Chen Xi was the first one who couldn’t resist and reached out to touch the puppy in Chen Yiran’s hand. It was very docile, looking plump and cute.

“How cute. Linlin, hurry and touch it!” Chen Xi went to pull Li Linlin, who also couldn’t resist and raised her hand to touch the dog’s head. The little Shiba Inu looked at her with round eyes, looking adorable.

“Was your family’s Lili this cute when it’s a puppy?” Chen Xi asked her.

Li Linlin said, “I’ve never seen Lili when she’s little. I only saw photos from my dad.”

“Shiba Inu puppies changed so much when they grew up.” Chen Xi touched the little puppy again and asked Chen Yiran, “Have you given it a name?”

“Mm.” Chen Yiran nodded. “Her name is Xiao Chaichai^[1]Little Shishi/Shiba.”

Chen Xi: “……”

Li Linlin was also speechless for a moment. Was that name recommended to him by the kennel owner?

“What about when it grows up?” Li Linlin asked.

Chen Yiran said matter-of-factly, “When she grows up, she’ll be called Da Chaichai.”

Li Linlin: “……”

Sure enough, it was a name given by the kennel owner!

“It’s a girl. Can you give it a good name?” Chen Xi flipped the dog over and found that it had no balls.

Chen Yiran flipped the dog back. “Don’t do such an impolite thing to a girl.”

Chen Xi: “……”

Lu Yuxuan looked up at Chen Yiran from the side. This adult was too shameless! A dignified company president was actually relying on a puppy to gain traction!

Seeing them chatting at the door, Lu Ruizhou said, “President Chen, come in as well, let’s talk inside the house.”

Lu Yuxuan turned his head instantly and glared at Lu Ruizhou. Brother, what’s wrong with you?! How can you lead the wolf into your house?

Chen Yiran readily agreed. He changed his shoes and walked in, “Excuse me.”

Lu Yuxuan: “……”

After Chen Yiran arrived, Li Linlin and the others gathered around the dog he had brought. Lu Yuxuan couldn’t hold it back and even went up to pet it a few times.

Chen Yiran next to him snorted. Humph, little brat.

Today was Children’s Day and a sumptuous dinner was prepared for Lu Yuxuan. Even if there’s an extra Chen Yiran, the food was still enough for all of them. Lu Yuxuan specially arranged Li Linlin and Lu Ruizhou to sit together, and made Chen Yiran sit on the opposite side. Chen Yiran glanced at him but said nothing. He sat down at the seat arranged by Lu Yuxuan.

Wu Hui had been unwell since Chen Yiran came and the feeling only increased when Chen Yiran sat down at the dinner table.

Who would want to eat at the same table with the big boss?!

She’s clearly not a Huachuang employee but she felt like one. 🙂

Chen Yiran was quite calm and even had the time to clip up food for Li Linlin. Before they went out today, Wu Hui told Li Linlin not to eat too much. Now Chen Yiran was giving Li Linlin something heavy with oil and high calories in front of her, but she didn’t have the guts to stop him.

Li Linlin noticed this, so she ate with a great peace of mind.

She found that Chen Yiran was still very useful at times like this.

Seeing Chen Yiran picking up food for Li Linlin, Lu Yuxuan also picked up food for her, which made Li Linlin feel embarrassed—— Today was Children’s Day, so why does it looks like they’re celebrating the holiday for her?

“Xiao Yuzi, you’re growing, so you should eat more.” Li Linlin smiled and gave Lu Yuxuan a chicken leg.

“Thank you, Sister Linlin!” Lu Yuxuan thanked her happily and gave Chen Yiran a provocative look. Chen Yiran snorted in his heart, too lazy to stoop to the little brat’s level.

Probably because the smell of the food was so fragrant, Xiao Chaichai squeezed to the dining table and rubbed its head against Chen Yiran’s calf. Chen Yiran looked down at it and saw that it wanted a piece of the pie. He shook his head coldly. “You can’t eat these. I’ll get you something to eat when we get home.”

