’Rustle’
Ella halted and looked back.
There was no one.
Ella frowned and increased her pace. Seeing a broad tree in front of her, she hid her body behind it. With her other hand, she dragged a branch down to cover the exposed part of her body.
’Woof’
A confused Riri stood in the middle of the empty path, his tail drooped while his confused eyes darted from left to right.
Ella was dumbfounded, "Riri?"
She immediately stepped out of her hiding and walked up to the puppy.
Before she could comfort him, the puppy suddenly bolted forward like an arrow.
"Riri!"
When she turned around, the puppy had made it to a huge distance.
Ella rushed after him but in no time, she was huffing and panting. She has already been running for an hour now so she barely had any strength left in her body.
"Riri, wait...!" Ella nearly tumbled over near a wall.
"Riri...!"
Riri escaped the estate gates and Ella chased after him.
The security was startled awake.
Riri finally stopped running at a distance.
From where Ella stood, she could see Riri’s tail from behind the tall bushes.
Ella sucked in a deep breath, trying to calm her racing heart. Her face had turned red and her body was covered in sweat from head to toe.
She grabbed the bush nearby for support. With light footsteps, she stepped forward.
When she finally stepped past the shrubs, Ella was stunned by what greeted her sight.
’Woof’
...
When Ella returned to the mansion after her run, she attracted quite a lot of gazes from the servants.
With her back straight, she strode towards the stairs.
Suddenly, Bertha appeared in front of her, her panic evident on her face, "Miss Yu, Riri is gone..."
Her words trailed off when she noticed the puppy that was following Ella.
Ella cleared her throat, ’’He went on a run with me."
Riri swished his tail, looking rather uplifted.
How has the puppy suddenly become happy? It was almost like he was not being so depressed yesterday?
Relieved and amused, Bertha turned to Ella but she was immediately struck with a hint of disbelief, "Miss Yu, you..." Bertha blinked, puzzled. Something seemed... off. "You look a little puffed up suddenly."
Ella smiled innocently, tugging her hoodie closer. "Must be the post-run glow."
Seeing the lump under Ella’s hoodie, Bertha opened her mouth to speak further, then gave up on it.
Ella quickly led Riri upstairs, "Follow me quietly. We will figure out what to do,’’ she instructed the pup.
At this moment, a trio of servants passed by them, pushing a food trolley. The fresh aroma of lavish breakfast wafted over.
Like a gust of wind, Riri disappeared from her sight. Ella immediately rushed after him.
But by the time she spotted the traitorous puppy, he had already followed the servants inside the Master Bedroom.



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