Chapter 43: Hello, Darkskin!
Frightened, Shi Qingqing’s heart was pounding, her legs felt weak.
“Blackie, come down!”
The Tibetan mastiff bounded down the spiral staircase. Its target was not Zhan Su, but Shi Qingqing…
When it was just a few meters away from her, the mastiff leapt through the air, pouncing toward Shi Qingqing.
Shi Qingqing cried out and hurriedly hid behind Zhan Su.
The mastiff finally stopped.
It roared at Shi Qingqing, its front paws thudding against the floor, clawing at the luxurious, expensive carpet. In an instant, the thick carpet was gouged with several deep marks.
Zhan Su spoke calmly, “Your job also includes taking care of ‘Blackie.’ It’s a rare purebred Tibetan mastiff, powerful enough to kill two tigers…”
As he spoke, Zhan Su smoothly stepped aside, exposing Shi Qingqing behind him.
She was now face-to-face with the enormous mastiff.
Shi Qingqing cursed Zhan Su furiously in her heart…
What a useless heartthrob!
He was absolutely insane, keeping such a ferocious pet.
If he wanted to feed a dog and didn’t like small ones, even a husky would look cuter than a Tibetan mastiff!
Now that things had come to this, retreat wasn’t an option for Shi Qingqing anymore.
She wanted to run, but she knew she could never outrun the mastiff.
She had no choice but to force a smile, one uglier than a cry.
“Hi, hello, Blackie! I’m Shi Qingqing. From now on, I’ll take good care of you, give you baths, take you out to play, and we’ll be good friends, okay? You look so majestic—I really like you…”
Like it, my foot!
Such a fierce, giant dog—she’d rather run for her life…
But life is like a play; it all depends on your acting skills. If you can’t, you must.
Sure enough, the Tibetan mastiff was very intelligent. Hearing her praise and seeing that Shi Qingqing was so weak, it stopped, wearing an arrogant expression eerily similar to Zhan Su’s.
It looked at Shi Qingqing with undisguised contempt.
It gave her a low growl and lazily sprawled to the side.
Shi Qingqing’s heart, which had been lodged in her throat, finally settled back into place.
She realized her calves were trembling…
Only by leaning against the wall did she feel a bit better.
“You had such courage refusing me during the day, didn’t you? What now? You’re terrified by just a dog?” Zhan Su commented coolly nearby.
His gaze was casual, neither warm nor cold.
The Blackie he raised would never bite without his command, no matter how fierce it appeared.
…
Shi Qingqing looked at Zhan Su’s comfortable, calm, yet infuriating expression, gritting her teeth in anger!
She was certain Zhan Su intended to scare her with this dog!
She must have been blind yesterday, to give him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Boohoo—now she had a reputation as a female hooligan. She’d been kidnapped and didn’t even dare call the police.
Forget it—she’d endure!
Five hundred yuan an hour; for the sake of money, she’d endure!
“I’m not scared at all! Blackie’s so smart—I’ll be its friend and caretaker, so it won’t really bite me, right, Blackie?”
No matter what, flattering was the first step.
Or rather, flattering the dog.
Blackie glanced at her, exuding an air of royal disdain.
Shi Qingqing was instantly crushed.
Damn it!
Zhan Su really was a big scoundrel. Not only did he bully her, even his dog looked down on her…
“The kitchen is over there. Make me a meal first,” Zhan Su said, loosening the tightly buttoned collar of his shirt, unfastening the cufflinks on his wrist, and settling comfortably onto the sofa, turning on the television.