Chapter 13. The speed at which they change their tune is quite fast.
Yan Yuehe stared into those eyes, but couldn't hear anything clearly. The words Yu Zhi had said were echoing in her mind in 3D.
"Actually, my brother likes you..."
"My brother likes you..."
"I like you..."
Gou Qing blinked, and her thick eyelashes seemed to actually touch hers. Yan Yuehe subconsciously closed her eyes tightly.
He straightened up, his expression extremely cold: "Who did you cry your eyes out for?"
"Huh?" He pulled away, and Yan Yuehe came back to her senses.
She raised her hand to touch her eyes, not wanting to admit that she was crying like this to kick him out of her mind and watch the case explanation: "Nobody."
Her attempt to cover up her true feelings made Gou Qing's heart sink.
He couldn't laugh: "What are you doing here?"
Yan Yuehe forced a smile, her gaze darting away, avoiding Gou Qing's eyes.
Following her mother's instructions, she used politeness combined with directness: "Good evening, in-laws. Are you free today? Want to walk the dog?"
She became increasingly guilty as she spoke, while her dog son kept rubbing against her legs, trying to squeeze into someone else's house.
On the previous occasions when Yu Zhi and her dog walked the dog together, she and her dog son had the opportunity to go inside.
Although I only stayed briefly in the entryway and living room.
Gou Qing bought two adjacent houses on the first floor and opened up the interior and yard, so Atlas has a huge living space, and even built some facilities that you would find in a dog park.
The area of his apartment in this building was already much larger than the one Yan Yuehe rented, and it became even more outrageous after being multiplied by two.
From then on, Yan Yuehe had a deeper understanding of how her dog son had married above his station.
Gou Qing coldly replied, "I'm busy."
Yan Yuehe looked up, and her round eyes instantly became dull and lifeless. Coupled with her swollen eyelids, she looked pitiful no matter how you looked at her.
He had to change the subject when he said, "You should take the children with you."
Yan Yuehe hesitated for a moment: "Give Atlas to me as well?"
Two small dogs—no, big dogs—can she take care of them? She can't even handle her own dog son.
“Don’t be afraid, with Atlas around, it will follow your steps. As for your stupidity…” Gou Qing glanced down at the yellow-haired stupid dog that was ramming against his legs, “Pangbao will follow Atlas. As long as you take good care of Atlas, Pangbao won’t run away.”
Fatty's romantic side is impossible to hide.
I used to envy him, saying, "Sure enough, only someone with a love-struck mind can talk about love."
He felt that he and his brother were unable to find love because they lacked the "love-obsessed" gene.
Gou Qing's words made a lot of sense. Yan Yuehe nodded and solemnly promised, "I will definitely return Atlas intact."
“…I’m going to put the leash on Atlas. Do you want to wait at the door or inside?” Gou Qing moved aside, giving way half a step.
When Yu Zhi was there, Yan Yuehe felt comfortable going in, but for some reason, when Gou Qing asked her if she wanted to go in, she felt a little reluctant to refuse.
As she hesitated over how to politely decline, her dog son had already made the choice for her.
Almost as soon as the obstructing leg moved aside, Fatty burst in with the speed of a 100-meter sprint.
Yan Yuehe was also pulled forward by Pang Bao.
"Let go." The voice beside her was calm and trustworthy, and Yan Yuehe subconsciously complied.
But due to inertia and gravity, she continued to lunge forward. Instinctively, she reached out her hands, trying to brace herself on the ground if she fell, so as not to be too embarrassed.
Gou Qing wrapped his long arm around Yan Yuehe, and in the blink of an eye, she was being helped to a position.
From the waist? Not quite accurate, it should be the stomach.
Gou Qing reminded her very seriously, "You need to hurry up and send Pang Bao to school."
He released her: "It's really dangerous that it doesn't understand commands."
Yan Yuehe knew this, and she said somewhat awkwardly, "I was planning to take it to your friend's dog training center for lessons when you come back."
She did her research online and found that not every dog training center gives lessons to owners. Most dog training centers send their puppies there for a few days or even a few months before picking them up and taking them home.
The reviews of well-known dog training centers online are mixed, so she was even more hesitant to send Pangbao there.
Yan Yuehe didn't know if the puppy would be scared, but putting herself in the dog's shoes, she thought that if she were a person being sent to a strange place and there was a possibility of being beaten or scolded, she would definitely be so scared that she wouldn't dare to sleep at night.
“I’ll take you tomorrow.” Gou Qing closed the door, picked up the leash, and went inside to find Atlas.
Yan Yuehe followed closely behind him: "My dear in-law, you're such a good person, thank you."
Gou Qing felt a headache coming on after being inexplicably given a "friend zone" card.
He glanced back at her indifferently, trying to determine whether she was pretending to be naive or trying to hook him again.
In fact, this problem had been troubling him for far too long.
"How do you feel about your acting skills?" Gou Qing asked tentatively.
