The Strange Tale of a Pet Lover

[A writing exercise with plenty of flaws. Before paying to read, please check the free chapters to see if it's your cup of tea.] ★Please add my Wuxia Crossover story to your wishlist: "[Wuxia Crossover] Stardew Valley, but Make It a Wuxia Adventure." Blurb at the end.★ [Vampire] He's cool-headed and loyal, learned and sharp-eyed, and wears gold-rimmed glasses. --He's your butler. His skin is pale, his fingers long and slender, and his case of mysophobia is so severe that he refuses physical contact. --Only you know the cold, crazed, delighted filthiness of the way he takes your bloodied fingertip into his mouth and sucks on it. --He's your vampire butler, and your pet lover. [Genderbent Liaozhai] Tips: 1. This story is listed as derivative fiction because it mixes in urban legends and collections of supernatural tales, and later includes an AU where Nie Xiaoqian is genderbent. That's why Liaozhai is among the tags. 2. This is a generous helping of my personal kinks. Decide for yourself if they're a dealbreaker, and please steer clear if you need content warnings. 3. One-on-one romance. ---- Upcoming story ---- Check out my Wuxia Crossover story: "[Wuxia Crossover] Stardew Valley, but Make It a Wuxia Adventure." "Stardew Valley: Wuxia DLC" is a special DIC aimed at players in Huaxia. [A more realistic martial world! Load an 800-li map whenever you want!] [More ways to play! Farming, romance, gathering, mining!] [More classic characters! Chu Xiangshuai, Four Eyebrows, flying daggers and swift swords!] You completed the base game and bought it. Play! Play to your heart's content! Later, tales spread through the martial world: in such-and-such place, on such-and-such a day, a woman nicknamed "Farmer," carrying an iron pickaxe, was the greatest menace the martial world had ever known-- Just look-- What kind of man was Chu Xiangshuai? Even he had to yield to the "Farmer's" might, and his home was completely flooded with brewing barrels! Bat Island was full of craggy rocks and ingenious traps, but the "Farmer" dug right through it with an iron pickaxe, leaving not a single secret intact! The Goddess of the Desert was the greatest female demon under heaven, yet the "Farmer" walked into her lair as if it were empty, showing up twice a week just to bring her slimy seaweed and tease her for being as afraid of water as a tiger! And what's more-- Who exactly was the "Farmer"? Why did she pass out on the dot at two in the morning? Who exactly was the "Farmer"? Why did time stop whenever she ate? Who exactly was the "Farmer"? Why did restoring all her health take no time, and why couldn't anyone kill her? The player had this to say-- But I'm just an ordinary farmer! Core message: True love can overcome barriers