If a Puppy Loves You

On the first day of school, Zhou Tang swore she would give Liang Zhixiu, the international student who had stolen someone else's place, a thorough thrashing.

Then, without realizing it, she fell in love at first sight with Liang Zhixiu's friend.

Another Chinese international student who had enrolled alongside him.

To know her enemy and herself, Zhou Tang decided to bring him over to her side.

She fussed over him, brought him medicine when he was sick, an umbrella when it rained, and breakfast in the morning.

After a while spent flirting, Zhou Tang decided to confess.

When they met, he spoke first. "Have you ever considered that the jerk you've been talking about is actually me?"

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Liang Zhixiu had been troubled lately.

The daughter of his father's friend, who was staying at their house, seemed to be into him.

But her way of pursuing someone was just too strange.

The medicine she brought him when he was sick nearly killed him.

When she brought him an umbrella on a rainy day, he had to walk her home first, and nearly fell into a ditch on the way back.

The breakfast she brought him in the morning gave him an allergy for two days.

Was she trying to pursue him or kill him?

But the most ridiculous part was that she seemed to have mistaken him for someone else.

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Liang Zhixiu used to count down the days until graduation.

He wanted to flee back home and stop being Zhou Tang's dog.

But once he actually returned, he thought he must have a masochistic streak, because he missed her.

On his first day moving into his new home, Zhou Tang opened the door for him.

Liang Zhixiu accepted his fate. Being a dog wasn't so bad.

Until the day he saw Zhou Tang's new coworker walk her home. He watched from upstairs, grinding his teeth in anger.

He didn't want to be just a dog anymore.

*The title comes from Jeffrey Masson's Dogs Never Lie About Love: If a dog loves you, it will love you forever.

*The title of the blurb comes from Jinli Laosi.

*Blurb written on May 28, 2025, and archived.

Theme: If a dog loves you, it will love you forever