“Woof.” Xiao Chaichai seemed dissatisfied with the arrangement and bark at Chen Yiran before rubbing against him again.

Chen Yiran remained steadfast. “There’s no point in acting coquettish, behave.”

Li Linlin leaned into Chen Xi’s ear and whispered, “Xiao Chaichai is so miserable, being raised by your brother.”

Chen Xi: “……”

In the end, Chen Yiran didn’t give Xiao Chaichai anything on the table, but because the puppy was barking so pitifully at his feet, he picked it up and left early. “You guys take your time eating, I’ll go back and feed her first.”

As soon as Lu Yuxuan heard that he was leaving, he immediately said, “Goodbye, Uncle!”

Chen Yiran glanced at him, then looked at the girls. “Don’t disturb others for too long, go back early.”

“Got it.” Chen Xi smiled and nodded at him.

Chen Yiran went back to feed the dog. He took a lot of photos of Xiao Chaichai eating and posted them all on Moments.

After Chen Xi finished eating, she checked WeChat and saw several of Chen Yiran’s updates. Chen Yiran was the kind of person who rarely posts, but now he made four or five at a time. It was obvious that he had an agenda.

Chen Xi immediately saw through his little thoughts and walked over to Li Linlin who was playing checkers with Lu Yuxuan and sat down. “Linlin, look, Brother Yiran has posted lot of pictures of Xiao Chaichai, so cute!”

Li Linlin leaned over. He had really taken quite a lot. She discovered it the last time Chen Yiran took pictures of her. His photography skills were surprisingly good and the pictures he took of Xiao Chaichai were also particularly cute.

“Has he ever learned photography before?” Li Linlin asked.

Chen Xi said, “I don’t think so, but you also know that he’s been exceptionally smart since he’s a child so he probably became a professional after studying it himself.”

Li Linlin: “……”

Was humblebrag the ancestral secret of your old Chen family?

She checked Chen Yiran’s Moments and found that his profile picture had been changed to that of Xiao Chaichai.

He’s different now that he’s a father.

“Suddenly posting these to Moments, won’t the jaws of those industry bigwigs dropped when they see it?” Li Linlin muttered.

Chen Xi said, “These should be set for a certain group.”

“Oh……” Li Linlin responded, and Lu Yuxuan on the opposite side urged her to take her turn.

After accompanying Lu Yuxuan to a game of checkers, Chen Xi saw that it was getting late, so she suggested going back first. Neither Li Linlin nor Wu Hui objected. Lu Yuxuan winked at Lu Ruizhou, but Lu Ruizhou sent the girls back as if he hadn’t seen it. As soon as he came back, Lu Yuxuan looked at him with an expression that said, ‘Son, Dad is very disappointed in you’.

Lu Ruizhou: “……”

For a while, it was hard to tell who was raising whom.

“Brother, what’s wrong with you?! Didn’t you see that Uncle Chen across us is so active?!” Lu Yuxuan was really worried. “Why aren’t you active at all?! Use your usual skills of coaxing little girls!”

Lu Ruizhou: “……”

He was silent for a moment, then looked at Lu Yuxuan and said, “I don’t usually coax little girls.”

Lu Yuxuan thought for a while and nodded. “That’s right, the ones you coax are all rich aunts.”

Lu Ruizhou: “……”

He bypassed Lu Yuxuan and prepared to go busy himself. Lu Yuxuan followed him, still lecturing, “Do you like Sister Linlin or not? If you like her, don’t hesitate. Look at Uncle Chen opposite—”

This time, before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Lu Ruizhou, “You’re still too young to understand. These things aren’t your concern.”

When he said that, Lu Yuxuan became unhappy and his whole little face wrinkled. “What do you mean I don’t understand? It’s obviously you who don’t understand!”

