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Power Up, Artist Yang! 169 The Artist Meets the Dog

For a solid few moments, Zixu only had eyes for his dog.

Once he was completely finished with checking and making sure the dog was alright, he finally moved his attention to Yujia, who stared back at him blankly. 

Only pure confusion went through Yujia's mind. She was still trying to piece it all together. 

"Junior Sister— I didn't expect to see you here." He masked his worried gaze with a smile. 

Right. Yujia temporarily forgot that Zixu was now her Senior Brother, since Ye Yunhe's father took him in as a disciple. She nodded back and said, "Senior Brother Zixu, I didn't expect to see you either."

He knelt down in the grass to pet his dog, continuing, "Are you simply taking a walk because of the good weather today?"

Yujia almost snorted. She wished that was the case. Except, how was she supposed to say, ' Oh, I was just riding on a psychopathic demon, but now I'm all good' ? 

"I guess you could say it that way. A leisurely stroll that landed me here. What about you?" she settled with telling him. 

He looked down at the dog, the corners of his lips lifting up. "My dog likes to go on walks through the forest. I thought I would accompany him, but… he saw a rabbit halfway through." At this, a small laugh escaped him. "He ran after the rabbit and deviated from the path we were going through, so of course, I had to chase him. And here I am now."  Find authorized novels in Webnovel,faster updates, better experience,Please click for visiting.


Yujia only just now noticed the beads of sweat dotting Zixu's forehead, and his breathing which seemed heavier than normal. He must've ran after his dog at full speed. The image of a panicked Zixu losing his usual composure to run after his dog brought a smile to her on the inside. 

Thinking for a brief second, she looked down, reached in her pocket, and pulled out a handkerchief, which was only a square of rough fabric. Yujia handed it to him and glanced away.

"Here."

He looked at the square for a second, then took it from her. "Thanks."

"No problem." Yujia looked back at the dog, who was grinning even more. "Your dog is so strange," she teased, "She's always grinning? I have never seen a grinning dog before."

Zixu handed the handkerchief back to her when he was done wiping his sweat. He smiled too with an affectionate smile that met his eyes. "Mimi has always been like this, ever since he was a puppy."

"Mimi?" Yujia questioned, "She's a girl, right?"  1

Mimi— which literally meant honey— seemed like a very feminine name. 

"Oh, no." Zixu shook his head, scratching behind Mimi's ears. "Mimi is a boy. The whole reason for why he's called Mimi is because my younger brother named him. I was seventeen, but Ziyang was only ten when we got Mimi as a newborn. He thought Mimi was a girl at first, and because of his coat color, he named her that. He called him Mimi for a whole week until he was told that Mimi was a boy. But the name stuck."

Yujia reached forward to pat Mimi as well. She softly replied, "That's cute. You seem to love your dog very much."

"I do." Zixu tilted his head. "Dogs in general— they're sometimes… better than men."

Yujia thought back to Zhizhong and Little Demon and laughed sullenly. "I can agree with that. Dogs are superior to everything. Humans, horses…"

He lifted his brows. "Horses? You dislike horses?" 

She raised her head up, her hand clenched into a fist as she answered, "Yes. Passionately. I hate them with a burning passion."

"What have they ever done to hurt you?" he joked. Yujia had so many replies to that, but he continued before she could say anything. "I'm fine with all animals. I've had a good experience with all the horse's I've ridden on in the past. And Mimi gets along with horses very well."

Yujia wished that she could say the same. 

She didn't want to think about what just happened a few moments ago with her and the demon creature, so she attempted to change the topic. "You seem a lot different than how you were before— you're a lot more talkative today," she pointed out. 

Usually, though Zixu did share a few personal stories about himself, they were much more rare. But on the topic of animals, he became much more lively and interested in the conversation.

"I am?" 

The warm smile on Zixu's face fell, quickly replaced by the typical calm smile he wore in a split second. The switch between his expressions was almost instantaneous after his rhetorical question, barely a falter in between them. He sat straighter, exhaled, and looked at her with a different gaze. 

Zixu was still smiling. But now, the smile he wore was somehow much more different than the one he had on before.

Yujia observed all of this silently. 

He brushed through Mimi's fur with his fingers one last time, then stood up, dusting off his robes. Glancing away from her, Zixu said dryly, "I still have things to get to today, so I believe I'll be leaving, if Junior Sister has no objections."

"Oh."

She said something wrong. 

Yujia wasn't sure what she said wrong, but the change in the air between them was apparent.

Was it her statement about how he was more talkative? But how was that wrong? 

