The Snake Alpha Insists on Marking the Snow Leopard Beta

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Xu Qingyan and Nan Fengyu have been at each other's throats since childhood. Nan Fengyu is an S-rank, rare snake-type Alpha with a top-tier appearance and family background. He's also a top-tier star, someone everyone looks up to as utterly unattainable.

Xu Qingyan, on the other hand, is an ordinary snow leopard Beta. He's won Best Actor, but never became a household name. In the entertainment industry, he's practically a nobody.

No one expected that on the day Nan Fengyu went into heat, he'd cling to Xu Qingyan like he couldn't bear to let go, leaving bite marks on the back of his neck again and again.

Nan Fengyu and Xu Qingyan had always been rivals. But when Nan Fengyu came to his senses during his heat, he realized he'd slept with his mortal enemy, a Beta. It was all because of that agonizing, rare illness that caused his body to partially transform into a beast during his heat.

It made him wrap his glittering snake tail around Xu Qingyan all night, holding him tight and gazing at him with affection as he called, "Baby."

He kissed him, then bit him, then...

A compatibility test showed that Betas and Alphas weren't supposed to be compatible at all, yet Xu Qingyan and Nan Fengyu had a match rate of 99%.

The two of them got what they wanted and married under a contract.

Xu Qingyan, coldly: "We'll divorce when the contract expires."

Nan Fengyu, breezily: "It's great that Betas can't be mutually marked. Makes divorce so easy! We'll split next year!"

Xu Qingyan, calmly: "Let's make it six months."

Nan Fengyu shot back: "Couldn't ask for more!"

But Xu Qingyan took their post-marriage contract rules seriously, while Nan Fengyu couldn't stick to a single one.

Whenever he went into heat, he would hold Xu Qingyan close and kiss and bite him. His snake tail coiled around Xu Qingyan's legs, brushing against him suggestively. He refused to let go, no matter what.

Furious, Xu Qingyan bit and pinched Nan Fengyu. "That's a ten-million-yuan fine for every violation."

Nan Fengyu gazed at Xu Qingyan, lovestruck...

"Baby, all my money is yours. And so am I."

Xu Qingyan's eyes turned red at the corners. "Get cured, then we'll divorce!"

For years, Nan Fengyu had suffered from a condition that caused his lower body to transform into a beast during his heat. Even his family, who loved him dearly, could only watch as the Beast Transformation Control Bureau locked him in an underground containment area for his own safety.

No one dared go near the rampaging Alpha whose lower body had transformed into a snake tail.

Nan Fengyu never imagined that when his life was in danger, Xu Qingyan would appear before him, remove his muzzle, and kiss him at the risk of his own life.

The Beta who'd always been at odds with him had red-rimmed eyes, his heart aching for him. "Xiao Dao, stay alive."

Nan Fengyu's lower body, its snake tail sparkling like pink diamonds, wound tightly around Xu Qingyan's slender waist and legs.

Six months hadn't even passed yet.

Nan Fengyu, who wasn't in heat, held Xu Qingyan close and kept biting the back of his neck, nearly crying with frustration. "Why can't I mark you? Why? Baby, I want us to mark each other so badly..."

Nan Fengyu: It must be because I'm not trying hard enough. I need to try harder.

Unable to mark his lover, Nan Fengyu was wound up to the point of...

Xu Qingyan: You little pup, biting and...

Xu Qingyan: QAQ

Xu Qingyan: Xiao Dao, could you stop turning into a snake tail every other minute? QAQ

Nan Fengyu: "Baby, call me hubby!"

Reader's Guide:

The couple are outwardly mortal enemies who love to bicker. But they're both gentle and soft-hearted underneath, so whenever one of them runs into trouble, the other instinctively cares.

The theme of this story is captured in the lyrics, "I can no longer tell if you're a friend, or the love I let slip away." The line is from the song "Dandelion Promise."

Their relationship is complicated and ambiguous, and they're in love without realizing it.

Readers looking for mortal enemies who truly hate each other and want to see the other dead may not enjoy this one.

