The Fluffy One Took Me to the Factory

A fluffy, no-brainer romance with all sorts of fuzzy nonhuman characters and multiple couples. See the end of the blurb for the pairings!

Main couple: lazy, indecisive oddball Ruan Jibai & An Ziwen, who seems aloof but is actually gentle and thoughtful

As a junior college graduate, Ruan Jibai was facing the prospect of graduating straight into unemployment. Unable to find a job, she figured she might as well work in a factory. Then, by chance, she ended up at a food processing plant called Pet Joy.

Wait, those cats are packaging canned fish while drooling, and the moment the supervisor looks away, one of them steals a piece!

Huh? That dog supervisor neglects her cookie factory and sneaks out all day just to find someone to walk her!

What? The rabbit sisters are arguing again, and the quality of the dried carrots has gone down!

Hey, the thousand-year-old vampire isn't going to sit around in her rose manor anymore. She's actually planning to get out there and become a sugar mommy!

Ruan Jibai felt as though her whole worldview had collapsed. Meanwhile, her boss An Ziwen gazed at her resentfully. "What? You kissed me and don't plan to take responsibility?"

"Ah, I!!!"

Blurb two:

Ruan Jibai got her factory job thanks to her well-connected boss, An Ziwen. Later, she found her gaze drifting toward An Ziwen, deliberately or otherwise, and found herself paying special attention to her. The more time they spent together, the more Ruan Jibai realized that the seemingly aloof and distant supervisor An was beautiful and kind!

"Heading back to the residential complex? I'll give you a ride."

"Sure!"

"Want some candy? I'll get you some."

"Sure!"

"Want to kiss? I'll teach you."

"Su...re!!!"

Ruan Jibai: Why does this feel like things are going a little off track?

Little by little, Ruan Jibai got used to watching and observing her, never realizing that the moment she turned away, the other woman was watching her too.

Blurb three:

An Ziwen grew up in an orphanage and learned early on to keep a proper distance from others.

In her first few years on the job, workplace harassment often left her exhausted, body and mind.

One day, her superior asked her to go on a business trip to the countryside. During that trip, An Ziwen met a young girl. The girl was innocent and bold, always saying the most outrageous things and following behind her like a dog's tail.

That day, firecrackers rang out across the sky. The girl was eating as she joked, "Big sis, will you be my bride?"

An Ziwen froze for a moment, then replied in the same teasing tone, "Ask me again when you're all grown up."

Many years later, when An Ziwen saw her again, she had shed her shyness and boldness. She looked awkward and uneasy as she called out, "Supervisor An..."

An Ziwen pretended not to know her. She glanced at her coldly, nodded, and turned to leave. At work, she knew the woman was secretly watching her.

Bonus chapters are being released at random. Read them as standalone short stories.

Reader's guide:

1. Amnesia trope, no angst.

The main couple have a six-year age gap.

2. Multiple couples, all women.

3. Sweet romance!

4. My first story has plenty of flaws. If you come across any wording or sentences you find uncomfortable, please point them out in the comments. Thank you so much!

Side couples: Something for everyone!

Yan Ming and Dai Keqing (human & calico cat)

Xie Yun and Zhang Xiaoyao (snake & octopus)

Yu Ming and Gu Heng (mermaid & human)

Yu Xi and Leng Qingli (mermaid & vampire)

Bai Yunyun and A Xu (white cat & tabby cat)

Jiang Xue and Jiang Qingtian (human & puppy)

Shen Ying and Que Shenyin (cow cat & mermaid)

Wu Yu and Tang Ya (human & husky)

Yang Jing and Jiang Mengqi (older woman & college girl, age gap)

Gu Chao and Gu Yan (human & white fox)

Wen Ruxuan and Wen Ruyu (mutual hatred)

Lin Qiu and Lin Dong (white rabbit & gray rabbit, fauxcest)

Wulala and Bai Fu (black cat & human)

Huali and Li Qing (red fox & ferret)

Mu Youzhi and Yu Man (vampire & half-vampire)

Liu Yang and He Yu (human & vampire)

Now serializing: She's Been Plotting Against Me for Ages. Come check it out!

Couple: flirtatious, straightforward type & smiling schemer / deeply devoted and long-suffering

Blurb one:

After being single for twenty-eight years, I fell for someone once, and somehow ended up liking two women at the same time. They look exactly alike, right down to the shape of their smiles.

*

Running into Meng Yisong again. Just my luck.

First, I got scratched by a cat. The second time, I got rear-ended. The third time, I got drunk. The fourth time... I don't want to think about it.

And yet she always had a smile in her eyes. To me, she seemed like a smiling fox.

Our chemistry was all wrong, but somehow, at the end of every road, we ran into each other.

I kept backing away, raising my voice to demand, "Why are you getting close to me?"

"My aim is to..."

The woman slowly moved closer, staring at me like I was her prey. In such a cramped space, her hot breath fell over my face, yet she didn't seem to notice. Smiling, she leaned toward my ear and whispered:

"Find you, break you, and then kill you."

I was so scared my hair stood on end, but Meng Yisong soothingly stroked my head with the same hand she used to pet cats. Seeing how tense I was, she burst out laughing. "Just kidding."

But under all that pressure, I found myself feeling something else.

And yet...

In a parallel world eleven hours ahead of ours, I met another "Meng Yisong." She was innocent and reserved, and my sudden attraction to her grew until it consumed me.

I felt guilty and afraid, yet I was already in too deep.

Until I pinned her to the bed, forcing her to endure my clumsy kisses.

I tucked the hair by Meng Yisong's ear back and asked, breathless, "Still not going to tell the truth, my bri-de?"

She turned away and gave a soft laugh, then pressed her index finger firmly to my lips. "No comment."

Still not going to tell the truth? Your body is so honest.

Still not going to tell the truth? Your response is so eager.

Still not going to tell the truth? How long are you going to keep pretending?

"Do you love me?"

"Don't ask. Keep going."

*

"I keep feeling like you're hiding something from me." I closed my eyes and let her kiss me. In the deathly silence, Meng Yisong pressed her damp cheek against the tip of my nose. Her voice was certain, with a hint of sorrow. "You don't want to know."

"So you made the decision for me?"

"Then are you willing to die?"

It turned out someone had written the ending long ago.

It turned out she had been plotting against me for ages.

Blurb two:

"Darling, have you heard of a Mobius strip, or parallel worlds?"

My wife was always asking me things like that. At first, I thought they were interesting and often shared my thoughts with her. After a while, though, I grew a little bored.

I gazed silently at her. She stood there, barely a meter away, eyes lowered to conceal her feelings as she murmured to herself:

"We met and fell in love. That's cause and effect. A gift from heaven, and fate's decree."

This was more than an intersection of timelines. It was more like an endless loop of a Mobius strip, with everyone searching for a way out.

Everything is a beginning. Everything is an ending.

Past, present, future.

The starting point is also the end.

My wife suddenly looked up at me, smiling calmly, at peace. She said:

"No beginning, no end."

Theme: A harmonious coexistence between humans and animals.