Chi Xingmian dies from working overtime and opens her eyes in a world of beastfolk.
Humans have become a rare species, and being adopted by beastfolk is the only way to survive. She is assigned the number H-0721. Waiting for her is a snake beastfolk who has applied to adopt her for the eighth time.
Xu Wangshu is 195 cm tall, a top pharmacist, cold-blooded, with a chilly tail.
Everyone in the city knows that no human wants to be adopted by a snake beastfolk. Xu Wangshu has been rejected seven times.
For the eighth application, he stands outside the glass room, his tail nervously curled by his feet. Awkwardly, he offers her a human-only nutritional supplement that took him three months of research to formulate.
Chi Xingmian's legs nearly give way with fright, but somehow she asks:
"Your tail... can I touch it?"
Xu Wangshu's tail goes rigid, and the tips of his ears turn bright red.
Later, she discovers:
This snake's tail is cool and soft, and once it wraps around her wrist, it refuses to let go.
This snake quietly plants the flowers she casually mentions liking. When she has a nightmare, he stands guard outside her door, too afraid to come in. When she feels cold, he turns the temperature control up as high as it will go, then gets so hot that his scales dry out.
This snake may look ice-cold, but his heart burns astonishingly hot.
"My tail is very pretty... You can touch it."
"Can I touch it for the rest of my life?"
A light, sweet story with a healing ensemble cast.
Four couples, four kinds of tails, all equally nice to touch.
Wen Xu (orange cat beastfolk) & Lin Xiaoman: My tail is only for you to stroke.
Song Shiyu & Lu Yan (snake beastfolk): They fall in love after an arranged marriage; having a tail wrapped around the waist is part of daily life.
Pei Yi (bear beastfolk) & Gu Yunzheng (tiger beastfolk): A stickler of a department head and his hot-tempered deputy, locked in a romantic battle between bear tails and tiger tails.
Theme: In a world of prejudice, being truly seen is the most heartfelt confession.
