Chapter 35: What Kind of Sleep?
Arrived home late at night.
As soon as he entered, Gou Dan ran to Jiang Qingying's feet, barking and jumping around, his excited appearance making her laugh.
"Dog Egg, did you miss me?" Jiang Qingying squatted down and picked it up.
Because of the move, she hadn't seen Gou Dan for several days. Gou Dan barked happily in response.
Jiang Qingying felt a cold gaze behind her and trembled. She turned around and looked at Lu Jinyuan while holding Gou Dan in her arms. "I forgot to tell you before, you don't mind if I keep a dog, do you?"
Lu Jinyuan's gaze shifted from her face to the dog in her arms. He examined it closely for a few moments, then narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "I don't mind."
I don't mind, but this dog looks kind of familiar.
Jiang Qingying smiled, feeling that the atmosphere was a bit awkward. She thought for a moment that since the two of them and the dog would be living under the same roof in the future, shouldn't they try to be more harmonious?
So she hugged Dog Egg's belly with both hands, arching it up in the air, and asked, "Why don't you say hello?"
A hint of speechlessness appeared on Lu Jinyuan's expressionless face; he didn't yet possess the skill to communicate with dogs.
"Aww!"
Unexpectedly, Gou Dan struck first.
However, that cry was a bit... fierce? Even Jiang Qingying, with her filter on, could detect a hint of a declaration of war.
After that, Gou Dan barked several more times. She quickly covered Gou Dan's mouth, stuffed it back into her arms, and tightly shielded its defiant face with her arms, protecting its life as quickly as possible.
"Um...it's been in heat lately, and it's been a bit irritable."
It's the end of September now.
"It's a foreign dog, so there's a seasonal difference."
Lu Jinyuan nodded, indicating that he accepted the explanation. "I'm going upstairs to wash up."
Jiang Qingying smiled and said, "Okay, go ahead."
Lu Jinyuan didn't say anything, but he could clearly sense her wariness as he passed by her. Seeing her step aside, he couldn't help but laugh and say, "Don't worry, I won't do anything to it."
Just as Jiang Qingying was about to speak, Gou Dan barked at him again.
This dog... really has no sense of propriety, just as audacious as her.
Jiang Qingying looked embarrassed. "I'll try to reason with it."
Lu Jinyuan smiled but said nothing.
Jiang Qingying carried Gou Dan to its little house, put it on the ground, and looked at it seriously: "Sit still."
Dog Egg stared at her with his big, watery eyes, bent his hind legs and squatted down, sitting obediently in front of her, but looking pitiful.
Jiang Qingying stared at it coldly for a while before squatting down, extending her palm upwards. Gou Dan immediately understood and placed his left hand on top of it.
What happened to you just now?
"Awoo~"
"Now you're acting all pitiful, so you're trying to be cute?"
"Woo~"
Jiang Qingying laughed out loud, lightly tapping its nose with her index finger, and said earnestly, "He's your father. We'll be living together in this house from now on. Don't you like him?"
Gou Dan turned his face away, refusing to answer.
"What can we do then? If you anger him, he'll sell you to be dog meat," Jiang Qingying threatened.
Dog Egg pounced on her, rubbing its round head against the back of her hand.
Jiang Qingying chuckled, "You knew I could protect you, didn't you?"
Gou Dan ran and put a plush toy in her hand, meaning she wanted him to play with her. Jiang Qingying saw that she had nothing to do, so she stayed in the doghouse to keep him company.
After Lu Jinyuan finished showering, he noticed that Jiang Qingying hadn't entered the bedroom yet. He went downstairs and looked around, only to find her still in the doghouse playing with the dog, having a great time, completely unaware that he had been standing at the door for quite some time.
"Qingying."
Jiang Qingying turned around and saw him standing straight in the doorway, wearing a dark bathrobe and with wet hair that hadn't been dried yet. "What's wrong?"
Lu Jinyuan remained calm and, after a two-second silence, said, "I'm done washing."
"Oh." Jiang Qingying hesitated for a while. She thought, "I'm done washing, why did you come down here specifically to tell me?"
After thinking it over, she finally came up with a reasonable excuse. She got up and told Gou Dan, "I'm leaving. You get some sleep here."
Jiang Qingying left the doghouse without looking back, leaving Lu Jinyuan and Gou Dan staring at each other in a silent and awkward silence.
But Gou Dan was trained by Jiang Qingying, so his personality is very similar to hers. When he looks at Lu Jinyuan, he doesn't back down at all. It's undeniable that he's also relying on his master's power.
Lu Jinyuan pursed his lips, too lazy to pay attention to it, closed the door of the doghouse and left.
