Chapter 49.1 - Little Pudding's Airplane

It was Zuo Ning’s first time in a private plane so he looked around curiously. It was only his second time ever in an aircraft. Previously, it was because he and his parents went to the neighbouring province on vacation. It was their only holiday together. He thought that he wouldn’t have a chance in this life to go somewhere further away with Lu Chenghe. He had never imagined that Lu Chenghe would buy a private plane to go out to play.

Lu Chenghe saw him restlessly bouncing around so he picked him up and put him on a chair. He buckled him up with a special seatbelt for dogs. “Be good for me. If you don’t, I’ll directly throw you off the plane.”

Zuo Ning shook his head and snorted. Such a bluff. There were already in the air, who would believe your threats? Acting as if I’m naive, hmph!

The seats on a private plane were very spacious. A few bodyguards sat on the frontmost seats while Lu Chenghe sat on the sofa at the back. There was also a bedroom upstairs. If the flight was long, you were free to go up and have a comfortable rest.

Zuo Ning had never seen a bedroom on a plane before and was quite interested in taking a peek. It was a pity that Lu Chenghe had eagle eyes and wouldn’t let him have the freedom to move around.

The bodyguard, who was not under Lu Chenghe’s strict control like he was, did a sweep of the jet before unbuttoning his jacket and sitting down. He joked, “Boss, am I allowed to hate the rich right?”

Lu Chenghe flipped through a magazine and didn’t raise his head. “Feel free.”

Qi Wei poured himself a glass of champagne. The trip today was due to a big wedding of one of their business partners. So it could be considered a business trip as well as a vacation. As there was a bit of business involved, as the secretary, he naturally needed to follow. But since it wasn’t like the strict work hours on a weekday, he was inevitably a bit more relaxed and his words were also more casual.

Qi Wei was another person who had never thought that the boss would directly buy a private plane to bring his dog.

Honestly speaking, this plane was not expensive. The boss could buy a whole fleet if he wanted to but the permit was extremely troublesome to obtain. His boss was someone who hated troublesome things. So even though it was common to own this sort of plane in his social circle, he had never thought of buying one before. Who would have thought that he would so wholeheartedly become a dog slave?

When he looked at the dog, Qi Wei suddenly began to miss his canine son. So he couldn’t help but tease Little Pudding. “Pudding, ah Pudding. Do you know how high your net worth is?”

Zuo Ning knew that this was Lu Chenghe’s secretary. He was another super-elite human. Qi Wei was young but was the embodiment of ‘counterattacking life’. When Zuo Ning was human, he had only heard about Lu Chenghe because he needed to know the boss of the company that he wanted to get into in the future. But he knew Qi Wei more than the boss due to some incredibly melodramatic gossip.

Qi Wei was born into a rich and powerful family. Although it couldn’t measure up to the Lu’s, it was more powerful than several others. He also had a beautiful fiance and they had been mutually in love for several years. Usually, in this kind of winning household, there would also be some melodrama like bad management and bankruptcy.

They weren’t framed by rivals, there wasn’t any family infighting. It was purely due to Qi Wei’s father’s investment mistakes. Combined with the poor management of the company meant that the snowball just kept rolling until the company went bankrupt. At that time, Qi Wei was abroad in the process of getting a very powerful degree. By the time he returned, the situation had already become a foregone conclusion.

In one night, they had gone from being a noble to a pauper. That pretty fiance was also gone. She directly and efficiently dumped him.

Qi Wei became Lu Chenghe’s secretary. In a short time, he managed to close several beautiful deals for the Lu family and caused their profits to reach a new high. So the desolate Prince became a noble bachelor again, but he didn’t pay any attention to that princess who showed him her affections again. Instead, he gave his whole heart to his canine son.

After experiencing turbulent times, Qi Wei’s father was too lazy to do it again. He returned to the life of a farmer with no debt weighing him down and lived his days very comfortably. Apart from Qi Wei’s shockingly high salary he also ran several personal properties and had a small small part of Lu’s shares in his hands. He was a textbook example of ‘counterattacking life’. You could easily write a million-word book about him titled ‘The return of the king’.

When Zuo Ning heard Qi Wei’s words, he first thought about the fact that he was an internet celebrity now. He had some personal worth. Just his Weibo account could earn plenty of money. Of course, ‘plenty’ was compared to his previous human self. When compared with Lu Chenghe, he probably wouldn’t bother to look at it.

So Qi Wei was probably not making a joke at the few tens of thousands of dollars, right?

Sure enough, Qi Wei continued, “Do you know that the plane we are sitting on right now… is yours?”

Zuo Ning’s ears stood up immediately, what do you mean?

