The Brooding CEO Makes Me Bloom Every Day

Advance Preview 1: My Catnip Lover Turns Out to Be a Tentacle Type

Advance Preview 2: A Guide to Pampering a Frail Parasitic Vine

Blurb

In the eighth year since Huo Yanchi took him home and raised him, Shen Junlan, who had been sentient for 323 years, finally cultivated a human form.

As a gentleman orchid that had weathered countless storms, Shen Junlan had only learned what it meant to be "pampered" during those eight years in Huo Yanchi's care. Huo Yanchi was so meticulous that he never missed a day of wiping his leaves, and even shielded him from a lightning tribulation. Shen Junlan had no way to repay him, so the first thing he did after taking human form was roll around on Huo Yanchi's bed. (Strike that, strike that.)

Shen Junlan turned into a little housekeeper, tidying the villa until it was spotless. Every night, he prepared dinner for Huo Yanchi when he got home from work, warmed his bed, then curled up in his flowerpot and watched Huo Yanchi fall asleep before seizing the chance to climb into bed with him. After all, his owner suffered from a serious mental illness and never knew what he was doing when he went crazy.

After climbing into bed with Huo Yanchi for long enough, Shen Junlan realized that cuddling and snuggling with him could increase his spiritual power.

Well, now he had one more reason to cuddle with Huo Yanchi every day.

One night, the bewildered Shen Junlan locked eyes with Huo Yanchi. It seemed...he'd been discovered!!!

Shen Junlan: I was just so engrossed in absorbing Huo Yanchi that he caught me and pinned me to the bed.

From the gong's perspective

Huo Yanchi discovered the extra person in his house in the middle of the night. The stranger was wearing one of his ridiculously oversized shirts, long, slender, pale legs on display, and was sleeping soundly in a corner of his king-sized bed.

There were no signs of a forced lock on the bedroom door. Huo Yanchi was sure he hadn't had an episode. There really was an extra person.

Wait, perhaps not a person. It was the flower he had been raising.

That night, Huo Yanchi slept well for once. Somehow, having this person beside him greatly soothed his irritable mood.

At first, Shen Junlan simply slept beside him. Then he started getting a little too cuddly and rubbing up against him. Huo Yanchi found himself wanting more and more.

Huo Yanchi held Shen Junlan down, his eyes narrowing as he thought, You're both mine to raise. Raising a flower and raising a wife aren't so different.

Bonus Scene

Shen Junlan: "Stop, stop kissing me. I really won't bloom. I lied when I said cuddling with you more would make me flower."

Huo Yanchi: "Is that so? Then what's that on your head? It's fine if you don't think this counts. Let's try another way."

Afterward, Shen Junlan stared blankly at the red petals scattered across the bed. H-He had really bloomed. And he just kept blooming more and more.

Advance Preview 1: My Catnip Lover Turns Out to Be a Tentacle Type

As the last cat demon to gain human form before the founding of the People's Republic, Su Mubai had an unstable spirit and a delicate, sickly constitution from a young age.

Following a Taoist master's advice, Su Mubai entered show business as a teenager and became a top-tier star. He hoped to stabilize his spirit by earning the devotion of his fans, but the effect was negligible.

Watching Su Mubai grow weaker by the day, Grandpa Su gritted his teeth and sent him to marry the powerful Bo Yanchi, whose mental strength was formidable.

Su Mubai had heard that Bo Yanchi's mental strength was too powerful to control, making him sinister, violent, cold as ice, and utterly heartless. The demons of the imperial capital trembled at the mere mention of his name.

Su Mubai prepared himself to be kicked out the moment they met. Who could have guessed that Bo Yanchi would not only be gentle and considerate, but also love kissing, hugging, and cuddling with him?

The first time Su Mubai saw Bo Yanchi.

Su Mubai: Blushing, heart pounding, limbs weak, head spinning. He smells so good, so good. I want to absorb him.

Grandpa, why didn't you tell me the big shot was a catnip spirit?

This is heaven. Cat heaven!

Su Mubai and Bo Yanchi struck a deal. Su Mubai would untangle Bo Yanchi's mental energy, which was like a ball of yarn, and Bo Yanchi would help stabilize his spirit.

