When Wen Rang took over the Nonhuman Resources Department, he received three big surprises:
A department on the verge of being disbanded,
A staff of bizarre nonhuman employees,
And a strict, old-fashioned dragon boss who had lived for thousands of years.
Cang Ming, Wen Rang's direct superior, was an old-fashioned dragon who had lived for thousands of years and cared so much about rules that even his scales had to be symmetrical. At their first meeting, he bluntly said, "Our department doesn't need a human coming in to make reforms and innovate."
Wen Rang nodded in agreement, then turned around and thought, I don't give a damn about you!
He had a shanxiao open the scariest escape room in the entire city, asked a painted-skin ghost to run a costume experience center, had the bird clan take over food delivery across the Three Realms, and even launched the "Yaoyao App," connecting the human, demon, and underworld realms.
Six months later, the near-dead department had made a miraculous comeback, its performance leaving everyone else in the dust.
Wen Rang took a modest sip of tea. "I know I'm amazing, but don't worship me too much."
At first, Cang Ming thought this human was nothing but trouble. He dressed casually, spoke without respect, and had turned the department upside down.
He should have put a stop to it, but at some point, he started "happening to pass by" Wen Rang's desk, which always smelled of snacks, and "happening to" reject other departments' attempts to make things difficult for him.
Once, Wen Rang worked three nights in a row to push a project forward and fell asleep on the sofa from exhaustion. Cang Ming stood in the shadows watching him for a long while, then finally took off his coat and awkwardly draped it over him. The moment Wen Rang's eyelashes fluttered, Cang Ming teleported back to his office, pretending he had never been there.
Later, people in both realms started saying that the Nonhuman Affairs Department had gotten itself one badass human who had turned the department around and even dared to talk back to Cang Ming.
Wen Rang merely smiled and continued organizing his reports, letting the section of dragon tail beside him, which was always "accidentally" brushing against him, grow bolder by the day.
Until one late night, Wen Rang finally couldn't take it anymore and angrily pushed away the tail coiled around his waist. "Didn't you used to disapprove of office romances?"
"...You're different." Cang Ming turned his face away, but his tail honestly coiled around him again. "Anyway, I approve now."
1. Both are each other's first love, first time, first kiss, and first hand-hold. No stand-ins, no idealized former lovers, no misunderstandings, no pretending to date. They are each other's one and only.
2. No splitting them up, no reversing the pairing, no fantasies about other pairings. The story features a beautiful, delicate gong and a handsome, dominant shou. The shou is a bit of a heartthrob, so read with care if that bothers you.
3. Updates follow the ranking schedule before signing; daily updates after signing.
Theme: Mutual respect and care.
