Raising Snakes

Little bunny x big snake. The male lead can exist in human and snake form at the same time, and will eventually transform into a dragon.

Liu Sihan discovers that she's living in a male-oriented cultivation harem novel. She's the handsome male protagonist Ling Chen's personal maid: beautiful and obedient, secretly in love with him, and willing to sacrifice herself for him by taking a sword for him and having her heart torn out. In the end, she's even supposed to be grateful that Ling Chen doesn't look down on her lowly origins and takes her as a concubine.

By then, Ling Chen already has countless women in his harem. Liu Sihan works tirelessly for them, advises Ling Chen to share his attention fairly, and sends him to the rooms of her fellow sisters, then sits alone weeping until dawn, blaming herself for not getting pregnant.

After learning the plot, Liu Sihan quietly packs her bags and flees in the middle of the night. Her new job is still as a maid, but instead of serving people, she serves a snake.

A snow-white snake, its scales faintly blue in the light. It is the most beautiful snake Liu Sihan has ever seen. She bathes it every day, eats and sleeps with it, and takes tender care of it. The white snake returns her affection by winding around her tightly every night, like a hemp rope.

Only later does Liu Sihan learn that this snake is actually the transformed spirit of Wu Zang, the great villain in the book. Later still, she has to take care of him as well as the snake...

Its cold, slick tail glides up and down her spine like a whip. The young woman arches her body as its sharp fangs leave two rice-grain-sized marks on her neck.

After more than a decade of being taught that she was born to be a servant, Liu Sihan had thought herself unworthy of asking for anything, and simply accepted whatever came her way. Until one day, the white snake swept her up and soared through the heavens, elevating her from an object of scorn to someone envied by thousands.

Both leads are virgins. Happy ending.

Theme: Self-confidence and independence