Marrying a Fox

As her body and soul disintegrated, she thought, If I get another life, I want to live a quiet, ordinary one. But Heaven refused to grant her wish. In this life, she became Yuan Fang, the foolish legitimate daughter of the Censor's residence. Her scumbag father was a hypocrite, her stepmother hid a knife behind her smile, and her half-sister kept closing in on her. The noble ladies secretly laughed that though she had a face of peerless beauty, all she could do was marry some poor scholar. On the night of her wedding, with the red candles flickering, her new husband pinned her against the brocade mandarin-duck quilt. "Since you're so foolish, my dear, I'll have to teach you the ways of the bedroom, one step at a time." As married life went on, Yuan Fang gradually discovered that her husband had three faces. By day, he wielded his brush to review memorials, cold and ruthless. The officials trembled whenever they saw him. At night, he clung to her, whispering sweet nothings and coaxing her to call him "husband." He even insisted on personally "teaching" her the pleasures of the bedchamber. And every now and then, he would reveal a pair of fluffy fox ears, nuzzling into the hollow of her neck as he pleaded, "My dear, rub my ears for me." Only later did she learn that he wasn't some cold and ruthless regent at all. He was the demon lord of Tushan, whom she had saved a hundred years ago, and he had come to repay his debt. And repaying that debt meant: When she got sleepy, he used his tail as a warm pillow for her. When she felt cold, he pulled her into his arms. When she was "foolish," he "taught" her night after night, until she blushed and begged him softly to stop. (A bonus scene) One day, Yuan Fang finally couldn't hold back. "Husband, why does repaying your debt feel so much like collecting one?" The demon lord chuckled and bit her fingertip. "Kindness must be repaid little by little. Debts must be paid every night." [Reading Guide] 1. A gender-swapped version of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio's "Xiao Cui" 2. An innocent but not naive beauty x a seemingly gentle but secretly cunning, flirtatious demon lord 3. The early plot focuses on daily life. The heroine recovers her memories of her past life later on. 4. Features extensive folklore and supernatural tales, with some mildly frightening scenes. -- Next historical romance: A Crescent Moon Weighs Down the Begonia (A younger, deranged and brooding stepson x his beautiful stepmother, the princess royal) Theme: Love can overcome any obstacle. Affection grows stronger through hardship, and together, two people can weather any storm.