After school, he was then offered himself to a succubus.

Chapter 102 The Puppy Just Loves You (6K views, please subscribe!)

"Wrong, wrong, wrong..."

"What kind of stuff is in your book that's slandering people out of thin air?"

"Woof scribbled nonsense, woof scribbled nonsense."

"To make sure you don't scribble nonsense again, let's test your intelligence first: where's the tissue?"

"Woof here."

"That's great."

Xiao Shuyao couldn't believe that she had actually listened to a sitcom for an entire afternoon. What was she doing?

"Bang!"

Suddenly, the person in the small room seemed to have bumped into the door. Ye Zhi, who was blocking the doorway, didn't know what had happened and stared at the violently shaking door with a pale face...

"Oh no, the room is going to collapse!"

"Cancelled! Cancelled! Today's club activity is cancelled!"

With a flushed face, Ye Zhi anxiously shouted to the club members, "Hurry up! The club president has taken all the blame for you. If you don't leave now, you'll be the next ones to be tortured!"

A group of artsy girls looked at each other, feeling awkward and wanting to leave, but upon hearing Ye Zhi's words, they suddenly felt reluctant to part.

"Ye Zhi, why aren't you leaving?" someone asked.

"I...I'll stay behind to cover the retreat," the girl with glasses said guiltily, adjusting her glasses.

"Actually... I think he's quite handsome," said a pure-looking girl wearing wire-rimmed glasses. "To be honest, there aren't many serious people in our club. What serious people are into literature? We've all been together because we admire our club president..."

"Is this really torture? If I could, I'd take the blame for the president and endure this torture!"

"Me too..." a timid girl raised her hand and said, "It's so unfair that only the president enjoys... uh, no, only the president contributes."

"We're all part of the literary society!"

"You guys...stop messing around!" Ye Zhi had a headache and fever, and pushed a group of usually quiet and reserved girls out.

"Ye Zhi~ Did you see it in person? Tell everyone about it~ We usually only learn about it from books, we've never seen anything like this before..."

"Yeah, how come I never noticed how handsome he was before? I even had to go to the bathroom several times this afternoon because I walked in looking at him."

"They're a promising stock, otherwise how could we say our president has such good taste?"

"It's always this loud; this is physically demanding work..."

"Stop arguing!" Ye Zhihong said, her voice softening. "I've told you all to read less of those kinds of books! The club president didn't do anything!"

"This is serious literature! What have you fangirls made of it? If you want to be a fangirl, go back to your dorm and do it yourself..."

"Giggle~"

The girls laughed heartily, teasing Ye Zhi as they walked out, "Ye Zhi~ don't hide it anymore, Xiao Yun came to the club early last time and heard you shouting something about 'dust' in the bathroom~"

"That's right, that's right, the vice president is leading the way in taking all the credit."

"Oh dear, poor Xiao Ye, is this what it feels like to be forbidden?"

"Get out of here! Get out of here!"

Ye Zhi didn't know how to explain it, so she could only kick all the members out.

As the girls' giggles faded into the distance, the girl with glasses breathed a sigh of relief. Just as she closed the door, she realized there was still one girl in the club who hadn't left...

"Xiao Shuyao?" Ye Zhi was taken aback, her previously flushed face instantly turning wary. "When did you sneak in?"

"I've been here all afternoon—." Xiao Shuyao looked troubled. "No wonder you've turned me away every time I've come to visit."

"In broad daylight, your company is actually engaging in such despicable acts... It is truly shameful."

"...This was just for gathering material." Ye Zhi's lips twitched. "But you, you sneaked in without anyone's permission."

"If this is the source material, then Japan would already be a literary superpower, right?" Xiao Shuyao scoffed. "We're all involved in literature, who doesn't know about these crooked ways? Her book is full of suspicious points, so I treated her as a respectable opponent and didn't expose her directly."

"I didn't expect that he only had practical knowledge, but no real talent."

"I will fight to the bitter end for this award and I will absolutely not let you succeed."

Goodbye.

After saying that, Xiao Shuyao pursed her lips and walked out with her legs swaying, making a creaking sound as she gripped the folding fan in her hand.

