Shen Xiaoman, known in the martial world as "Half-Immortal Shen," relies on nothing but her silver tongue to catch demons
When she meets a demon, she starts with a compliment: "You're so pretty, sis! Before you eat me, could you let me paint your portrait?"
The demons are so charmed by her that they turn around and give her protective charms.
That is, until she brings home a "black cat."
The cat can write, gets jealous, and turns into a human in the middle of the night to sit beside her pillow.
He keeps a meticulous count of how often she smiles at other people.
"Xiaoman," he says, winding her hair around his fingertip, "that vine demon touched your hand, so I broke three of her branches."
"Don't worry, I didn't hurt her. I just made sure she remembers: you're only allowed to touch me."
Only later does she learn that he lost three hundred bone tokens, scattered throughout the human world.
Every last one of them ends up in her hands, delivered by a demon.
"You're collecting my bones," he says with a smile, placing the fourth bone token in her palm.
"Then my life belongs to you, too."
The story's core:
He wasn't conquered by her. He handed her his bones one by one, waiting for her to put him back together herself.
Sweet romance, yandere, past and present lives, episodic demon hunting, one-on-one romance with both leads devoted only to each other