It was as if her relationship with Zixu was back to square one from her one simple statement. She first met him as a calm and collected person, but as the two of them interacted, talked, and spent time together, she felt like Zixu was warming up to her, if only just a little bit. She wouldn't consider them good friends, but at the same time, maybe friends. At least she enjoyed talking to him. 

But now, Zixu was standing in front of her stiffly, his fingers curled up by his side. He was back to that well-mannered, ever-so-perfect Yu Zixu that everyone else knew. 

Yujia hastily stood up too. She wanted to know why the words she said were wrong, and what mistake she unknowingly made by asking that question. 

"I need to head back too. We're going in the same direction, so would you mind if I walked with you?" she asked, her words laced with hesitation. 

But contrary to the expectations she held in mind, Zixu replied with a single word of agreement. The two began the walk back together, yet Yujia couldn't quite think of the words she wanted to tell or ask him. 

Somewhere along the mostly silent walk, perhaps almost an hour later, the two of them both realized and came to the conclusion that they were utterly lost. 

They had been walking for so long, but there was no sight of a road anywhere. Normally, by this time, they should've already been mostly out of the forest and definitely on a road. Maybe they made a few unknowing turns along the way— mostly stop stop Mimi from chasing after a bird or a rabbit— but they should've been heading in a mostly linear direction, right? 

Or, at the very least, they weren't walking in circles… 

"Are you sure we're heading in the right direction?" Yujia stared at a tree stump that was right in front of them. "I swear, I've seen that tree stump for the fourth time already."

Maybe they were walking in circles. 

Zixu looked at her with a shrug. "I've been following you, all this time."

"No— I've been following you !" she retorted. 

When Zixu went to the left, she went to the left. When Zixu went to the right, she went to the right. She just assumed all along that Zixu knew what he was doing, and never questioned it. But how was she hearing now that he had been following her instead?

"You've been following me ?" Zixu repeated.

"Indeed."

At this, Zixu stopped in his tracks. He spun in a slow circle, looking in every varying direction, then looking up at the sky with his hand shielding his eyes from the sun. He finally laughed at this point, an awkward laugh that consisted of pure disbelief. 

"I'm bad at directions," he admitted. 

Yujia clasped her fingers together. "Nice to know. I, too, have zero sense of direction."

Their eyes met. Yujia saw the awareness registering in Zixu's eyes, and she was sure that he saw a similar sight in hers. 

Then, Mimi barked, leaping to chase after the thirteenth rabbit or small creature he had come across in their entire walk. 

At this moment, Yujia realized that the two of them were utterly screwed. In Chinese, he, she, and it all translate to varying forms of "ta", which all sound the same though having different written characters. Thus, Yujia believed that Mimi was a "she" despite Zixu's usage of "he", since they sounded the same.

