I Refused the Little Fox's Gratitude, Then Fell for It

Next up: "Quick Transmigration: Into Fanfiction with My Rival, the Best Actress"

Blurb:

After a thousand years, the fox spirit Hu Shuo finally passed her last tribulation.

She obediently waited for her senior to escort her to Heaven and register her as an immortal.

But her senior said, "You still have an unfinished karmic tie, so you can't register yet."

Hu Shuo: "What? I already got struck by lightning, and now you're telling me this?"

With immortality out of reach, Hu Shuo had no choice but to go to the human world and settle her "unfinished karmic tie."

According to her senior, it was a debt of gratitude from a princess a thousand years ago, who had once saved her life.

Having seen what happened to a powerful senior who tried to repay a kindness only to end up imprisoned beneath a pagoda, Hu Shuo resolved that no matter what her benefactor was like in this life, she would absolutely not resort to the old-fashioned method of offering herself in marriage!

That was until her benefactor's reincarnation appeared before her.

Hu Shuo bit her handkerchief. "I want to offer myself in marriage again. Sob~"

*

A beautiful young woman suddenly moved into her home and started making herself at home.

She even insisted she was her lifesaver.

Yuan Shanxue was completely baffled, and nearly thought she was the target of some new kind of scam.

She was a shut-in who never left home, except to compete in tournaments. When on earth had she saved anyone?

The beautiful girl wore her hair in a strange bun and had a peach-blossom complexion. "Benefactor, I can never repay you for saving my life. Please let me offer myself to you~"

Yuan Shanxue smiled. Women are slowing down my basic attack speed.jpg

*

Hu Shuo: Benefactor, let me wash my hands and make you a meal~

Yuan Shanxue: No need. I'll order takeout.

Hu Shuo: Benefactor, let me warm your bed~

Yuan Shanxue: No need. I have underfloor heating.

Until one day, after drinking too much, Hu Shuo revealed a pair of red fox ears and a fox tail.

Yuan Shanxue: ... About that offer to give yourself to me, is it still on?

*Cover character art by: river [Shuimo Danqing]

※PLEASE NOTE※

I only welcome objective corrections (typos, grammatical errors, plot holes). I don't accept subjective writing advice. I have my own writing habits. If you enjoy this story, welcome! If it's not for you, let's part on good terms.

Reader's guide and content notes:

1. The settings involving past and present lives are entirely fictional. Names that resemble real-world terms are used only for ease of understanding and do not refer to the same things.

2. Since the story involves the supernatural, the esports game mechanics combine elements from existing MOBA games and are semi-fictional. The rules in this story take precedence.

3. This is a plot-driven story. If all you want is sweet romance, don't pester me for it. The romance will develop as the plot progresses, exactly as outlined, and pestering me won't change that.

4. This story contains plenty of antagonists causing trouble and getting their comeuppance. The antagonists are mostly men. If you enjoy watching men get face-slapped, welcome. If that bothers you, please don't read.

Next up: "Quick Transmigration: Into Fanfiction with My Rival, the Best Actress"

Many people constantly compare Manyue and Jiang Yao, both acclaimed as the top star in the entertainment industry.

Today, one gets praised for outshining the other; tomorrow, the other is said to have crushed her... Articles like these never stop.

Over time, even the two stars themselves couldn't help competing with each other.

Their relationship, which had never been particularly warm, soon turned icy.

Yet more and more fans shipped them as a couple.

Manyue couldn't make heads or tails of it.

Until she found a hugely popular thread on an anonymous forum: "The Hard-to-Get Melon Is Extra Sweet (Fanfic Collection)."

It was full of stories shipping her with Jiang Yao.

Manyue: "??? How can you even ship this?"

Later, after transmigrating into those fanfics with Jiang Yao, Manyue thought: ... Fine, you can ship us if you want, but why are the settings so bizarre?

*

Manyue and Jiang Yao had merely run into each other on a plane and exchanged a few insincere pleasantries.

The next thing they knew, they'd both transmigrated into the fanfics collected in the forum's roundup thread.

A mechanical voice claiming to be the "Hard-to-Get Melon" System announced that they were being livestreamed and kept urging them to follow the fanfic plots.

Kissing, cuddling, and being lifted up in someone's arms: they had to do it all.

Manyue and Jiang Yao: "Kissing and cuddling? We don't even get along!"

The CP fans in the livestream: "Thanks! The best ship is the one where they don't get along! The hard-to-get melon is extra sweet!"

Theme: A kindness, no matter how small, should be repaid a thousandfold