Don’t Mess with the Puppy! - Vol.2 Chapter 3 Part 7
For the first time in his life, Yoon Chi-young was walking on eggshells. It had been an hour since he was kicked out of the bedroom, but unlike usual, the puppy didn’t call him to talk or come out first. He seemed to be really furious today.
“Puppy… should I not come in yet?”
“……”
There was no answer. Rather, only irritated sounds like scratching the wall were heard. Yoon Chi-young pretended to fidget appropriately in front of the bedroom, then sat on the terrace and smoked a cigarette.
Although it was the first time he was being cautious, he felt fine. The corners of his mouth curled up leisurely as he smoked, and his expression as he exhaled the smoke simply looked content.
Fighting with the puppy over marriage wasn’t bad. On the contrary, it felt shy and sweet, like something real lovers would do.
The contact from his mother had confused Heeseong, but Yoon Chi-young had already mentally prepared himself from the moment they shared a bed because monogamy was a natural instinct for him.
Waiting for the puppy’s anger to subside, Yoon Chi-young looked at the text that had been the cause of their fight again.
[Your sister is very angry. If you’re going to spread rumors like this, she says to hold a formal meeting between the families instead.]
A formal family meeting. No matter how much wolves were monogamous and pure-blooded, there was no need to rush.
‘I guess she tried to show off in front of Mother, pretending to be the pack leader…’
Yoon Chi-young just laughed as if it was amusing.
His sister had an excuse to straighten out a promiscuous pack member as the leader, and his mother had always been submissive to the leader. It had been consistent even when his father was the leader, so it wouldn’t change just because his sister became the leader. It was something Yoon Chi-young had somewhat expected, so he wasn’t particularly hurt.
Yoon Chi-young leisurely smoked a cigarette and read the organization members’ reports on his tablet. A subtle smile played on his lips. The situation was becoming clear to some extent.
Yang Hye-chan, the leader’s fiancé. It was evident that the rumor had spread through him.
‘Yang Hye-chan used his head a bit.’
Yoon Chi-young exhaled a long puff of cigarette smoke. Behind his back, his wolf tail occasionally twitched languidly. It seemed he would have a lot to do from now on.
“Haa…”
Yoon Chi-young let out a long, tired sigh. The guardian and the leader were always in opposition. It was the best way for the advancement of the pack, but honestly, this relationship was exhausting.
The leader who must lead the pack and the guardian who could monitor and deal with even the leader. In soccer terms, the leader was like the captain and the guardian was no different from a referee.
Naturally, if the referee was enticed or weakened, the captain could run wildly and freely on the field. However, Yoon Chi-young, the guardian of this generation, was particularly strict in monitoring the leader’s behavior. It was because the leader had already received a yellow card.
‘Last time, they tried to kill me. Are they trying a different method this time…?’
The current leader already had a history of trying to keep the guardian in check and kill him. However, they had been extremely careful and used Yang Hye-chan, so Yoon Chi-young lacked clear evidence and grounds to bring down the leader.
At the very least, as a warning, he had bitten off Yang Hye-chan’s right-hand man to the point of shattering, but that didn’t seem to be enough. Once again, they were trying to use him to suppress the guardian. Yoon Chi-young let out a short, cold laugh.
This time, they were probably thinking of attaching a weak-looking mutt tribe member as a companion to weaken his power in the long run.
‘They know one thing but not the other two…’
Yoon Chi-young smiled slyly and lowered the tablet from his hand. With his legs crossed on the table, he swept his black hair back from his forehead. The feeling of his own wolf ears winding around his hand felt pleasantly unfamiliar.
Right now, he was in his half-form state, yet he didn’t become sensitive or show aggression. It was all thanks to the puppy. He had finally found a companion who could healthily control his pheromones, and he could maintain a sound mind even when reverting to his original form. To that extent, Yoon Chi-young could now fully utilize the power of his original body. To the point where it would be even more difficult for the leader to handle the guardian.
‘Then I should do as they wish.’
Thinking joyfully, Yoon Chi-young stubbed out his cigarette and got up from his seat. Since the leader wanted it, he was willing to prepare a setting to introduce the puppy as his companion, although it was a bit earlier than expected.
Preparations were needed for that.
Yoon Chi-young organized the tasks in his mind. He had to buy nice new clothes for the puppy, challenge the nail trimming he hated so much again, along with grooming. And most importantly, he had to persuade his companion to come to the formal family meeting.
“Puppy?”
Yoon Chi-young called for the puppy as he entered the living room. However, the puppy still seemed to be sulking, as there was no answer. It had been unusually quiet for a while, and if it weren’t for the occasional scratching sounds on the wall, he would have thought the puppy was asleep.
Yoon Chi-young washed his hands and went to the bedroom to appease the puppy directly.
“Baby?”
The puppy was nowhere to be seen in the bedroom. For a moment, Yoon Chi-young’s smile stiffened. The unsettling memory of the puppy disappearing on his own last time flashed through his mind.
Fortunately, there was no need to worry this time.
In his half-form state, his sensitive sense of smell clearly caught the puppy’s scent. Moreover, he faintly heard the puppy’s grumbling murmur. Perhaps he was hiding under the blanket or behind a pillow.
“Are you still angry, baby?”
Yoon Chi-young began searching for Heeseong himself. It was easy to find the white fluffball in the bedroom, which was entirely decorated in black according to his taste. He just had to lift the ink-colored blanket and move aside the fluffy pillows.
As expected, the puppy was somewhere on the bed.
“Ah…”
On the side of the bed, in the gap between the mattress and the wall, a small lump with a pink belly was wedged in.
…Woof.
When their eyes met, the puppy glared at Yoon Chi-young as if to say, “What are you looking at?” Yoon Chi-young, avoiding that gaze and quietly suppressing his laughter, rescued the puppy. He was already accustomed to it, as it was the second time he experienced this.
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