Adorable Pet Daily Life Ch. 146

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The girl explained her situation. Apparently her family was well-off, and she lived pretty freely herself.

"I saw your posts on a blog, so I know your rules. I've got time and space, and I want to adopt this dog because I think it has a special vibe. I liked it the moment I saw its photo. To be honest, sometimes I do performance art, but I'd never hurt anyone or any animal."

Didn't expect that—so she was a performance artist. Shen Luo had always thought of that as something distant, and yet here was one standing right in front of him.

Performance art was something many people found hard to understand. Which was fair—art itself was already hard to grasp, and when it came to performance art, those who didn't get it often just thought it was crazy.

Of course, there were also wildly successful examples of performance art, like Marina Abramović. Her piece The Artist Is Present, where she invited strangers to sit across from her in silence and hold eye contact, had become world-famous. The act itself was simple, but its meaning was profound. The most iconic moment was when her ex-lover sat down across from her, and she broke into tears. It moved countless people.

Another of her works, Rhythm 0, involved her standing still in a gallery for six hours, allowing the audience to use any of 72 objects on her—including a loaded gun, a knife, and a whip—however they wished, while she offered no resistance. When someone finally held the gun to her head, her tears burst out. The whole thing was shocking. Afterwards, she said, "This experience showed me: once you hand over all power to the public, you're not far from death."

She was, without a doubt, an extraordinarily successful performance artist.

Being a performance artist might sound easy—you could even call streaking down the street "performance art." But to actually make ordinary people pause and think—that was much harder.

Shen Luo had never imagined he'd one day meet a living, breathing performance artist.

After staring blankly for a full three minutes, he finally said, "I'll bring the dog over. Doesn't matter what you do, as long as the dog's happy, I don't think it makes any difference."

The girl immediately beamed with a radiant smile and said, "Boss, I think your life is a work of art too."

Shen Luo: ...

He honestly had no idea how to respond to that kind of compliment.

Shen Luo went to fetch the dog. It was a yellow mutt, really plain-looking—the kind that, back in the countryside, would definitely just be called Da Huang.

When she saw the dog, the girl was really happy and said, "It's this one. His eyes are way too special. I recognized him the moment I saw him."

Shen Luo didn't comment. Whether the girl could really recognize him or not was impossible to prove.

"You go play with him first, talk to him a bit, and later I'll see if the dog is willing to go with you."

Normally, people would ask, 'Boss, how do you know if he's willing or not?' But this girl acted like it was totally normal.

Shen Luo went to tidy up the shelves and checked the inventory list. When he came back, the dog was already climbing all over the girl, the two of them looking super happy together.

Seeing that, Shen Luo knew things were probably going to work out.

Sure enough, the yellow dog was more than willing to leave with the girl, so she signed the adoption papers smoothly.

"Boss, don't worry. I've got Weibo. I might bring him into some projects in the future, and his photos will go on my Weibo. You'll be able to see him anytime."

Shen Luo nodded and agreed.

When he finally found time to check out the girl's Weibo, he realized she really was popular—she had millions of followers, and the yellow dog's photos were there too. She called him Ah Lang*... but Shen Luo honestly couldn't see any wolf-like vibe in that dog.

(*Láng 狼: Wolf.)

In the pictures, that ordinary yellow dog was grinning wide, even giving off a bit of an Akita look. The comments below were all fans saying, 'What a cute dog!' Probably the kind of dog nobody would give a second glance at on a normal day.

The world really did have different circles, each as impenetrable as mountains. Otherwise, why would there be so many separate worlds of their own? Through the girl's Weibo, Shen Luo felt like he had just unlocked a brand-new world.

Because Xiao Chuan said he'd be coming to B City soon, Shen Luo practically walked with wind under his feet.

The moment he stepped inside, he saw Yuan Ying with Ah Hua at the front desk, handling paperwork. Looked like she was dropping Ah Hua off for boarding.

"Heading out on another trip?" Shen Luo asked familiarly.

Yuan Ying glanced up at him, then lowered her head again to keep filling things out. "Yeah, the show's got an outdoor shoot."

Shen Luo remembered she hadn't been in such a good mood a few days ago. What had happened to make her this happy now?

Zheng Jiamei said excitedly, "Boss, Sister Yuan Ying's heading out for an outdoor shoot! This time it's a brand-new program from the provincial TV station! It's all outdoor challenges, and it's gonna air Friday night in prime time!"

Turned out it was something that good. Friday night prime time, along with Saturday night prime time, was reserved for the station's top male and female hosts. For Yuan Ying to go from a regular host to fronting a prime-time show—it really was a huge deal.

"Congrats, congrats, that's amazing. You're gonna be famous now!" Shen Luo joked.

Yuan Ying pressed her lips into a small smile. "Thanks, I'll take that blessing."

Zheng Jiamei said, "I knew it. The station couldn't be that blind. Sister Yuan Ying's got the looks and the talent—it'd be such a waste if she didn't become a pillar of the station."

Yuan Ying said, "That's something I can only hear from you guys here. At the station, you can't ever say that."

The audience and media could talk about who was number one, but inside the station, no way—that was where everyone's powerful backers came into play.

Once she finished filling out the form, Yuan Ying sat down with Ah Hua and said, "I'm leaving Ah Hua in your hands again."

Shen Luo said, "We're all familiar here, why be so polite?"

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