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Catalogue
258 Final Preparations of the Detective
257 The Detective Returns to the Villa
256 End of the Maid's Day
255 Trust System of the Maid
254 A Very Internally-Flustered Maid
253 Tests for the Maid
252 The Maid Cleans Around
251 The Artist Becomes a Literal Maid
250 The Artist Gets a Bit Embarrassed
249 In Which the Detective Gets Exposed
248 The Detective, Mission: Refining the Disguise
247 The Detective, Mission: Testing the Disguise
246 The Detective, Mission: Creating a Disguise
245 The Artist's Transformation Into a Detective
244 Infiltration and the Artist, Again
243 The Artist Thinks and Thinks and Thinks
242 The Artist Thinks and Thinks and Thinks
241 A True Culprit Behind the Artist's Poisoning
240 The Artist Learns of the Madam Liu's Pas
239 Amnesia and the Artis
238 The Artist Meets Her Birthmother
237 Bonus: The Crown Prince Drinks Vinegar
236 The Artist Deals With a Jealous? Business Partner
235 Hangover Soup and the Artis
234 The Artist Deals With Consequences
233 The Artist Proposes a Game
232 An Offer From the Artist For Some Soup
231 When the Artist Thinks Too Much
230 The Artist Has a Matchmaker Master
229 Tranquility and the Artis
228 The Artist, the Wine, the Poetry
227 What Information About the Artist?
226 Drinking With the Artis
225 Alcohol for the Artist, Again
224 The Artist Ponders, Ponders, and Ponders Some More
223 Finding out the Contents in the Artist's Stolen Box
222 The Artist Paints a Cow
221 More Oil Paint and the Artis
220 An Introduction to Oil Paint and the Artis
219 Unoriginal Chapter Titles and the Artis
218 Back to the Artis
217 The Last Memory Fragment of the Pas
216 The Shattering Memory Fragments of the Pas
215 The Darkest Memory Fragments of the Pas
214 The Fracturing Memory Fragments of the Pas
213 The Brightest Memory Fragment of the Pas
212 The Following Memory Fragments of the Pas
211 The First Memory Fragment of the Pas
210 The Artist's Courtyard's Truth
209 A Hot Bath and the Artis
208 Bribery and the Artis
207 The Artist, Physician Yang Edition
206 The Artist Awakens
205 The Exhausted Artist and His Dreams
204 The Artist, Nurse Edition
203 The Physician Diagnosed the Artis
202 The Artist is Innocen
201 Perhaps, the Artist Murdered Someone?
200 The Artist's Infiltration, 2nd Edition: the Yu Villa
199 A Lovely Disguise of the Artis
198 An Attempt of the Artist to Find the Young Master
197 The Artist Tastes the Food
196 Manual Labor and the Artis
195 Can the Artist Cook?
194 The Artist Becomes a Chef
193 Daydreams and Drunken Dreams of the Artis
192 The Artist Snatches Good Food
191 Theory Discussion and the Artis
190 An Artist's Infiltration, Phase Failure ?
189 An Artist's Infiltration, Phase Hiding
188 An Artist's Infiltration, Phase Two
187 An Artist's Infiltration, Phase One
186 The Artist Decides to Infiltrate
185 Poetry and the Artis
184 The Crown Prince Gets Along Well With People
183 The Crown Prince Has Too Many Plans
182 Two Difficult Men and the Artis
181 The Artist Only Cares for Good Food
180 Roasted Duck and the Artis
179 Way Too Many Gifts for the Artis
178 Contemplations and Worries of the Crown Prince
177 Too Many Gifts for the Artis
176 Observations of the Artis
175 The Artist, Moving Forward
174 A Story from the Little Artis
173 The Artist Amongst the Stars
172 The Artist Sits by the Fire
171 Stories For the Artis
170 Expedition of the Artis
169 The Artist Meets the Dog
168 Curses From the Artis
167 The Artist Screams A Lo
166 A Challenge for the Artis
165 The Artist Gives Advice
164 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 12/31/2019
163 More Cautious Ideas of the Artis
162 Heart of the Artist Feels a Bit Heavy
161 A Good Student: The Artis
160 The Artist Sketches and Ponders
159 Hangover For the Artist, Again
158 When the Young Master Runs Into the Master
157 The Young Master Never Drinks
156 A Drink With the Artist Under the Plum Blossoms
155 Wine Purchase of the Artis
154 The Artist Goes to Buy a Drink
153 New Perils of the Artis
152 Physician Diagnosis for the Artis
151 The Cruelest Memory of the Artis
150 The Artist, Drowning Once More
149 Beginning of the Artist's Wise Words
148 Painting Demonstration of the Artis
147 The Artist Becomes an Instructor
146 New Friends of the Artis
145 The Artist's True Masterpiece
144 Games and the Artis
143 A Long Conversation With the Artis
Chapter 142
Chapter 141
Chapter 140
Chapter 139
Chapter 138
Chapter 137
Chapter 136
Chapter 135
Chapter 134
Chapter 133
132 The Fourth Miss Tries to Get It Over With
131 The Fourth Miss is Not a Simple Beauty
130 What Correlation Between Transmigration and the Fourth Miss?
129 The Fourth Miss Picks Up the Pas
128 Actions of Others During the Celebration
127 Gift From the Crown Prince
126 A Disappointing Conclusion To the Fourth Miss's Day