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Alpha Lingzhou Xue is a once-in-a-century genius designer. Before he'd even graduated, luxury brands were already lining up to offer him collaborations.

In private, Lingzhou Xue is a devoted admirer of good looks. He likes drawing comics to unwind, and somehow became the top-ranked comic artist on the site.

However, thanks to the boost from his fox-type pheromone projection, Lingzhou Xue himself is so beautiful he could charm the whole world. Finding someone as stunning as he is proves quite the challenge.

Lingzhou Xue joins Shengjing Group and is immediately captivated by his top boss, the Enigma Sheng Baiyu.

Can a human really be this beautiful?

His boss, Sheng Baiyu, has a sculpted, icy face and works with ruthless efficiency. He practically feels like a machine.

Lingzhou Xue: "Give me a dozen more jobs like this! I can finish my designs, use my boss as a model, and spend my days drawing steamy comics. What could be better?"

Lingzhou Xue draws while his inner monologue scrolls by.

[Mr. Sheng's lips are way prettier than those lip models'. I really want to lick them and find out what they taste like.]

[Mr. Sheng's collarbones are so sexy. If I drew on them, what kind of masterpiece could I make? Aaaaaaaah, I can't even imagine.]

[Those hands look exactly like the ones in web novels! Like they're carved from cool jade. His fingers are so long and perfect! I want to touch them!]

[Those strong arms look like I could hang off them with no effort!]

[Those shoulders, that waist, those legs, that perfect ass! Aaaaaah, Mr. Sheng, please screw me!]

[Tsk, does he never get hot with his collar buttoned all the way to the top? I want to rip it all off him!]

Lingzhou Xue had no idea that every last word of his unhinged inner monologue, brought on by working overtime until he was delirious, had reached Sheng Baiyu's ears.

Day after day, Sheng Baiyu's gaze grew stranger. Beneath his calm, still surface, undercurrents were stirring.

Lingzhou Xue trembled. "I think my boss is going to mutate. What do I do?!"

Sheng Baiyu had never cared about love, only work. But ever since he met Lingzhou Xue...

His pure, desireless mind was forced to fill with indecent images every day...

What's it like to have your subordinate fantasize about you every day?

So noisy! So shameless! How can someone spend every day thinking about nothing but dirty things and not feel embarrassed? Once this project is finished, I'm firing this little Alpha immediately...

Wait, why can't I hear him anymore? This feels so strange. I want to know what that pretty, foxlike head of Lingzhou Xue's is thinking...

Then, in the elevator, the two of them were pressed together.

At last, Sheng Baiyu heard Lingzhou Xue's thoughts again.

[Mr. Sheng must work out a lot. His chest is amazing! Ugh, it's a shame I can only imagine what's underneath his clothes...]

Sheng Baiyu began deliberately creating opportunities for physical contact, all to get a glimpse of Lingzhou Xue's thoughts.

But it didn't last. The conditions for reading his mind grew stricter. At first, he could hear him through clothes. Later, even touching fingers wasn't enough.

One day, during his heat, Sheng Baiyu pushed Lingzhou Xue against a bookcase.

Lingzhou Xue's private art collection slipped from his hands, spilling indecent drawings across the floor.

Sheng Baiyu picked one up, his gaze burning. The icy mountain turned into an active volcano as he kissed Lingzhou Xue. "You like this position?"

At the same time, they both heard each other's thoughts.

Lingzhou Xue: Mr. Sheng's jelly-soft lips really are soft and so easy to kiss!

Sheng Baiyu: [All the words are unprintable.]

Lingzhou Xue trembled. "You're even crazier than the comics I draw? I thought you were supposed to be the celibate type!"

Lingzhou Xue tried to sneak away like a cat.

The Enigma wrapped his arms around him from behind. "Trying to run? Too late."

Reader's Guide: An outwardly icy, secretly lascivious, dominant CEO Enigma gong x an outwardly foxlike beauty, secretly looks-obsessed, carnivorous goofball Alpha shou.

Theme: Gentleness and love can heal emotional wounds.