Chapter 2: Save Qiaoqiao
Ten minutes later, Jiang Yuan, carrying a bag of meat, looked at the big black dog, panting.
Only eight minutes remained on the countdown.
Jiang Yuan tried throwing a piece of meat into the corner of the wall.
The big black dog indeed reacted, turning its head to stare at the meat in the corner.
Jiang Yuan threw another piece of meat.
The big black dog immediately pounced, holding down the meat with its front paws and beginning to tear at it.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuan threw all the meat from the bag, quickly walked to the trash can, lifted the lid, and a dirty little face appeared along with a pungent smell.
“Auntie, I’m sorry,” the little one said, her clear eyes full of fear, trembling, “I didn’t mean to disobey. Can you be a little gentler when you spank my bottom?”
Jiang Yuan covered her nose, frowning, “Get down first.”
“I’m coming down right away!” Momo wobbled to her feet and discovered the box she was stepping on was gone.
Seeing she wasn’t coming down after a while, Jiang Yuan asked, “You want to stay in there?”
“No, no,” the little one immediately shook her little head, begging in a milky voice, “Auntie, don’t be angry.”
Jiang Yuan watched her carefully try to climb down and realized the height was a bit much for a child.
She felt awkward, but still reached out and pulled the smelly child out of the trash can.
【System 009: Miss Jiang, congratulations on completing the novice mission. You have obtained the dog dictionary and a reward of one million. The cash has been deposited into your bank account.】
Jiang Yuan put Momo down, took out her phone, and saw a text message notification that one million had been deposited into her card, with a balance of ¥1,001,578.
There’s actually money!
This system is quite useful.
Jiang Yuan’s lips curved upwards, her mood exceptionally good.
So this is what it feels like to have a million.
Even the dirty child became more pleasant to look at.
“Come on, I’ll take you to get clean.”
Jiang Yuan booked a hotel for Momo to shower and planned how to spend the one million.
First, buy some designer bags!
No.
Wrong.
She cannot be vain, cannot be controlled by the plot, otherwise, there is only a dead end.
The phone’s ringtone interrupted her thoughts.
Seeing the caller ID, Jiang Yuan’s heart suddenly tightened—
Fu Jinxing!
Thinking of how he tortured her in the dream until she was barely human, Jiang Yuan’s scalp tingled.
She pressed the mute button, turned her phone face down on the table, and began to consider whether Fu Jinxing would spare her life if she confessed proactively and told the truth.
“Auntie.”
Momo, having finished her bath, walked out of the bathroom wearing her dirty clothes.
Jiang Yuan: “…”
She rested her forehead on her hand and said, “I’ll go buy you some new clothes. You wait here for me.”
Jiang Yuan stood at the elevator entrance, and the phone rang again, causing her to freeze instantly.
Thinking it was Fu Jinxing, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the name “Jiang Die.”
As soon as the call connected, she heard the other party’s anxious voice.
“Xiao Yuan, where is Momo?”
Jiang Yuan: “She’s in the room.”
The other party clearly sighed with relief, “Okay, good that she’s alright.”
Jiang Yuan’s eyes narrowed slightly, “Why are you asking so suddenly?”
Jiang Die did not conceal it and explained, “Xiao Yuan, I received a text message saying Momo is gone.”
Jiang Yuan was silent for a few seconds.
Jiang Die quickly said, “Xiao Yuan, don’t be angry, I’m not doubting that you didn’t watch Momo properly…”
“It’s okay, it’s okay,” Jiang Yuan let out a light laugh, “I’ll send her back in a little while.”
After speaking, she hung up the phone and walked into the elevator carriage.
Staring at the changing numbers on the floor display, Jiang Yuan’s fair face showed a hint of solemnity.
Who sent Jiang Die the message?
She had clearly not told anyone about deliberately losing Momo, not even Fu Xiaoxiao knew.
At half-past eleven at night, Jiang Yuan sent Momo back.
In the narrow living room, Jiang Die said gently, “Xiao Yuan, don’t buy Momo new clothes next time, save the money for yourself. Thank you for taking care of Momo today.”
Jiang Yuan looked at the woman’s gentle face, devoid of makeup, and a mix of complexity and guilt intertwined in her heart.
Controlled by the plot, she had always been jealous of and disliked Jiang Die.
Yet Jiang Die had been very good to her.
Zhan Zhan, pulling his younger sister, entered the room and quietly asked, “Momo, how many times did Auntie spank your bottom today? Does it hurt?”
Momo shook her little head, “Auntie didn’t hit me.”
Zhan Zhan widened his eyes in shock, “Are you saying Auntie didn’t spank your bottom today?”
Auntie is so mean, how could she not spank her sister’s bottom?
Momo said childishly, “Yes, Auntie didn’t hit me today.”
Zhan Zhan’s small eyebrows furrowed like waves. After a few seconds of serious thought, he concluded, “It must be because Auntie’s hand hurts today!”
“Zhan Zhan, Momo, come out to see Aunt Xiao Yuan off,” Jiang Die’s gentle voice carried into the room.
“Understood, Mom,” Zhan Zhan had no choice but to lead his sister to the living room.
Jiang Yuan noticed that in the clean, clear big eyes of the little boy looking at her, there was hostility and rejection.
She said softly, “I’m leaving now.”
The apartment Jiang Die rented was in an old residential building with no elevator. It was almost completely dark before ten o’clock, with no one on the street, only a few dogs lying under the dim streetlights.
Jiang Yuan’s second-hand red BMW was parked at the community entrance.
After getting in the car, she transferred 200,000 to Jiang Die’s card.
She fastened her seatbelt and was about to start the car when a cry suddenly broke the surrounding quiet.
“Qiaoqiao, there’s danger!”
Jiang Yuan turned her head to look out the car window.
A young girl with short hair, holding a guide dog, and a cane in her other hand.
A man in a gray hooded sweatshirt, wearing a mask, followed closely behind her.
Jiang Yuan thought they were together, but as she was about to drive, she heard another voice.
“Qiaoqiao, a male two-legged beast has been following you!”
Jiang Yuan’s hand on the steering wheel froze abruptly.
Was that… the guide dog speaking?
But she clearly couldn’t understand the big black dog’s speech at night.
【System 009: Miss Jiang, this is a reward for completing the novice mission.】
Jiang Yuan recalled, “The dog dictionary?”
【System 009: Yes.】
Jiang Yuan said blankly, “What do I need to understand what dogs are saying?”
System 009: 【It allows you to have good relationships with dogs.】
Jiang Yuan: “Why?”
【System 009: Because the vicious female supporting character has no popularity.】
Jiang Yuan: “…”
The guide dog’s voice came again—
“Qiaoqiao, there’s danger, wuwuwu!”
“Go away, don’t follow Qiaoqiao!”
The guide dog barked at the masked man.
Jiang Yuan drove the car away, seeing the short-haired girl’s serene face in the rearview mirror.
After a few seconds of contemplation, she stepped on the brake, the tires screeching against the ground.
“Screech—”
“Someone save Qiaoqiao!” The guide dog, Xiao K, cried helplessly.
Jiang Yuan got out of the car and walked towards the short-haired girl in her high heels, her gaze falling on the man behind her.
Ignoring the warning in his eyes, she said to the short-haired girl, “Hello Qiaoqiao, I want to tell you something.”
The short-haired girl stopped, her face full of confusion, “You know me?”
The guide dog Xiao K looked at Jiang Yuan, pleading, “Please save Qiaoqiao, that male has been following Qiaoqiao all the way!”
