Adopting a Corgi

On the weekend Yuyou was discharged from the hospital, Ye Shuang also brought that corgi back home.

It seemed that ever since that injury, although the corgi remained as arrogant as ever, it was now willing to obediently follow Ye Shuang — and Ye Shuang had chosen to take the dog in.

And he gave it a name similar to that of the fat cat,

Liuqianwu.

"One costs ten thousand, one costs six thousand five." Ye Shuang seemed quite pleased with himself. "Easy on the ears and easy to remember, right, Liuqianwu?"

"Woof!" Upon hearing this, the corgi spun around on its little stubby legs, as if showing dissatisfaction.

"Don't worry, you'll get used to it the more you hear it."

"Dad, calling it Liuqianwu isn't good either." At that moment, Yezi, standing by Ye Shuang's side, looked up and said.

Ye Shuang smiled and reached out to ruffle Yezi's hair. "Then why don't you give it a name, Yezi?"

"I heard that the more down-to-earth a dog's name is, the easier it is to raise." Yezi said immediately. "Let's call it Erdan."

Corgi: "..."

It spun around three times to express its protest.

"Oh, you don't like it? How about Sandan instead?" Yezi bent over, hands resting on her knees, asking very politely.

The corgi's expression turned into a very humanlike look of disdain.

Might as well stick with Liuqianwu.

"Let's just call it Liuqianwu then." Ye Shuang said.

"Woof! Woof!" The corgi immediately barked eagerly.

"Seems like it likes that name after all."

After finalizing the corgi's name, Ye Shuang also began considering where to set up Liuqianwu's den. After all, before this, it had been sleeping next to the car — not only in a dirty and poorly ventilated spot, but its meals had been lacking as well.

"Ye Shuang, have you picked a name yet?" At that moment, Bai Yuyou also walked out of the kitchen. She was wearing an apron, with Tang Keke following beside her — today, the two girls were cooking together.

"Liuqianwu."

"Liuqian... wu?" Bai Yuyou didn't seem to have any objections, since the name YI Wan had come about in the same way.

"I was just thinking about where the best place to put its bed would be. Since we've decided to adopt it, we need to make proper preparations and take responsibility." Ye Shuang continued, "How about putting its bed on the balcony?"

"Why not put it together with Yi Wan?" Keke asked curiously. "Next to the cat tree, being neighbors with Yi Wan would be better, right?"

"No."

"No?"

"How should I put this... Keke, bring Yi Wan over here." Ye Shuang smiled.

"Oh, let me see." Tang Keke then carried the lounging Yi Wan over and placed it right next to Liuqianwu. At once, Liuqianwu leaned in to sniff Yi Wan.

"Meow!" Seeing the nose poking toward her, Yi Wan immediately gave Liuqianwu a slap across the face.

"Woof?"

After that one slap, Liuqianwu's eyes went completely clear.

"Wow!" Keke, watching from the side, immediately understood.

"Cats have a strong sense of territory. Right now, the two of them aren't familiar with each other, so if they're put together, they'll fight. That's why their beds can't be in the same spot." Ye Shuang explained. "But it's fine — both of them are chubby, so once they get used to each other, they'll be too lazy to fight and will just think about eating."

One chunky cat, one chunky dog — they won't really be able to get into much of a brawl.

"Ding—" At that moment, the doorbell rang.

Yezi ran over. "Dad, I'll get the door."

A moment later, Yezi's voice came through. "Dad, it's really heavy—"

Ye Shuang quickly walked toward the entryway.

"Come on, give it to me."

At that moment, Yezi was holding a large box about a meter long and wide, so heavy that Yezi couldn't lift it at all.

"I'll take it." Ye Shuang had Yezi step aside, then easily lifted the box himself.

"Wow, Dad, you're so strong."

"Heh, right?" Somehow, being praised by Yezi like that gave Ye Shuang a little thrill.

Wasn't this a daughter's approval?

"Big brother, what is that?" Tang Keke and Bai Yuyou also came over to take a look at Ye Shuang's package.

"A doghouse." Ye Shuang said, then used a small knife to cut it open, pulling out pieces of solid wood boards one by one.

Tang Keke picked one up and found it quite heavy.

"Yuyou, take a look."

"It's heavy." Bai Yuyou also said.

"It's solid wood." Ye Shuang briefly explained.

In front of the girls, Ye Shuang began assembling the doghouse with the wooden boards. It took about half an hour to finish. He picked it up and placed it in the corner of the balcony.

"Liuqianwu, this is your room now." Ye Shuang said, and as if the corgi understood, it crawled in, sniffed around, and finally lay down inside.

"It seems to understand what you say."

"Indeed, this dog is quite intelligent. It was Yezi that this dog led me to pick up." As Ye Shuang said this, he asked Yezi beside him, "Yezi, can you take Liuqianwu out for a walk every day after school?"

"Sure! I'll definitely take good care of Erdan."

Hearing the name Erdan, Liuqianwu barked once. "Woof!"

It really didn't like that name.

"Ye Shuang, wipe your sweat." A voice came from beside him. Ye Shuang turned his head, and a sudden cool sensation hit his face. He found Bai Yuyou holding a wet disposable face towel, wiping his cheeks.

"Thanks, I can do it myself."

"Let me." Bai Yuyou, expressionless, wiped the dirt off Ye Shuang's face, then directly stuck her hand into his clothes to wipe his sweat.

"Hiss."

"..."

Seeing Bai Yuyou was about to go further down, Ye Shuang immediately pressed her soft little hand through his clothes. He glanced over at Tang Keke, only to find Keke's eyes already sparkling with excitement, practically screaming the word "gossip."

"Alright, let's eat first. I'll go take a shower later."

"Mhm, okay."

...

At lunchtime, the four people, one cat, and one dog enjoyed a rare moment of warm coziness together.

And a major event was quietly approaching.

Namely—

"The final exams are coming up." Tang Keke had a serious look on her face.

"If you were a bit more serious, you wouldn't have to worry about failing." Keke's exam failures were practically a recurring topic — she slacked off so much that her grades simply couldn't keep up.

"Keke got every single multiple-choice question wrong on her last quiz." Bai Yuyou suddenly added.

"All wrong..." Ye Shuang twitched the corner of his mouth.

"In a sense, getting them all wrong means you know all the correct answers. As they say, one is a genius." Keke wore a look of deep contemplation.

"You're a damn genius, alright." Ye Shuang silently thought that meme.

Keke said, "Big brother, I really want to improve."

"I heard that if you fail this time, you'll have to attend remedial classes and won't get a summer break. It's been somewhat like that in previous years, but this year they're stricter."

Ye Shuang: "..."

Where was this attitude earlier?

If she played fewer games and watched fewer anime episodes, wouldn't she have passed easily?

"You really haven't improved at all. That won't do."