Ye Zhi opened her mouth, but didn't know what to argue about. She even felt that finally, there was a normal person among them.

"I'll say goodbye later." Xiao Shuyao suddenly turned back, her legs crossed and her expression somewhat unnatural. "Could I use the restroom?"

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"That's the one inside." Ye Zhi watched the young lady rush into the restroom and thought to herself, "That doesn't seem quite normal..."

No sooner had Xiao Shuyao left than the door to that room gave way, and a hole was suddenly smashed in it.

Li Yinuo's body was half stuck in the door panel, her fair face, which was so white it seemed to reflect light, was slightly puffed up, and her long, straight, jet-black hair was slightly messy, falling on her forehead and temples.

"Stop, stop, woof!" she yelled, utterly dejected. "We're going to have to buy a new door again."

The girl with long, straight black hair saw Ye Zhi and waved, saying, "Little Ye, get me some tissues. My eyes are a little hard to open. Could you wipe my eyelashes clean first?"

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Ye Zhi swallowed hard, tears welling up in her eyes, and carried over a large bag of wet wipes.

But as soon as she got close, she heard Zhang Chen's ghostly noises again, and the door handle was suddenly knocked off and hit her on the head.

The girl with glasses held her head and started whimpering in grievance.

Li Yinuo also showed a rare bit of temper, kicking her foot backward, "At least you can't get stuck here."

"Xiao Ye, don't worry about him, he has rabies." Li Yinuo blinked innocently. "Here, just pretend you didn't hear that, and wipe it for me."

"Okay..." Ye Zhi encouraged herself to be strong. Just as she picked up a wet tissue, she saw Li Yinuo cough...

"Hmm, wait for Xiao Ye."

"?"

"Puppies have much weaker immune systems than humans."

"President! You've clearly eaten too much!" The girl with glasses exclaimed in despair.

"Hmm...it is indeed hard to digest."

"What does it have to do with whether it's easy to digest or not?!"

A short while later, Li Yinuo, whose vision had returned, emerged from the door and went to the bathroom to wash her hair with Ye Zhi.

Having learned from so many mistakes, they all know that it's best to wash it clean as soon as possible. If they wait until evening, the hair will clump together, turning the whole bunch of hair into an ice cube, and it will also have a smell, making it difficult to sleep.

When Li Yinuo came out looking refreshed after drying her hair, Xiao Ye put on a mask and went into the small room to clean.

Zhang Chen lit a cigarette, sat on the sofa looking at the ceiling, and tried to take a couple of puffs, but the choking made him feel nauseous.

It's still a chocolate-flavored cigarette.

"Why did you steal my cigarettes?" The girl with long, straight black hair sat down next to him. The girl, who had just washed her hair, smelled even stronger of milk.

"When did you start smoking? That's not a good habit." Zhang Chen stubbed out his cigarette.

Chocolate-flavored cigarettes are strange, and even more so for a puppy.

"A hundred years ago." Li Yinuo picked up the cigarette butt he had stubbed out, sniffed it, and then shuddered.

"A hundred years ago, I met a rich woman who said she didn't even remember which concubine she was. Every day when she saw her husband going into the room with other women, she would feel depressed and go out for a smoke to clear her head."

"She and her husband were childhood sweethearts. After waiting for more than 20 years, all she got in return was a bed in his bed. She often came to me to complain, saying that she was blind back then..."

"I felt sorry for her, so I smoked a few cigarettes with her. I then realized that smoking is not comfortable at all, so I asked her why she kept smoking."

"Later I learned that it was her husband who wouldn't let her smoke. He would beat her if he smelled smoke on her, but only in this way could she feel that she was still loved by her husband."

"In the end, she died from domestic violence."

"For the humble, love is a burnt-out cigarette, which they keep lighting, thinking that this will ensure continued love..."

Even if it's self-harm.

As Li Yinuo spoke, she rested her chin on her hand and looked at Zhang Chen, the ahoge (cowlick) on her head swaying gently.

"I'm not addicted to cigarettes, but every few years I'll crave one. The last time I smoked was the day you planted the tree of bitterness."

"Smoke rings are the shape of silence; what you exhale is your secret, what you inhale is loneliness."