Qi Wei sat beside Little Pudding. Since the big boss didn’t rebuke him, he fulfilled his wish and touched its paw. “After we land, I’ll show you. The tail of this plane has a picture of you on it so it's called Little Pudding. What do you think? Are you pleasantly surprised?”

He was really surprised. So surprised that he had to suppress his instinctive reaction. Then he turned his head and arched into Lu Chenghe’s arms. He was almost exposed. Ah, scared him to death. He didn’t know if what Qi Wei said was true or not. He wouldn’t go so far with a joke that he would speak nonsense just because a dog couldn’t understand words right? But buying a plane and drawing your face on it… hey… why did this plot seem so suspicious?

When he thought about it, he couldn’t help but want to roll around in Lu Chenghe’s arms. Too bad he was held back by the safety belt and couldn’t stick his whole body in Lu Chenghe’s arms. Such a pity. How much did Lu Chenghe love him, that he bought a plane using Zuo Ning’s name and even put a picture of him on it?

Really! Normally he was so indifferent. One kiss would take forceful coaxing and pleading. In actuality, he was the type to make one big move!

That the little rascal was twisting his body so hard his head was about to pop off so Lu Chenghe could only undo the seat belt. Little Pudding took this opportunity to immediately jump into his arms.

Qi Wei suddenly had a weeping expression on, “So you don’t like me, huh? Little Pudding, come. I’ll give you some meat to eat alright?” As he was saying so, he took out the prepared dog treats and opened them. He hoped that the little dog would be lured into his arms. That fluffy fur, you could tell with one look that it would be super comfortable.

The result was that the little dog was tightly caught in the boss’s arms and couldn’t be tempted by small snacks. This little rascal was a thief spirit, he only knew how to hold onto a strong thigh!

Lu Chenghe raised his head to look at his secretary when he heard crunching sounds. He saw him eat the things in his hand mouthful by mouthful, face expressionless.

Qi Wei smilingly waved the jerky in his hands. “Boss, do you want to try it? It is quite chewy. At first, it doesn’t seem to have any taste, but the flavour comes out if you keep chewing. You can tell it’s custom made. It tastes better than the ones my son eats. Where did you order it, boss? Introduce them to me, eh? My son will like eating them as well.”

Zuo Ning silently lay in Lu Chenghe’s arms and looked at this gold star secretary. He just felt like his image had collapsed.

During the afternoon, Lu Chenghe naturally ate the refined meal the chef on the plane made for him. Zuo Ning also ate freshly made dog food. Qi Wei was also eating with Lu Chenghe and couldn’t control his chatter when he saw that portion of dog food. “You really are a lucky little rascal. Do you know how normal dogs are treated when they leave the country?”

Zuo Ning raised his head to give him a look, then lowered it to continue to eat his food. What do you mean by treatment? Apart from a small number of airlines which allow small dogs or working dogs on board, the rest of them can only be placed with the checked luggage. They would be miserable if they were checked in at luggage. Have you seen how express delivery handles their packages? It’s similar to that. If something happens, there won’t be any compensation and they are extremely unyielding.

As Qi Wei was speaking, he thought of a message sent two days ago in his dog lovers group chat. He turned to Lu Chenghe, “A few days ago, a person in my group chat brought their dog back to their hometown. The dog was a three year old husky. After an approximately two hour flight, they found that the little husky had died en route.”

When Lu Chenghe heard this, he glanced at Qi Wei who continued with distress and regret, “I’ve watched a video of that little husky before, it was especially naughty and active. Who knew that it would be gone like this. The airline explained that the dog already had a problem, hidden medical history or something, and had nothing to do with their checked luggage process.” He disdainfully spit out, “What nonsense!”

Even Zuo Ning stopped eating and looked towards Qi Wei. After finishing his speech, he looked at his boss with hidden bitterness. “So before I left, I fostered my son in a pet hotel. If I knew that Boss was bringing a dog, I would bring one too. Now I can’t see him for many days, I don’t even know if he’s being good or not… haaaa….”

Zuo Ning continued to eat his food. He finally understood. This Qi Wei was already in late-stage ‘dog slave’ illness. The kind that has no cure. No matter how elite a person is, they could only collapse in front of a dog.

They arrived at their destination at approximately three in the afternoon. When they got off, they were hit with a blast of hot summer air and Zuo Ning instantly felt a little warm. It was early autumn when he became a dog and entered the Lu family and the weather had already begun to cool. So he had not experienced summer as a dog yet.

He looked at his body of fur. They were in the tropics, what could he do? Did Lu Chenghe bring him to experience suffering?

They brought four bodyguards with them during this outing. This was the first time Zuo Ning had seen Lu Chenghe bring this many people. Normally he only took a driver around with him. It was the first time he had seen him make such a grand entrance. He couldn’t help but find it charming.