Chapter 31 With cats and dogs, life is complete.

If anyone comes here and messes around again, let the cat squad handle it.

Jian Ning got up to make lunch, leaving the kitten to play in the yard by itself.

Suddenly, I sensed someone approaching.

She looked up and saw a figure walking towards her through the wooden door, leading a dog.

The man saw her too, stretched out his arm, and waved from afar, "Hey sis, I've come to see you."

That familiar accent—who else could it be but that paparazzi from last night?

Jian Ning opened the wooden door and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

The paparazzi waved the dog leash in his hand, "It's not safe for you to live here alone. What if there are thugs or something? So I brought you a guard dog."

Jian Ning looked down at the little puppy, "..."

"If a criminal comes, are you sure it can protect me?"

That would probably be enough for a thug to kick him away.

“I was originally thinking of buying you a big dog, the best guard dog. But the seller said that you won’t get close to a big dog, you have to start raising a puppy first. So I specially picked out a Border Collie for you, these guys are very smart.”

He led the dog inside and handed the leash to Jian Ning, causing the cats in the yard to bristle.

Cats and dogs are naturally incompatible; their language communication systems are completely different.

Seeing the kittens raise their tails in a defensive posture, the little Border Collie giggled and went forward to join them, wanting to play with them.

After all, a puppy's tail often signifies affection.

Right now, the little Border Collie's shiny black tail, with only a tuft of white fur on top, is wagging happily from side to side, trying its best to show its enthusiasm to the kittens.

"Woof~" Let's play together!

But to the kitten, this behavior was nothing short of provocation!
The cat-and-dog war is just one tipping point away from starting.

The paparazzi enthusiastically shoved the dog leash into her hand, waving his hand and saying, "You're welcome. Consider this my way of repaying you for the instant noodles you gave me last night."

Jian Ning: "This dog..." Can we return it?
But looking down at this little guy, his eyes and ears were covered in black fur, while the middle part, down to his mouth, was white, and his tail was wagging happily.

It's very cute.

Jane has absolutely no resistance to furry things.

She turned to the cats and explained, "It's not a bad dog, don't be afraid."

Upon hearing her words, the cats, who had been warily arching their backs, straightened up, paws digging into the ground, and stretched backward. Then, they lay down comfortably on the sun-drenched grass.

The paparazzi looked into the yard and exclaimed, "Wow, you have so many cats? Perfect! Add the puppy, and you have both cats and dogs. Life is complete!"

Jian Ning asked, "Have you had lunch?"

The paparazzi scratched his head. "Not yet."

Jian Ning tied the dog leash to a pillar under the porch. "I'm about to make lunch. If you haven't eaten yet, would you like to stay and eat with me?"

"Okay, then I won't stand on ceremony with you." The paparazzi followed him inside. "Oh right, I haven't had a chance to introduce myself yet. My name is Chen Qian, but people outside call me Old Chen."

Jian Ning nodded: "Okay, then don't call me 'little sister' anymore, just call me Jian Ning or Ningning. You can sit outside for a while, I'll cook quickly."

Chen Qian wasn't actually that old, just over 30, but he seemed a bit older than Jian Ning, a girl in her early twenties.

He wasn't really going to just sit there and wait to be served; he went into the kitchen to help out: "I'm not very good at cooking, is there anything I need to wash?"

Jian Ning took out a few vegetables from the refrigerator and placed them on the table. "Then you can wash the lettuce and radish."

She went to the island counter to wash rice and cook, while Chen Qian washed vegetables in the kitchen.

"Hey, Ningning, the instant noodles I ate last night had this lettuce in them, right?"

"Hmm, what's wrong?" Jian Ning started cooking the rice and turned to go back to the kitchen.

Chen Qian smiled and said, "Where did you buy this lettuce? It tastes really good. I was thinking about this flavor as soon as I woke up this morning, so I went downstairs to the supermarket and bought a cup of instant noodles and lettuce, but I just couldn't get it to taste like yours."

Jian Ning: "I grew the lettuce myself."

Chen Qian suddenly realized: "No wonder, I knew it didn't taste the same as the ones you buy outside."

"Do you like it?" Jian Ning asked. Chen Qian nodded, "Yes, it's quite delicious."

