Chapter 1: Pet Love

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A laptop, a bag of chips, a woman wearing an oversized T-shirt, and a dusky summer night.


The screen read:


[Weiwan-sama, that chapter you released last night almost gave me a heart attack!]


[So, where did Su Jian fall after she saw that black silhouette? Author, can you stop cliffing us so much?]


[You just gotta get used to it. As a veteran reader, I've long grown used to the author stopping exactly where they shouldn't.]


[This is so good! I'm so excited! An obscure and bloody mystery novel! It's my favorite style!]


[This new little fan wants to ask, is the author a guy or a girl?]


[Heh, what a mind-blowing story. Do you think it's a man or woman who's capable of writing it?]


...


Yu Wan scrolled through her readers' comments with a mouse with one hand while the other hand casually reached in the bag and picked up a potato chip. She threw it in her mouth, and a crisp crack sounded in the air as she chewed.


*TL-note: Yu Wan is the protagonist, and Weiwan is her online username.


When she was done, she wiped her hand on a napkin and started to write a response.


[Eh? It's getting late, I need to walk my dog. Majesty's still waiting for me. Mm... I promise I won't cliff anywhere important tomorrow.]


After she clicked send, the comments started to pour in. [You say that every single day, you liar...]


Yu Wan didn't see their messages, because she had already closed her laptop and put it on the sofa when she finished typing. She stood up and stretched, then called out to a random corner in the living room. "Majesty, if you want to go outside, you'd better hurry up with eating dinner. I won't take you if you don't."


"Awoo." Yu Diandian* got to its feet and trotted reluctantly to its special dining area. It started to munch on its dinner.


*TL-note: Yu Diandian is the dog's name. Majesty is its nickname.


Yu Wan nodded in satisfaction, and went to her closet to change her clothes.


She took off her baggy T-shirt that she wore at home and replaced it with a short summer dress and a light jacket on top. Then, she tied her hair into a ponytail in front of her makeup mirror.


"Majesty, you done eating?"


Yu Diandian scampered to Yu Wan when it saw her walk out. It woofed twice to show how well-behaved it was, and Yu Wan patted its head. She took her phone and keys while walking out the door.

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