Chapter 48 The Mad Dog Hotel
Who exactly is that girl?
Lu Qi kept thinking about the sentence on the paper airplane—
"There is a lord in your room. I have come to rescue you and the humans here. The door will open in 7 days, and you can leave through the exit."
Lu Qi wrote the word "door" in his notebook.
She's probably not human. Even disregarding her choice of words, the fact that a paper airplane flew up to the 26th floor and shattered a lamp is something no human could do.
Lu Qi's ability to accept information is quite good. He incorporates supernatural thinking and, according to the concept of yin and yang balance, if there is an evil force like the Lord of Strange Tales, then there should also be righteous partners to exorcise it.
If what the girl said is true, and she really will open a door in seven days and let everyone out, then that would naturally be a wonderful thing.
But then...
Lu Qi looked at Lulu uneasily.
Lulu is making breakfast in the open kitchen.
He planned to take over her cooking, just like she used to cook for him herself.
Lu Qi walked towards him.
Lulu's ears twitched. He was frying an egg crepe, rolling some diced strawberries into the soft, golden crepe.
Because of her poor digestive system, Lulu often vomits whatever she eats, so she doesn't have a strong appetite. This meal was preserved intact during the cooking process, and Lulu didn't steal a single bite.
"Lulu." Lu Qi walked up behind him, and he turned his head away from the frying pan, looking intently at her.
Lu Qi hesitated for a moment, then said, "I read the notes. It says that you once told me that the souls of the newly deceased linger in the world for a short time before heading elsewhere. What is that 'elsewhere'? The underworld, or heaven?"
Lulu shook her head. "I don't know Lu Qi, and I haven't been to see her."
“Hmm, I’m thinking about something.” Lu Qi leaned against the kitchen counter. “The underworld, the netherworld, the netherworld… whatever that ‘elsewhere’ is called, it gathers a large number of living beings and must need order and rules.”
"Where there are rules, in addition to those who are subject to them, there must also be those who enforce them and those who manage them."
She said with concern, "Lulu, you haven't gone where you should be. You're lingering in the world of living things and affecting the present world. This is clearly against the rules. I'm worried that something might come looking for you and cause you harm."
Lulu's eyes flickered slightly. "No, Lu Qi."
His expression clearly indicated he was lying. Dogs are good at feinting, but not so good at lying.
Lu Qi's heart sank a little.
"Really?" she pressed. "Without a god or spirit like Yama to restrain the dead who break the rules, wouldn't it be possible for a cultivator or some other extraordinary person to notice this place?"
Lulu remained silent, then turned around and turned off the stove.
"Lu Qi, do you hope someone will come to rescue you?" he asked.
"That's not what I meant." She just wanted to know if Lulu's natural enemy really existed.
"So what are you thinking about?"
"I..." She stopped abruptly as the young man pulled her into his arms.
He locked Lu Qi tightly from the side and behind, bending down so that his nose touched the back of her head.
A heavy breath fell on Lu Qi's earlobe; she was completely restrained by strong arms and could not move an inch.
"Lu Qi, I've learned a lot about human thought, but I don't completely agree with it." Lulu's lips brushed against her delicate neck, and she licked her canine teeth, her gums itching.
“I really hate to see you hurt, Lu Qi,” he murmured, “but pain can stimulate the brain and make you clear-headed.”
Lu Qi held his breath.
"Are you going to bite me?" she asked.
"I just don't want you to overthink things."
Lu Qi felt Lulu's teeth as his earlobe touched something hard.
He held her earlobe in his mouth, his upper and lower teeth lightly touching, but he didn't bite down hard.
There was no bleeding, but Lulu was already excited.
As if he had discovered something, he chuckled, nibbling on her earlobe: "Lu Qi, look, you've become well-behaved now."
Lu Qi's heart skipped a beat. She absolutely could not let Lulu get used to violent communication methods.
She struggled violently, but the struggle of a living creature only excited the hounds more.
His teeth, which had just loosened, snapped shut again, leaving two teeth marks on Lu Qi's earlobe.
