her lack of composure. Then he gently put the woman down from his back and let her squat next to him.

Xun Ting looked at the big dog in front of him and moved back in fright. "Just because it's not here now doesn't mean it won't be here later."

The big dog obediently swallowed its tongue and suddenly took a step toward Xun Ting.

Xun Ting was so frightened that he rushed to the wall, disregarding his appearance, and leaped over it. Sitting on the wall, he glared at the villain and said, "Huo Lin, you're just a bully who uses his power to bully others. One day I'll make you cry and beg for mercy!"

Leaving behind those reckless words, she jumped out the door and ran away!

Seeing this, the man laughed with pleasure, then patted the dog's head, "You scared her. If you scare her again, I'll stew you."

The big dog lay obediently on the ground, its face looking somewhat aggrieved, as if to say: I just want to be close to my little master.

...

After leaving the villain's villa, Xun Ting truly understood what it meant to have survived a disaster. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Was the villain just her nemesis? He even kept a pet dog, which was the animal she feared most.

Aren't snakes, tigers, and lions much better? Why insist on keeping a dog? It's too scary! Damn it!

Thinking about how the dog had deliberately approached her to scare her, she gritted her teeth in anger and kicked a nearby stone. "Once I'm not afraid of dogs anymore, I'm going to catch it and roast it!"

"That's hilarious! You're afraid of dogs! How long until you're no longer afraid?"

Gu Shen suddenly appeared out of nowhere, bursting into laughter, clearly having understood everything she had just said.

"Soon." Xun Ting looked embarrassed and somewhat uneasy. Yes, how long would it take before she was no longer afraid?

"Tsk, what a jerk... Can we talk about something?" Gu Shen wanted to make a sarcastic remark, but then he remembered why he had come today and swallowed his laughter.

"explain."

"Lead my brothers and beat someone up for me."

"I'm not going."

"Don't you have any conscience? If it weren't for you causing me to get beaten by my dad last night, I could have done it myself right now. Why would I need you?" Gu Shen gritted his teeth and looked at her.