I Mistook a Stray Man for a Dog

--Main story complete. Next book: Please Eat My Heart. Currently revising--

Xiao Hei was picked up by Xuan Niang. When he was foolish, he shared a sweet time with the young lady.

He would keep staring at Xuan Niang, his eyes sparkling as he barked, "I'm Xuan Niang's little dog."

But when Xiao Hei became Gongshu Yu, everyone was happy except Liu Xuan. He dressed the young lady in new clothes and adorned her with hairpins, only to have her point at his nose and call him a "bad dog."

Then he said, "A country woman is unfit to be a wife."

But even as the beating left his head ringing, he merely chuckled.

Who could blame him? Xuan Niang's fragrance reached him before her slap did.

A vermilion gate for a vermilion gate, a bamboo gate for a bamboo gate. Gongshu Yu had only meant to keep her as an amusing plaything.

He never expected to waste away from longing, his clothes growing loose, unable to sleep at night. He followed Xuan Niang a long way to ask her about it, making himself look wretched and pitiful.

If you take in a little dog, why abandon him halfway through?

He even said, "If you have a little dog, you should treat him well for the rest of his life."

Tell me, can an owner fall in love with a little dog?

[Self-possessed, self-loving Dian Su Niang x A deceitful, lovesick little rogue dog]

----Please note------

1. Original title: I Picked Up a Fool

2. One-on-one romance, but not a sweet story

3. The male lead is fully human. Sometimes he pretends to be a dog.

4. The theme includes a quote from "Ode to the Orange Tree" in Li Sao.

5. Entirely handwritten, no AI involved, naturally wholesome, high in protein (corrections welcome)

Theme: A woman should stand tall like a tree, resilient and flourishing, independent amid a turbulent world and never swept along by the current.