Zhu Chen has always felt that, as a mo xiang listed in the Directory of Endangered Mythical Beasts, he ought to receive national-treasure-level treatment: spend every day being adorable and waiting to be fed, then lie flat until adulthood.
Unfortunately, his ancestors lacked the good sense of the iron-eating beast, which knew when to yield to the times. Now he hasn't gotten any government support and instead has to work hard just to "eat": he needs enough goodwill and affection from all living things as nourishment to make it through adulthood.
Fortunately, his dad has plenty of connections and manages to pull strings to get him into a magic school, along with a powerful guardian, Ji Xingyuan.
Zhu Chen thinks he can finally freeload on food and lodging and wait for a guaranteed university placement, but then he discovers:
-- Why do we still have to take exams in Chinese, math, and English at a magic school?
-- If I don't get enough bonus points for guaranteed admission, I still have to kneel through the college entrance exams!!
-- Besides studying, I also have to deal with lurking monsters, solve bizarre incidents, and get dragged into a world-shaking secret...
The good news is that he finally gets into the university division of the magic school.
But belatedly, he realizes that every time his heart raced, he'd thought it could be from exam nerves, fear when facing monsters, or excitement while battling demons. He never expected that none of those feelings could compare to the sudden love he felt for his temporary guardian.
Heavens, even rabbits don't eat the grass by their burrows, but he wants to eat his guardian!
There are three great mysteries of human confidence: I could do that too; he's definitely no match for me; he likes me. Whatever, I'm going to confess!
--And then he got rejected.
Sure enough, growing pains can hurt, but heartbreak hurts even more.
As if things weren't bad enough, the villains kidnap him, too.
But Zhu Chen is convinced that some peerless hero will come riding on a rainbow cloud to save him!
And yes, he does.
Every time.
#I don't want my guardian to be my dad anymore. I want him to be my boyfriend#
#Mount Kunlun shattered, but my love shattered even more completely than it did#
▼Modern spirit-world school life + fantasy adventure + lighthearted healing
▼Cheerful, optimistic mythical-beast bottom x outwardly cold, inwardly warm guardian top
▼"Affection is my nourishment, and so is love."
To better present the story I want to write, I'm revising this novel. Once the revision is done, I'll work hard to update it through to completion!
Theme: True growth means moving from "taking" to "giving," and from "being alive" to "loving."
