"Yeah." Huayueye withdrew his skeptical look and said, "Look how much it likes you. Give it a name."
Naming things was really not Su Qingwen's forte. However, she had a good ability to associate. Since this little cutie was all white, she might as well name it: "Okay, I've decided. I'll call it Snowball."
"Snowball?" Huayueye thought the name was a bit silly, but since Su Qingwen liked it, he'd reluctantly accept it.
"Fine, let's call it Snowball." Huayueye reached out and stroked Snowball's head. "Su Qingwen, you must take good care of it. If anything happens to it, I'll come after you."
"How could that be? I'm not a devil. It's just a little puppy. How could I possibly let it die?" Su Qingwen rolled her eyes at the man and ignored him. Instead, she focused all her attention on Snowball in her arms.
Huayueye heaved a sigh of relief. Now, Su Qingwen didn't have to worry about having no one to play with.
After Snowball came into her life, Su Qingwen had a new source of fun: playing happily with Snowball. Training a dog was a technical task. She had to cultivate both Snowball's patience and her own.
Anyway, Su Qingwen put all her heart into Snowball and even ignored Huayueye.
One day, Shen Lingyun came to the palace again. He originally intended to look for Su Qingwen, but unexpectedly, she was only focused on playing with a little white dog. The man frowned unhappily, stepped forward and asked, "Is it really that much fun? You've been holding it and won't let go."
"Of course." Stroking Snowball's smooth fur, Su Qingwen smiled contentedly. "Snowball is extremely smart, just like a little kid. There's no one to keep me company in this palace. It's just right for it to accompany me."
"No one to keep you company?" Shen Lingyun sighed helplessly. So he wasn't considered a person in her eyes.
"Right." Su Qingwen didn't suspect anything. She patted Snowball's head and found some food to feed it. "It's my source of joy now. I simply can't do without it."
He'd come with great difficulty, but she'd been playing with the dog all the time. How could Shen Lingyun be happy? He snorted and folded his arms across his chest. "Aren't I a living person right here? Well, do you want to go out of the palace and have some fun? This palace is just a tiny place. What fun can there be?"
"Can I take Snowball with me?" Su Qingwen really treated this dog like her own son. She almost carried it everywhere she went.
"I'm afraid that's not a good idea." Shen Lingyun was almost driven crazy by her. This was just nonsense. Going out of the palace and still wanting to take a dog to play.
"Then forget it. Besides, Snowball learned to bow today. Huayueye is coming to see it tonight." Su Qingwen pouted and didn't insist. She just said to herself.
"Did Huayueye give you this dog?" Shen Lingyun clenched his fists, and his face suddenly turned cold.
"Yeah." Su Qingwen didn't suspect anything.
"I see." A sarcastic smile suddenly curled up on the man's lips. He glanced at Snowball and casually said, "In that case, forget it."
After saying that, without waiting for Su Qingwen's reply, he just walked away on his own.
Su Qingwen was stunned for a moment. She clearly felt that Shen Lingyun was angry, but she didn't know what she'd said to upset him.
【System: Honey, you're really slow when it comes to matters of the heart.】
"Really?" Su Qingwen felt wronged herself. She bit her lips and couldn't figure it out. "What exactly did I say wrong?"
【System: No, it's not your fault to be an idiot in love.】
"Shut up. You just know how to mock me every day. How could you, this lousy system, understand so much? You probably just heard it from others. You're really unreliable." With that, she turned her head away.
"Snowball, be good. Go play on your own." Su Qingwen thought that Huayueye was coming tonight. She had to arrange for the imperial kitchen to make mung bean cakes that he liked.
"Woof woof woof." Snowball trotted away cheerfully.
About a quarter of an hour later, Su Qingwen returned to the courtyard, but she couldn't find Snowball anywhere.
This was strange. Had she seen a ghost in broad daylight? It was just here a moment ago.
"Snowball?" Su Qingwen called its name as she searched.
But after calling for a long time, Snowball didn't show up. Could it have run out? Su Qingwen was a bit scared. She quickened her pace and continued walking forward.
"Snowball?" Suddenly, she saw that the door was ajar. Snowball must have run out through this crack. Su Qingwen covered her head, feeling extremely annoyed.
"Someone come here!" Clapping her hands, Su Qingwen summoned all the people in her palace and loudly ordered, "Snowball is missing. It must have run outside. You all split up and find Snowball."
"Yes, Concubine Xian." Everyone obeyed the order and walked in different directions in groups of two or three.
Su Qingwen naturally wouldn't be idle. She immediately ran out quickly, constantly calling Snowball's name.
However, it was already dark, and there was still no sign of Snowball. It was really infuriating that so many people couldn't even find a little dog.
"Concubine Xian, why don't you go back first? The emperor has already come. We can't let the emperor wait." The little maid ran up to her and nervously advised.
"So what? Snowball is missing. Let him wait for a while." Su Qingwen was in a complete mess at the moment and didn't care about anything. She waved her hand and still continued to search on her own.
A gust of wind blew, and she seemed to smell a faint smell of blood. The smell was so distinct that it couldn't be ignored.
Su Qingwen's heart was pounding wildly. A bad premonition suddenly welled up in her heart. She took a deep breath and walked towards the grass beside her.
Not far away, there seemed to be a fluffy thing. It looked white, but on closer inspection, there seemed to be little red marks on it.
Snowball?
The image of Snowball suddenly appeared in her mind. Su Qingwen felt a taste of blood surging up in her throat. She bit her lips and staggered forward.
Snowball was lying quietly in the mud. Its once snow - white fur was stained with mud and blood, looking in a complete mess. Its neck had been brutally twisted off. That wasn't all. There were also several blood holes in Snowball's chest. It was obvious that it had been stabbed with some sharp weapon.
"Snowball!" Tears gushed out of her eyes. Su Qingwen seemed to have been severely hit and just collapsed to the ground. Her vision was blurred by tears, and hatred filled her heart. Who on earth had so brutally killed Snowball?