Lu Ruizhou pursed his lips and changed the subject, “Summer vacation is coming soon. Mom said she would take you on a trip so you can spend the summer with her.”

“What do you mean, Lu Ruizhou? Are you trying to drive me away?!” Lu Yuxuan raised his voice angrily and even stopped calling him brother. “I won’t care about you from now on!”

After he said that, he ran back to his room in a huff and deliberately slammed the door with a loud bang.

Lu Ruizhou ruffled his hair irritably, turned and left.

———pr

After Chen Xi dragged Li Linlin and Wu Hui away from Lu Ruizhou’s place, they didn’t go upstairs. Instead, she said they wanted to go to Chen Yiran’s place to pet the dog. Wu Hui had a natural fear of Chen Yiran, so she immediately said she wouldn’t go with them and quickly pressed the elevator to go upstairs. Li Linlin was still torn but Chen Xi pulled her over.

When Chen Yiran opened the door and saw the two girls standing outside, he wasn’t surprised at all. However, he still asked, “Why are the two of you here?”

Chen Xi said, “We came to see Xiao Chaichai.”

“Come in.” Chen Yiran responded and turned aside to make way for them.

He had prepared ladies’ slippers for them. As soon as the two changed their shoes, they saw Xiao Chaichai running over with its short legs.

“Woof, woof.” It was unknown if it’s because Li Linlin still had the scent of dinner left on her body, but Xiao Chaichai went to rub against her as soon as it ran over. Chen Yiran watched from the side and let out a laugh. “You’re indeed popular to animals.”

Li Linlin squatted down. She said while petting the dog, “Because animals can tell who’s good and who’s bad. You haven’t been liked by animals when you’re a kid, have you?”

Chen Yiran: “……”

Chen Xi also followed her and petted the dog. “He’s quite liked by animals.”

As if to verify her words, Xiao Chaichai ran over to rub against Chen Yiran. He picked up the dog and walked towards the living room. “Come in and sit.”

Li Linlin and Chen Xi played with the puppy at Chen Yiran’s place for quite some time and took a lot of photos and videos. Probably because Xiao Chaichai was still too young, it started yawning loudly and looked like it was about to fall asleep.

Chen Yiran carried it into its bed and stroked its head repeatedly. “She’s tired and wants to sleep.”

Li Linlin went up to take a few more shots of the sleeping dog before putting away her phone. “You’re so busy at work, how can you have time to take care of a dog?”

The older ones were fine but Xiao Chaichai was still a puppy and needed human care.

Chen Yiran said, “I’m not that busy. I’ll have to take it out for vaccination in a few days.”

“Oh……” Li Linlin glanced at him. “Then do you have time to walk the dog? Why don’t you keep a cat instead?”

Chen Yiran turned his head to look at her. “Every morning before I go out, I walk the dog for a while, and again before going to bed at night. If you like, we can also walk her together at night.”

Li Linlin asked him in surprise, “Why should I walk the dog with you at night?”

Chen Yiran said, “Because you can’t get up early in the morning.”

Li Linlin: “……”

No, was that the point of the question?

Chen Yiran laughed and stood up. “It’s getting late. You and Xixi should go back and rest early. Stop running around anymore.”

The corners of Li Linlin’s mouth twitch and then she called Chen Xi to go back together.

Before going to sleep, Li Linlin lay in the bed and scrolled through her Weibo. She could also see the pictures of the dog Chen Yiran had posted. It seemed that Chen Yiran had assigned her to the visible group.

She scrolled for a while and liked all of Xiao Chaichai’s photos.

———pr

The next day, Li Linlin was still sleeping when she heard a knock on the door. Neither Chen Xi nor Wu Hui were there so Li Linlin walked up with her messy hair and glanced at the doorbell camera’s screen.

Surprisingly, it was Chen Yiran, holding his dog in his arms.

Li Linlin opened the door for him and asked him sleepily. “You aren’t here to ask me to walk the dog so early in the morning, are you?”

