Oh No, I'm Totally Done For

[This novel is complete. Pre-releases: Life Is Hard, Dad Sighs and Ding! Your Little Guide Is Hungry [Raising a Child + Forum]. Please add them to your favorites! Blurbs below!]

This is an interstellar society where all living beings have an animal form.

Gu Zhi looked just like the little prince of Hamster Country, so the royal family asked him to take the prince's place and marry into Black Panther Country.

"You only have to hold on for three months. When the time is up, we'll help you leave."

Money makes the world go round, and a huge sum brought a famous intelligence chief on board. The silver fox hamster transformed into the would-be bride of the Black Panther Alpha, rumored to be vicious and brutal.

*

Gu Zhi was bold enough to break into the king's brain terminal, where he discovered that the background image was a photo of the little omega prince of Rabbit Country.

Everyone knew that the prince of Rabbit Country appeared gentle, noble, and beautiful, but his scandalous affairs had swept across the entire universe. He was a shameless social butterfly.

Gu Zhi: Wow, so that's what he likes? I can work with that.

With an actor's talent for disguise, he immediately reinvented himself. To the outside world, he would be a gentle, beautiful little prince; in private, a sexy, fiery little minx.

In short, the perfect dream lover for a ferocious beast!

The wedding took place as planned, and the whole universe watched the grand occasion.

The biggest legal betting platform was suddenly swamped, with gossip-hungry onlookers placing bets on what horrible things Gu Zhi would suffer.

But what happened next left every gambler stunned.

The wedding night went perfectly smoothly. Rumor had it that the Black Panther Alpha, known for eating raw flesh and drinking blood, had been so consumed by his omega that he stayed out of the public eye for three days.

Then came the first ten days, the second ten days, the third ten days...

The gamblers watched through their tears as the Black Panther king treasured his hamster bride and shamelessly took his beloved spouse on diplomatic visits to other countries every day, putting on a public display of affection.

The gamblers who had lost everything: Waaah, I'm crying again!

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To improve his country's standing in the interstellar community, Qi E, who was known as a savage, bloodthirsty Alpha, paid the bride price and married the beautiful, delicate little prince of Hamster Country.

He thought he was merely tossing a disposable pawn into the palace.

But who knew life could be this good with a spouse?

I take it all back!

Just as Qi E became hopelessly addicted to Gu Zhi, the three-month term ended. Gu Zhi, who had no feelings and only cared about money, faked his death and ran away.

#PantherDoesNotUnderstand #PantherIsShocked #PantherIsFurious#

Two years later, all 302 of the little hamster's temporary hideouts scattered across the universe had been compromised. That night, Qi E cornered the homeless Gu Zhi.

The Black Panther king advanced on the panicked omega, his anger seemingly burning away his reason.

"Why are you running? Is this what you call loving me?"

Just as war was about to break out, a fluffy little head cautiously peeked out from the corner. A tearful baby voice rang out in the deserted street:

"D-Daddy, who is he? QAQ"

[Reader's Guide]

1. The couple are exclusive, physically and emotionally. The brain-terminal background image is a misunderstanding.

2. Powerful couple + beautiful spouse runs away while pregnant + #I'mAmazingAndMySpouseLovesMe##WhereIsMySpouse?##

3. They do it on their wedding night. They're both adults and married, so why shouldn't they?

4. Both leads are putting on an act. Before they drop the act, guess what the top originally acted like based on the rumors and the ferocious way he looks for his spouse later.

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Pre-release: Life Is Hard, Dad Sighs. If you like it, add it to your favorites~

In the spring of Star Year 15, Luo Ke, a top student in the mecha design department of the Federal Interstellar Academy, found a dying kitten in an alien nest. Kindhearted Luo Ke rescued the kitten and named it Yuanyuan, wishing for it to grow up healthy and chubby.

Not long after bringing Yuanyuan home, the men's dormitory in Building 11 was thrown into chaos one day when an adorable little baby appeared in the hallway, crying for his father.

"Holy crap! Which guy here has a kid?"

"Hey, anyone got milk? Bring some down for the kid!"

"Everyone move aside, I have candy. Let me comfort him!"

About ten minutes later, Yuanyuan had calmed down a little. He sniffled, wiped the tears from his eyes, then took a photo from his little pocket. His soft, babyish voice still quivered with tears: "Daddy, find."

When the men saw the photo clearly, the dorm erupted in howls of disbelief.

"Isn't that Luo Ke, the beauty and top student in our mecha design department? This makes no sense! How did an ice-cold loner have a kid?"

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Luo Ke, who had been single for twenty years, had recently experienced two unbelievable things.

First: His pet kitten had turned into a toddler.

Second: A hospital DNA test showed that Yuanyuan was his biological son.

Luo Ke: Wait, what? Does this make any sense?

His responsibility for raising a cat had become a responsibility for raising a child. Parenting classes, little clothes, and baby food emptied the wallet that Luo Ke had managed to fill up a little.

Life is hard. Dad sighs.

Just as Luo Ke was preparing to live on dirt to afford raising a child, an unexpected visitor arrived outside his dorm.

