Tao Ning was a young Taotie who had only just taken human form. Because of his enormous appetite, his family kicked him out and told him to find someone to pay for his meals.
He had no education or qualifications, so he had no choice but to work at a club.
After waiting for a long time, he finally spotted a target! Tao Ning looked at the handsome, stern-faced man in the luxury car and nervously asked, "Could you be my meal ticket?"
Yan Zhiheng looked at the thinly dressed young man who had run after him through the snow and said nonchalantly, "Why?"
Tao Ning lowered his head, his eyes reddening. "I don't have money for food. Eating costs a lot."
Unable to bear the thought of the pretty, soft-spoken young man continuing to drift around outside and hustling men for money, Yan Zhiheng took him home. Each day, Tao Ning tended to the flowers and plants, and sometimes cooked when Yan Zhiheng came home.
Until one day.
Yan Zhiheng happened to notice that the dozens of pounds of beef he'd just bought for the walk-in fridge had vanished without a trace by the next day.
The shopping history showed:
Thirty ducks bought a week ago, sixty pounds of pork and lamb bought five days ago, and fifty pounds of beef bought the day before yesterday.
And now it was all gone. The fridge was so clean it reflected light.
The security footage showed the pretty young man in a frilly apron effortlessly hauling dozens of pounds of beef around, spending the whole afternoon happily eating in the kitchen, then plating up the leftover scraps and serving them to him.
When Tao Ning realized he'd been found out, he proactively changed into a little dress he'd bought online, with a hem that barely reached his upper thighs. He looked timidly at the stern man before him, then sat on his lap.
"They said this would stop you from getting mad." He lowered his head again and said softly, "I won't eat so much next time. I'll make it up to you."
Yan Zhiheng pretended to be stern and asked with a cold expression, "How will you make it up to me?"
Tao Ning looked up, momentarily bewildered. "Can... can I do it myself?"
Yan Zhiheng kissed the corner of Tao Ning's mouth. "I bought a ranch. Will that be enough to eat?"
[Reader's Guide]
1. Lighthearted, cute, and sweet, one-on-one romance
2. The idea came to me on 2026.2.28
Theme: Eat well
