The Groundhog’s on Night Duty Tonight

[Main story complete. Bonus chapters will appear from time to time~] - See the bottom for the synopsis of the upcoming story, Humans, Are Guinea Pigs Noisy? Song Ke is a groundhog, and the human it lives with is extremely irresponsible, leaving all the burdens on its shoulders. The human’s house is warm, but it hums and buzzes and is full of danger. Song Ke has to stay on high alert! At night, the human rubs its belly. Song Ke thinks it’s finally time to switch shifts, but then the human turns around, goes into the house, and closes its eyes! The human can sleep so peacefully, but what’s Song Ke supposed to do? There’s no helping it. Someone in the burrow has to shoulder the responsibility. Song Ke stands upright on the bed again, its beady black eyes fixed straight on the door. After repeating this for three days in a row, Song Ke can’t take it anymore after its last night shift. It steps on the human’s face and lets out a loud cry. “Aaaah!” Human, you’re on watch tonight!!! - What Lu Jue can’t stand is opening his eyes every night and seeing Song Ke standing there, as stiff as if its batteries have run out. He tells it to go to sleep, but it won’t. It just keeps staring and gazing into the distance. Lu Jue stuffs Song Ke into his arms. “Can’t you go to sleep?” Song Ke gets mad. With a “guk,” it turns from standing watch with its side facing Lu Jue to standing watch with its butt facing him. Lu Jue: “…” So he paid to have a lifelike groundhog made, and things finally quieted down for a while. Until one night, Lu Jue forgot to charge the robotic groundhog. He opened his eyes, but there was no groundhog in sight. Instead, a naked boy was squatting by the bed, looking outside. Hearing a sound, the boy turned around. His voice was clear and bright. “Human, Song Ke’s on watch tonight!” Lu Jue: “…?” After turning into a human, the groundhog became even more rambunctious. Every time Lu Jue closed his eyes, Song Ke would bounce over to bother him, laying a warm hand on his face. “Don’t go to sleep, Lu Jue. It’s your turn to stand watch today.” Even when they were in the middle of things, Song Ke could kick Lu Jue away, wrap himself in the blanket, and squat by the bed. “Lu Jue, hurry up and sleep. I’ll keep watch!” After having things abruptly cut short halfway through, Lu Jue finally lost patience and ordered dozens of lifelike groundhogs to take turns standing watch. [Extra scene] As a groundhog who turned into a human without any common sense, Song Ke’s not-so-bright brain is always forgetting this and that. This is his first time going out alone. He puts on the little bag Lu Jue bought for him and straps on the smartwatch Lu Jue picked out. Song Ke squats in a corner of the mall, curled up like a little mushroom. His pretty brows knit in a miserable pout as he calls his husband on the smartwatch. “Hubby… waaah, I forgot to bring money.” Lu Jue: “Baby, I just transferred fifty thousand into your watch.” Song Ke says again, “Hubby, I forgot my lip balm, too.” Lu Jue sighs helplessly. “Check the pocket inside your bag.” Song Ke feels around, and there it is! Not only that, there are tissues, a sun umbrella, a power bank, little candies, and even a groundhog plushie. Lu Jue personally takes care of everything Song Ke needs. “Hubby, I love you so much!” The next second, Lu Jue suddenly appears from his hiding place and picks up the heavy little bag. “Baby, can you say that again?” Reader’s guide: 1. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other’s only one in body and heart. 2. No plot, no logic, just a fluffy sweet story. Includes livestream comments. 3. Groundhogs take turns keeping watch as a survival instinct. It’s a communal habit that developed to help them avoid predators (based on online research). 4. The synopsis was saved on February 8, 2026. - Humans, Are Guinea Pigs Noisy? - Yuan Qiao is a guinea pig with pale yellow fur that’s just a little curly. It isn’t noisy at all, but people are always saying it sounds like it’s sending a telegram. It doesn’t know what a telegram is. Luckily, the human who adopted it doesn’t mind at all that it likes to talk. And doesn’t pay it any attention, either! “Gukgukgukgukgukgukgukgukgukgukgukguk.” Human, human, what’s that thing on your ears? Doesn’t it hurt? “Gukgukgukgukgukgukgukgukguk.” Human, you’re so nice. You don’t mind that Yuan Qiao is so chatty. “Gukgukgukgukgukguk.” Human, why aren’t you talking? “Gukgukgukgukgukgukgukgukgukgukgukguk!” Human, don’t be upset. I’ll send you a telegram to cheer you up~ The human looked at it silently, took the thing off his ears, and after a moment spoke the first words he’d said in a long time: “How strange. Why can I still hear you making all that noise without my hearing aids?” Yuan Qiao: … That hurts my feelings. I’m not making noise!! - Duan Ze has congenital hearing loss, and the world around him is utterly silent. At least, it was before he adopted this guinea pig. He often wonders why he’s putting himself through the torture of keeping such a noisy yellow gourd around. But around Yuan Qiao, for the first time, he feels like a normal person. Whether he wears his hearing aids or not, he can hear a “gukguk” sound wandering around his ears. Duan Ze tries several times to pinch Yuan Qiao’s mouth shut, but the gukguk sound keeps spilling out. He gives up. Go ahead and squeak. Out of habit, even when Yuan Qiao turns into a boy right in front of him, with curly pale yellow hair, his naked body bare and his lips pursed in confusion as he looks at Duan Ze, Duan Ze’s only thought is: Finally, some peace and quiet. A minute later, Duan Ze puts on his hearing aids. “Yuan Qiao, why aren’t you squeaking?” It feels so strange. Yuan Qiao’s eyes light up, and he pounces on him. “Human! You’re talking to me again!” Then Yuan Qiao’s little mouth keeps chattering away without a pause. *One-on-one romance, both leads are each other’s only one in body and heart - Theme: Love helps people grow