[Hermaphroditic Fox Top x Tyrant Bottom]
1.
Ji Yechen died, only learning before his death that he was a cannon-fodder character in an angsty, wife-chasing-to-the-crematorium novel. His role was to drive a wedge between the protagonist top and bottom.
His death would become a thorn in their hearts, pushing the protagonists toward conflict and a love-hate relationship for hundreds of thousands of words, until the protagonist top realized his mistakes and completed his pursuit of the bottom.
Watching the happy scene of the protagonist top and bottom together, Ji Yechen, known as a depraved and cruel tyrant, twisted his face into a demonic grimace.
When he opened his eyes again, Ji Yechen had entered a fanfic written by a female fan, starring him and the protagonist top.
Facing the protagonist top, who had a pair of white fox ears and was lazily curled up on his imperial bed, Ji Yechen lost his grip and crushed the dragon throne beneath him.
2.
Ji Yechen had been wild and unruly since childhood, with a fiery temper no one could tame. Except for Zhou Xuan, whose single glance could make him sit as still as a stone.
But Zhou Xuan had left his side. He waited thirteen years, but Zhou Xuan never returned to the capital.
He could only comply with Zhou Xuan's requests, granting him command of the armies and sending him here and there. He watched him win battle after battle and earn one military honor after another, watched him conquer forests and snowy plains, watched him become a great general guarding the frontier.
Every day, Ji Yechen thought about bringing Zhou Xuan back to his side by any means necessary. But reason told him he must never force Zhou Xuan or hurt him in the slightest.
For years, Ji Yechen had never slept well. Whenever he couldn't sleep, he would write long letters and have messengers gallop off to deliver them to Zhou Xuan.
And no matter how brief Zhou Xuan's reports and letters were, Ji Yechen could hold them and read them for a long time.
When word came that Zhou Xuan had been lightly wounded on the front lines, the entire palace and all the ministers grew apprehensive, afraid they would once again see Ji Yechen's frenzied state.
The two had parted at fifteen, and they never saw each other again before one of them died.
The female fan who'd read the original novel was devastated and furious. "What is this? What kind of bad ending is this? I won't accept it!! You two have to be together, happy and lovey-dovey for the rest of your lives. I won't allow anything to stand between you!"
Then she started writing fanfiction.
3.
Zhou Xuan took a brief nap on his way back to the capital. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a baby beast. He was presented to the emperor as tribute and became... a child bride, the future empress.
The little beast Zhou Xuan, who hadn't even grown teeth yet, listened to the envoy and looked toward the familiar stranger on the dais. "Something's not quite right..."
A few months later, Zhou Xuan's fox nest sat in the middle of the imperial desk. Ji Yechen handled state affairs while kneading the fox's little paws.
As he squeezed, Ji Yechen looked up from the documents.
"Brother Xuan, how much longer until you'll willingly take human form and marry me?"
Before the words had even left his mouth, three more bloody scratches appeared on Ji Yechen's hand, already covered in old and new claw marks.
Theme: Haven't thought of one...