Picking on Your Wife Is Nothing to Brag About

Two free short stories, sweet bedtime reads. Sweet dreams!

Story One: The Little Peach Spirit Goes to School (Complete)

A naive, innocent, and stubborn little peach spirit x a scheming dragon who teaches school

A teacher from the human realm recently arrived in the demon world. Any young demon of the right age could attend his classes. The little peach spirit wasn't a demon, but she brought along paper and a brush she'd made herself.

The little peach spirit sat outside the classroom and listened in secret, never missing a lesson. But the strict teacher still made her stay after class to learn things the other little demons hadn't studied.

The little peach spirit fell in love for the first time and brought him a juicy peach to confess her feelings, only to be turned away.

"Spirits are born passionate. How can I trust your feelings are sincere?"

Later, the teacher guarded against her every way he could, but couldn't keep everyone, human and demon alike, from coveting him. After testing her again and again, he found out that the little peach spirit was infatuated with his looks.

With red-rimmed eyes, he demanded, "Do you love nothing but my looks?!"

Story Two: The Civet Cat Takes the Crown Prince's Place

A fussy little civet cat who loves picking fights x a dark-hearted, crazy man who loves teasing cats

Zhou Zhouyu stole someone else's life...

He was the civet cat who'd been switched at birth. When the real crown prince finally returned home, he became extremely wary and picked fights at every turn to make sure people noticed him.

Then he was asked, "Do you like me?"

Coming soon: Can a Substitute Become Everyone's Darling?

Blurb:

Jiang Yin signed a six-month contract to be the campus heartthrob's kept substitute.

As soon as he got the money, Jiang Yin could no longer keep up his initial act of obedience. His true nature came out: he was always getting into trouble, climbing onto the roof, throwing tantrums, and rolling around on the ground...

Campus Heartthrob: ...

He was exhausted and had no time to think about his first love. Even his childhood friends advised him to stay away from someone like that.

But more than once, he caught these so-called childhood friends taking Jiang Yin out alone. Jiang Yin also kept showing up with the latest luxury goods.

His suspicions got the better of him. He kept tabs on where Jiang Yin went, and after a fight finally broke out, he confronted him with red-rimmed eyes. Jiang Yin turned the tables on him:

"It's because they all love you! Every time they ask me out, they beat me up, and all these luxury goods are compensation. Waaaah..."

Campus Heartthrob: "...?" That's terrifying when you think about it.

Later, his first love returned from abroad, frail and aloof, yet truly beautiful and gentle.

Jiang Yin immediately felt threatened and kept provoking him to show off, terrified the campus heartthrob would dump him and stop giving him money.

As the six-month contract approached its end, his first love invited him out, and Jiang Yin braced himself for the worst.

But the slap he'd expected never came. Instead, he smelled his first love's fragrance as the man leaned closer, and felt a soft, strange sensation on his lips.

"Yinyin, aren't we the ones who are fated to be together?"

Jiang Yin thought the first love smelled too good and had tempted him. It wasn't his fault.

When the truth came out, Jiang Yin took all the luxury goods and fled to the countryside. He left the campus heartthrob a message:

"Actually, I'm terminally ill. There's no cure for me, so don't come looking. I want you to remember me at my best. If you want to do something for me, send my medical expenses to this account: *****"

His country brother took him into the mountains to catch pheasants and into the water to catch fish. Later, he even cornered Jiang Yin in a cave to confess and ask for a kiss...

Little did he know, the outside world had already been turned upside down because of him.

Jiang Yin was caught and brought back.

The campus heartthrob closed in on him inch by inch. One by one, he tore up the photos of Jiang Yin dating and getting close to other people, then stuffed stacks of money into his arms. "You're young. It's normal for bad men out there to tempt you. I won't hold it against you anymore, as long as from now on, I'm the only one in your heart."

Theme: Face life with strength