The Little Phoenix Refuses to Breed After Being Forced

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That day, Chu Ningxi had lost all will to live after being forced to reproduce. She had planned to end her life in that sea of flames, but the little bird she had saved pecked her hand until it hurt and tore her clothes to shreds.

She made her way back to her room under cover of night, looking utterly disheveled, only to find a handsome man in black with ink-dark hair sprawled across her bed. Propping his head on one hand, he smiled brightly. "You saved my life, so I'll repay you with mine."

She had never known that one person's smile could be so warm, so healing, lighting up her bleak and dreary life.

*

Rong Zhen, Peacock King, was gravely wounded in a fierce battle. He turned into a little bird and hid in Phoenix territory to recuperate, nearly ending up in a snake's mouth before a little phoenix saved him.

But this cold, icy little phoenix didn't seem very happy. To repay her for saving his life, he offered himself as her pet. "If you're unhappy, get a pet. If one isn't enough, then... buy one, get one free."

*

After they fell asleep in each other's arms, Rong Zhen noticed that the little phoenix treasured her belly every day, holding it protectively. Curious, he asked her about it.

The little phoenix rolled her eyes at him. "We slept cuddled up, so there's a little bird in my belly. Of course I have to protect it."

Rong Zhen watched her and thought it over seriously. Not wanting to disappoint her, he decided to personally guide her, so they could work together to make a little bird.

But a new problem soon presented itself.

Chu Ningxi: Can we have a breed other than phoenixes?

Rong Zhen: I'm usually pretty confident in my abilities, but the odds of having a little phoenix or a little peacock should be fifty-fifty.

Chu Ningxi: Really? I only let you hold me because you're not a phoenix. If I'll still have a little phoenix, what's the point of you?

Rong Zhen: ...No, darling, don't go! Can you hear me out?

The story of the free-spirited, cheerful, clever, and handsome Peacock King stealing the Phoenix Clan's most treasured jewel.

[Reading Guide]

1. The heroine is a rare breed of the Phoenix Clan. She doesn't like being treated as a breeding tool, and once she's with the hero, all she wants is to have little peacocks.

2. It is love at first sight for both of them. The hero pulls the heroine out of her misery, self-loathing, and weariness of life. They become partners and stay together through life and death.

Next book: [Romance Stock-Picking Story] "The Little Phoenix Becomes Emperor After a Tortured Romance":

Everyone in the Three Realms knows that Wen Tingyue, head of the Phoenix Clan, is breathtakingly beautiful, powerful, and free of desire.

Free of desire? Rong Xihuan put down the memorial in her hand and cast her alluring eyes toward the man lying beside her, pulling off her outer robe.

"Look at how well you raised me all these years. Now, would you like to taste the fruit of your own labor?"

Under her control, Wen Tingyue didn't dare show even a trace of hatred toward her. He let her toy with him, take his power and his position, and tear away his aloof facade.

Until one day, she grew bored. She looked at him with an inscrutable smile. "The spell... was broken ages ago."

He frantically pulled her into his arms, terrified she would leave. He knew that it was never the spell tormenting him, but his intense, unacknowledged obsession with her and desire to possess her.

*

When Rong Xihuan was rescued from the Extreme Flame Vein by Wei Chengzhao, she knew she had won her gamble.

Wei Chengzhao, head of the Dragon Clan, was cold, cunning, and ambitious. He was the enemy who destroyed her clan and killed her loved ones, as well as the culprit who made her suffer for a century and seized her body in an illusion. She had sworn to make him pay in blood and take everything from him.

When she opened her eyes and saw the man standing with his back to her, his hands clasped behind him, she asked in confusion, "Who am I?"

The man, who had no idea what to do with her, turned around. His eyes gleamed dangerously. "You are my... concubine."

Rong Xihuan laughed in disbelief. A concubine, is it? Fine.

Later, she watched him become a foolish ruler lost in sensual pleasures, watched him slaughter his own clan for her and grant her supreme power. After he had given her his whole heart, she trampled him without restraint in front of everyone, cast him aside without mercy, restored the Phoenix Clan's glory, and became the number one Phoenix Emperor in the Three Realms.

Wei Chengzhao had known from the very beginning that she had not lost her memory. She knew that he knew.

*

When she was young and carefree, Rong Xihuan once loved a man. He shone like the sun and moon, gentle as the breeze. He held her in the palm of his hand, giving her all his love and care.

She remembered how he had taken her hand and brought her before Wei Chengzhao, smiling as he said, "Huan'er, call him big brother." He had saved her from Wei Chengzhao time and again, and protected her so she could live in peace through all the countless days that followed.

Rong Xihuan often thought that if he had never left, Wei Chengzhao, who loved his younger brother more than life itself, would never have gone mad, and none of the tragedies would have happened.

"Minglang, I miss you so much."

Recommended completed books by the author:

"The Little Ones I Raised Are All Big Shots!"

"Get Flirted Into Madness or Turn Dark, Pick One"

"After Rebirth, the God Was Won Over by a Little Sprite"

"The Demon Venerable's Beloved Little Junior Sister [Quick Transmigration]"

Theme: Being loved is important, but loving yourself is even more important.