My Archrival Is Definitely Not My Kid's Father

Xue Yuning, younger sister of a general, was born beautiful and delicate. She drank only Da Hong Pao tea and wore only Shu brocade. But one bitter rival stood in the way of her otherwise smooth and carefree life: Xie Yanshu, heir to the Duke of Dingguo.

Even when the empress tried to arrange a match between them, neither would give it a second thought.

Xue Yuning: "A spoiled dandy like him thinks he's good enough to marry me?"

Xie Yanshu: "A shrew like her thinks she's good enough to marry me?"

Then a coup toppled the Xue family, and Xue Yuning became a maid in the duke's residence. To protect her brother's son, she claimed the child was hers.

When Xie Yanshu heard that his nemesis Xue Yuning had a child out of wedlock and had fallen on hard times as a single mother, he immediately decided to mock her mercilessly.

Xie Yanshu: "Let me see which scoundrel left you with this child."

The little boy standing nearby saw the bamboo shadows on Xie Yanshu's robe and mistook them for butterflies.

He tugged on Xie Yanshu's hem and murmured, "But... butterfly." But the little boy couldn't pronounce his words clearly, and to everyone else it sounded like, "Da... Daddy."

Xue Yuning: "Let me explain. This isn't a setup."

Xie Yanshu looked at the boy's mouth, then his eyes, and finally remembered that night three years ago. A blush crept up to his ears.

"The scoundrel was me?"

1. 1v1, both characters are each other's only partners, a sweet little story!

2. I wrote this when I was a teenager... it went off the rails.

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A bewitching goddess who flirts without realizing it & a Miaojiang fox spirit who knows how to cast love spells

Su Nianzhi has been single her whole life. Then she transmigrates and is tasked with winning over Xie Qingran, the villain in the book.

On her first day in the book, Su Nianzhi looks at the bloodstained whip in her hand, then at the white-robed youth shivering in the snow.

The youth looks up at her and speaks slowly.

"Master... aren't you going to whip me?"

Su Nianzhi hurriedly hides the whip. "This whip isn't for hitting you."

"Oh? Then what is it for?"

The woman's cheeks flush pink.

"For... playing."

★★★

The System tells Su Nianzhi she can go home if she successfully wins over Xie Qingran. But Su Nianzhi doesn't want to keep being a wage slave, so she chooses to stay in the book. And just like that, she puts the mission on hold.

The villain gets a sachet from a supporting female character. She applauds.

The villain is invited to meet a supporting female character late at night. She applauds.

The villain is injured and reveals his nine-tailed fox form. His tails wrap around her.

Xie Qingran: "Master... don't you like my tails?"

Su Nianzhi looks at the youth, his white robe hanging open.

"I may not want to win you over, but... I can't say no to fluffy tails."

★★★

Later, when demons and spirits run rampant, Su Nianzhi flees to the Demon Realm to save her own skin. But as soon as she arrives, she runs into Xie Qingran.

She meets Xie Qingran's jade-like face, marked by tearstains, and speaks first.

"I came to the Demon Realm because I've fallen for the Demon Lord. I'm going to marry him!"

The usually gentle youth fiddles with the poison insects in his hand, bends close to her ear, and breathes warmly against it.

"What do you mean by 'fallen for'?"

"Is it a verb?"

★★★

But Su Nianzhi chose to laze around and forgot the plot long ago. Xie Qingran is the Demon Lord she's "fallen for."

One night, the woman, now under the influence of a love spell, lies limp on the floor. The sandalwood beads, usually used to seal Xie Qingran's demonic power, lightly bind her hands. His fox tails brush over her trembling shoulders and wipe away the beads of sweat.

The youth beside her is drenched in sweat, breathing softly as he speaks.

"Zhizhi, what are you going to do now?"

Su Nianzhi's eyes are vacant, her arms looped behind his neck as she murmurs, "Do..."

"Me?"

She ran away, but it was like she never did. She walked right into his trap.

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