A handsome man stood there in a crisp military uniform. Luo Ke stared at the familiar face that had often appeared in interstellar military news, dazed.

The man's deep eyes settled on Luo Ke. "It's nice to meet you. I'm Lu Mingyao."

Lu Mingyao was a battle-scarred interstellar marshal and the strongest mecha pilot of his generation. He had once charged alone into a heavily contaminated zone, fought the four Kings of Contamination by himself, and liberated countless contaminated star systems. He was a hero known to every household in the interstellar community.

But hadn't the news said that his mental sea had collapsed and he had gone completely insane?

Luo Ke tensed and quietly stepped back, but the baby had other ideas!

At the familiar voice, Yuanyuan climbed nimbly out of bed, pattered to the door in his slippers, and stretched out his little hands toward Lu Mingyao. "Yay, uncle, hug!"

Lu Mingyao picked up the soft, longed-for child and took out a stack of documents. "The mainframe notified me to fulfill my parental companionship duties. This is the DNA test result I received. Please take a look."

Luo Ke's pupils shook. "...???"

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The chatty kitten had entered Lu Mingyao's collapsing mental sea. Its gentle, kindred mental energy helped him hold on to his last shred of sanity.

"Uncle, Yuanyuan, Daddy, pick up?"

"Yuanyuan, little house, no bother."

"Baby, Yuanyuan, pretty OwO+"

"Uncle, poor poor, raise Yuanyuan, expensive TAT"

Hearing the child's tearful complaints in his mental sea, the marshal, whom the hospital had said would be unable to wake up in the near future, performed a medical miracle on the spot.

Lu Mingyao opened his eyes in the medical pod, with only one thought in his mind.

Whatever had happened, he had to find that father and son.

Now, this instant, right away!

[Reader's Note]

1. The child traveled back from the future.

2. The little one is a long-haired golden-shaded cat, especially adorable ww

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Pre-release 2: Ding! Your Little Guide Is Hungry [Raising a Child + Forum]. If you like it, please add it to your favorites =3=

The 4S-class top Sentinel Jin Yeyu died alongside the monster overlord. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the age of six.

"Ding! Your little Guide is hungry!"

A strange System voice suddenly sounded in his head. Blue light flashed before his eyes, and the childhood projection of the strongest Guide appeared.

His late wife, Chu Xing.

The four-year-old child sat alone, hugging his knees in the hills behind the orphanage. His kitten mental form was listless, with no energy at all.

"Please feed me, please feed me."

"Ding, feeding successful. Little Guide's growth value +1~"

*

Chu Xing had been judged a useless child, incapable of awakening, and was always bullied by the Sentinels at the orphanage.

Until one day, a mysterious voice suddenly sounded in his head.

"Ding, the child Chu Xing has been successfully adopted. Adoptive parent: ***."

At the same time, a steaming bowl of beef noodles appeared in front of Chu Xing.

In a daze, Chu Xing realized that he had bound himself to something called the Child Growth System. As long as he completed the tasks the System assigned and worked toward becoming the strongest Guide, he would receive rewards.

He could even enter a mysterious forum, where he saw all sorts of strange people posting nonsense. There were spoilers from the future and enthusiastic praise. Most importantly, the forum let slip clues about his mysterious caretaker.

"Why is the person raising the kid a little brat too?"

"Blond hair, golden eyes. The caretaker is cute too."

"He goes hungry himself so the kid can eat his fill ww My affection for him just doubled~"

"Wow, I'm stunned. It's actually that kid from the legendary Jin family!"

"They're so close to meeting~ Ahhh, my heart is pounding!!"

As the forum users gradually revealed the adoptive parent's identity, Chu Xing became increasingly curious about the older boy who had always helped him.

*

At last, the two, now famous for their outstanding achievements, met at First Military Academy.

Jin Yeyu greedily held the wife he had longed for, but spoke with disarming innocence. "Chu Xing, I'm so happy to meet you. Want to be permanent teammates?"

The young Guide smiled and replied, "Of course, my friend."

As the two embraced like loving "friends," the Sentinel, convinced his disguise was flawless, failed to notice the boy in his arms blushing quietly. The shy Guide couldn't see that the unruly eagle was clinging to the newly weaned kitten, spreading its beautiful wings and claiming him as its own.

Years later, a recording of this "historic hug" set the internet ablaze.

Countless Sentinels who had made the beautiful Chu Xing their dream lover stormed Jin Yeyu's personal Sentinel page, leaving furious comments under his official announcement.

"You rascal! With those serious-looking brows, who knew you'd been lusting after my wife from the very beginning!"

"Ahhh, how did I not see it back then!"

"The shipper party closes its eyes in peace. Visit my page and watch the recommendation video to fall in love with them."

"I should have studied harder and gotten into First Military Academy so I could make my move first!"

The people from another world, who watched the comic on the forum, smiled faintly.

Who stayed up until three in the morning to follow the updates, who shrieked so loudly at the first kiss that the neighbors were frightened, and who watched the stars grow ever more dazzling until their motherly affection turned into something else, they would never tell :)

Theme: Love takes work.