Lu Qi gasped in pain.
The pain did indeed stimulate her brain to some extent, and she calmed down and changed her approach.
"Let me go," she said coldly.
Having tasted the sweetness, Lulu did not immediately follow through. His embrace and his breath became more forceful, filled with a desire to dominate.
Lu Qi's mind raced. What should she do now? Should she kiss him, comfort him, and say some nice things?
No, once he gets a taste of the benefits, he'll only intensify his control over her.
Should we ignore him and wait for him to get bored and let her go?
That would make him mistakenly believe that she had obeyed;
Should she scold him or say she hates him?
This might upset Lulu.
Lu Qi thought with a headache, "Correcting a dog doesn't require violence, but it does require physical strength."
Communicating with a dog does require a bit of force. The correct approach is to flip the dog that is challenging its owner's authority over and press it to the ground, letting it know who's in charge.
But she didn't have the strength to defeat Lulu.
Lu Qi glanced at the kitchen counter, gritted her teeth, and finally chose a method she was reluctant to use.
At least that would let Lulu know that if he tried to dominate her, bad things would happen.
Lulu was very satisfied with Lu Qi's quietness.
She stayed obediently in his arms, no longer racking her brains to think about escaping. This was good; she was as well-behaved as a doll, and he could easily take her with him.
Lulu was relieved and happy when she saw Lu Qi struggling to raise his forearm and grab the white vinegar on the kitchen counter.
Fortunately, Lu Qi never used this method. Otherwise, once she had experienced it, Lulu would have stopped her immediately instead of tilting her head and curiously observing what Lu Qi was going to do with the white vinegar.
Lu Qi opened the bottle cap, covered the bottle opening with his palm, and tilted the bottle upside down.
The icy, stimulating vinegar covered her palms.
She then covered Lulu's nose with her hand, which was stained with white vinegar.
A sliver of white appeared in Lulu's dark eye socket.
The next second, he cried out, covering his nose and almost jumping up.
Lu Qi was able to escape.
She grabbed the white vinegar and watched Lulu hunch over, constantly rubbing her nose with her hands and licking it with her tongue.
He shook his head like a trapped beast, his eyes red with pain. After struggling for a few moments, he could no longer maintain his human form and turned into a golden retriever. He frowned and squinted, shaking his head and scratching his nose with his paws.
White vinegar is too strong; usually, lemon juice is used instead, but Lu Qi didn't have any on hand.
The intensely stimulating acid completely shattered Lulu's desire to dominate, and seeing her in pain, Lu Qi couldn't bear it.
Worried that she might actually burn Lulu's nose, she quickly wet a rag, squatted down in front of Lulu, and turned its head around.
"Okay, okay, don't move, let me wipe it for you."
Lulu's eyes were completely red, stung by the vinegar, and filled with tears.
It endured the pain, sat down and let Lu Qi wipe its nose with a damp cloth. Once the burning, aching sensation subsided a bit, it buried its face in Lu Qi's chest, whimpering and sobbing, trembling with discomfort. The whole dog became withdrawn.
Lu Qi felt both sorry for him and amused.
She circled it and gently patted its back. "Are you uncomfortable? If you are, don't press on me or bite me in the future. We should be polite little dogs. How can you be so rude?"
Lulu: "Waaaaahh ...
"Oh, you're worried about me?" Lu Qi quickly patted her again. "I know, I know, our Lulu is worried about me and wants to protect me, right? You're a big dog now, a talking dog. Just tell me what you're thinking, don't touch me. See, you're suffering now, aren't you?"
The golden retriever started crying sharply, both anxious and angry, stomping its front paws on the ground.
"Oh dear, poor baby, it breaks my heart." Lu Qi comforted her, unable to hold back her laughter.
Lulu sobbed as she complained.
"Okay, okay, don't laugh, no one will laugh at you." Lu Qi tried hard to stop herself from laughing. She squatted on the kitchen floor and coaxed it for a long time, not very sincerely.
Finally, she took the strawberry omelet that Lulu had made.
She got tired of squatting, so she sat on the floor and fed Lulu.
