Fox Eyes

The main story is complete, with bonus chapters about raising a child still to come...

New story, A Dumb Mug for You, starts in July! A cheerful childhood-friends school romance to keep you company all summer!

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Maybe it's because of work stress, but lately Shi Yue keeps hearing wolves howling in her ears. It always happens when the night is at its quietest, startling her into a cold sweat.

After much deliberation, she knocks on the door of the new neighbor who just moved in next door.

"Hello. I've been hearing howling lately, and I'm not sure if it's just my imagination. Have you been having the same problem?"

The new neighbor is a very tall man in a floral shirt and beach shorts, stooping with a careless slouch, a cigarette between his fingers. He looks completely unreliable, but damn, that face is gorgeous.

"Ah, sorry about that, beautiful. It's the full moon, and my old problem's acting up again."

Shi Yue is fed up with the neighbor who turns up at her door every day.

His excuses are unbelievably flimsy, too.

"I forgot my keys."

"The lock's broken."

"I came over to take a walk at your place."

"..."

One day, Shi Yue invites an old classmate over to catch up, and once again there's a knock at the door.

At the end of her tether, Shi Yue snaps, "Zhao Baixing! What do you want now?"

Zhao Baixing glances at the man inside and forces a smile. "My place blew up. I came to hide at yours."

"?"

[You don't have to rush to tell me you like me, Shi Yue. I don't need your pity.]

As he says this, Zhao Baixing lowers his misty eyes, his expression lonely and bleak.

No one sees the meaningful cunning lurking beneath those foxlike eyes.

-A lighthearted comedy. Baixing is pronounced Bai Xing.

-Also known as Zhao the Fox's Thousand-Layered Schemes and The Cunning, Flirtatious Guy.

-SC. Six-year age gap.

-This story contains no fantasy elements. My Weibo is Lang Li Bai Lan Ji.

Blurb for A Dumb Mug for You

Like every pair of childhood friends who grew up together, Xu Zhirou and Zhao Jianyuan eventually ended up calling each other Dad.

A transfer student named Li Wei joins Xu Zhirou's class. He's aloof and antisocial, but treats Xu Zhirou as the one exception. He's more obedient than Zhao Jianyuan, more compliant than Zhao Jianyuan, and even better at calling her Dad.

Within days, Xu Zhirou can't go a sentence without mentioning Li Wei.

A classmate in their second year of high school teases, "You'd better make a move, or the girl you watched grow up is going to get snatched away!"

Zhao Jianyuan calmly turns the pages of his textbook, his eyes brimming with confidence and rebellious arrogance. He replies airily, "Let's see him try."

The next second, a message pops up on his phone.

Xu the Dummy: [I lost my first kiss]

The textbook flies out of Zhao Jianyuan's hand.

Xu the Dummy: [I hate him. I'm going to kill the bastard who stole my first kiss]

Zhao Jianyuan's face darkens, his fingers trembling with fury as he types: [Who?]

Xu the Dummy: [Send me 50 yuan and I'll tell you my revenge plan while I eat Thursday's special.]

Zhao Jianyuan: [...You damn idiot]

Zhao Jianyuan: [Wait for me after school]

Xu Zhirou: "Hey, hey, Zhao Jerk, don't you think the picture on this mug looks just like you?"

Zhao Jianyuan: "Can't you see the pigtails? Obviously it's a girl."

Xu Zhirou: "I know. I mean the dog she's holding by the leash."

Zhao Jianyuan: "...Dummy, shut up."

[A cute story about the childhood friend beating out the newcomer]

[Sharp-tongued hottie Zhao Jerk]

[Fresh and unconventional Xu the Dummy]

Theme: Keep your ideals shining bright.