Pudding Beasts Are Hiring!

[The new story by Little Rabbit Constable is now underway~] In the eyes of outsiders, Cong Xiaobu is nowhere near as impressive as his two “distant cousin brothers.” The icy Wen Fuqing and the refined, gentle Wen Sheng are both star students in the Imperial Academy’s Command Department. Both of their beast forms rank in the first tier of the Source Beast Compendium. As for Cong Xiaobu, apart from a face that makes people lose all their principles, there’s nothing special about him. Rumor has it he’s a cripple with no beast form. Everyone: “How pitiful. He must feel so inferior at home.” Only the Wen family knows the truth. When the Wen parents were in an accident on an alien planet, they entrusted their two children to Cong Xiaobu in exchange for an enormous sum. To Cong Xiaobu, Wen Fuqing is a hot-tempered big brother who loves old-school shoujo manga, while Wen Sheng is a Level 10 actor specializing in tea ceremony. The two are overprotective of Cong Xiaobu, and even want to arrange their future jobs together. Cong Xiaobu: “...I can’t handle the blessing of a 24/7 work schedule.” Once the two brothers’ beast forms stabilize, Cong Xiaobu finally succeeds in standing up to them. As the only Pudding Beast in the entire universe, he takes his enormous payment, a pudding factory, and heads back to his hometown~ Cong Xiaobu: “For a Pudding Beast, pudding is everything! Make pudding, eat pudding, sell pudding. Ah, time to pursue my great calling!” One day, a new streamer appears on an interstellar livestreaming platform. A soft, plump little creature, golden-orange all over, with chubby cheeks and two natural pink blush marks, like a slime, is doing its best to promote its pudding! “Pud-ding~ A villainous corporation has monopolized the market, so I can’t sell my pudding!” “I’m looking for partners to fight alongside me!” “Six kinds of insurance and a housing fund, four days on and three days off, nine to five: that’s the bare minimum!” “Annual leave and bonuses will definitely be better than the industry standard!” “No make-up days, no overtime, and no team-building if you don’t want it!” “Since my factory is on a rural planet, I’ll do my best to offer good benefits! Please don’t hold that against me! QVQ” Everyone: “!!! So we can ask for even more?!” While recruiting, Little Pudding accidentally reveals his human form on the livestream. Everyone: “Slurp.” Cong Xiaobu reads a comment: “Hm? You’re asking if employees can date each other at work? Sure, as long as it doesn’t interfere with the job!” His recruitment inbox is flooded. The email at the very top reads: [I’m very gentle and would never poke a hole in a pudding. I’m confident I can do this job, so please date me.] [Of course, I’m definitely not a pervert. I have absolutely no urge to stretch your little face, squish it flat, or pinch your cheeks and kiss them. ^_^] A rival company waits for Cong Xiaobu’s factory to go bankrupt because of its high costs, and mocks his hiring policies. But Cong Xiaobu’s factory just keeps growing stronger, until the whole empire is eating pudding from his factory. Meanwhile, the rival company suddenly goes under after ruthlessly exploiting its employees, indulging in vicious internal competition, and engaging in all kinds of unfair business practices! Cong Xiaobu smiles mysteriously. “A big shot once said that hiring people at a high cost is the most cost-effective thing you can do.” Little scene: The life of Su Xing, the empire’s sixth prince, consists of boredom, more boredom, and still more boredom. Until he meets Cong Xiaobu at the age of ten. It’s a cliché, but his heart starts beating again. One day, Cong Xiaobu invites his employees to a meal, only to find Su Xing sitting motionless. Cong Xiaobu is horrified. “Could Su Xing be doing something utterly outrageous, like competing to work harder than everyone else???” Cong Xiaobu is about to stop him, but then sees Su Xing reading an educational paper covered in pixelation from edge to edge. How to OOO a soft, juicy Little Pudding, then XXX, and finally ↑↑↑ Little Pudding turns bright red. “W-what are you reading? That’s so naughty!” Su Xing: “Sorry. I wrote a little something to meet certain adult needs. It’s highly practical. We should give it a try.” And so, well. 1. Children’s literature! Little Pudding just needs to be cute! All kinds of animals appear very frequently! 