"Others smoke because it's a habit, but puppies don't have such developed tear ducts. The puppy just wants to find a place for its tears to go."

"Zhang Chen, have you ever loved a puppy?"

Zhang Chen hesitated for a few seconds, then nodded and then shook his head.

"Oh, you're just interested in my body, huh?" The tuft of hair on Li Yinuo's head stopped bobbing. "It was like this a thousand years ago, and it's still like this now."

"I don't quite understand this kind of feeling yet," Zhang Chen said. "Maybe I will in the future."

Li Yinuo stared at him intently, her eyes filled with a beastly desire to attack, and suddenly leaned down and pressed down on him.

Zhang Chen instinctively stepped back.

"See, I'm just getting close like this, and you uncontrollably move away from me. You just feel comfortable doing this to me, and you think I'm a beautiful female monster that makes you feel good, right?"

"I've also considered taking responsibility," Zhang Chen said.

"Zhang Chen, we actually missed each other a long time ago. We're just meeting again at the wrong time and in the wrong place."

The girl with long, straight black hair lay in his arms, her arms and legs bent, and wolf ears and a wolf tail appeared.

"You can't possibly hold that many demons in your heart. You want to take responsibility for me now, but you haven't remembered what happened in the past. You still have humanity."

"Do you know why I'm afraid you'll plant a bitter love tree?" she asked.

"Are you worried that something might happen to me because of this?"

"Hmm~ no, woof." Li Yinuo twisted her waist. "I'm afraid you'll regain your former divinity, and then I won't dare to lie in your arms like this anymore, because you'll only treat me like a dog."

"A dog, nothing more." She said expressionlessly, her eyes dim.

Zhang Chen remained silent, then raised his hand to gently rub the girl's tempting face, only to have it bitten by her, her tongue warm and moist.

A puppy biting your hand is not only an expression of loyalty, but also a sign of willing enslavement.

"Why isn't anyone helping me?!" Xiao Ye's exhausted voice rang out. "The smell in here is so strong, I'm being suffocated!"

"Little Ye~ Doesn't it smell delicious?" Li Yinuo called out like Shinobu Kocho, but without a smile.

Zhang Chen seemed to understand why she didn't smile often. She was actually very gentle, kind, and obedient, with an incredibly delicate mind.

Her heartache likely stems from a deep-seated bitterness that time cannot erase.

"What the heck... How could this smell good! Why is it on the ceiling?! Are you kidding me?!" The girl with glasses screamed again.

"I'm going to help Xiao Ye." Li Yinuo climbed out of his arms. "This time, before you abandon the puppy, you should first mistreat it."

"That's how it is with mother dogs. After being abused by the father dog, they raise a litter of puppies all by themselves."

The girl with long, straight black hair spoke, leaving him with a stunning profile, much like Zhang Chen had seen the breathtaking Yukino Yukinoshita when he watched anime in junior high school.

Li Yinuo's appearance has always had a two-dimensional style. Perhaps due to the influence of literature, her dressing and micro-expressions are very artistic.

However, the Service Club has become the Literature Club. She still has the same expressionless face, but Li Yinuo hides her inner feelings through this crazy desire.

Deep down, she probably still longed for that kind of pure love.

What's so complicated about a puppy's love?

Love, something a person ponders their entire life, is all contained within this furry head.

Zhang Chen etched that face into his heart. He walked to the door, where the warm light of dusk, like a pitiful little dog, shone into the room, outlining the girl's profile.

"I will go back in time and fall in love with you," Zhang Chen said to her.

Upon hearing this, Li Yinuo was stunned for a long time.

As the evening clouds began to unfurl, she turned her head to look out the window, tapping the ground with her toes. "Go do what you want to do, Zhang Chen. Since you still want to take on this responsibility, your little dog will always support you."

"Whether you love puppies or not doesn't matter, it's fine if you treat me like a tool."

"Anyway, you love this world more than the puppy, don't you?"

"President! What are you guys still whispering about?! Don't do it outside! If the smell is too strong outside, this club is doomed!" Ye Zhi cried out.

"No, no~" Li Yinuo quickened her pace, "Xiao Ye, you got some on your hair too."

