The Forty-Fifth Sunset

Coming next: Will a Suck from a Cat Bring You Fortune? Synopsis at the very bottom

Younger wolfdog top who just wants to cuddle x gentle, soft-hearted, flirtatious bottom

From Shen Xi's perspective:

After being laid off in a company restructuring, betrayed by a subordinate, and pressured by his parents on two fronts with "If you won't get married, take the civil service exam," Shen Xi had an epiphany.

Some people have a whole wilderness for a life, while his life was the "greenbelt" his parents had planned for him.

So he made the first rebellious decision of his life: he drove away from the greenbelt.

He called it "finding himself."

In reality, he just wanted to run first and figure it out later.

But instead of finding himself, he found a dead end.

He got his car stuck in the desert.

And to top it all off, a man came over to warn him.

Lu Shanfeng: "Hello. You can't park here."

...What? Can't he see that the car is stuck?

Still, the man was kind. He helped get the car moving and was the sort of good Samaritan who would do whatever was asked of him along the way.

Shen Xi: I don't have a destination.

Lu Shanfeng: I do, I do. Just follow me.

Shen Xi: I can't camp. I don't have a tent or anywhere to sleep.

Lu Shanfeng: Don't worry, don't worry. I have a tent. We can sleep together.

Shen Xi: I toss and turn in my sleep and kick off the covers.

Lu Shanfeng: It's fine, it's fine. I'm a light sleeper. I can tuck you back in.

For a while, Shen Xi thought he'd encountered a kindhearted god.

Until one day, Lu Shanfeng's burning breath brushed his ear.

"Xi-ge, I've helped you so many times. Now it's your turn to help me."

"Help me make you mine."

Shen Xi: Just as I thought, the free stuff is always the most expensive!

From Lu Shanfeng's perspective:

He was taking a nap under a shelter by the desert when a persistent buzzing sound woke him.

He saw the most beautiful and most unhinged person he'd ever met.

In over-forty-degree heat, this guy had come wandering through the desert in a full suit, sweat running down his collarbone.

But...

He was so beautiful.

With a curl of his lips, Lu Shanfeng decided what to do with this handsome stranger:

"This one's mine."

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Shen Xi once thought their meeting was the result of all sorts of coincidences.

Only later did he learn that Lu Shanfeng had been steadily making his way toward him again and again.

The world isn't full of that many chance encounters. There's only one person who just won't give up pursuing you.

A wolfdog top who works hard to save himself and make flowers bloom in the wasteland of his life x a gentle, steadfast, flirtatious bottom temporarily lost in uncertainty

A wanderer who's always on the road x a disillusioned man who lost his job.

Two equally lonely hearts find warmth and salvation in each other on a journey to freedom, and each has the other completely figured out.

The meanings of their names:

Shen Xi (bottom): In a bustling crowd, I can find you at a glance.

Lu Shanfeng (top): You will be free as a mountain breeze.

[Reader's Guide]

1. 1v1, happy ending, both pure.

2. Setting: A road trip through Xinjiang. The early part takes place in Southern Xinjiang, the later part in Northern Xinjiang. Some locations are fictionalized.

3. The one-line synopsis is from the top's perspective.

Will a Suck from a Cat Bring You Fortune?

Scheming fake general-store owner (top) x haughty lucky cat deity (bottom)

From Qiu Yue's perspective:

Before he was imprisoned, Qiu Yue always believed that no human could dislike a kitten, especially when he was a lucky cat.

Only when the person he trusted most severely injured and imprisoned him, and even tried to strip him of his divine power, did he finally understand.

Some people really could hate him that much.

He couldn't understand why, and he didn't have the strength to think about it.

He used the last of his strength to flee down the mountain and clutch a person's trouser leg.

As he closed his eyes, he thought that if this person was willing to save him, he would grant him wealth for the rest of his life.

No, for all his lives to come.

The good news: the man saved him.

The bad news: the man was broke and ran a shabby little general store in the middle of nowhere...

Worse still, Qiu Yue hadn't recovered his divine power, so he couldn't make the owner rich or get himself any delicacies.

When Qiu Yue looked at the Nth bowl of plain white rice the owner brought him, he broke down.

He's a cat! A strict carnivore! The least he could get was some chicken breast!

To get some meat as soon as possible, Qiu Yue trained as hard as he could.

Fortunately, his injuries looked serious, but he recovered surprisingly quickly.

Once he'd regained some of his divine power, he immediately arranged a lucky windfall for the owner.

But who could have guessed...

Day one: A customer came, and the owner fixed the door.

Day two: A blogger came, and the owner took down the sign.

Day three: A crowd of customers poured in, and he said he was closing up to rest.

Qiu Yue: ???

Does this guy have a problem with money? Is he crazy?

From Jiang Bie's perspective:

Jiang Bei had always hated trouble, troublesome things, and people who brought trouble.

That day, he saw a dying cat by the entrance to his general store.

Sure, a good person would save the cat, but he wasn't one.

He walked away.

Then he came back.

Oh, well. It's just a cat. I'll feed it a little. It shouldn't be too much trouble.

Two days later, Jiang Bei regretted it. How could a cat be this clingy?

When he opened the store, it stayed by his side.

When he cooked, it followed him around.

When he took a bath...

Bang, he shut the door.

This is definitely not something you should be watching.

Jiang Bei thought the cat would get the hint after a couple of days, but he never expected it to try to get into his bed!

No! No! Absolutely not!

He'd throw it out tomorrow!

He threw it out, but not quite all the way.

The cat was gone, and in its place he'd picked up a beautiful boy with black hair and golden eyes.

Hmm.

Taking care of a person isn't a hassle.

All it means is opening the store to make money and buying him nice food and drinks.

Bonus Scene 1:

An enemy came looking for Qiu Yue.

Not wanting to drag Jiang Bei into it, Qiu Yue left him a note and ran away.

Half a month later, he saw a familiar figure in the enemy's headquarters.

? Wasn't that the general-store owner? Was he on the other side?

Before he could figure it out, the owner had him pinned against the wall.

"Are you going to run again, little kitty?"

Bonus Scene 2:

Before taking human form:

Qiu Yue jumped onto the bed. Jiang Bei grabbed him by the scruff and tossed him outside.

Jiang Bei: I'm a clean freak. You sleep outside.

After taking human form:

Qiu Yue finished his bath and was about to sleep on the sofa.

Jiang Bei lay on the bed and patted the spot next to him. "A-Qiu, it's warm over here. Come sleep here~"

Theme: Always save yourself from danger, no matter how many times it takes.