I’m a Fluffy, and I’ll Bring Glory to My Country!

[Not updated daily, there are a lot of things to deal with at the start of the school term]

[Upcoming novels: "The Little One Has Arrived, Everyone Else Stand Aside!" and "A Beautiful Man Falls into Stories About Nonhumans". Please add them to your reading lists. Blurbs below.]

Tan Yaoyao started a zoo. It was in a remote location, with awful landscaping and decor, and even the animals there were nothing like those in other zoos. They weren't docile and obedient, waiting for visitors to pet them.

The zoo's director had a baby face, but a bad temper. She was always telling visitors not to feed the animals food they'd brought with them, to keep quiet, and not to disturb the animals while they rested. She also looked exhausted, as if she never got enough sleep.

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Yet plenty of people were willing to come here.

There was a little squirrel who promoted products for the country, a parrot who came to the rescue of people in danger, and a little lion who guarded the forest...

Tan Yaoyao, the zoo director, accepted the "Best Contribution Award" on behalf of those little animals. Dark circles beneath her eyes stood out starkly, impossible to fade.

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"Thank you for trusting them."

"I hope you can arrange as many day shifts as possible for them."

"If this keeps up, I won't be able to take it anymore. Sob."

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#Nothing is more painful than wanting to sleep while your secret identities are out there fighting their way through every obstacle. #

#Secret identities, please, stop running wild! I can feel what you're doing. Let me get some proper rest! #

#Promoting products at night, rescuing people, guarding the forest, then feeding a bunch of fluffy little things during the day. I'm the biggest sucker of all. #

Blurb for the upcoming novel "The Little One Has Arrived, Everyone Else Stand Aside!":

Tan Xun bound himself to a System. The System required him to follow the character profiles it provided and play a child in different worlds.

Tan Xun, who had been a movie star in his previous life: Easy.

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World One

Overachiever kid + laid-back parents

The laid-back parents got a huge payout when their home was demolished. With over ten million in compensation, they could easily lie flat and live comfortably for the rest of their lives.

...Until they got bored and had a child.

Little Tan Xun forced them to learn how to manage their money, explained the dangers of inflation over and over, and told them that even if they were going to lie flat, they should do it in a way that made their lives special.

The laid-back parents stared blankly: Can we still shove the kid back into the womb?

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World Two

Troublemaker kid + low-key, levelheaded parents

The low-key, levelheaded parents held high-ranking positions. But to toughen up their child, every day after work they took off their formal clothes, changed into shirts that cost a hundred yuan at a street stall, and returned to their home of less than a hundred square meters to teach little Tan Xun to keep a low profile.

Unfortunately, little Tan Xun caused trouble every day. Today he scared the little girl next door by setting off firecrackers; the day after tomorrow, he tripped the chubby boy next door...

The low-key, levelheaded parents: We can't keep our secret identities under wraps anymore. How are we supposed to discipline this kid?

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World Three

Stubborn kid + timid parents

Blurb for "A Beautiful Man Falls into Stories About Nonhumans":

Short stories about nonhumans

[The rag doll and the person who made it by hand]

Shen Yi made a rag doll by hand, but when it was worn out and unusable, he turned around and threw it into the trash.

From then on, every night a huge, persistent shadow loomed over the rag doll. Shen Yi was wrapped up in the shadow, panic showing on his pale face. A hoarse voice, like an old machine grinding into motion, came from the rag doll's chest.

"Why did you abandon me..."

[The snake and the person who raised it]

Shen Yi found a snake in the mountains. After he released it, his life changed beyond recognition.

Dead chickens and ducks were often left piled up outside his door. An inexplicable chill often crept over his ankles. Shen Yi thought nothing of it until one day, he found a semi-transparent scale.

A snake scale.

The giant snake coiled around him affectionately, as if he were the most precious prey in the world.

"Hiss... Be my bride."

Theme: We must strive to realize our own value and make every effort to contribute to our country.