"ah?!"

"Wow, watch out!"

Amid Ye Zhi's screams, Zhang Chen slowly walked out of the literary society, also taking the cigarettes that Li Yinuo had used to self-harm.

He suddenly understood the meaning of "a beauty and a kingdom, a hero in a dilemma."

Although he wasn't exactly a hero.

But you can't just pull up your pants and leave.

"You were inside for almost five hours."

Just as he stepped out the door and reached the corner, Miss Xiao's head suddenly peeked out from the dark corner, her resentful eyes fixed on him.

"Your complexion is like a knife that scrapes your bones; you look noticeably more haggard than you did during the day."

That's because I'm a little sad. You think endless reproduction is a joke?

"Zhang Chen, Li Yinuo is definitely not a normal person. That's all I can tell you." Xiao Shuyao followed up again. "I suggest you read my book. I've hidden a lot of secret information in it. You'll understand everything once you read it."

"This year's Mao Dun Literature Newcomer Award involves considerations such as whether the work will receive significant exposure, film and television adaptation, and the sale of copyrights..."

""

"Li Yinuo really wants this award. To be honest, I came here to assess her, because this award has already been decided for me..."

"I want to give her a fair chance. If she really has the ability, then it's not unreasonable for me to withdraw voluntarily."

"But now it seems that a non-human being with questionable conduct is not worth doing this for."

"I contacted the only professional cat expert in the country and had her do an analysis. It can be basically confirmed that Li Yinuo's book is full of non-human descriptions."

"...A professional cat scholar?" Zhang Chen hadn't been paying attention at first, but he couldn't hold back when he heard this.

"Yes, I also went through several twists and turns before I finally met her. Her surname is Bai, and she's very accomplished in the field of cat studies. You like cats too?"

I like catgirls.

So it sounds like Shao Mao went to do a part-time job. Opening a cat cafe is one thing, but how did he end up cheating on such a silly girl?

Xiao Shuyao continued her incessant chatter: "I suspect she plans to use her book to promote a cult! Because the person she mentions in her new book is actually a historical figure, though most people can't see him..."

"The information I found is that this person who was erased represents a little-known belief. Since it's not recorded in official history, it must be evil!"

"Li Yinuo's identity is mysterious, and she promotes cult beliefs in her book. I advise you..."

"Even if there's a problem, why are you trying to persuade me?" Zhang Chen interrupted her. "We've only just met, haven't we?"

Xiao Shuyao was embarrassed and looked at him, unable to find a reason.

"Actually, you also think your writing isn't as good as hers, right? You're not convinced?" Zhang Chen said.

"But you're unwilling to accept this predetermined victory. You're only here to find an excuse for yourself, to find a reason for fairness and justice."

"Is that right?"

"..." Xiao Shuyao lowered her head and remained silent.

The little girl's mind is too easy to understand. Of course, it's not that Zhang Chen studied any psychology; it's just that he used his [dog sniff] to "smell" the girl's hypocrisy.

"I'm going to take on a part-time job. Are you still planning to come with me? Your initial goal was just to vent your anger on me, wasn't it?"

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"Is it really necessary to go to such lengths?"

"As for it," Xiao Shuyao muttered softly, clutching her fan.

"Then you can come with me, I'll take the money."

Zhang Chen quickened his pace. Tu Shan Han Su had gone to Tu Shan to find her dowry and wouldn't be home that night, so he had to handle it.

"You and she are birds of a feather..." Miss Xiao muttered to herself, trotting after them in her high heels. The heels seemed a little uncomfortable, and she let out a soft groan with every step she took.

Zhang Chen smiled wryly, truly not understanding this pollen-loving girl.

After listening to these words, Xiao Shuyao had a rudimentary understanding of demons, but that was all.

'

Zhang Chen took a back road home, which was unusually dark at night.

Xiao Shuyao was trembling with fear of the dark, but she was also afraid that Zhang Chen might do something to her, and she was also afraid that she wouldn't be able to keep up with Zhang Chen's pace.

"Giggle!"

The cawing of crows echoed through the sky above the path. Hearing this cawing, Xiao Shuyao was so frightened that she crouched down, covering her head, tears welling up in her eyes.

