A Guide to Raising a Taotie

My next book is I Raised the Child of Fortune. Please add it to your reading list!

Blurb:

Lu Zhi was born different from ordinary people. One day, she happened to get tangled up with a Taotie who had just woken from a long sleep, and from then on, she lived in a state of constant (shameless) anxiety.

The Taotie's greatest hits:

"I'm hungry."

"I want meat."

"What do I care?"

To keep the Taotie from causing trouble, Lu Zhi started feeding him in every way she could think of.

Until one day, the Taotie lowered his voice, his expression inscrutable.

"I've had too much meat. I want something vegetarian."

Lu Zhi: ??? How many dishes have you had?

The Taotie, who had slept for a thousand years, was awakened by a strange fragrance. When he opened his eyes, he saw a human child cowering in a corner, trembling in fear, with a disgusting evil spirit in front of her. He swallowed the evil spirit in one bite, but frightened the timid child in the process.

Not wanting to return to the divine realm just yet, he decided to stay in the human world for a while and ordered the child to attend to him.

He thought he'd found a servant to boss around, but instead, he had brought home a little tyrant.

The human child's greatest hits:

"Shuo, will you help him, please?"

"Shuoshuo, could you help me out?"

"Shuoshuo, I know you're the best. You'll help me, right?"

Jiang Shuo insisted that he was a noble Taotie god. How could he let a human boss him around like this?

But faced with those dewy, fawn-like eyes, he eventually gave in.

Fine, fine. It was rare for anyone to dare boss him around, so he'd indulge her. After all, she was his emergency food supply.

One day, he'd personally teach her what it meant to respect her elders and care for the young.

Beautiful, kindhearted, affectionate little fairy x cold, aloof, food-loving Taotie god

Blurb for a forthcoming story:

Song Wan, a minor actress plagued by bad luck, accidentally opened a game about raising a child of fortune. If she succeeded, she'd gain the same amount of luck as her game character.

Song Wan, who was said to be the reincarnation of a jinx, jumped right in.

Among the many characters she could raise, Song Wan picked Xie Jun at first sight: he had terrible luck, a brilliant mind, and an utterly tragic background.

So, day and night, whenever she played the game, Song Wan rescued Xie Jun from bullies, celebrated his unforgettable eighteenth birthday with him, helped him get into a top university, and helped him return to the Xie family. At last, she watched with satisfaction as he became the head of the Xie family.

After gaining her share of good luck, Song Wan retired with a job well done, deleted the game, and left without a trace.

At the same time, her stagnant career began to take off.

She signed with a new agency, which promoted her heavily, and her fame soared.

Song Wan felt her life was complete.

Until the new agency's boss cornered her, his eyes visibly reddening as he looked at her.

Xie Jun had made two wishes to the gods.

On his eighteenth birthday, when people had trampled him into the dirt, he made his first wish: "I hope someone will save me from this misery."

Then Song Wan appeared.

His second wish came after he became a child of fortune and Song Wan disappeared.

He wished again: "I want to be with Song Wan forever."

And so, the two worlds merged.

He became the boss of Song Wan's new agency.

As Song Wan stood there, at a loss, he blocked her path and pulled her close against his chest. His voice was hoarse. "Wanwan, don't leave me."

A clear-headed minor actress who is the reincarnation of a jinx x a child of fortune who only has eyes for Song Wan, the head of the Xie family

Theme: All things have a spirit.