The egg roll had gone completely cold. The golden retriever ate it while sobbing sadly. After eating half of it, it raised its paw and pressed down on Lu Qi's hand, making her eat as well.
Lulu was really heartbroken. Last time Luqi bit her neck, it was just to express anger, but this time, she did it purely to hurt it.
If she tears off a piece of its flesh or breaks a few of its bones, Lulu will hold her down and bite her, making her realize the difference in their strength, but rubbing acid on her nose is really too vicious.
Everything went dark before my eyes, and my crown chakra felt numb and sore, as if every nerve was being burned by strong acid.
For a moment, Lulu really thought Luqi hated it, otherwise she wouldn't have used such a vicious method.
It cried for a long time, wanting to hear Lu Qi comfort it and confirm her love.
After Luqi finished feeding Lulu breakfast, he threatened her amidst her sobs, "Biting is a behavior that a good dog should never exhibit. If it happens again, I will bathe her in white vinegar every day."
Lulu's eyes widened, frightened by her threat.
Lu Qi patted its back. "I'm going to find Miao Ying. You can come if you want, or stay home if you don't."
Lulu stood up and wagged her tail at her.
The insidious Lu Qi is also the best person in the world;
Even if she bathed in white vinegar, he still loved her and wanted to be with her.
"Okay, let's do it together then." Lu Qi opened the door and glanced back at the white vinegar in the kitchen.
If vinegar is so potent against Lulu, it should work on the other dogs here too.
There are many dangers in ghost stories, so perhaps it's wise to carry some white vinegar with you.
As she left, she saw the dog leash placed in the entryway.
Lu Qi grabbed Lulu, who was running away, hung the leash around his neck, and pulled it to his side.
“No.” She stared at it, standing behind the door without moving.
What happened in the kitchen today served as another wake-up call for Lu Qi.
Since her physical strength was insufficient to control Lulu, she had to strengthen her mental fortitude.
Accompanying training is absolutely necessary. If she had completed the training earlier, Lulu wouldn't have been able to uncontrollably pounce on those two men.
Its death was entirely due to her ignorance and lack of training.
From now on, she can no longer tolerate it.
Lulu stood outside the door, realizing what Luqi was about to do.
It doesn't really want to do such basic exercises.
This kind of puppy training makes it feel a little ashamed.
But Luqi stood still. When the dog lunged forward, she simply let go of the leash and let it go, while she remained inside the door.
If she didn't go out, there was no point in going out, so Lulu could only turn back inside.
Lu Qi hopes to establish some authority for himself.
The door serves as a boundary; if she agrees, Lulu can go out; if she disagrees, even if the door is open, he should stay in the room.
It took more than half an hour to get through that door.
Lulu, who possesses human-like thinking, is more stubborn and uncooperative than the average dog.
A sour smell lingered in her nasal cavity, and Lulu could feel a slight pain with each breath.
It certainly understood her instructions; how to step through the door was a trivial matter, and it should have cooperated with Lu Qi, but it felt inexplicably awkward.
The male dog's instincts warned it that if it yielded to her here, it would gradually lose its initiative in other matters.
But Lu Qi insisted that it obey.
Lulu went out first, and she stayed inside the door without moving.
Lulu refused to go out, so she simply walked away without even glancing at her.
When Lu Qi got stubborn, his face turned ugly, gloomy, and sullen, which made Lulu feel uneasy.
It was afraid of Lu Qi's expression, always feeling that she would do something big the moment she stopped talking.
It flicked its tail in frustration and reluctantly walked twice.
On just one occasion, it followed her everywhere, and Lu Qi's gloomy face instantly brightened.
She squatted by the door, smiling as she ruffled Lulu's hair and kissed it several times on the face. "Good dog, smart dog! Lulu is the smartest little dog!"
Lulu was stunned for a moment.
When it cooperated with her a second time, Lu Qi was even happier. She hugged it and said in a voice as sweet and mellow as sugar water, "Oh my god, oh my god, you've already learned it? How can you be so smart! Oh right, our Lulu graduated with a master's degree at the age of ten, of course she's very smart, right?"
