Page 233

In the evening, Gu Xiaoxi, after getting permission to leave, took Xiao Xiao out through the Sixth Unit’s gate.

Regarding the incident where she and Xiao Xiao teamed up to save Yun Xiao, she planned to ask the unit commander for recognition. No matter what, she intended to make Xiao Xiao famous.

She still wanted to become a dog trainer!

Xiao Xiao trotted happily along with Gu Xiaoxi, running up to Young Master Quan’s car, wagging its tail, looking like a starving wolf.

Quan Shaoqing sat in the car, frowning at the robust dog at his feet, then looking at Gu Xiaoxi, he asked, "What’s your relationship with it? Why are you so good to it?"

To even let him cook bone soup for it?

"Good friends, ah!" Gu Xiaoxi opened the car door and climbed in, and Xiao Xiao immediately followed.

Lately, Xiao Xiao had discovered that whenever it was with Gu Xiaoxi, there was always something tasty to eat.

And Gu Xiaoxi was generous, sharing whatever good food she had with it.

Xiao Xiao became more enthusiastic about eating than the previous animosity it held.

So, for a dog, having integrity or face was fine either way.

Quan Shaoqing took another few glances at Xiao Xiao and drove home.

At this moment, in the unit commander’s office.

Hong Wenqiang glared at Yun Xiao, already seething with anger.

"Tell me, what exactly did you go do?"

"..."

The only response was the sound of the wind.

Hong Wenqiang’s face turned ashen, he slapped his hand on the table, a loud bang frightening the soldiers eavesdropping at the door, causing them to tremble.

Yun Xiao, standing beside Hong Wenqiang, didn’t move at all, nor did she speak, resembling a straight wooden post.

"You’re just like a stone, a smelly and hard one," Hong Wenqiang fumed, beyond endurance.

...

The standoff lasted ten minutes. Yun Xiao raised her head and stuck out her chest, standing straight. A fleeting chill and killing intent flashed in her dark eyes. Her thin lips moved slightly, then she spoke in a cool tone, "I was just practicing swimming!"

"Practicing swimming? Who allowed you to go? Without permission, leaving privately, write a review once you get back. We’ll put you in solitary for three days! Wait for your punishment!" Hong Wenqiang really was at a loss with her. It was not in vain that he wasted so much breath.

Solitary confinement! That was usually very serious.

Awaiting punishment, she very likely could be expelled from the military.

Yun Xiao stood there, her lips twitched slightly, and her hand hidden in her sleeve clenched into a fist. Then, as if mustering a great deal of courage, she finally said, "I’m sorry! I didn’t know the tide would come in, or about the waves. It won’t happen again."

Hong Wenqiang’s eyebrow twitched; he thought she was incapable of speech.

It seemed he had not gripped her weakness yet.

"It won’t happen again! Haha, what do you think the military is? A place where saying ’I won’t do it again’ absolves you of your mistakes. Because of you, the military mobilized so many people..." Hong Wenqiang harshly reprimanded Yun Xiao for a good while, before eventually stopping.

From beginning to end, Yun Xiao didn’t say another word.

Eventually, Hong Wenqiang also ran out of steam, and, seething with anger, said to Yun Xiao, "Get out yourself and stay in the confinement room."

Yun Xiao pressed her lips together, her dark gaze hiding a wolf-like sharpness.

She silently turned around and left the unit commander’s office.

Walking on the military barracks’ stairway, she looked up at the entire military area.

Under the moonlight, the trees cast deep shadows, and the evening breeze fluttered. The world was so vast, yet there was no place for her to belong.

She took steps toward the kennel and as she walked past, all the dogs in the kennel stood up, barking at her. It was a friendly barking, which pleased Yun Xiao, and so, a faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Especially for a woman who seldom smiled, her smile was like clouds parting to reveal the moon, a fleeting brilliance that made her face stunningly beautiful, outshining even the color of the moonlight.

At last, she walked to a cage with an injured, retired white setter inside and opened it.

The white dog named Xiao Xiao was injured and could no longer engage in strenuous activity, so it had retired. Once a War God that raced alongside Flying Tiger, it now could only spend its days in peace, locked in a corner.

When it saw Yun Xiao, it affectionately pounced forward, rubbing its head against her ankles.

Yun Xiao slowly squatted down and gently stroked its fur, her gaze immediately becoming incredibly tender, "Xiao Xiao, I might be leaving. If I can’t come to see you again, you must still live well!"

A very brief farewell.

She knew she had to leave, humans aren’t allowed mistakes, and once made, they are irretrievable.

From the moment she was born, her life was a mistake.

Yun Xiao looked up at the moon in the sky, the gentle moonlight somehow stinging her eyes.

