Puppy Fairy Tales

Ji Linxue never forgot what it felt like to be hungry.

On nights when stomach cramps woke her, she didn't dare tell her miserly stepfather she was hungry. All she could do was clutch a tattered fairy-tale book and try to fall asleep, telling herself that the story would surely end happily.

Later, when her stepfather brought her to the Chi family and she received her first paycheck, she realized how wonderful it was to grow up: earning her own money meant she would never have to go hungry or cold again.

After years of darkness, she had finally seen the light. Ji Linxue no longer believed in fairy tales.

She picked up her studies again and fought desperately to escape her circumstances. She grew at astonishing speed, becoming the kind of person she once couldn't even imagine reaching, yet still she felt it wasn't enough.

A little higher, then higher still.

The little girl of the past became the Chi family's most prized asset, wielding great power and working with ruthless efficiency. She thought she had thrown away that fairy-tale book for good, but then a strange believer in fairy tales appeared by her side.

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The first time Chi Yuzhong saw Ji Linxue, she was clutching a fairy-tale book and looked so meek and timid that she seemed easy to bully.

Chi Yuzhong was in his rebellious teenage years. His motorcycle was parked by the roadside, and he hadn't even taken off his helmet. He glanced at the girl across from him and spoke in a flippant tone: "Miss Assistant, don't meddle in my business. You won't like it when I lose my temper."

Back then, Ji Linxue tucked her hands into her sleeves and warned him timidly, "The head of the family said that if you don't get into college, he'll cancel all your cards and dump you in Morocco."

One move was all it took to put the boy in his place. He fretted and fumed, but there was nothing he could do about Ji Linxue.

Years later, the little brat grew up into the dazzling head of the Chi family, and finally caught on.

Newly an adult, Chi Yuzhong followed the fairy-tale playbook, holding a grand ball and inviting his Cinderella.

But the gold frames of Ji Linxue's glasses gleamed coldly as she held a folder and replied without a trace of warmth, "Be good. Don't interrupt my work."

Chi Yuzhong leaned closer, his crisp, cool scent surrounding her. "Then why don't you punish me? I'm being so disobedient."

Some people abandon fairy tales and grow up, while others pick them up to make up for the regrets of their youth.

In the cold, unforgiving adult world, a puppy wants to weave a sweet fairy tale for her.

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Theme: Never look down on the young just because they're poor