"Woof!"
She was so happy that Lulu couldn't help but respond.
It tilted its head back and laughed along with Lu Qi. When she went out, it went out too; when she didn't go out, it sat down next to her.
Lu Qi was getting happier and happier, and Lulu was extremely joyful.
It found a way to please her. When Luqi put down the leash and went out, before she even turned around to point at Lulu, Lulu was already sitting upright inside the door, chest puffed out, waiting for her praise.
Lu Qi chuckled.
She rubbed Lulu's ears, picked up the rope from the ground, and said, "Okay, let's go."
A dog is a dog; animals live in the moment.
It's just a puppy; a few words of praise are enough to make it forget the argument and wag its tail happily.
Although Lu Qi initially only intended to encourage Lulu to feign happiness—making happy sounds, expressions, and smiles—after a while, she unknowingly became genuinely calm.
Like a dog with its chin and tail raised, it gains confidence from its posture.
Since returning to the legends, Lu Qi and Lulu have actually had several unpleasant encounters, and a huge conflict still exists between them.
But at this moment, it walked beside her, its golden tail gleaming as it swayed, completely forgetting its unhappiness.
It only cares about what's happening in the moment, about Lu Qi's happiness, and focuses on the established fact that they went out together.
Lu Qi pursed her lips.
She admired Lulu's attitude, but also felt somewhat ashamed.
Lulu died tragically, but at least she could focus on the present. Perhaps she should also stop dwelling on the past and being pessimistic about the future.
The time that had been agreed upon with Tian Miaoying arrived.
Lulu seemed unimpressed by their attempts to persuade her.
Having witnessed the failures of Tian Miaoying and Meng Feiqin, he did not believe that Lu Qi could succeed, and thus let her proceed as she pleased.
Lu Qi rang the doorbell for apartment 2603, and Tian Miaoying quickly opened the door for her.
She had noticed Lu Qi behind the door for a while, but since she couldn't understand what Lu Qi was doing, pulling Lulu in and out, she didn't come out rashly.
"Is Professor Meng awake?"
"I went for a morning run." Tian Miaoying glanced at the time. "It's been two hours, I should be back soon. Let's go."
Lu Qi nodded, and the two of them, each with a dog, walked forward, going from house to house to persuade people to leave.
Fearing that the tenants would be frightened, Lu Qi made Lulu maintain her dog form.
Lulu walked obediently beside her, which surprised her: "You agreed to let everyone go out?"
Lulu twitched her ears but didn't speak. Tian Miaoying answered for him, annoyed, "He didn't agree at all; he's just being arrogant and emboldened."
"What's the meaning?"
“He saw how miserable we were. We went to persuade them to leave, but we were chased by someone with a knife.” Tian Miaoying pouted. “You have no idea, I was running like crazy with Yeye, and he was standing in the corridor watching the commotion with his head tilted. In front of us was a strange… it was him, and behind us was a burly man with a knife. I was so desperate that I thought I might as well die.”
Lu Qi immediately asked, "And then, how did you escape?"
Tian Miaoying fell silent, glancing at Lulu, who smiled and looked up at Lu Qi.
Lu Qi understood.
He stepped in to help Tian Miaoying "persuade" the person to leave.
It is indeed not an easy thing to persuade someone to commit suicide, but no matter how difficult it is, it must be done.
While mentally preparing himself, Lu Qi knocked on the door of room 2601 next door.
She nervously prepared her speech, thinking about how to begin.
However, a few minutes passed, and it was quiet behind the door; not a sound could be heard.
“It won’t open.” Tian Miaoying had expected this. “Xiao Lu lives on our floor. Everyone on this floor is on edge, so no one dares to go out.”
Lu Qi pursed her lips; this was even more disheartening than failing to persuade someone or being chased by someone with a knife.
"Let's go downstairs and try?" Tian Miaoying suggested.
Lu Qi shook his head.
She squatted down, took out her notebook, wrote a few lines, tore them out, and stuffed them inside the door.