125 Fear From the Fourth Miss
124 The Young Master, His Thoughts
123 The Fourth Miss's First Touch of Death
122 Walking By the River With the Fourth Miss
121 The Fourth Miss Celebrates Birthdays
120 Avoidance From the Fourth Miss
119 The Fourth Miss Teaches Again
118 What the Fourth Miss Did For Some Time
117 The Fourth Miss Admits to the Truth
116 The Final Truth For the Fourth Miss
Chapter 115
Chapter 114
Chapter 113
Chapter 112
Chapter 111
110 When the Fourth Miss Decides to Become a Tour Guide
109 The Fourth Miss Talks Things Ou
108 The Fourth Miss Blends in the Convention
107 Should the Fourth Miss Sell Her Work?
106 Speed Painting and the Fourth Miss
105 Yes, The Fourth Miss Paints
104 Meetings and Conventions For the Fourth Miss
103 Yang Villa Upgrades and the Fourth Miss
102 The Fourth Miss, a Coward
101 Bonus: Power Up, Agent Yang!
100 Inner Thoughts of the Fourth Miss
99 Senior Brother Chats With Fourth Miss
98 The School Head and the Fourth Miss
97 The Fourth Miss Starts a New Projec
96 Results of the Fourth Miss Negotiating
95 Negotiations and the Fourth Miss
94 Proving One's Identity to the Fourth Miss
93 The Fourth Miss Gets Her Feas
92 Is the Fourth Miss's Invention Great Enough?
91 A Nice Portrait From the Fourth Miss
90 The Fourth Miss Greets Her Master
89 For the Fourth Miss To Meet Her Future Senior Brother
88 The Fourth Miss Begins to Believe in Fate
87 Typical Mornings of the Fourth Miss
86 And the Winner of the Fourth Miss's Drinking Competition Is…
85 Settling the Fourth Miss's Issue With a Drink
84 Chats and the Such With the Fourth Miss
83 Is it Fate, Fourth Miss?
82 A Master-Teacher for the Fourth Miss
81 The Fourth Miss Enjoys Herself At the Festival
80 A Possible Back-Up Plan For the Fourth Miss
79 The Crown Prince Visits Some Old Acquaintances
78 A Product Pitch From the Fourth Miss
77 The Fourth Miss Sees Someone Familiar Again
76 The Fourth Miss Explores the Marketplace
75 Trust Issues and the Fourth Miss
74 When the Fourth Miss Learns of the Past Once More
73 A Stressed Out Fourth Miss
72 The Fourth Miss Becomes a Teacher
Chapter 71
70 The Fourth Miss Has a Nice Conversation
69 A Struggle of the Fourth Miss To Think of Excuses
68 The Fourth Miss Takes a Leisurely Walk
67 A Final Score For the Fourth Miss
66 The Fourth Miss Proceeds to the Rest of the Exam
65 Taking the Exam Along the Fourth Miss
64 An Attempt of the Fourth Miss to Enter the Academy
63 A Solid Disguise For the Fourth Miss
62 The Fourth Miss Asks Her Questions
61 A New Plan of the Fourth Miss
60 The Fourth Miss Reveals Her True Feelings
59 The Unbelievable Fourth Miss
58 In Which the Fourth Miss Demonstrates Her Painting Skills
57 Fourth Miss, Do You Paint?
56 Hui'er Explains Herself
55 Hui'er and Her Troubles
54 The Fourth Miss Counts Her Taels
53 A Miserable Fourth Miss
52 The Fourth Miss Remembers Old Memories
51 The Fourth Miss Starts Her Commission
50 To Go Commission-Painting With the Fourth Miss
49 The Fourth Miss Ponders Over Life
48 A Final Decision From the Fourth Miss
47 The Fourth Miss Learns Both Sides of the Story
46 Revealing the Truth to the Fourth Miss
45 The Fourth Miss Seeks for a Reason
44 A Simple Evening for the Fourth Miss
43 Fourth Miss, What's a Portrait?
42 The Fourth Miss Picks Up Painting Again
41 The Commissioner and His Thoughts
40 The Fourth Miss Begins Her Persuasion
Chapter 39
38 Hui'er Meets the First Miss Again
Chapter 37
36 The Fourth Miss Learns Under Hui'er
35 When the Fourth Miss Visits the Kitchens In the Middle of the Nigh
34 Dinner and Pencils For the Fourth Miss
33 The Fourth Miss Realizes the Truth
32 Fitting Wedding Robes For the Fourth Miss
Chapter 31
30 The Crown Prince Finds Something Familiar
Chapter 29
28 The Fourth Miss Learns of the Yang Family
Chapter 27
26 The Fourth Miss Meets Her Dear Family
25 Exchanging Apologies With the Fourth Miss
24 Lessons of Modesty For the Fourth Miss
23 The Fourth Miss Never Liked Walking
22 Master of Imitation: the Fourth Miss
21 Teaching the Fourth Miss Lessons
20 The Crown Prince Drinks Tea
19 A Dilemma For the Fourth Miss
18 The Fourth Miss Pathetically Runs Away
17 To Suffer More of the Angry Wrath of the Fourth Miss
16 To Suffer the Angry Wrath of the Fourth Miss
15 Which Imbecile Dares to Steal From the Fourth Miss?
14 The Fourth Miss Goes On a Shopping Spree
13 The Young Master Paints
12 The Fourth Miss Gives Up
11 Is the Fourth Miss Getting a Vacation?
Chapter 10
9 Taels For the Fourth Miss
8 When the Fourth Miss Searches for Alternatives
7 The Fourth Miss is a Fraud?
6 The Fourth Miss's Game Plan To Conquer the Markets
5 When Did the Fourth Miss Learn How to Draw?
4 This Fourth Miss Will Not, Can Not, Must Not.
3 The Intoxicated and Clearly Hungover Fourth Miss
2 Fourth Miss, Who?
1 Starry Nights, Dreamy Alcohol, and Lovely Pain
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