Can a Puppy Be a Parent Too?

In Yuanbao Village, deep in the mountains, lived three little dogs.

Sheltered by their owner, they spent their days eating and sleeping without a care in the world.

That was until one day, their owner passed away, leaving behind a frail human child.

The villagers said that children with no one to raise them had to leave home and go somewhere called an orphanage.

The little girl cried, heartbroken.

The dogs licked away her tears and stepped forward.

How hard could raising a child be? They could do it!

[Parenting Rule One: Help the child get ahead]

The dogs rolled their eyes in thought and decided to give out gifts.

They carried spring flowers in their mouths to the school and wagged their tails as they handed them to the child’s classmates.

The classmates were utterly charmed and voted for the little girl to become class monitor.

The little girl: Class monitor, unlocked!

[Parenting Rule Two: Keep the child safe]

The dogs nodded solemnly and walked the little girl to and from school.

No matter how late it got, they waited obediently at the school gate, ready to take her backpack as soon as she came out.

They also made sure to bare their fangs at the village bullies.

The little girl: Personal safety, unlocked!

[Parenting Rule Three: Give the child spending money]

The dogs sprang into action and went to herd sheep.

The sheep ran all over the hills, and the dogs happily chased after them. After six months of exercise, the sheep were fit and their meat was firm.

Guests from the provincial capital tried it, called it “organic food,” and placed a huge order.

The little girl: Spending money, unlocked!

With the dogs by her side, life in Yuanbao Village was peaceful and pleasant, but Gu Fengnian still had her troubles.

Guan Haishan, the school bully, was always going against her. He wouldn’t turn in his homework or cooperate with tutoring, and he picked fights with her every few days!

Gu Fengnian wasn’t about to be intimidated. She rolled up her sleeves and threw a punch.

Guan Haishan was no match for her and was soundly defeated.

Gu Fengnian gloated, “Well? Had enough? From now on, you’d better do as I say!”

Guan Haishan savored the feeling of her fist hitting his face and nodded shyly. “Mm, that felt good. From now on, I’ll do whatever you say.”

Gu Fengnian: ...Could this kid have some secret, unusual hobby?

A cozy everyday story about cute pets and village life, following a girl as she slowly grows up with the dogs by her side.

The dogs are actual dogs, not beastfolk. They’re just exceptionally clever. The male and female leads won’t fall in love until they’re adults.

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"Falling for My Husband’s Android"

Yuan Weilan, the forty-third young lady of the Yuan family. Plain-looking, unremarkable, quiet, and from a collateral branch of the family.

She thought she would live out her days unnoticed, but then fortune smiled on her and she was married off to Yu Junzhou, a high-ranking Imperial Army general.

Some people were jealous and spread rumors that they had only exchanged ten words in three years of marriage, making them a couple in name only. Yuan Weilan merely lowered her eyes and said nothing.

The rumors were true, after all.

One day, terrible news arrived: Yu Junzhou had gone missing on the battlefield.

Before Yuan Weilan could decide whether it was better to be a widow or the wife of a man who was still alive but gone, the military sent the android RX001 to her, temporarily assuming the general’s identity.

Modeled on Yu Junzhou’s genes, it was every bit as handsome and imposing, every bit as powerful. The enemy couldn’t tell it apart from the real thing and didn’t dare make a move.

Only Yuan Weilan knew that the two of them were completely different.

It called her “Madam,” escorted her to banquets hand in hand, and gave her flowers on their wedding anniversary, just like a real husband.

Ninety-nine white chrysanthemums.

She hesitantly accepted the flowers, the corner of her mouth twitching. “...Thank you.”

“You’re welcome,” it replied respectfully. “I am your husband now. Making my wife happy is a husband’s duty.”

Midnight was even harder to endure.

In the bedroom, gauzy curtains swayed as silicon fingertips traced her warm, fragrant skin and wiped away a bead of sweat.

“Body temperature detected at 37.3 degrees, heart rate 159, 12 milliliters of Bartholin’s gland fluid secreted. Target indicators achieved,” it reported politely. “Six more times will complete tonight’s target. Please prepare yourself, Madam.”

She whimpered, “No...”

A hand covered her mouth, her hot breath dampening its palm. It bent close to her neck and murmured, “Madam, satisfying my wife is also a husband’s duty.”

It was all fake, all just a task. She knew that.

But the human heart was greedy, and once she had had a taste, she wanted more.

Night after night, she lay against her “husband’s” broad chest, wishing this pretense could last forever.

Three months later, Yu Junzhou returned. RX001’s mission was over, and the military ordered it to return at once.

It refused to leave.

Even when it was forcibly dismantled, its limbs scattered and its body locked in a cage, its head still gazed at her with longing. A tear fell from its shattered metal eye.

She looked at it, then at her husband’s impassive face. A thought suddenly surfaced, impossible to suppress.

Yu Junzhou, what if you really had died?

Theme: The little ones who grew up alongside us