'~ Why is it that whenever I get attached to something, it dies?'
As a child, Bing Shi strongly believed that she was cursed. If she didn't get her alone time, the 'inner monkeys'—her term for the nagging voices in her head—would host a never-ending seminar, driving her bananas with their relentless lectures.
She had a firm no-pets policy, so when Xuan Mu went rogue and brought home Sharkie without consulting her, she served him the cold shoulder. It wasn't that she had anything against animals; she just couldn't stomach the idea of bonding with a creature that had a built-in expiration date.
[Hidden Quest: Gain Cheng Young's trust.+2000p]
Cheng Young thought about how he would be able to lure Tian Shi out with the silence of the dogs, not knowing that their life held more importance to Tian Shi than her human guards.