Can I Walk the Dog With You?

The main story is 120,000 words, fully drafted, and updates are reliable. Read with confidence! - To give the stray puppy she found a home, Yu Wengui reluctantly moved out of her luxurious graduate student dorm. On the first day in her new place, her puppy Kui Kui became best friends with the pretty golden retriever belonging to the handsome neighbor next door. The golden retriever was all enthusiasm, but its owner was as cold as ice. Whenever he saw Yu Wengui and Kui Kui, he would tense up and look like he had no desire to talk. Yu Wengui assumed he was socially anxious, and considerately refrained from approaching him, playing with the puppies on her own. - Cen Minzhi had always hated trouble, and even more so after becoming a wage slave. He couldn't stand these so-called “best dog friends” licking each other until they were both soaking wet. Every day after walking his dog, he would take the golden retriever to have a bath with a dark look on his face. Finally, one day, Cen Minzhi couldn't take it anymore and knocked on the door of the yellow-haired dog's owner next door. “Hello. We're going to stop letting Rou Song play with your Kui Kui starting tomorrow. If we run into you on a walk... I'll go the other way.” The little yellow dog named Kui Kui lay on the ground, looking up at him pitifully. Cen Minzhi steeled himself and turned away, only to see Kui Kui's mom, a young woman who still looked like she was in school, staring at him with the same big, wounded eyes. For the first time in over twenty years, Cen Minzhi's heart of stone wavered. - Cen Minzhi had no hobbies. Before he started working, he liked to cook, but his job in the planning department was so busy that he hadn't set foot in the kitchen for a long time. After the young woman next door moved in, she started dropping by for a meal every few days. Cen Minzhi had no choice but to put his apron back on. Somehow, ever since Yu Wengui moved in next door, Rou Song had been enjoying fresh, delicious dog food, the gloomy decor at home had gained splashes of color, and even his car had filled up with all sorts of quirky little trinkets. Cen Minzhi, who hated trouble, finally realized that from the moment he knocked on the neighbor's door, he'd gotten himself into a huge mess. He'd only had one puppy to look after before, and now he had one woman and two dogs. Life started bustling along again, full of chaos. Just like that young woman, it wasn't quiet, peaceful, or smooth sailing. But it was lively, vibrant, and full of energy. Cen Minzhi knew that spring had begun to bud in his heart. An extroverted sweetheart who's not quite an E vs. a handsome introvert who's not quite an I Also known as: Winning Over the Aloof Handsome Guy Next Door / Please Stop Stalking My WeChat Status / What Delicious Thing Did You Make for Me to Try Today? A few reading tips: 1. A familiar neighborhood romance. Most of the time it's a sweet little two-person story, though sometimes it touches on other things. 2. The male lead is a virgin. Maybe he's the type you can win over by being shameless and persistent, but he's still a virgin. The heroine is the only one who's ever doggedly pursued him. 3. This is a story about cooking constantly, literally. There'll be lots of delicious food (munch, munch). Blurb uploaded on 2026.1.3 and archived. Theme: Be kind to your neighbors