"Alright, let's go." After handing out notices to the other two households, Lu Qi led Lulu down the street.
They knocked on all the doors of the survivors' rooms, but less than half of them were willing to communicate, and most of them spoke through the door.
The situation was similar to what Tian Miaoying described.
Lu Qi was mentally prepared, but when even Lü Shi'an's 0218 account didn't respond, she still felt frustrated.
Not only because she failed to persuade Lulu, but also because she really didn't want Lulu to feel that it was a dog that everyone hated.
"Don't misunderstand Sister Lu," Tian Miaoying hurriedly explained, "Except for curfew hours, Brother Lu and other men don't stay in the room."
"Where are they?"
"I don't know." Tian Miaoying glanced meaningfully at Lulu. "They hid it."
Lu Qi lowered his eyes, said nothing, and tore up the note as usual, pushing it into room 0218.
Lulu frowned, and before the note could be pushed in, she snatched it up and held it in her mouth.
"Lulu!" Lu Qi exclaimed, "Don't eat random things!"
Lulu blinked innocently, biting the paper, pretending not to understand what she was saying.
"Let go, let go." Lu Qi squatted down and pulled the paper out of his mouth. "Lulu, spit it out!"
Lulu bit down lightly, not letting her take it away.
Anything that carries Lu Qi's fragrance should not enter Lü Shi'an's room.
Not only did it not vomit, it was also preparing to eat it. Lu Qi stood up, quickly pulled the rope, and shouted, "Go!"
She took Lulu and started running, from one end of the corridor to the other, and then back again.
"Sister Lu, where are you going?" Tian Miaoying followed, bewildered.
Lu Qi didn't go anywhere; the two of them and their two dogs just ran back and forth in the corridor with the air conditioning on.
Coconut quickly became unbearably hot and stuck out her tongue to sweat.
After three rounds, Lulu couldn't help but open her mouth.
As soon as it opened its mouth, Lu Qi bent down and pulled the paper out of its mouth.
Lulu was stunned for a moment, then realized that she had fallen for another trap.
Tian Miaoying exclaimed in amazement, "This trick is really effective!"
“Yes,” Lu Qi smiled at her, also feeling hot and tugging at her collar. “Lulu had parvovirus, so her immune system is weak. She’s prone to diarrhea and vomiting, and she always likes to pick up things from the ground. Once she bites something, she won’t let go. Before we got her vomiting training right, I would pull her along like this for a short run.”
Lulu stomped her feet unhappily, rubbing her golden claws back and forth to express her dissatisfaction.
Having no other option, Lu Qi had to abandon writing the notice to Lü Shi'an himself and instead had Tian Miaoying write it and slip it in.
It was happy then and rubbed affectionately against Lu Qi's leg.
After spending half a day searching the building without much success, the two returned to their room to discuss their next plan.
When they returned to 2603, Meng Feiqin had already come back.
Upon seeing them, she smiled and asked, "How did it go? Was it successful?"
Tian Miaoying collapsed onto the sofa, exhausted. "Same as before."
Yeye, full of energy, greeted Meng Feiqin and stuck out her tongue to lick Meng Feiqin's chin.
Lulu, disdainful of its fawning manner, transformed back into human form.
“You don’t need to worry about them,” he said, holding Lu Qi, glancing at Ye Ye, and kissing her temple. “The women here are all living very well.”
Unlike that lowly white dog, he could even kiss Lu Qi's noble forehead.
Lu Qi rubbed his temples, no longer wanting to argue with Lulu about how humans define good and bad life.
“I met a special girl today.” Meng Feiqin stroked Yeye’s fluffy head. “I don’t think I’ve seen her before.”
"Anyone you haven't met before? What kind of people are they?"
"Fair-skinned and clean-cut, wearing a gray hoodie, not very tall."
It's that girl!
Lu Qi immediately looked at Lulu's reaction, but didn't see anything unusual on his face.
He seemed unaware of the girl, but when Lu Qi asked him in the morning if he had any natural enemies, his reaction suggested otherwise.
