[World-weary girl vs. puppy chef]
[Genius girl comic artist vs. fierce, gentle puppy demon]
"We puppies only need one look to know who we're going to love."
After finishing the final chapter of her comic, Su Shan'er said goodbye to all her readers on Weibo.
The sea was silent in the dead of night in Haicheng. The water around her feet was icy cold. As she gazed into the depths before her, she finally made up her mind.
Just then, a stranger grabbed her arm. Beneath a sky full of stars, the man gave her a wounded yet tender smile and asked coaxingly, "Would you like a bowl of red bean soup?"
Not far away, a humble little house glowed with warm yellow light, like a refuge straight out of a fairy tale.
After that, she ate red bean soup, hot pot, and barbecue at that little shop, from winter to spring and then through to the next winter.
And after that, the little shop had a proprietress who smiled all day long.
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Gu Gui hadn't always been called Gu Gui. He used to be called Gu Dagou, because he believed that whether you were a person or a dog, you had to be honest. He was a big dog, so he should be called Gu Dagou.
But someone told him people couldn't be given names like that. A person's name carried the hopes others had for them.
But no one had any hopes for him. He had no parents and no education, so he asked that person to give him a name. She called him Gu Gui.
May you always have a home to return to, someone waiting for you, and food to eat.
But one day, the girl who had given him that name never came back. He waited for her for a long time and searched for her for a long time, until one winter, he finally took her hand.
2024.9.2
Theme: Eat well and live well.