“I’d like to.” Chen Yiran handed her Xiao Chaichai. “Something happened in the company. I have to go out of the country for a few days. I’ll leave Xiao Chaichai to you while I’m away.”

“Ah?”

Li Linlin was a bit unresponsive. Chen Yiran continued to explain quickly, “The password to my house hasn’t been changed and your fingerprints are still there. All the dog supplies are at my house, you can take them out. Call me if you have any question.”

After saying that, he paused and added, “If my phone can’t be reached, just call Assistant Wu. I’m running out of time, so I’ll leave first.”

Chen Yiran glanced at Li Linlin again after explaining, then turned and left. Only then did Li Linlin notice that he was dragging a suitcase.

Everything happened too fast. In a blink of an eye, Chen Yiran had disappeared from the door and took the elevator downstairs. Li Linlin stood at the doorway holding the dog and staring down at it with wide eyes.

No, who was it that said yesterday he wasn’t very busy???

Not even twenty four hours had passed after he said it and he was already leaving the country!

Li Linlin sighed, closed the door and carried Xiao Chaichai into the house. “Your father is so irresponsible. He just left you here.”

“Woof.” Xiao Chaichai licked the back of Li Linlin’s hand innocently.

Li Linlin was a little tickled. She sat down on the sofa with it in her arms. “It’s not like I can just keep a dog here.”

After all, this house wasn’t hers. In case the owner didn’t allow dogs, it would be difficult for her to explain. She picked up her phone and sent a message to the rich ladies group.

【Li Linlin: @Seeking Women With Great Wealth, Sister Xiao Tan, can we keep a dog at home?】

【Seek Women With Great Wealth: What, Linlin have a dog?】

【Li Linlin: It’s not mine. My friend is going on a business trip for a few days and asked me to help him take care of it for a few days.】

【Seek Women With Great Wealth: Him?】

【Seek Women With Great Wealth: Is it President Chen’s dog? I think I saw his WeChat profile picture changed to a dog.】

Li Linlin: “……”

President Chen really attracts a lot of attention. Changing his profile picture could alert so many people.

Li Linlin didn’t admit or deny it. She took a photo of Xiao Chaichai and sent it to over.

【Let’s See If You’re Worthy: Cute! Keep it!】

【Fresh Meat Harvester: Will Chen Yiran keep such a cute dog??? Is the iron tree blooming^[2]a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence?】

Li Linlin: “……”

【Seek Women With Great Wealth: @Fresh Meat Harvester, that’s a real puppy!!!】

【Seek Women With Great Wealth: Keep it, keep it. Remember to send us pictures every day.】

【Li Linlin: Okay ^_-】

Li Linlin negotiated with President Tan and finally felt relieved to let Xiao Chaichai stay. Just after moving its things from Chen Yiran’s place, Li Linlin remembered something. She had to leave this afternoon to record a program and would have to stay at a hotel arranged by the program group that night. She wouldn’t be back until the day after tomorrow.

Li Linlin: “……”

Seeing Li Linlin looking at it, Xiao Chaichai barked again.

“……” Xiao Chaichai was too unfortunate. It didn’t know what it’s about to face.

Because it was approaching the end of the semester, the students were busy preparing for the final exam—— Wu Hui was one of these students. She arranged a lot of work for Li Linlin, but she went to school every day and did not fall behind in her studies. Li Linlin was going to record the show, and Wu Hui only asked the two assistants to follow her while she reviewed at school. Although Chen Xi wasn’t working as hard as Wu Hui in her studies, she had never raised a dog before, and Li Linlin was worried leaving the puppy to her.

It seemed that Li Linlin could only let her father take care of it.

When Li Linlin appeared in the Villa at Lize Park with Xiao Chaichai and its things, Li Shen slowly expressed ellipsis.

Li Shen was also devastated when Lili left and he never had a dog since then. Unexpectedly, Li Linlin brought one back to him today.