2. A lighthearted, happy everyday story. No serious business intrigue. The rival company’s most evil tactic is sneaking into the enemy’s office and pouring boiling water on their money tree. 3. It’s a world where everyone can transform. For Pudding Beasts, pudding is everything! 4. I hate internet companies. This is an outline written to vent. [2022.11.12] This will be my next story! "Little Rabbit Constable, Come to the Rescue" [I’ll write this one first in 2024, so please add it to your favorites!] After the severance between Heaven and Earth, the gods vanished, and the mortal world became a jumble of demons and ghosts. In the capital, the dynasty honors great demons as immortals to ward off evil spirits. In some towns, a capable magistrate might even hire a demon as an official. But demons in public service are also evaluated. If they fail to earn an “excellent” rating for three consecutive years, they’ll be dismissed. Because his jurisdiction is so peaceful, Yan Xiaozhui, a little rabbit constable, has gone two years without earning an “excellent” rating. The constable community teases him as a rabbit who gets paid for doing nothing. Yan Xiaozhui is very worried. His dream is to become someone as impressive as the “Greatest Constable Under Heaven.” How can he be kicked out without having done anything at all? Luckily, just before this year’s prefectural assessment, he gets a job through the constables’ registry: escort a weakened criminal demon to the capital. It’s an easy assignment, and completing it will earn him an “excellent” rating. The chubby little rabbit thumps his chest with a tiny paw, his round cheeks bouncing. “Leave it to me, squeak! I’ll make sure that demon gets daily ginseng stew and soup noodles so he can build up his strength!” The constable commander is stunned. “You’re supposed to escort him to the capital, not nurse him back to health!” Yan Xiaozhui smiles modestly, eyes full of wisdom. “What if he’s so weak he coughs up blood and dies along the way? You wouldn’t understand. I’ll take care of this properly!” The constable commander: “...” The constable commander has arranged this assignment for personal reasons. He wants the “criminal demon” to escape along the way. To most people, the little rabbit constable isn’t strong and can’t transform, so the demon he’s escorting can’t be all that powerful. That should be enough to throw people off and get the “criminal demon” safely out of the prefecture. ...At worst, he might be fed until he gets a nosebleed. That’s hardly a price to pay. But who could have guessed that the chubby little rabbit would really escort the “criminal demon” all the way to the capital! The little rabbit throws both paws in the air and bounces with delight. “I did it~” The constable commander is stunned. “Your Highness! What are you doing? Don’t forget your important responsibilities!” - He Fanghui, descendant of Ao Shun, Dragon King of the North Sea, and the Greatest Constable Under Heaven, was ambushed some time ago. Now he’s disguised as a little demon in a prefecture, lying low and waiting for a chance to escape. But during the journey, he grows attached to the little rabbit constable... He Fanghui rubs the chubby little rabbit sitting on his lap as he munches on a biscuit and urges him to mend his ways and become a good demon again. He wears a thoroughly contented smile. “Hahaha, there’s no escaping. You really can’t get away.” A dragon’s tail emerges from beneath He Fanghui’s robe, a sign of courtship. They say dragons are rebellious by nature and only respect their partners, who are always peerlessly beautiful. Could it be that this chubby little rabbit will be...? Yan Xiaozhui has been working hard to cultivate so he can transform. His father told him that once the auspicious red mole on his forehead starts to glow, he’ll be able to take human form. One day, a young man in a constable’s red uniform descends from the sky amid a sea of clouds, a red plum blossom against snow between his brows. He Fanghui is chatting calmly with someone, folding fan in hand. The moment he sees the young man, he’s so overcome that his jade fan slips from his grasp. [An optimistic, confident, no-need-to-act-cute-but-still-seems-cute, praise-goes-straight-to-his-head, chubby rabbit brawler, bottom × A cool and stern-looking but kind to little animals, ridiculously strong, pretending-to-be-weak top] 1. Yan Xiaozhui’s self-assessment after he can transform: “I’m so handsome, squeak! Squeak, squeak!” 2. He Fanghui: “I don’t believe it. Show me.” Theme: Hold fast to your original dreams