Taming That Sharp-Tongued Dog

The main story is complete, with the extras updating. This is my first contracted novel, but I chose not to put it behind a paywall for personal reasons. It's free to read. I hope you enjoy it.

Reunion after a breakup | Play the pig to eat the tiger | Dog-training romance | Thrilling misunderstanding and identity reveal

Now updating: She Later Begged to Marry Into the Rich Family

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Jiang Chichi is gentle and pretty, but emotionally obtuse, with a reaction time long enough to strangle countless admirers.

When she and Shi Xiangru broke up, everyone thought Shi Xiangru had dumped her.

After all, though the man was devastatingly handsome, the whole school knew him as sharp-tongued, cold-hearted, arrogant, and merciless.

No girl could get the better of him.

Three years after their breakup, they met again. By then, he was a famous author worth over a hundred million.

At a friend's request, Jiang Chichi went to ask him for spoilers about the ending of the novel he was writing.

At a little bar by the sea, Jiang Chichi asked, "When do they get back together?"

After polishing off a bottle of liquor, Shi Xiangru missed the subject of her question.

So naturally, he imagined she had said "we."

The alcohol went to his head, and the man secretly rejoiced.

Hmph, she really can't forget me. We just met again, and she's already begging to get back together.

But he still put up a fight. "You say we're getting back together, and that's that? Why should I?"

Jiang Chichi shrugged. "Oh, never mind, then."

She didn't read his novels anyway.

The man's lips stiffened. "?"

The man gritted his teeth. "We're getting back together! Right now!"

The wonderful daily life after they "got back together":

Jiang Chichi: Your cigarette butt fell. Be careful, you could start a mountain fire and get locked up for life.

Shi Xiangru: She won't let me smoke. She's worried about my health. She loves me so much.

Jiang Chichi: I'm on night watch at the lighthouse today. No one's home, so you can stay over.

Shi Xiangru: She invited me to move in right after we reunited. She really loves me to bits.

Jiang Chichi: Today is the 1,108th day since we broke up.

Shi Xiangru: Oh, she must have been counting the days, pining for me so badly that she remembers the number.

#The whole thing is one-sided misreading. He does all the interpreting himself, and that's how they fall in love. #

Only later did he learn that Jiang Chichi remembered the number so clearly because she had joined a QQ group called "Is Shi Xiangru Still Single and Alone Today?"

The group bot dutifully posted every day:

"It's day 1,159 of Shi Xiangru being single and alone. Keep it up, Miss Chichi!"

As it turned out, all his heartfelt devotion was just a joke to someone else.

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The internet is abuzz with rumors that Shi Xiangru has been used and had his heart broken by a woman.

This sharp-tongued big shot, who takes on the whole internet, is notorious in his circle for being impossible to deal with.

Until one day, a paparazzo caught him crying with his head in his hands on the street.

The downpour soaked his hunched back. His whole body shook, and his hot tears poured down more fiercely than the rain.

Online spectators watched for entertainment, convinced this vindictive wolfdog was about to go mad and bite someone.

He really had gone mad.

No one knew that on that rainy night, his phone was full of hundreds of messages that had never been received.

"Chichi, you still owe me an explanation."

"Jiang Chichi, answer me. Don't think you're the only one for me."

"Fine. Just fine. Jiang Chichi, you'd better never reply to my messages again."

"Jiang Chichi, send me a single punctuation mark and I'll forgive you."

"I can pretend I don't know the truth. Keep lying to me."

"I was wrong. Can we pretend we're still together?"

"Please."

#He pulls out his own sharpest fang, makes it into a collar, and offers it to her#

Note:

1. The heroine is emotionally obtuse but brilliant in every other way. She has the old dog wrapped around her finger.

2. They reunite on an isolated island at the start. Flashbacks are woven into the story. The heroine works as a lighthouse keeper on a small island.

3. All details about the heroine's job were researched online. If anything differs from reality, feel free to discuss it politely in the comments~

4. Chapter comments are open. Come join in~

Preview of She Later Begged to Marry Into the Rich Family:

On the night after the college entrance exams, Huo Zhizhi, who had grown up in an orphanage, received two shocking pieces of news.

The good news was that her birth parents had been found, and she also had a childhood betrothal.

Even better, the man she was betrothed to was Ming Zhu, the president of the Ming Group, whom she'd secretly loved for years.

He was a favorite of the elite at the top of Qingjing's power pyramid, known as "the shrewdest and most ruthless businessman." He was also the distant moon Huo Zhizhi had always gazed up at.

Huo Zhizhi happily accepted the marriage arrangement, but at the engagement banquet, she heard the man say coldly to someone else:

"I'm only marrying her to fulfill the betrothal."

"Mrs. Ming? She's not worthy."

In the space of a breath, all her anticipation turned to despair.

Huo Zhizhi hid behind a wall, biting her palm until it was raw and red, forcing herself not to cry.

She came to her senses and walked away without hesitation. From then on, she devoted herself to research and never mentioned the marriage arrangement again.

Only on those spring-scented, intoxicating nights did she clearheadedly lose herself in the man's breathless groans, easing her academic stress in their bed.

Later, Huo Zhizhi climbed higher and higher. Her papers appeared in top journals one after another, and she won countless awards and honors, drawing the admiration of many promising young men.

But Ming Zhu repeatedly broke his own rules. His deliberate distance gave way to uncontrollable attempts to get closer, and he gradually became lost in her, captivated and addicted, unable to pull himself away.

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On a rainy night in Qingjing, the moon hung low.

Wearing a striking red dress, Huo Zhizhi dazzled everyone as she received the highest academic honor in the history of Huaguo.

The spotlights and flowers paled beside her. Countless people were captivated by her brilliance and beauty, unaware of the bruised handprints at her slender waist beneath the dress, left there the night before by a man who had lost control of his strength.

The usually reserved and aloof man pushed through the crowd and gripped her wrist with a warm hand. The veins in his neck stood out, and his expression was restrained and broken.

In front of everyone, Ming Zhu smiled bitterly and asked her softly,

"Mrs. Ming, when are you coming home tonight?"

But someone nearby said, "Mrs. Ming? We only know Professor Huo, not Mrs. Ming."

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At first, when the media reported on their engagement banquet, everyone said Huo Zhizhi was delusional, reaching above her station by trying to marry into the Ming family.

But when they got married, every newspaper headline read:

"Genius Scientist Marries Into a Wealthy Family. Devoted CEO Waits Ten Years and Finally Gets His Wish."

"Even the wealthiest family isn't good enough for her."

Theme: Independence and self-reliance reflect the quality of a person's character