Chapter 41:  Xiao Bai’s Old Master

When Xiao Man was still a human, she didn’t pay much attention to the private affairs of her subordinates and colleagues. 

After being adopted by Han Shuangshuang for so long, she never expected that this young girl would be quite clingy when it came to romance.

Modern people are rarely separated from their mobile phones. 

Han Shuangshuang is quite focused when she’s working, but as soon as she takes a break, she picks up her phone to reply to messages, her face beaming with a sweet smile.

Since the two live close to each other, they definitely go for evening dog walks together. 

Lin Ci is a programmer who often has to work overtime. 

When he’s not working late, the two of them will have dinner together, sometimes eating out and sometimes cooking at their respective homes.

Watching all this, Xiao Man suddenly felt a bit envious. 

It seemed quite nice to have someone to accompany you and provide emotional support. 

But that’s as far as it went, because she was still a dog, and she couldn’t exactly go looking for a male dog, haha. 

That would be too much!

After the Lantern Festival, the episode of the variety show “Let’s Go Play” featuring  Xiao Bai was finally released. 

Chen Yao and a few others were on standby to monitor the feedback and data.

The reward Han Shuangshuang’s side wanted for this variety show wasn’t much, but they required the show to put the Douyin account on the subtitle. 

Not long after this episode was released, the fan base of the account ” Xiao Bai and Her Sister” soared!

Many viewers, after watching the variety show, were charmed by  Xiao Bai and came to follow the account. 

Of course, there were also fans of a certain variety show guest who thought that the moment when  Xiao Bai almost bumped into them was very impolite, and they came to scold the dog.

Xiao Bai now has several hundred thousand fans. 

How could they let someone scold her? 

Naturally, they scolded back in all sorts of ways.

“Our  Xiao Bai is the most polite and good baby. It must be that your own person did something, otherwise how could  Xiao Bai counterattack?”

“I went to watch that variety show, and it was hilarious. Someone spoke rudely first and then blamed  Xiao Bai for not giving face?  Xiao Bai didn’t even touch them.”

“Come on, seriously, is there really someone who thinks being impolite is funny?”

Su Mingxuan was monitoring the trend in the comment section. 

There was no sign of the other party’s water army, and the overall comments were positive, so he didn’t do anything extra.

The day after the variety show was released, the account ” Xiao Bai and Her Sister” broke through a million fans.

Chen Yao said, “With a million fans, let’s hold a lottery to reward our fans.”

This lottery also had a story. 

Part of it was provided by Han Shuangshuang, and the other part came from the client. 

They got products for free and also had business income.

The million-fan lottery had been prepared in advance, so on the day the fans broke through a million, the lottery details were released.

These things had nothing to do with Xiao Man. 

Although relying on the company meant sharing profits, the company took care of many things, which was very convenient.

Not long after the New Year, her dream started again.

Under Xu Yan’s decisive measures, the entire company was thoroughly overhauled. 

Those who should be demoted were demoted, and those who should be fired were fired. 

There was no need to focus on the company’s products. 

The saved manpower costs alone could make the company’s business report look much better.

In her dream, Xiao Man listened to how Xu Yan gradually brought a dilapidated company back to life, and she couldn’t help but be deeply moved.

The Xu Yan she saw in the company was quite different from the one she “felt” in her dreams.

During the more than a month when he was temporarily in charge at Mouse Rabbit Media, he seemed very capable, just like the stereotypical domineering president. 

But in her dreams… she didn’t know where he got so many wonderful metaphors to mock the oddities encountered in the rectification process.

She suspected that he usually didn’t dare to complain in front of people and had to hold it in.

Taking advantage of the fact that she was lying there and couldn’t move or talk back, he vented to her, this silent listener who couldn’t respond.

Although he used to be quite annoying, always not letting her hear the ending, he had changed now. 

Overall, he was still an interesting person!

After the New Year, Xiao Man returned to her own body once, but it was late at night, and there was no one around. 

She didn’t call anyone, and after a while, she came back.

After several returns, she could barely detect some tendencies. 

The intervals between her returns were irregular, sometimes seven days, sometimes half a month to a month. 

The time she could stay in her own body was generally increasing, with occasional fluctuations.

Therefore, Xiao Man was certain that she could return to her body; it was just a matter of waiting for different lengths of time.

This morning was still a workday. 

Han Shuangshuang was in a good mood because Lin Ci had sent her a very delicious breakfast early in the morning. 

This good mood lasted until the afternoon, just before leaving work, when Chen Yao suddenly sent a video to Han Shuangshuang, accompanied by two very serious words “take a look.”

Han Shuangshuang opened the video, and inside was a middle-aged man. 

He looked like he had been crying, with red eyes. 

He said, “I’m making this video today to ask a certain internet celebrity to return my dog to me. My little Guaiguai got lost two years ago, and I’ve been looking for it for a long time. I thought I would never find it again, but unexpectedly, I saw it online!” 

“Guaiguai has always been a part of our family, and losing it has caused us a lot of pain. So today, I’m just asking that internet celebrity to return my family member!”

As the man spoke, he took out his phone, opened the photo album, and showed the audience what his little Guaiguai looked like. 

Guaiguai was a Husky with a tuft of white hair on its forehead, like a flame that could burn.

Han Shuangshuang’s heart tightened when she heard the man speaking, and when she saw the photo, her mind buzzed, and her back was covered in cold sweat.

Han Shuangshuang could still remember the scene at that time. 

She was troubled by the name for  Xiao Bai. 

Because she saw the white hair on  Xiao Bai’s forehead, she finally named it White Flame, with the nickname Baiyan and the pet name  Xiao Bai…

Someone was coming to take  Xiao Bai away from her!