Everything went perfectly, except that their cuddling went from touching fingertips at first to getting naked and cuddling in the end.

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"Kitty, this is dual cultivation. It can stabilize your spirit in one go. It's cultivation, completely normal."

Su Mubai: "I-Is that so?"

The cat hasn't read many books. Don't lie to him.

Later...

Su Mubai: "If it's dual cultivation, then fine, but where did those tentacles come from? You said you were catnip. Why are you catnip with a whole bunch of tentacle vines?"

Bo Yanchi's gaze darkened as he tied up Su Mubai, who was trying to escape. Tie, tie, tie.

"Kitty, I just mutated after cultivating for too long. Don't be scared. You obviously love my vines. You get so excited every time."

It seemed...he wasn't wrong.

Su Mubai was helplessly intoxicated by the fragrance of the catnip, sinking deeper and deeper. Bo Yanchi's vines coiled around his waist, and red marks covered his body.

Still, he couldn't help feeling that something was off. Why was his belly getting bigger and bigger? Had he been tricked into giving his body and heart to a thousand-year-old demon?

Advance Preview 2: A Guide to Pampering a Frail Parasitic Vine

When Yu Luotang woke up one day, he discovered that the world he lived in was nothing more than a book, and he was the cannon-fodder foil to the book's protagonist shou.

A beautiful, spoiled, frail, sickly parasitic vine, who could only survive by wagging his tail and clinging to others.

The protagonist shou was his younger brother, Yu Luobai. He had been sunny and outgoing since childhood, but also shrewd and calculating. He debuted at eighteen and quickly made a name for himself in show business.

All the family's supposed painstaking efforts to raise Yu Luotang had merely been about selling him for a good price and paving the way for Yu Luobai.

Fortunately, he regained his memories the night before he was due to discuss his engagement with the protagonist gong.

The protagonist gong had long been secretly involved with Yu Luotang's younger brother. Not long after their arranged marriage, the two schemed to kill him and seize all the assets in his name. His family merely shed a few fake tears before forgetting all about him.

Yu Luotang rejected the hypocritical protagonist gong and chose Xie Wangqi, the story's big villain, instead.

They said Xie Wangqi suffered from severe insomnia, had a violent and reckless temperament, acted outrageously, and was feared by everyone in the imperial capital.

Yu Luotang didn't care. He just wanted to leave the Yu family. He just wanted to live.

Besides, Xie Wangqi wasn't as cold and heartless as he'd imagined. Instead, he was gentle and considerate, pampered Yu Luotang, and indulged his every whim.

Except that he was a little...clingy.

He had to hold Yu Luotang every night to fall asleep, loved nibbling the red mole on his collarbone, and would lift his chin to kiss him in a lingering, affectionate way. His appetites also seemed particularly...

Xie Wangqi had suddenly acquired a delicate, fragile marriage partner, so beautiful he was impossible to look away from after just one glance.

When Xie Wangqi was with him, his increasingly severe headaches gradually eased. When they hugged and cuddled, his violent temper slowly calmed. When they shared a bed, he could sleep soundly all night.

Xie Wangqi wished he could pluck the stars from the sky and give everything to his little parasitic vine.

"Xie Wangqi, I'm scared to be alone. Stay with me."

"All right."

"Big brother, I want the Yu family ruined, and I want Yu Luobai disgraced."

"All right."

"Hubby, you have to love me more than you did yesterday."

"All right."

"Puppy, you don't know when to stop. We have to sleep in separate rooms."

"No."

Xie Wangqi fixed Yu Luotang with a blood-red gaze and hooked a finger under his chin, kissing him deeply. He could indulge Yu Luotang in anything except that.

A Guide to Pampering a Parasitic Vine

One: The little parasitic vine is afraid of the dark and thunder. Hold him in your arms and soothe him to sleep.

Two: The little parasitic vine is delicate and frail. Prepare all the medicine he needs. When it comes to that, be utterly restrained and utterly gentle.

Three: The little parasitic vine needs lots of money, and even more love. Love him very, very much.

Four: Support your little parasitic vine unconditionally. Whatever he wants, whatever he needs, be the vine he climbs to reach the top, not a thorny cage that traps him.

P.S. The shou will have his own career.

Theme: Break free from superstition and strive for a positive life!