The master bedroom was on the second floor. The bedroom was very spacious and had a separate bathroom and walk-in closet. After entering the bedroom, Jiang Qingying went straight to a door. Inside the door was a walk-in closet that was about the same size as the bedroom. The four walls were built with wardrobes, and she and Lu Jinyuan each had about half of it. The wardrobes were filled with the latest haute couture clothes, and in the middle was a rectangular glass display case. Under the light, various diamonds and gemstone jewelry were laid out in a dazzling path of light that stretched for several meters.
She glanced at the huge floor-length mirror by the door, paused for a moment, tried to clear her mind of some lewd thoughts, casually took off her jewelry and placed it on the glass table, walked to the wardrobe with pajamas hanging there, looked around for a while, and chose a dark green slip dress with a simple design and no patterns.
Holding the light, flowing fabric in her hand, she opened another door, leading further into the bathroom. The bathroom was clean and bright, and the most satisfying feature was the transparent one-way glass wall next to the bathtub.
This house is located in the most prestigious residential area in the entire South Continent. It is situated on a high elevation and is also the best location in the entire residential area. Through the one-way glass, you can see the rare night view of the bustling city. Under the vast moonlight, the skyscrapers in the city center in the distance shimmer with colorful lights, and the lights intertwine and shine.
Jiang Qingying took a very comfortable bath and then spent an hour fiddling with various bottles and jars in front of the mirror.
She slowly walked out of the bathroom, her body still carrying the steam and fragrance of the bathroom. She saw Lu Jinyuan sitting against the headboard with a laptop on his lap, seemingly engrossed in his work.
She walked to the other side of the bed, lifted the blanket, and sat in a similar posture to him. She turned to look at him, and his gaze was very calm, so calm that he didn't move an inch, his eyes fixed on the computer.
"..." Jiang Qingying was puzzled. What did he mean? Had she misunderstood what he just said? Did he really just want to tell her that he had finished showering?
Do you believe it?
You can't believe a thing of it!
"Um..." Jiang Qingying said, and continued when he turned to look at her, "Gou Dan doesn't mean you any harm."
Lu Jinyuan looked at her quietly.
That statement lacked any sincerity in its attempt to deceive; even a ghost could tell how ferocious its cry had been.
"Schnauzers are quite possessive of their owners and are easily jealous, which is why they reacted so strongly when they saw you."
"Jealous?"
"Yes, because it's a male and has always been kept at home, it hasn't seen many men around me, so it subconsciously sees you as a rival in love."
Lu Jinyuan thought for a moment and corrected her: "If it has its own consciousness, then I am its rival in love."
"Hehe," Jiang Qingying chuckled dryly, "Anyway, whether you like it or not, I'm not going to give it away."
"Hmm." He was sparing with his words.
Jiang Qingying knew he didn't care, but she still acted as a peacemaker, "I just checked online, and you'll get better if you spend a few more days with it."
"So you spent over an hour in the bathroom just to check this?"
He changed the subject.
Sensing a hint of disdain in his voice regarding the frequency of her showers, Jiang Qingying paused, struggling weakly, "It hasn't been that long, has it? What's wrong with a girl being a little more refined?"
After saying that, she lay down, closed her eyes, and said, "Turn off the light, I'm going to sleep."
Lu Jinyuan chuckled softly, turned off the laptop on his lap, casually placed it on the bedside table, turned off the wall lamp, lifted the covers, and lay on top of her, his arm pressing against her side. His deep eyes gazed at her eyes through the moonlight streaming through the window.
Jiang Qingying stared straight at him, neither backing down nor yielding, "I said I'm going to sleep."
"Mmm, go to sleep." Lu Jinyuan shamelessly repeated her words, lowered his head to kiss her, and a few words escaped from his lips: "It depends on what kind of sleep."
Jiang Qingying was being kissed by him, and his kisses became more and more forceful, leaving her no way to retreat. Her already short skirt rode up even higher under the caress of his hands, and finally she was pulled down completely and ruthlessly thrown off the bed.
Lu Jinyuan used his palm to protect the top of her head to prevent her from hitting the headboard. In her confused and infatuated moment, he whispered in her ear, "You probably won't be wearing a skirt to work tomorrow."
I know what he wants to do.
Jiang Qingying laughed in anger, then raised her arm as if it had been deboned and slapped him across the face with a soft, weak hand.
"You not only look like Gou Dan, but you're even the same breed."
This remark may have angered Lu Jinyuan. As if punishing her, he completely ignored her resistance, first refusing to give in to her, and finally spending the whole night with her in a passionate encounter.
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