During a creative block, clay sculptor Wen Shishe finished shaping a faceless clay fox. On the night it was fired, a thief broke into his home to steal clothes.
The intruder claimed they were one of his own. Afraid Wen wouldn't believe him, he immediately turned back into his original clay form.
The clay spirit had a rough voice and a tall, flat figure, with nothing down below either. Its gender was ambiguous.
Wen Shishe asked, "Are you male or female?"
Xian Kaiyi hesitated for a moment, then replied, "Female."
Wen Shishe could tell Xian Kaiyi was younger, so he asked Xian Kaiyi to call him big brother.
His clay little sister was sweet, innocent, and hardworking. The more Wen Shishe watched her, the more he liked her and wanted to protect her.
To help promote the clay workshop, his clay little sister downloaded all kinds of apps onto her phone, but accidentally stumbled onto an unsavory one and saw something dirty.
As soon as Wen Shishe heard, he immediately took his clay little sister to wash her eyes.
The incident stayed on Wen Shishe's mind. Later, he asked again, "Do you clay spirits have a spell to erase some memories? I could replenish your spiritual energy, and you could try cultivating it."
"Sorry, Big Brother. I can't cultivate that," Xian Kaiyi said, taking the opportunity to ask, "How about you just reshape me?"
"If you reshape me, maybe I can lose my memory. You could even change my gender while you're at it."
"Change your gender? You don't want to be a girl?"
*
Recently, faceless clay figures that hadn't been sculpted into people had appeared out of nowhere in the city and attacked people. Worried that people might suspect Xian Kaiyi because of the similarities between them, Wen Shishe hid Xian Kaiyi at his martial uncle's home.
This was the first time the two had ever been apart. Xian Kaiyi sounded upset on the phone. "I miss you so much."
Wen Shishe froze for a moment, then said, "Big Brother misses you too."
"Could you replace 'Big Brother' with 'I'?" Xian Kaiyi asked.
Before Wen Shishe could answer, Xian Kaiyi added, "No, wait, don't change it. If you do, I won't get to be your sister-in-law."
*
After they realized their feelings were mutual, Wen Shishe planned to take things slowly. But his clay little sister was so pure and passionate that, after restraining himself and holding on to the last of his self-control, he finally couldn't help asking her to marry him.
But on the very night he proposed, a man appeared in the half-open bathroom, pleasuring himself.
The man's figure looked a little like his clay little sister's, but it definitely wasn't her, because he had an extra thing. Wen Shishe assumed another clay spirit in the house had taken human form.
Afraid his clay little sister might come out and see something that would stain her eyes, Wen Shishe couldn't help saying, "You didn't close the door properly."
The man stiffened and turned around. The instant their eyes met, the air froze.
After that, Wen Shishe was tormented by indecision. He was going crazy.
He asked his martial uncle, "Can sexual orientation be reshaped?"
▲ The clay little sister has always been a boy (please note), just pretending to be a girl~
Blurb edited on 2026-1-8
Theme: Keep up your energy and persevere.
I have a reasonable suspicion that this Niba is because Master Wen likes women, so he lets himself say it is a girl!