Just re-read the whole thing, and I am left with two questions going forward:
1) What exactly was the relationship between Bai Yan and Xiao Lu back in the day? It's not entirely clear that it was a specifically romantic relationship (although it might have been) beyond Xiao Lu's crush that ended when Bai Yan opted for a boyfriend.
2) How exactly will Bai Yan's (obviously doomed) attempt to steal Xiao Lu get connected to Xiao Lu's subby sexual yearnings (assuming it does)? I'd expect TongTong to be taken aback at first at the prospect of ordering her beloved partner to bark like a dog, etc. in the bedroom, but she's shown herself to be nothing if not game when it comes to pleasing her little darling. A beginner's intro-to-kink pamphlet would seem to be all that's needed to get things on the right track in the conjugal bedroom.
EDIT: @Linterdiction: I'm not sure that extra chapter is supposed to be canon to the main story--it looks more like the fan-request/occasional stuff in some of the other chapters. If TongTong had been directly told way back then "I want to be dominated and ordered around," I don't think Xiao Lu would be so hesitant about bringing up the subject now that they're living together.
I particularly noticed on a re-read that that there were almost no references to Xiao Lu's desires for kink for long stretches of the story.
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