Yan Yuehe thought it was a dog training exercise where she had to act fierce, so she put on a serious face and imitated the man opposite her, saying, "I think my acting is pretty good."
Suddenly, a smile bloomed on her face: "My dear in-law, what do you think?"
Gou Qing could only say, "Your face-changing speed is quite fast."
Yan Yuehe rubbed her face: "Then I'm pretty amazing." She was extremely easily satisfied.
Gou Qing remained silent.
Yan Yuehe followed him through the living room and saw several suitcases standing upright. She realized, a beat late, that her in-laws had really just returned from a business trip and hadn't even had time to unpack their suitcases.
If she hadn't come, her in-laws would probably already be packing their bags, right?
Yan Yuehe realized that her arrival seemed to have troubled her dog-in-law, and she felt even more embarrassed.
Gou Qing used one arm to hold back the fat yellow dog, and the other arm to pull Atlas onto its leash.
Finally, he finished putting the rope on, picked up the yellow rope from the ground, and handed it to Yan Yuehe along with Atlas's rope.
"Go."
Yan Yuehe took the rope. Atlas rubbed against her legs, but didn't move when she didn't. Only her dog son kept spinning around in place.
What an adorable Border Collie princess! Yan Yuehe felt her heart melting at Atlas's charm.
She led her two puppies to the door, then turned back to wave to her dog in-laws who were about to close the door, politely saying goodbye: "I'll be back soon."
He raised his hand and forcibly pulled down the worthless upturned corners of his mouth.
The hand he raised was not his dominant hand, but the hand that had just embraced Yan Yuehe.
Simply placing it near your lips can give the illusion of kissing your hand.
On the other side, Yan Yuehe was practically dying of happiness.
She used to call him "Fatty Baby" so naturally that she quickly changed her tune, adding two words before it: "Let Grandma and Mom kiss you."
It sounds a bit unpleasant, and it's not easy to pronounce.
Yan Yuehe glanced guiltily at her dog son and whispered, "I really want to switch you with Fatty, um... I'd even steal you away if I wanted to, Mommy loves you t ooh."
Fatty was still wagging its tail excitedly beside it.
The mother and son sandwiched Atlas in the middle, both wanting to get close to Princess Atlas.
The son is not very filial, and the mother is not fair either.
"Hey, Fatty, stay away from Atlas, don't get so close."
"Woof!" Mom, don't touch my wife.
"Fatty, can you please stop jumping around? Atlas is getting scared."
"Woof woof!" Mom, don't yell at me, you're scaring my wife.
"You fat dog! Stop going in circles, your leash almost tripped your wife just now."
"Woof woof woof!" Mom, hurry up and go, so my wife won't have to stop and wait for you.
...
Atlas licked the fur on his paws and innocently glanced back at the mother and son arguing across the distance.
A dog walk that usually takes about an hour was stretched to an hour and a half.
Yan Yuehe glanced at the time and comforted herself, "At least I brought the two puppies back safe and sound."
That's already great.
She had just raised her hand, before it even touched the door, when the door opened.
Gou Qing, wearing an apron and holding a spatula, said, "If you don't come back soon, I'll start to suspect that you stole my Atlas."
After he finished speaking, he hurriedly ran inside, leaving the door open.
Yan Yuehe, whose little secret had been exposed, looked at the two puppies in bewilderment.
Standing at the door like this wasn't a good idea, so Yan Yuehe, feeling that she hadn't misunderstood, led the two puppies inside.
Gou Qing is cooking.
But in reality, his movements were very smooth, and the dishes prepared on the island looked neat and orderly, much more presentable than her cooking skills.
If the person in front of her were Yu Zhi, she probably wouldn't feel so disconnected.
It's really... that dog-like in-law doesn't seem like a down-to-earth person.
"My dear in-law, shall I untie Atlas's ropes?" Yan Yuehe looked away.
Gou Qing put the sliced meat into the pot: "Untie it and put it in the entryway."
Yan Yuehe did as instructed, but after finishing, she couldn't find anything else that would make her feel at ease staying there.
It's time to leave.
She tugged at the reluctant-to-leave Fatty Bao, saying, "My dear in-law, we've really bothered you today. Fatty Bao and I are going home now."
"Wait a minute." Gou Qing kept working; the pot was getting very hot, and he couldn't leave it unattended for the time being.
Upon hearing the sound, Yan Yuehe moved from the entrance to the kitchen doorway and slowly peeked out.
She smelled a wonderful aroma and secretly swallowed. "In-law, is there anything else?"
"You're leaving before you've even eaten?" Gou Qing looked up at her. "I made your portion."
One should not accept rewards without merit.
Although Yan Yuehe was tempted to eat it, after hesitating for a few seconds, she decided not to play dumb and instead asked him directly, "Why did you make my portion?"
“…To thank you for bringing Atlas back safely.” Gou Qing stood there, steam rising from the pot.
Yan Yuehe felt that he was like a Bodhisattva who "saves all living beings".
Now it's time to guide her.
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