Just then, a wisp of white smoke rose from her slender, scallion-like palm. Upon closer inspection, the smoke quickly condensed into an ice cube before disappearing in an instant.

She came from Liangshan, a remote village where she was born encased in ice crystals and prophesied by the village priest to be a demon.

At her birth, snow flew in July, and her parents succumbed to the cold, dying together.

The High Priest foretold that she was a demon and must be cast out of the village, left in the wilderness to appease the wrath of the heavens.

On her first day of life, abandoned in the wild, it was a blind man and a wolf who raised her.

By the age of six, the blind man had died, and she was left with only the wolf for company.

Until she was ten, she had always thought she was a wild beast.

After turning ten, she was adopted by a wilderness explorer.

It took her eleven years to transform from a wild beast into a human, and no one knew how much suffering she endured...

But in the end, she was unable to integrate into this lively and desirable group.

Orphans will always be orphans, demons are born that way, and she couldn’t change her origins nor fit in with the mainstream life.

If she could, she would rather have never come into this world...

Yun Xiao, Yun Xiao—the owl above the clouds, lonely and indifferent. An owl is a bird that lives in the wild, beautiful in its likeness. She was that bird, living among humans, cold and unfeeling, poor at communication.

...

Gu Xiaoxi was sitting in the car with Xiao Xiao lying beside her, and Young Master Quan looked through the rearview mirror to see the woman’s hand on the dog’s back, his face showing a trace of curiosity, "Didn’t you offend it before? How come you’re getting along so well now?"

With a helpless shrug, Gu Xiaoxi said, "Isn’t it all because of your Bone Soup? As long as that pot is finished, our relationship will probably get even better."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xiao immediately rubbed against Gu Xiaoxi’s leg to show her agreement.

Young Master Quan looked on, always feeling there was an air of conspiracy about them. Put these two together, and they definitely were up to no good.

The car stopped at the foot of the apartment building.

Gu Xiaoxi got out of the car, Xiao Xiao following her closely, her steps bouncy.

Young Master Quan always felt that having an additional fool in his life was very annoying.

The moment he opened the door to his home, the rich smell of meat soup filled his nostrils.

Xiao Xiao, like a starving wolf, rushed to the kitchen first, circling excitedly in front of the stove, clearly not knowing how to contain her excitement.

Having changed his shoes, Young Master Quan stood at the entrance, frowning deeply at the dense paw prints Xiao Xiao had left all over the floor.

Seeing Xiao Xiao’s eagerness for the meat, Gu Xiaoxi laughed and said, "Everyone says it’s the king of laziness, but I think it’s just a glutton. It turns out it does have a flaw!"

"I don’t know what the previous dog trainers did, not even noticing such a flaw in Xiao Xiao and burying the potential of a good dog."

Young Master Quan lifted his chin, reaching out to grasp Gu Xiaoxi’s shoulder, "Hurry up and wash your hands; it’s time for us to eat."

Just then, Xiao Xiao saw Young Master Quan’s hand on Gu Xiaoxi’s shoulder and instantly barked angrily with bared teeth, running out and leaping up at Young Master Quan, woofing with hostility.

Young Master Quan’s face darkened, and he quickly dodged Xiao Xiao’s lunge, his eyes flickering with displeasure. He really felt like tossing the dog out right then and there.

Not to mention, he was the one who had made the Bone Soup for it.

Gu Xiaoxi, noticing Young Master Quan’s iron-gray face, quickly stopped Xiao Xiao, "Stop it. If you offend him, you won’t get any tasty food in the future."

Only then did Xiao Xiao growl lowly and turn to rub against Gu Xiaoxi.

Young Master Quan: "..."

His face turned pitch-black, his lips tinged with shades of Fan Qing, and although Gu Xiaoxi didn’t know why Xiao Xiao attacked him, he was clear about it in his heart...

It was already starting to protect Gu Xiaoxi, the enemy turning into a patron, this dog really knew how to please people~!

That was enough, but to think it wanted to compete with him for a woman, he would see how he’d deal with it.

Gu Xiaoxi took Xiao Xiao to get some Bone Soup, while Young Master Quan flicked the dust off his clothes and then walked forward with a smile, saying to Gu Xiaoxi, "Xiao Xi, look at how fat this dog has gotten. You can’t feed it like this.

Let’s do this, today it’ll just have soup, and you take the bones back, giving it a little each day.

This is not only good for its physical health but will also help it lose weight. "

Gu Xiaoxi paused, thought it over, and looking at Xiao Xiao, who was still a bit plump, thought it was a good idea!

At that moment, Xiao Xiao, in her urgency, whined next to Gu Xiaoxi’s feet, seemingly protesting Young Master Quan’s suggestion.