A Pet with a Salary

After living alone in the abyss for five hundred years, Jun Yu, a dragon girl who'd always wanted to keep some pets, set her sights on human college students. She'd heard that college students were the cutest and most polite group in human society. Adopting a college student seemed like a pretty great idea! Most importantly, human society was plagued by brutal competition. College students had an impossibly difficult time of it, and perfectly good students were practically being worked to death. The haughty dragon girl pursed her lips. “If you don't know how to raise them, give them to me!” With graduation season here, plenty of college students were scrambling to find jobs. At first, they'd been confident and refused anything below project manager. Now they were happy just to land a job as a receptionist. Even then, there were still droves of college students who couldn't find work. A student who'd already become unemployed before graduating was trudging back to campus when a radiant girl stopped him. The girl lifted her chin, doing her best to use human grammar. “Looking for a job? How about being a paid pet?” Upcoming story How the CEO Taught Me to Pursue a Man Blurb: “As the real heiress, I know you're unhappy about this, but Meng Shu and Fu Jiangcheng have been childhood friends for nineteen years. Even though the engagement was originally meant for you, not only Fu Jiangcheng but the entire Meng family is on Meng Shu's side now. Why insist on fighting Meng Shu for Fu Jiangcheng? What are you thinking?” Meng Lai tried to stay composed. “Thanks for asking. It's not that I'm out of my mind. I just really, really want to live.” If she couldn't win over Fu Jiangcheng, she'd only live for two more years. But Meng Lai had been reborn five times, and every attempt had ended in failure. On her sixth rebirth, Meng Lai had barely opened her eyes when she heard those familiar words again. “Even though I'm engaged to you, Meng Shu is the only one in my heart.” So furious that she said “Fine, fine, fine” three times, Meng Lai ordered him a custom banner that very night: “The Capital's Most Devoted Man.” So devoted! Should I get you an award? System: Another one's gone crazy... On her sixth rebirth, Meng Lai: I'm giving up! Mysterious man: Get up and start grinding. It's just one man. I'll teach you how to win him over. Meng Lai: Who are you? Mysterious man: Fu Mingchuan. Meng Lai: ... Could it be Fu Mingchuan, the legendary man at the top of the wealthy elite, the person in charge of the Fu Group, and Fu Jiangcheng's older half-brother? What Meng Lai didn't know was that, after an accident many years ago, her fate and Fu Mingchuan's became intertwined. Every time she was reborn, he was forced to be reborn along with her. She'd been reborn six times, so he had been dragged through six rebirths too. To make sure she survived this time, he contacted Meng Lai first, doing everything he could to create opportunities for her and carefully planning every step. With Fu Mingchuan's help, Meng Lai's progress in winning Fu Jiangcheng over really did go smoothly. The only odd thing was that every time her progress increased, Fu Mingchuan looked at her with a strangely sinister expression... Meng Lai never told Fu Mingchuan that she actually had two possible targets: Fu Jiangcheng and him. In Meng Lai's past understanding, she had plenty of chances to interact with Fu Jiangcheng, thanks to the Meng family's relationship with his. Fu Mingchuan was different. As the young head of the Fu Group, he was mysterious and out of reach. So when it came time to choose a target, Meng Lai had picked Fu Jiangcheng without a second thought. But after five failures, the result would be the same either way. On her sixth attempt, Meng Lai decided to give up and chose Fu Mingchuan instead... And so... Fu Mingchuan watched the progress bar inch upward, gritting his teeth in the shadows. When the progress reached 100%, before Meng Lai could react, Fu Mingchuan “abducted” her overseas. Fu Mingchuan did his best to keep his composure. “We can both survive if you succeed. That doesn't mean you have to end up with him, right?” Meng Lai considered that with an amused look for a moment. Then she leaned over and planted a quick kiss on him. Theme: Life comes first