After Faking My Death While Pregnant, the Green Tea Fox Drops the Act

The writing doesn't feel quite right. I'll update my homepage story, Straight Guy Has a Baby on the Way, Caught on a Blind Date, to get back into the groove. This story will be on hiatus for a while.

[White-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside fox gong x emotionally obtuse young master shou]

Zou Lian fell ill in the Western Regions, and a fox was to blame.

A few days later, though, he had that very fox living in his room.

Everyone who knew about it found it unbelievable. Zou Lian was distant and seemed to feel nothing for anyone, yet he cared so much about a fox that had appeared out of nowhere.

The truth was...

When Zou Lian went out, the fox went, "Yip, I'm coming too!"

When Zou Lian ate, the fox went, "Yip, I'm eating too!"

When Zou Lian went to sleep, the fox went, "Yip, I'm sleeping too!"

When Zou Lian went to relieve himself, the fox went, "..."

Zou Lian: "Stop! You can't come for this!"

At first, Zou Lian found it pretty annoying. Traveling the Silk Road was tiring enough without having to deal with this whiny little thing all day.

But before long, he was completely won over.

The fox suddenly turned into a person.

Fiery red hair, deep green eyes, and an unbelievably handsome face!

Was this what King Zhou had enjoyed so much about Daji...?

The next second, the human-shaped fox pulled him into his arms.

Wait!

Wasn't Daji supposed to be tiny...? Right?

The second after that, the fox suddenly leaned in and kissed him.

No, no, no!

Something about this felt wrong. His Daji looked like he was about to eat him...

Before long, Zou Lian, thoroughly charmed by the fox, received a friendly warning from one of his travel companions.

Companion: It knows your every move, and it's always asking about your family. It has ulterior motives!

Zou Lian: Don't be ridiculous. It's so cute, how could it hurt me?

Companion: Don't you know the Western Regions have a legend that foxes are demons?

Zou Lian: What kind of demon? It's clearly a lucky omen!

Companion: ...

Until one day, the fox dropped its obedient facade.

With a sword in hand, it walked toward Zou Lian and wiped the blood from its face.

Zou Lian silently watched the red-haired man before him, unable to understand how he had been fooled by such a clumsy lie for so long.

"If you knew all along, why insist on making me fall in love with you? You should have made me hate you from the start."

"That was never what I wanted... A-Lian, you'll forgive me, won't you?"

A Mu x Zou Lian

Sweet-talking, mischievous fox gong, white on the outside and dark within x naive, wooden young master

The plot has touches of folk customs and the supernatural, with mild horror

Past and present lives, love and hate intertwined, a scheming, unhinged character playing the fool, happy ending

Theme: People and nature should live in harmony