The Fox Demon Above, the Young Master Below

Name: The Fox Demon Above, the Young Master Below
Author: Jiang Yuexing

狐妖在上，公子在下

by Jiang Yuexing (绛玥星)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 85k Words
Genre: Fantastical Romance
Subgenre: Fantasy Romance
Updated: 22d ago
Source: Fanqie

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Synopsis

Shen Du, the young master of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household, has two great wishes in life:

First, to marry his cousin Lin Wanqing. Second, to be a useless wastrel who lazes around and lives off others.

But fate has other plans. After he casually picks up an injured white fox in the suburbs, his life takes a strange turn.

The white fox transforms into a stunningly beautiful young woman. Insisting she must repay his kindness, she shamelessly disguises herself as a man, sneaks into the academy, and becomes his classmate.

“My lord, I owe you my life. I’ll repay you by marrying you.”

“Get lost. I like my cousin!”

“That’s fine. I’ll wait for you to change your mind.”

Shen Du thinks she’s joking.

But as the fox demon accompanies him while he studies by day and chats with him late into the night, even stepping in when the Crown Prince bullies him, he finally realizes...

He might actually be falling for this fox.

And what’s worse, his cousin seems to be acting stranger and stranger, the fox demon is hiding a shocking secret, and his big brother has come knocking with a blade in hand.

“I hear you’ve got a girl disguised as a boy staying at the academy?”

“Big Brother, let me explain! She’s a fox! Not a person!”

“...Say that again?”

The fox demon on top, the young master on the bottom. Shen Du wonders if they can switch positions.

Reader’s Guide

1. The heroine is Bai Ran, a thousand-year-old nine-tailed fox demon who goes by “Hu Lai” and disguises herself as a man to enter the academy.

2. The hero, Shen Du, initially has a one-sided crush on his cousin. In the middle and later parts, he and the fox demon fall for each other.

3. A lighthearted, sweet, and satisfying story: goofy academy antics at first, political intrigue in the middle, and sweet yet angsty twists later on.

4. One-on-one romance from beginning to end, happy ending, with past-life and present-life connections.

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