And it’s also a Shiba Inu!

“Linlin, you have a dog?” Li Shen asked, the corners of his mouth twitching.

Li Linlin said, “It belongs to Chen Yiran. He left the dog to me when he went abroad for business. But I have to record a show tonight and can’t take her with me, so I can only bring her home!”

Li Shen: “……”

He digested what Li Linlin said. “What does Chen Yiran’s dog have to do with you? Why should you take care of it?”

“Uhm…… Probably because I have extensive experience?”

“……” Li Shen asked expressionlessly, “So you’re leaving it to me because I have more experience?”

“Yes, that’s right!”

Li Shen: “……”

Heh, was he an old tool man?

“I’m not taking care of it.” Li Shen sat down on the sofa and pointed the small garden he’s carefully maintaining outside to Li Linlin. “Lili used to love eating the flowers I raised, and whenever she’s unhappy, she would take it out on my plants. You want me to keep another one and let it destroy my flowers?”

“She won’t, she won’t. Xiao Chaichai is still small and very well behaved!”

“Woof.” Hearing its own name, Xiao Chaichai responded in a timely manner and looked at Li Shen with its big eyes open.

Li Shen: “……”

“Just let her stay for two days. I’ll pick her up the day after tomorrow!” Li Linlin continued to bargain with Li Shen. “If she breaks anything, I’ll compensate according to the price.”

Li Shen snorted. “Why will you compensate? If someone has to pay, it should be Chen Yiran.”

“Right, right, let him pay.”

“……” Li Shen glanced at the curious little Shiba Inu, and then at Li Linlin. “The dog can stay, but tell me what’s going on between you and Chen Yiran? I heard before that you two have broken ties.”

Li Linlin: “……”

Why did he even know such a thing?

“Who did you hear that from?”

“Your manager.” Li Shen sold Wu Hui without any burden. “I check with her your situation every once in a while.”

Li Linlin: “……”

Wu Hui’er actually betrayed her boss!

“What did she tell you?” Li Linlin asked with a smile.

Li Shen bent down and petted Xiao Chaichai, saying vaguely, “Just some work matters.”

“……” Why didn’t she believe it? Was her breaking ties with Chen Yiran also related to work?

However, she had no intention of asking her father, it would be easier to find out from Wu Hui’er. After settling down Xiao Chaichai properly, Li Linlin was ready to start work. Xiao Chaichai chased after her, barking, as if it wanted to go with her.

Li Shen watched from the side. “How long have you had this dog? It’s quite attached to you.”

“……I only saw her for the first time yesterday.” Maybe it’s like what Chen Yiran had said, dogs are very fond of her. “Xiao Chaichai, I can’t bring you. Stay here for two days and I’ll come pick you up later!”

“Woof.”

“Be good!” Li Linlin stroked its head and Xiao Chaichai finally stopped making trouble. Li Shen picked it up and petted it gently. Xiao Chaichai seemed to be very comfortable under his touch that it lay directly on him and yawned.

When Li Linlin saw this, she thought to herself that old ginger was indeed spicier. As expected of the man who raised Lili single-handedly!

———pr

When Yu Wan came back from work in the evening, she suddenly saw that a little puppy had appeared at home. She looked at Li Shen in surprise. “You’ve gotten a dog again?”

Li Shen said, “Linlin brought it over today. She said it’s Chen Yiran’s.”

“……” Yu Wan sorted out the connection. “Then why is it here?”

“Chen Yiran went on a business trip and Linlin went to record a show. Both were unavailable, so it’s left to me.”

Yu Wan contemplated his words, then asked him, “Don’t you think this looks like a couple who had no time to take care of their child, so they left the child to their parents back home?”

Li Shen: “……”

No, he doesn’t agree.

“Chen Yiran rejected our Linlin. What couple and child?” Li Shen snorted coldly. He could hold a grudge for this matter for the rest of his life.