No, that’s not right. 

The man said  Xiao Bai was lost, and he was  Xiao Bai’s real owner. 

It couldn’t be called “taking away.” 

 Xiao Bai should be returned…

When Han Shuangshuang thought about how she had been inseparable from  Xiao Bai for these past few months, her first reaction was reluctance.

The man said  Xiao Bai was his family, but over these past few months, hadn’t she also treated  Xiao Bai as her own family?

Chen Yao also walked over at this moment and asked Han Shuangshuang seriously, 

“What do you think?”

Han Shuangshuang calmed herself down, took another look at the photo in the video, and hesitated while saying, 

“It seems like… it really is  Xiao Bai.”

Chen Yao reminded her, “Xiao Han, people in the comment section are already asking you about this. Don’t reply for now.”

Chen Yao thought for a moment and said, 

” Xiao Bai is a stray dog. You adopted it, and it was able to have a good life now. Without you, it might have died long ago, and this person wouldn’t have come to take  Xiao Bai away. But who knows if this person really lost  Xiao Bai accidentally or if he deliberately abandoned it?”

Chen Yao was a bit more calm than Han Shuangshuang. 

Although she also liked  Xiao Bai, she was more business-minded. 

If  Xiao Bai was taken away, the account ” Xiao Bai and Her Sister” would be useless.

It was hard to let go of a popular account that had been cultivated from scratch.

Han Shuangshuang was startled into realization: 

“That’s right. If the other party actually abandoned it, but now that  Xiao Bai is popular, they want to take  Xiao Bai back. Even if they succeed, they won’t take good care of  Xiao Bai!”

Han Shuangshuang looked at  Xiao Bai, who had straightened its body, and couldn’t help but ask, 

” Xiao Bai, is this your original owner? Did he treat you well before?”

Xiao Man: “……”

It makes sense to inherit someone’s memories when you become another human, but it wouldn’t be quite appropriate if she, as a dog, could inherit a dog’s memories, right?

Fortunately, she didn’t, otherwise she might have memories of eating excrement, which would be too terrible.

At this moment, facing Han Shuangshuang’s question, she just looked at the other party blankly.

Han Shuangshuang put the paused video in front of Xiao Man and asked: 

“Do you recognize this person?”

Xiao Man saw the appearance of the middle-aged man, looked at Han Shuangshuang, and blinked again.

Chen Yao said, ” Xiao Bai has no reaction to this person. If it were the original owner, whether it was good to it or not, it should have some reaction.”

Han Shuangshuang seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and looked at Chen Yao, 

“Sister Yao, what should we do?”

Chen Yao said, “Let me put it bluntly. We started the account from scratch. Although the most important thing is that  Xiao Bai is really smart, we also put in a lot of effort. I absolutely disagree with giving  Xiao Bai away.”

She coldly said, “If  Xiao Bai was abandoned, that means this person is a scum. If it was accidentally lost, it only shows that the person didn’t care about  Xiao Bai at all. No matter which it is, we can’t let  Xiao Bai go with him.”

She looked at  Xiao Bai, squatted down, and patted its head, 

“Moreover, do you think with  Xiao Bai’s intelligence, it could get lost?”

Han Shuangshuang said resolutely, “Even if I get lost,  Xiao Bai won’t get lost!”

Thereupon, the two of them concluded that the other party had abandoned  Xiao Bai, and because  Xiao Bai had recently become popular on the variety show, they recognized  Xiao Bai and, envious of its money-making ability, made a video to take  Xiao Bai away.

Xiao Man… Xiao Man kept quiet on the side.

Well, actually, it’s really hard to say. 

After all, before she became a dog, this Husky was a purebred Husky. 

As a famous escape artist, it might really have gotten lost…

But since she had become this dog now, she had to be a bit selfish. 

Living with Han Shuangshuang was great. 

How could she go to another unfamiliar environment and face completely unknown risks?

In the end, they decided to ignore the other party for the time being. 

There are many Huskies that look alike. 

How could the other party be sure that their little Guaiguai was  Xiao Bai?

By evening, more and more people were asking in the comment section, and the man also posted a new video, showing purchase records, immunization certificates, more photos, and even letting his daughter appear and cry about how much she missed little Guaiguai. 

This time, he didn’t say “a certain internet celebrity” anymore, but directly mentioned the account ” Xiao Bai and Her Sister.”

Chen Yao sent the video to a private group and reminded Han Shuangshuang not to reply for now.

She also sent Han Shuangshuang several other videos. 

They were all from early times when people said  Xiao Bai was their lost dog. 

However, the dogs in the photos of those people were only similar to  Xiao Bai in that they were Huskies, with no other similarities. 

Chen Yao didn’t even bother to pay attention to them.

Since she hadn’t paid attention before, she could do the same this time and not be accused of being guilty. 

Judging from the likes and views of the other party, the numbers were probably not high.

Han Shuangshuang held  Xiao Bai in her arms, her heart beating a little faster.

” Xiao Bai, I don’t want to lose you.”

Xiao Man patted Han Shuangshuang’s back with her paw, as if to comfort her.

If she didn’t want to go with the other party, they wouldn’t be able to take her away peacefully.

At this time, Chen Yao sent another video, saying: “This is someone envying us.”

Han Shuangshuang opened the video and saw that it was another pet blogger with a similar number of fans, but their overall data wasn’t as good as hers. 

The blogger cited the man’s video and sarcastically said that the owner of Sister Xiao Bai was using  Xiao Bai as a cash cow and wouldn’t bear to return someone’s family.