The Little Dragon Cub Only Wants to Repay a Debt of Gratitude

[Complete. Please give it a five-star rating~] Upcoming novel: After Winning Over the Obsessive, Sickly Beauty, I Crashed and Burned. Blurb below, please add it to your favorites~

[Blurb]

Chu Rong is a little dragon living on an apocalyptic planet. Ever since he hatched, he has lived alone in the forest.

Without a big dragon to teach him, life is hard for a little dragon. Every day, he goes out early and comes home late, searching for food on his own.

Squirrels have stolen his chestnuts, he has snatched meat from the mouths of carnivorous plants, and big dogs have chased him all over the forest. He often goes hungry, then overeats when he finds food.

The only one who has ever shown him kindness is a human.

The human gave Chu Rong a piece of candy and then disappeared, but that did nothing to diminish Chu Rong’s desire to repay the favor.

Once he had stored enough food, he would leave the forest to find his human benefactor.

As spring turned to autumn, Chu Rong stored a whole cave full of little pinecones and chestnuts.

Chu Rong had planned to leave the forest when spring came, but then

One day, when he came home, he saw an “unfamiliar human” sitting in his cave, eating his food and commenting on it as he went.

“This one’s gone stale.”

“This one’s spoiled.”

“This one’s sweet! This one’s sweet!”

Seeing fruit shells scattered all over the ground and the human rubbing his belly with a contented look, Chu Rong lost his mind on the spot. He furiously spat little flames, tears in his eyes as he threatened, “I’ll k-kill you!”

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Furious that his food had been stolen, Chu Rong came up with a whole string of revenge plans. In the end, he decided to sneak aboard their spaceship and sabotage it.

Instead, he was caught on the spot.

He was terrified inside, but kept up his fierce exterior, holding back his tears as he bared his little fangs and tried to fight back.

Instead, someone unexpectedly popped a piece of... candy into his mouth.

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“Compensation.” Fu Yunxiao crouched down, his tone indifferent. “I’ll give you the rest later.”

Chu Rong, who was usually so fierce, suddenly didn’t know what to do. A moment later, he noticed that the candy wrapper in Fu Yunxiao’s hand was exactly like the ones in his cave.

All the loneliness and grievances he had bottled up over the past three years welled up. Chu Rong sniffled, suddenly wrapped his arms around Fu Yunxiao’s finger, buried his face in his palm, and mumbled, “I want lots more.”

Fu Yunxiao fell silent for a moment, lowering his eyes to the little dragon in his palm.

After a long pause, he calmly lied to the dragon without even blushing. “But candy is expensive. You have to come with me.”

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A cozy, healing, lighthearted story. Lots of original worldbuilding, no logic, just for fun.

If it’s not your thing, feel free to close the page. No need to tell me.

The little dragon will grow up, and the romance will only begin after he takes human form.

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[Upcoming novel blurb]:

Xia Xingyue dreamed that he was in a face-slapping novel about scum getting what they deserved.

He was the cannon-fodder ex-husband of the male lead, saddled with a villainous role. He bullied the male lead’s love interest and met a tragic end.

After waking up, Xia Xingyue discovered it was all real.

Xia Xingyue: What? This makes no sense!

So at the wedding, Xia Xingyue kicked the male lead aside, grabbed Lu Jin, the younger uncle of the Lu family, and made a passionate confession on the spot.

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Lu Jin, the younger uncle of the Lu family, had a gentle, refined air, like a noble gentleman in an ink painting: elegant, graceful, and handsome.

But none of that was real!

In truth, Lu Jin was cold and indifferent, aloof to the core, and incapable of falling for anyone.

After being switched at birth and spending more than a decade away, he had only returned to his family two months ago and was planning his revenge.

Xia Xingyue knew he would fake his death due to illness three months later.

What could be more perfect?

Once Lu Jin faked his death, Xia Xingyue would be free.

After they married, he acted like he was madly in love with Lu Jin.

For Lu Jin’s “illness,” he climbed mountains to pray to the gods and Buddha.

In reality, he was causing trouble elsewhere and dodging his older brother’s scolding.

For Lu Jin, he got into a fight with someone at a bar.

The fight had happened long ago. He was just dragging Lu Jin’s name into it.

Xia Xingyue even folded 9,999 wishing stars for Lu Jin and personally planted a whole roomful of longevity flowers.

He came up with one romantic gesture after another and remained utterly devoted. Even he believed it about eighty percent.

Three months later, at last, Lu Jin “passed away” unexpectedly.

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After Lu Jin died, Xia Xingyue cried for three days and three nights, unable to pull himself together.

On the fourth day, he couldn’t take it anymore. He slipped out for a chicken drumstick and climbed back into the mourning hall in the middle of the night.

But the moment he went inside, his body froze.

A man was leaning against the wall of the mourning hall, looking at Xia Xingyue as he expertly climbed through the window.

The room was filled with smoke. It was obvious he had been there for a while.

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Xia Xingyue was so startled that he got stuck in the window. He didn’t dare go in or back out, and just stared blankly at Lu Jin, who should have been a thousand miles away.

Lu Jin, however, stepped forward after their eyes met, grabbed Xia Xingyue by the neck, lifted him off the window, and pinned him against the wall.

The man’s rough fingertips repeatedly rubbed Xia Xingyue’s pale little face. With a meaningful smile, he said, “I heard Young Master Xia loved me so much he couldn’t help himself. You cried for three whole days and didn’t even drink a glass of water. Why do you look like you’ve put on weight?”

“Thud.”

The chicken drumstick fell from Xia Xingyue’s hand.

QAQ I... I overdid it.

Theme: Repay a drop of kindness with a spring of gratitude