Does Lulu know she has an enemy, but just doesn't know what the enemy looks like?
"Where did you meet him?" Lu Qi asked calmly.
"The exit is there."
"You went to the exit?" Lu Qi and Tian Miaoying exclaimed at the same time.
Meng Feiqin exclaimed, "Such a loud noise, it startled me!"
"You're the one who scared me to death!" Tian Miaoying exclaimed, her eyes wide. "There are so many mutant dogs there, they're no joke!"
"Isn't it good to raise one like you do? I'm also curious about what it feels like to become one with a dog." Meng Feiqin smiled, tugged at the Samoyed's ear, and then pulled a necklace out of her collar.
A wolf's tooth was threaded through a thin rope.
"Besides, I'm wearing a 'collar,' so they completely ignore me."
“That won’t do,” Tian Miaoying insisted, “It’s too dangerous.”
Lu Qi's attention was focused on the girl. "What is she doing there?"
Lulu sensed something amiss and asked, "Lu Qi, do you know her?"
Lu Qi realized something was wrong and changed the subject, saying, "I saw her once from afar. I'm worried she might be attacked by a mutant dog."
“No,” Meng Feiqin said. “She was probably wearing a necklace too, and the dogs ignored her. But I saw that she seemed to be planning to step directly across the red line, so I tried to persuade her. That child was strange; before I could even say anything, she ran away.”
“Is that so…” Lu Qi felt Lulu’s probing gaze.
Sure enough, her reaction aroused his suspicion.
Suppressing her complex emotions, Lu Qi recalled the words on the paper airplane.
Verbal persuasion is ultimately ineffective and its results are not promising.
But she herself was powerless to kill more than twenty people, and she couldn't allow Lulu to attack humans and fuel his bloodlust.
If the girl wasn't lying to her, and if a door really would open in six days, then the problem would be solved.
Will it really go that smoothly?
Lu Qi pursed her lips. Even if there really was a door, would Lulu allow people to leave through it?
Six days, six days...
Assuming the girl is telling the truth, she must prepare quickly and control Lulu the moment the door opens.
Lu Qi turned her head to look back at the young man staring at her.
Regardless of whether the girl's words are true or false, even without the "door," taming Lulu is still part of the plan.
She has to hurry—no, immediately, right now!
Lu Qi untied the leash from Lulu's neck. "I'm going to talk to Miaoying for a bit. Can you go back to your room and stay there for a while?"
Lulu frowned. "I'm very well-behaved and won't make a fuss. Or are you going to say something I can't stand?"
"It's just something girls talk about. It's not convenient for you to be here."
"Just a girl?" Lulu glanced at Huang Zhenyi indifferently. "He's here too."
"Lulu..." Lu Qi said in a low voice, "Go back."
Lulu's Adam's apple bobbed as she suppressed her growing anxiety.
The more she tried to keep him away, the more worried he became. He worried that Lu Qi would run away again, that the wild Samoyed would bump into her, and even more worried that Lu Qi didn't love him.
"Excuse me." Meng Feiqin, who had witnessed the whole thing, stood up and took the dog leash from Lu Qi. "I'll borrow it."
She walked over to Lulu, hung the leash back on the choker, and turned to Lu Qi, "You want him to go back?"
Lu Qi stared blankly for a moment, then nodded.
“I told you, don’t treat a dog like a person,” Meng Feiqin emphasized. “Kid, he’s a dog. Even if he has six-pack abs and is 1.85 meters tall, he’s still a dog. This isn’t how you bring a dog home.”
She grabbed the rope. "Let me show you how a normal human gets a dog home."
Meng Feiqin opened the door and led the rope outside.
Lulu stood still, staring intently at Lu Qi, showing no intention of leaving.
Meng Feiqin turned around and lightly kicked his shin with her toe.
Lulu immediately turned her head and stared at her coldly.
Even if she were a woman, she couldn't take him away from Lu Qi.
His angry glare met Meng Feiqin's indifferent eyes.
Lulu was slightly taken aback.
