[Jian Wang 3 short contest entry, complete] [Mingjiao x Tangmen, BG, mutually faithful, happy ending, alternate universe]
[Two assassins: a cool-headed, laid-back Tangmen heroine x an easily fooled, lovestruck cat-demon Mingjiao hero]
[Arch-enemies are bound to become spouses sooner or later]
Tang Lan has a cat on a leash.
It's a huge, strange cat with two tails.
It can fight wolves and dogs with ease, so for the safety of the neighbors, she keeps it tethered with a thick iron chain whenever she's away.
This ill-fated entanglement began with her junior fellow disciple.
Tang Lan had nightmares every night. Her junior fellow disciple said cats had strong yang energy and advised her to get a feline to ward them off.
She thought that made sense, so she brought one home from the mountains (kidnapped it).
It was a yellow tabby with a pair of bewitching mismatched eyes, just like her sworn enemy, that rotten Mingjiao scoundrel Lu Qi.
A lowly name makes a pet easier to raise, so she bestowed the name