Jian Ning took out her phone, opened the Fengqi live streaming account, and said, "Come on, follow me."

Chen Qian: "Huh?"

Jian Ning: "A secondary account is fine. I wouldn't dare to associate myself with your main account."

"Okay." Chen Qian took out his phone, logged into his alternate account, scanned the QR code, followed the account, and glanced at it: "Farming Sect? Are you planning to become a rural blogger?"

Jian Ning glanced at the task progress. The number of sect followers had increased to over four thousand, which was good progress, but it was still far behind the total number of tasks next to it.

She felt a moment of annoyance. "Yeah, that's right."

Chen Qian noticed that she was a little unhappy, so he put his phone away and didn't rush to leave. He stood beside her and asked tentatively, "Are you angry because I exposed Xie Weiwei's matter and dragged your affair with Gu Yan into the trending topics?"

He joked, "This lunch isn't going to be my last meal before I'm executed, is it?"

Jian Ning: "You exposed Xie Weiwei? I didn't know that. I just woke up and haven't had time to check my phone yet."

“My master has a sworn enemy of that director. He didn’t let me negotiate, he just made me publish it. My master also has some information about Gu Yan, and he wanted to create hype, so he brought up your matter again.” Chen Qian explained in detail. He had been a paparazzi in the entertainment industry for so many years, how could he not be a little cunning?

Although he hadn't known Jian Ning for long, the instant noodles they shared at the unfinished building last night made him feel the genuine warmth of human kindness.

He scratched his head guiltily, "I only found out after my master posted it. It was already being discussed online, and I couldn't stop it."

"It's nothing." Jian Ning didn't care at all, gripping the knife in her hand, and suddenly turned around.

Chen Qian was startled. "Damn it, you're not going to say you're fine and then stab me, are you? That's so ruthless!"

Jian Ning: "..."

"Can you handle spicy food? I'm planning to make stir-fried carrots with pork, and I need to add some green peppers, which are quite spicy."

Chen Qian: "Yes, I can eat it."

Half an hour later, the two dishes were cooked, and the rice was ready too.

Jian Ning cooks mostly home-style dishes. Stir-fried pork with chili peppers is too monotonous. Fortunately, thanks to the speed of the rain, the carrots have grown well. Adding carrots to stir-fried pork with chili peppers will give it a more unique flavor.

The lettuce was simply stir-fried with garlic and a little fermented black beans. The fermented black beans were very fragrant, and people who like them will love them.

Chen served the front dishes and rice.

After finishing her cooking, Jian Ning would clean the kitchen to restore its cleanliness.

She washed her hands, came out, and sat down: "Eat."

Chen Qian was a paparazzi who spent years following people like a rat. He could only dream of having three regular meals a day. He had been to all sorts of chaotic environments and was lucky if he had a piece of bread in his pocket to eat.

Suddenly, sitting down to eat properly in such a normal family atmosphere touched him.

He picked up a piece of carrot and meat, put it in his mouth, and before he could even chew the vegetables, he lowered his head and gulped down several mouthfuls of rice.

The hot food and dishes instantly melted his heart.

Just like that hot bowl of instant noodles last night.

Chen Qian felt a lump in his throat and his voice choked with emotion.

Jian Ning glanced at him, her eyes widening slightly, and asked incredulously, "Old Chen, is the food I made... really that delicious?"

It was so delicious it made me want to cry.

Chen Qian hurriedly wiped away his tears with the back of his hand, swallowed the food in his mouth, and chuckled twice, "Delicious, of course it's delicious. I'm just a little sentimental. It's been a long time since I've sat down at a table with other people and had a normal meal like this since my parents passed away."

Just as she finished speaking, Jian Ning's phone rang.

"I'll take a call."

She swiped to the right to answer the call, accidentally pressing the speakerphone button.

Zhang Nan's loud voice came through the receiver: "Ningning, have you seen the trending topics? Xie Weiwei and Director Zhang's affair has been exposed. I don't know which stupid paparazzi dragged your affair with Gu Yan into it. Marketing accounts are spreading it everywhere, saying that Gu Yan cheated on you with Xie Weiwei first, and that you were cheated on, and you're still clueless."

Jian Ning looked up and glanced at Chen Qian.

Chen Qian lowered his head and nervously ate his rice.

(End of this chapter)

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