He hadn't seen that look in his eyes for a long time. Since becoming human, all humans had either looked up at him or looked at him at eye level, but Meng Feiqin's gaze was indifferent. She told him that she was looking at a dog—a human looking at a dog. She was human, and she was naturally superior to him.
Lulu took a half step back.
A primal fear of humans sprouted in his genes. He knew very well that he didn't need to be afraid of Meng Feiqin, yet he couldn't look her in the eye.
"Go away!" Meng Feiqin warned softly, then tugged on the dog leash again.
Lulu hesitated before following her.
Her energy was calm and decisive, and rightfully dominated him.
The seemingly natural subordinate relationship between master and dog shook Lulu, and he subconsciously followed her steady steps.
"Open the door." Meng Feiqin even demanded that the dog open the door itself.
The room was unlocked, and she pulled Lulu inside, letting go of the dog leash.
As soon as the rope connecting them broke, Lulu immediately came to her senses and wanted to get out.
Meng Feiqin stood in front of him.
The indoor lights cast Lulu's shadow on her, completely covering her, but she stood in front of him without changing her expression. Instead of retreating, she stepped forward and ordered him to sit down.
Lulu hesitated and did not make any rash moves.
He had heard of Meng Feiqin's abilities, but he wasn't sure what other tricks she had up her sleeve.
Seeing that he had calmed down, Meng Feiqin turned and left. As soon as she left, Lulu became restless again.
"Tch!" Meng Feiqin immediately turned around, pointed at him and at the door, and warned him with her eyes.
Whenever he tried to go out, Meng Feiqin firmly forced him to stay away.
She remained calm from head to toe, unafraid of him even by the slightest hair.
Despite the same training methods, Meng Feiqin and Lu Qi have completely different styles.
Lu Qi's determination is a contest with Lulu; she is being stubborn, which is "hard" rather than "firm."
Meng Feiqin's experience and knowledge have honed her aura.
She brought to Lulu the leaders of various dog packs she had seen and heard across the seven continents over half a century, and combined them with the superior status of humans, demonstrating her unfathomable and immense weight to this ten-year-old dog who had never left the city.
Behind those wise and calm female eyes were the chilling eyes of wolves, cruel hyenas, ferocious wild dogs, cunning foxes, and the head of the entire military dog regiment... Countless canine eyes, tempered by battle and bloodshed, stared at Lulu, at this young little creature.
Under these gazes, he didn't dare to move at all.
After repeating this several times, for about ten minutes, Lulu finally stopped inside the door.
The old man's aura was so strong that Lulu began to doubt herself.
Was he really wrong? Or was she the one who was right?
Meng Feiqin returned to her room amidst the astonishment of Lu Qi and Tian Miaoying.
She didn't even close the door to 2602; it was left wide open, and Lulu just stood inside without going out.
"What a smart and stubborn dog," Meng Feiqin laughed. "Few dogs can outlast me this long."
"How did you do it?" Lu Qi asked eagerly. "When I was training Lulu, it wasn't so smooth. There were always conflicts. After finally succeeding, I had to praise her for a long time, otherwise she wouldn't do it again."
"Is it always like this?"
Lu Qi nodded shyly, "He's strong and smart, so it's hard for me to handle him."
“That’s not the root cause.” Meng Feiqin raised an eyebrow. “Whenever dog training is mentioned, you tell me that it is ‘not going smoothly’, ‘there will be resistance’, and ‘he won’t do it if I don’t coax him’. You not only presuppose the outcome of the training for yourself, but also find sufficient reasons to support it—‘He is strong and smart’, ‘I’m just a girl, I can’t control him’.”
“That’s not right, Xiao Lu,” she shook her head, “you haven’t even tried, and you already think you’re destined to fail.”
"You say 'sit down,' but what you're really thinking is 'he definitely won't sit down.'"
"Animals don't understand words; they rely on their senses. What they sense isn't the Chinese you speak, but the instructions you give in your mind."
Meng Feiqin pointed to Lulu behind the door, "Of course it won't go smoothly. The instruction he received was what you were thinking: 'Don't sit down.' He cooperated with you very well and obediently did as you said, and you're still not satisfied? That means you're being unreasonable."
