What's It Like to Have a Human-Shaped Emotional Support Dog?

[Chapter comments are now open] Yue Mingzhu believes Zhu Nanshan is a golden retriever. Here’s why: 1. Zhu Nanshan is sunny, considerate, gentle, and strong. He does unpaid work for Yue Mingzhu and even counts the money for him, fitting the golden retriever’s warmhearted, loyal-dog persona. 2. Zhu Nanshan calls himself Yue Mingzhu’s emotional support dog, and most emotional support dogs are golden retrievers. 3. Zhu Nanshan has an iron stomach, but he’s sensitive to caffeine and lactose, just like a dog. 4. Zhu Nanshan is friendly to people and animals alike. He once took in a stray kitten, but never keeps a dog, fitting the golden retriever stereotype: “Who could be a bad person? Who could be a bad dog?” 5. Zhu Nanshan has had rabies antibodies for years. People don’t need regular rabies shots, but dogs do. 6. Zhu Nanshan has never denied being a golden retriever. … Additional reason: 7. Yue Mingzhu recently discovered that Zhu Nanshan’s father and older brother are famous in their industry as “mad dogs.” By the same logic, Zhu Nanshan is a dog too. One day, while handling Yue Mingzhu’s work, Zhu Nanshan found this document on his computer and said: “I’d say I’m more of a little mutt who guards the house, but whatever you think.” A closeted, insecure, awkward top who pretends to be a big shot x a capable, carefree, independent, considerate bottom Everyday fluff P.S.: 1. Sweet story, happy ending. 2. CEO top, streamer bottom. They spoil and save each other. Coming-soon Jian Wang 3 fanfic blurb: Tang Xuan finally had a weekend off without overtime and wanted to join the faction battle, but couldn’t log in from either his phone or computer. He heard the event had ended that night, with a rare crystal and mounts selling for over two thousand stacks of gold. He’d missed out on a fortune. To cheer himself up, Tang Xuan went out for barbecue. After drinking two bottles of beer, he headed home and kicked something on the roadside. He looked down: [Tempting Boiled Fish] What? Had he drunk too much? The next day, as he squeezed off the subway on his way to work, a red paper good-luck charm was stuck to his face. On the third day, a woman named [Sixteenth Night, Red Moon] appeared in the middle of a busy shopping district. On the fourth day, a giant red face appeared on the ground in Central Plaza and couldn’t be washed off. When the Jian Wang 3 icon turned bright red, Tang Xuan belatedly realized these events weren’t pranks by bored players at the end of the season. He tried to open the game, but before he could log in, a quest popped up: “Dear Hero, due to unknown causes, the anomalies once contained in Jian Wang 3 have escaped. Please help contain them. Contain all anomalies to earn the title ‘Virtuous and Righteous Lord’ and more.” What? Tang Xuan’s hand shook, and he accidentally accepted the quest. From then on, he became an unofficial employee of the Anomaly Management Bureau. The martial arts System that came with the quest helped him handle the anomalies reasonably well, until one day, a goose appeared in the middle of the street… (The setting is a world where anomalies already exist, and Jian Wang 3 is one of the major anomalies. The fact that Jian Wang 3 gets no traffic when you use its tag is strange enough on its own!) Double Tang: high-ranking Tang Sect disciple x Tang Sect hero Message: Love gives you flesh and blood