Raising a Sweet, Obedient Snake Pup to Be My Husband

[The main story is complete at 430,000 words and ready to read. Everything else is a sweet, steamy bonus chapter.]

Sickly, adorable, sweet, silly puppy snake Omega x gentle, gloomy, controlling fatherly Alpha

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07 was a little snake Omega who had been nursed by his furry-dog Mom until he was seven. He firmly believed he was a dog.

After Mom left the Omega assimilation factory, the puppy snake slipped out of the factory.

He knew he had no future here. He had to find his puppy Mom.

The hungry puppy snake wandered the streets, on the verge of dying from starvation, when he met a high school Alpha just getting out of evening study hall.

With nowhere else to turn, he gathered his courage and wrapped his big snake tail around the boy's ankle.

The boy took him home, fed him until he was full, and gave him clothes several sizes too big.

"Where's your home? I'll take you back."

"My name is Shen Zhiheng. What's yours?"

The puppy snake shook his head and pointed at the rusty number tag on his chest. It was engraved with "07."

"I don't have a home or a name."

"Then would you like to call me your big brother and take my surname? How about I name you Shen Zhiqi?"

The puppy snake liked the name and wrapped his big tail around his brother's leg.

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Shen Zhiheng lost his mother when he was young and was left to live with his grandmother by his wealthy father.

His father lived on another planet and was always busy, always saying that money was where love was. He missed his son's childhood and adolescence.

After his grandmother died, he grew up alone, miserably confined to a lonely island, gloomy, withdrawn, and adrift, until he met the puppy snake.

He named the puppy snake and took care of all his needs, raising him with the meticulous attention of a parent.

He thought this must be what the fatherly and motherly love he'd imagined would feel like.

He was saving his past self.

Because of the puppy snake, he raised himself all over again.

That was the only cure he ever found.

As Shen Zhiheng grew older, he decided he wanted to raise Shen Zhiqi for the rest of his life.

He would be his big brother, then his Daddy, and when he grew up, his husband.

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Shen Zhiqi is frail and often shifts into his animal form because of his weak constitution. His legs turn into a snake tail, and the more fully he shifts, the more vacant and silly he becomes, like a little snake.

He's always sick and often ends up in the ICU for one reason or another, making his brother sign countless critical condition notices and giving him endless worry.

His brother's worry turned into a powerful need to control him, so he kept the little snake on a very short leash and did everything for him, no matter how small the task.

For example, the cameras at home run around the clock so his brother can keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't faint or go into shock.

One day, the puppy snake discovered a secret room in the house, as well as piles of photos and surveillance videos playing on a loop across the walls.

He stared at the photos in a daze, his tail thumping loudly against the floor.

"So my brother cares about me this much."

"My brother is so good to me!"

The puppy snake reached a wonderful conclusion with his little brain.

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Shen Zhiqi doesn't like his brother calling him "little snake." He stubbornly believes he's a dog with a slightly bigger tail.

He likes his brother to call him "puppy."

As a cold-blooded animal, his body is always cooler than a person's. When he hugs his brother, his temperature gradually rises to match his brother's.

At first it's comfortable, but once he gets too warm, he can't stand it.

Still, he likes being held by his brother and having his head petted as his brother praises him: "Good puppy."

When his brother marks him as an Omega, his pheromones are frighteningly hot, and the cold-blooded puppy snake always gets burned to tears.

Shen Zhiqi clutched his hot, hefty snake tail and tried to run off the edge of the bed, but his brother grabbed him and pulled him back into his arms.

"Brother... you're so hot..."

His usually doting brother kissed his cool cheek.

"Be a good puppy and hold on a little longer."

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Reader's guide:

1. Mutual devotion, both pure, both each other's first love, one-on-one. Daddy raises his baby. They are not related by blood and do not share a household registration. They get together when the younger one is an adult.

2. Nine-year age gap and a size difference. At heart, they're two pitiful kids who save each other and grow together. Childhood friends, slice of life, focused on the two of them.

3. Please don't accuse me of plagiarism without evidence. If you do, provide a comparison chart.

4. A little snake trivia:

· He's a silly dummy who gets even more vacant the further he shifts. For a while, he doesn't understand why his brother wants him to call him "husband," but whatever his brother says must be right. (The little snake is sure of it.)

· A clingy cold-blooded animal who likes being held by his brother and wrapping his tail around him. But if he gets too hot, he'll slink away to cool off, then come right back and cling to him again.

· His brother has spoiled him rotten, so when he gets angry, his legs turn into a tail and he deliberately flops onto the floor and scoots away with a "one-two, one-two."

Come have a taste of this adorable little snake!

P.S. The puppy snake will recover from his illness later.

P.P.S. His brother will grow into a competent CEO.

--Coming soon: Happy Puppy Meets Gloomy Enigma

It's simply too much for an Omega to handle an Enigma's pheromones.

Because of Desa's ability, Bai Fu often feels as if he's been restrained, his limbs weak and unable to move.

He can't escape or even push someone away.

Even though Desa carefully controls his pheromones, even a little is too much for a puppy.

He tenderly kisses the puppy's soft, springy ear. "Baby, you've been through a lot."

"I-it's okay... It's just that when it's too much, I turn into a puppy... like the first time..."

Little Ye shows the same beautiful, angelic smile as before.

"Honey, I... I can handle it..."

Theme: Seeds nurtured with gentleness and kindness will bloom into beautiful flowers.