Lu Qi was stunned.
This was knowledge she had learned long ago, but when applied to herself, she always found it difficult to control her emotions.
She suddenly remembered something.
When Lulu first caught her, she insisted on chaining her up. Why didn't she chain her up later?
What did she do at that time?
She tried to recall what she had said or done that made Lulu remove the chain from her neck, but she couldn't remember anything.
All she remembered was feeling uncomfortable from the chains when she was sick and bedridden, and wanting to take them off.
She didn't give Lulu any instructions, said anything, or did anything; she just wanted to pick it off.
She would never allow herself to live with a dog leash; there was absolutely no room for negotiation on the matter of wearing a dog collar.
Lulu then understood; she was very determined not to, and he comprehended her.
As the clouds parted and the fog cleared, Lu Qi suddenly understood something clearly.
She couldn't explain what it was either, and turned to walk towards 2602.
"Lulu." She called to him from outside the door. Lulu's eyes lit up and he immediately ran to her side.
Lu Qi patted his head and pointed behind the door, "Go back and stay there."
Lulu frowned pitifully, "Lu Qi..."
“Go back.” Lu Qi looked at him, mimicking Meng Feiqin’s expression, calm yet firm.
She repeated herself, making sure her thoughts and words matched: "Go back."
Lulu paused for a moment.
He stood there unwillingly, repeatedly confirming whether Lu Qi might change his mind.
After a long while, he still hadn't heard Lu Qi agree.
Lulu nodded listlessly. "Okay, I'll go back and wait for you."
He went back behind the door, while Lu Qi returned to 2603.
She let out a long breath, and Professor Meng asked her, "How are you?"
"It was difficult and tiring." Even such a simple command felt like it had exhausted all her strength. "It was hard for me not to soften towards him, and I felt that I eventually wavered a little."
Her tone was as if she had survived a disaster, but her eyes sparkled with the joy and excitement of success.
It was difficult and exhausting, but she succeeded! She did it!
A strong sense of accomplishment welled up within her; she had only controlled her dog, yet she felt an unprecedented exhilaration.
She no longer thought about "her strength was not an advantage", "she could not take down Lulu", or "she could not immediately become a leader".
She stopped thinking about failure and what she couldn't do; she simply made sure that what she said and what she felt inside were in sync.
Professor Meng chuckled twice. “This takes practice. You have plenty of opportunities. Don’t forget to let him release his energy; the calmer his energy is, the less energy you’ll need to expend to control him.”
“I will,” Lu Qi nodded. “We took a long walk yesterday, and I plan to take him to the pool this afternoon.”
“That’s right,” Meng Feiqin agreed, “Swimming is more joint-friendly for large dogs.”
Lu Qi had taken this into consideration; it was the first time she had taken Lulu swimming in a public place.
It's supposed to be a public place, but nobody uses it now; only those who are in the mood to patronize it.
There were no guests, but the hotel's indoor pool was still being maintained. It was well-maintained, with a comfortable temperature and clean water.
Lu Qi brought beach balls and a float board.
Having lost her memory, Lu Qi forgot that she tricked Lulu into going fishing at sea. In her current memory, this was the first time Lulu had ever been in such deep water, which was two meters deep.
Before this, the deepest pool Lulu had ever swum in was twenty centimeters.
Lu Qi sent the ball and float into the pool, and then slid into the water himself.
She turned to Lulu on the shore and raised her hands, "Come on down, baby, don't be afraid, the water is very comfortable, I'll hold you."
A shadow fell over Lu Qi.
Within her sight, a pair of long, well-defined legs appeared before her.
Lu Qi looked up and saw the young man standing on the edge of the pool, taking off his shirt behind his back.
As he took off his clothes, his chest and abdomen contracted, and the muscles in his arms bulged slightly.
His perfectly sculpted, muscular body was displayed before her, causing the words "Baby, don't be afraid" to get stuck in Lu Qi's throat.
He smiled at her and said, "Okay, Lu Qi, please stop me."
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