Honey, What Do You Do for Work?

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A friend took Jiang Peizhou to a new bar. There, he saw a neatly dressed man with a clean-cut air, skillfully greeting and serving customers, completely out of place in the surroundings.

Life was unpredictable. A few days later, Jiang's father was diagnosed with cancer during a medical checkup. To fulfill his father's wish, Jiang Peizhou agreed to marry the son of an old friend of his father's.

"He's very handsome, started his own business and opened a shop, and takes care of everything himself," Jiang's mother said, thoroughly pleased with her future "daughter-in-law."

At a café, Jiang Peizhou met Li Yan, whom he had seen once before at the bar.

Jiang Peizhou (coolly): What do you do for work?

Li Yan (thinking): You could say it's the service industry.

Jiang Peizhou (casually): It must be hard work, right?

Li Yan (honestly): It's all right. The customers can be a little strange sometimes.

Jiang Peizhou (curiously): Strange?

Li Yan (venting): You have no idea. Customers these days are getting more and more perverted!

Jiang Peizhou: !!!

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Li Yan was looking after a friend's shop when he spotted Jiang Peizhou shining brightly in the crowd.

Later, by a twist of fate, Li Yan married him.

One day after they were married, things were getting passionate between them when Li Yan got a phone call and hurriedly pushed Jiang Peizhou away.

"My employees are fighting. I need to go see what's going on."

Another day, the two were cuddling in the car when Li Yan got a phone call, opened the car door, and hurried away.

"One of my employees bit a customer. I need to take the customer to get vaccinated."

Yet another day, at a critical moment with Jiang Peizhou, Li Yan got a phone call and was about to hurry off.

"One of my employees is going into labor. I need to go take care of them."

Jiang Peizhou pinned him to the bed and roared, "Don't you run a gay bar? How can one of your employees have a baby?!"

Li Yan: "Huh?"

Only then did Li Yan finally understand why Jiang Peizhou always looked like he wanted to say something whenever Li Yan went to work at the cat cafe.

Gentle, domestic cat-cafe owner bottom x presentable-on-the-outside rich playboy top. Age gap, with the top younger.

Reading guide:

* Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting.

* There is more to the top's father's illness than meets the eye.

* A sweet, relationship-focused slice-of-life story.

* The top and bottom get married after being nudged along by circumstances. Love at first sight without realizing it + love at first sight.

This is the next story I'll write!

My Husband, Why Aren't You a Golden Shaded Cat?

Yokai law states that if a shapeshifting yokai remains unmarried when they turn thirty in human years, the System will automatically match them with a spouse.

Song Fei had been single for thirty years. When he learned he was going to get married, he was over the moon.

The marriage office said his match was a golden shaded cat.

"A soft, cuddly golden shaded cat and a majestic leopard cat are such a perfect match!"

Song Fei bought a new cat bed and cat tree, and even prepared some catnip just in case.

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Huo Siming accepted the match and married a little leopard. A tiger and a leopard made a good match, after all.

After they started living together, Huo Siming discovered that Song Fei was nothing like a leopard. He didn't like drinking water and had a delicate stomach. He was much more like a kitten.

Then one day, Huo Siming accidentally knocked over the catnip and couldn't stop himself from transforming into his true form.

"Mr. Song, we're terribly sorry. There was a malfunction in the matching system. Your spouse is a..."

Before the staff member could finish, Song Fei saw a mighty tiger with golden fur, walking silently toward him on its broad paw pads. He was so frightened that he fainted and transformed into his true form.

After Huo Siming regained control of his power and returned to human form, he was at a loss as he looked at the tiny leopard cat on the floor.

Theme: Every line of work has its own brilliance.