Field Notes on a Socially Anxious, Dopey Little Snake

My next book is coming soon: Please save The Rival Who Lost His Memory and Wants to Be My Dog~

[Socially anxious, pretty little snake demon with an unusual train of thought x scheming, brooding, love-struck inspector top]

The snake demon Yu Cai woke up one day to find he had no legal identity. He had to pass a two-year socialization assessment to gain his freedom.

The good news: The assessment would take place at a university. Life would be easy and carefree; all he had to do was eat, drink, and play dumb.

The bad news: The university was full of people.

Yu Cai curled into a ball, the tip of his tail trembling.

But he was afraid of people!

*

To pass the assessment, Yu Cai kept currying favor online with the inspector in charge, trying to present himself as an enthusiastic and positive snake.

Yu Cai: Hello, Inspector. I moved into the dorm today and have already fitted in with everyone. Please don't worry!

Z: Is that so?

The little snake, hiding behind his bed curtains to avoid socializing, guiltily flicked out his tongue.

A dorm room was private. The inspector couldn't possibly have installed cameras in there, could he?

Yu Cai: Yep! Absolutely true!

*

After an accident, Yu Cai revealed his true form in front of his dormmate, Gu Zhiheng.

According to the inspector's regulations, revealing your true form in front of a human meant a trip to the Demon Administration Bureau and a prison sentence.

The little snake trembled with fear and cried as if the sky were falling, only to hear a soft sigh above his head:

"Why are you crying so pitifully?"

Yu Cai froze and raised his tear-filled eyes.

"Could it be..."

"You're a demon too?!"

Gu Zhiheng fell silent for a moment, then looked away.

"...Yes."

*

After finding someone like himself, Yu Cai treated Gu Zhiheng like a close friend, often venting and gossiping with him.

Yu Cai: "You know what? My inspector is such a pervert. He actually wants to see the tip of my tail!"

Gu Zhiheng murmured in response. His gaze slid over Yu Cai's slender, pale fingers gripping his arm, and he smiled meaningfully.

"Maybe it's just a routine inspection. Don't overthink it."

*

Yu Cai grew increasingly dependent on this kind fellow demon.

That is, until one day he accidentally opened a confidential file on the other's computer.

A screenful of disturbing, delighted inspection notes appeared before his eyes.

[Length: 70 cm. Very soft. Just right when wrapped around a waist.]

[Sensitive and easily embarrassed, but easy to soothe.]

[Very obedient. Will let me see the tip of his tail.]

Yu Cai sat frozen at the desk.

Behind him, a tall figure quietly cast a shadow, enveloping the whole snake in darkness.

"Reading an inspector's logs without permission is a violation."

His warm body slowly pressed down. Ignoring Yu Cai's panicked attempts to squirm away, Gu Zhiheng firmly interlaced their trembling fingers and spoke softly to reassure him:

"Don't be scared. I know another way you can pass the assessment."

He turned his head and kissed Yu Cai's smooth earlobe, his eyes brimming with the satisfaction of a predator capturing its prey.

"Marry your inspector."

tips: 1. One-on-one, both are each other's first and only, happy ending, no secondary couples.

2. The bottom is a cute, hardworking, pretty little snake who's a bit silly. Please forgive him. He's so adorable!

3. Everything is made up. The focus is on sweet romance, and the deeper logic won't stand up to scrutiny.

4. Later there's a groveling arc, mainly focused on the top teasing his sweetheart and getting burned for it.

----- Coming soon -----

The Rival Who Lost His Memory Insists on Being My Dog

On Lin Tingyu's twentieth birthday, he accidentally floored the gas and sent his rival, Lu Jiaxi, to the hospital.

Dreading another round of the mad dog clinging to him relentlessly, he turned his head, only to meet the doglike eyes of the man in the hospital bed, staring at him lovestruck.

Before Lin Tingyu could react, the other man suddenly spoke.

"Hello. Um... are you my boyfriend?"

Thinking he was pretending to have lost his mind again, Lin Tingyu scoffed and lifted his chin with a finger.

"Boyfriend? I'm your owner. Remember to kneel when you talk to me. Understand?"

But as soon as he finished speaking, a bandaged head was suddenly nestled in his palm.

Lu Jiaxi obediently knelt on the hospital bed, his face turning bright red.

"Like this, Master?"

Lin Tingyu: ?

*

When Lin Tingyu received the diagnosis of amnesia, he glanced at the clingy guy who wouldn't leave his side and felt conflicted.

Still, at least the post-amnesia Lu Jiaxi was docile and harmless, doing everything he was told. Even when Lin Tingyu teased him mercilessly, he only blinked his sparkling dog eyes, as though his former obsessiveness and spite had all been a dream.

He didn't even make snide remarks like before when someone confessed to Lin Tingyu.

Instead, he stood quietly to the side, smiling the whole time.

Lin Tingyu thought he'd somehow unlocked Lu Jiaxi's hidden kind-hearted side.

But that very night, the obedient dog, still smiling, pinned him beneath himself and left a bite mark on his thigh that wouldn't fade.

Lu Jiaxi lifted his head and slowly licked his teeth, his eyes dark.

"Master sure is popular."

"You haven't secretly gotten yourself another dog, have you?"

*

As time went by, the game of master and dog grew more and more intense, but Lu Jiaxi still showed no sign of recovering his memories.

Until one night, after a drunken binge, the two of them somehow ended up in the same bed.

Lin Tingyu woke up covered in hickeys. He looked at Lu Jiaxi, kneeling by the bed and silently massaging his back, and said lazily:

"Maybe you shouldn't get your memories back. You're a lot easier on the eyes than you used to be."

The hand on his back stopped.

The next second, Lin Tingyu's chin was gripped roughly and he was shoved into the mattress.

The man who had gazed at him adoringly the night before now had bloodshot eyes, his whole body radiating a familiar madness. His words were so full of hatred they seemed ready to chew Lin Tingyu to pieces.

"What do you mean, Lin Tingyu? Do you hate me that much?"

"Do you really enjoy treating me like a dog and playing with me?"

Well...

Dizzy and disoriented, Lin Tingyu bit down on his knuckle and gazed at the man above him, his eyes hazy with tears. Then he suddenly laughed softly.

It really was fun.

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