"Shh," the Wolf placed a long finger over the boy's lips. His smile was terrifyingly gentle. "The game is over, little dog. You ran a good race. Eight times you escaped. But the ninth time..."
Since you wrote “9” at the end, here are possibilities: shuo huang de xiao gou hui bei chi diao de 9
"The proverb is very literal here," the chef said, wiping a counter with a blood-stained rag. "Integrity is the only thing that keeps the hounds at bay. Once you break the code, you're just biomass for the processors." "Shh," the Wolf placed a long finger over the boy's lips
"Just passing through," Kael lied again, his voice steady. "I’m nobody." You ran a good race
Liangliang never lied again.
"Did you know," the Wolf continued, his voice dropping to a loving croon, "that lying makes the meat taste sweeter? Fear sours it, but deception... deception marinates the soul."