Yu Wan smiled and stroked the puppy that was sleeping soundly on the sofa while saying to Li Shen, “That day when we had dinner, I noticed that Chen Yiran’s attitude seemed to be different.”

“He’s different, but should our Linlin get involved with him? Let him go with his blind date.”

Yu Wan turned back and glanced at him. “You look exactly like the way my mom looked when she wants us to break up.”

Li Shen: “……”

Has he become what he hates the most after all?

———pr

When Li Linlin arrived at the recording site of 《Let’s Fall in Love》, she couldn’t help but feel a little nervous. Her new partner was coming today and she didn’t know what kind of person the production group had arranged for her.

She never expected that she would already change partners three times when recording a dating show.

In the evening, the program group arranged for them to stay at a seaside hotel. The two would meet at the hotel’s restaurant, have dinner, and then start their date tomorrow.

Li Linlin dragged her suitcase and went to the restaurant under the guidance of the hotel attendant.

The new male guest had already arrived and was waiting for her at their table. When he heard the noise, he stood up and walked a few steps forward. While Li Linlin’s hair and makeup was being done, she had been asking the staffs about the new guest, however, they were very strict and didn’t tell her who it was. At this moment, she saw a man in a suit walking over, and she instinctively examined him for some time.

The other party’s age should be between Du Yanwei and Chen Yiran’s. He’s also wearing a high-end suit, but it didn’t give the same oppressive feeling as Chen Yiran, and compared to Du Yanwei, he looked a bit more mature.

He has a good figure and could carry the suit well. His facial features were more three-dimensional than those of ordinary Asians, like a mixed-race person.

When he saw Li Linlin, he smiled bashfully and helped her with her suitcase. “Hello, I’m Guen.”

“Gu En?” Li Linlin knew from his attire that he wasn’t from the entertainment circle. He should be a businessman like Chen Yiran. “Hello Mr. Gu, I’m Li Linlin.”

“I know you.” Guen showed another slightly bashful smile. “I’ve been following you on Weibo.”

“Oh……” Li Linlin nodded and was led by Guen to sit down at their table.

“I haven’t ordered yet, I figured I’d order once you get here.” Guen called the waiter again and handed the menu to Li Linlin across the table. “Take a look and see what you want to eat.”

“Thank you.” Li Linlin took the menu and flipped through it. She picked a few dishes before returning the menu to Guen. Only after Guen ordered food did the waiter left their table.

The two was meeting for the first time and neither of them was familiar with each other, so the atmosphere was a bit awkward. Li Linlin was doing this as a job, and since she was getting paid, she still had to try to find something to talk about. “What kind of work does Mr. Gu do?”

Guen said, “My family runs a company and I’m currently helping out.”

“Oh, so it turns out you’re President Gu.”

“You can just call me by my name.” Guen looked at her, covered his mouth and smiled sheepishly. “It’s the first time I see you in person, so I’m a little nervous.”

“……” Li Linlin reluctantly smiled from the opposite side. She had this feeling that this big brother was overacting. Was he trying to establish a pure character?

Was silly business elite character popular these days?

“I’ve seen the drama where you played Ou Jiaxu, it’s great.”

“Thank you, thank you.” Li Linlin was in a dilemma. The other party knew a lot about her situation but she didn’t even know what kind of business he was in and how to compliment him. “What kind of business does President Gu’s family do?”

Guen smiled and reminded her not call him President Gu again before saying, “My family is involved in many fields, such as technology, tourism, real estate, and so on.”

“Oh, that’s a big business.”

“Just average, just average, not as good as President Chen’s.”

“……?” By President Chen, do you mean Chen Yiran?

“You’re good friends with President Chen’s sister, right? I often see you mention her.” Guen seemed to be trying to open a conversation from a place that both of them were familiar with, but Li Linlin had a feeling that something was strange.

Would this big brother be more interested on a blind date with President Chen instead?