She would never admit that as a talented woman from Peking University and a young writer admired by thousands, she was afraid of the dark.

In her dazed state, Xiao Shuyao seemed to no longer hear Zhang Chen's footsteps, and she couldn't help but panic. Had Zhang Chen abandoned her here...?

"Caw!" The cawing of a crow was right next to my ear.

The girl huddled in the corner, her body trembling uncontrollably. She remembered that in Li Yinuo's book, crows would eat corpses... Could it be that she had offended Li Yinuo today, so the crows were sent to eat her?

"Not leaving?" Suddenly, Zhang Chen's voice rang out again.

She opened her eyes and saw a crow perched on Zhang Chen's shoulder, the large black bird looking at her with a mocking gaze.

"Is this crow yours?" Xiao Shuyao was stunned.

"no."

Zhang Chen turned around and continued walking, patting the crow's belly. "You swallowed a dying little worm. It's not dead yet. Spit it out."

Xiao Shuyao thought Zhang Chen was talking to her, but the next moment, she saw the crow caw and spit out a glowing firefly.

"Oh, it's just a firefly," Zhang Chen laughed. "It's a pity it's dying; this is its last glimmer of light."

Xiao Shuyao's eyes widened, not only because the crow seemed to understand human nature, but also because of the firefly—it shone as brightly as a small light bulb.

The path brightened up, and Xiao Shuyao sniffed. Now she wasn't afraid of the dark anymore.

She watched Zhang Chen occasionally exchange a few words with the crow, and then occasionally with the firefly, not understanding why, but greatly shocked.

It doesn't look fake.

Zhang Chen doesn't seem like a madman.

After leaving the path, the firefly's light went out and fell into Zhang Chen's hand.

Zhang Chen slapped the crow's beak open and handed her the firefly's corpse.

"Its last burst of light, though unintentional, still illuminated your path. You owe it a favor; take responsibility for burying it."

Xiao Shuyao took it in a daze, and then she realized that Zhang Chen had already seen through her fear of the dark.

"Zhu, how should we bury it? Should we buy it a grave? Were you just talking to it?"

"Um."

"What did you talk about?" Shao Ya asked curiously.

"We talked about where it wanted to be buried after it died," Zhang Chen said. "Speaking of which, aren't you best at describing death in your books? Guess where it wanted to be buried?"

"No need to guess, Zhu wrote about fireflies." Xiao Shuyao suddenly became confident. She looked at the flickering streetlights. Ning'an, this small town, had become a city that never sleeps under the influence of modernization.

"It must be a place that is always bright. They fight desperately to shine and generate heat, just for that brief moment of brightness. This is the blossoming of life," she said firmly.

"You're wrong," Zhang Chen said.

"That's clear water, moist soil, and a clear sky."

"Wrong."

"What else could it be? Are you kidding me?"

Zhang Chen smiled nonchalantly, "It just wants a place that's always dark."

"Why?"

"The life of an insect boils down to two things: reproduction," Zhang Chen said. "Fireflies glow at night to attract mates, but now the nights in the city are as bright as day."

"This little bug is such an unlucky guy. It flew into the city and found that no matter how much light it emitted, it couldn't shine as brightly as a human light bulb. It couldn't find a mate at all and remained a bachelor for a whole year. It even almost got eaten by a crow."

Xiao Shuyao was completely stunned.

The girl picked up the dead insect in her hand; normally she would be terrified of insects.

But after listening to Zhang Chen's story, she felt inexplicably sorry for the insect.

She couldn't help but blurt out a poetic line: "Every flickering firefly searches for a light that can respond to it in the darkness, allowing the species to thrive on the summer night."

"How about this sentence?"

"Return the bowl." Zhang Chen said without turning his head.

"Zhang Chen, who are you? Do you know magic?"

"Won't."

Xiao Shuyao wanted to ask more questions, but before she knew it, she had followed Zhang Chen to the matchmaking agency.

Enter the door.

Shao Ya stared in disbelief at the scene in the courtyard.

She suddenly realized that she hadn't received enough of the three small pieces of meat today.

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