The Cute Little Chili Pepper Is Actually a Dragon-Slaying Protagonist

[Main story complete. Extra chapters updating slowly.]

1.

As a chili pepper with dangerously high heat, Fang Shiqing had only one goal in life: to lie down.

He was happily lying on a branch when a gust of strange wind knocked him to the ground and turned him into a human. He fell hard, but couldn't be bothered to get up. Sometimes, when the sun got too hot, he'd clumsily roll over.

After stubbornly holding out for three days without food, the former little chili pepper, now human Fang Shiqing, finally couldn't take it anymore. Clutching his rumbling stomach, he started crawling around and went down the mountain in search of food. Starving, he wanted to bite into any fragrant human he saw.

After biting (and getting involved with) countless men, he was "tricked" into going home with Liao Yuan and began his true life as a happy couch potato. 0v0

But there was always a System called Long Aotian chattering away in his head. So annoying. (ToT)

2.

Liao Yuan had always believed he was defective. As a top-tier alpha, he couldn't smell anyone's pheromones. Though he held a high position, he was insecure and sensitive, always carefully hiding his secret.

Then he met Fang Shiqing. For the first time, his incomplete glands detected a scent, one so powerful it shook his soul and made him burst into tears. (Actually, the spiciness made him cry.)

Gradually, Fang Shiqing came to occupy his entire life. He became more and more unable to live without him, and vowed to spend his life with him, never to part.

But one day, Fang Shiqing suddenly disappeared.

All that remained was a chili seed on his desk.

He searched for him for a long time, until he finally broke down and buried himself in the dirt with the seed...

When he woke up again, he saw his young wife.

3.

Liao Changqing had never regretted anything so much. For his brother's illness, he had personally severed his bond with Fang Shiqing and let his brother have him.

Watching his brother and Fang Shiqing being so loving was worse than death. He locked himself in his room and drank himself into a stupor, suffering several stomach perforations that landed him in the hospital.

One night, still drunk from the night before, he gave in to the alcohol's influence... and went to his brother's house...

That day... he did something wrong.

Bonus scene:

Liao Yuan was working hard at it, while Fang Shiqing yawned lazily, his eyes half-closed as if he were about to fall asleep.

"What, is he better than me?" Liao Yuan whispered in Fang Shiqing's ear, looking deeply aggrieved.

As if he'd been caught out, Fang Shiqing stiffened and shut his eyes, pretending to be dead. When sleepiness finally caught up with him, he simply fell asleep.

Liao Yuan's eyes darkened like ink. He stared at Fang Shiqing's drowsy face and said helplessly (in impotent rage), "Don't block out the sensations!"

Fang Shiqing was roused for a moment. He barely lifted his eyelids and replied, "Okay..." Then he fell asleep.

A certain alpha shed tears of humiliation...

Reading Guide: (Tentative)

1. A melodramatic Mary Sue story. The bottom is universally adored. He has no pheromones, but his chili-induced pain makes everyone fall for him. (He has a scent, but it's not pheromones.)

2. The bottom is a true couch potato. If he can lie down, he absolutely won't stand.

3. Includes a future top transmigrating back to the past and competing with the past top for the bottom.

4. The top is sexually inexperienced, as are all the bottom's suitors. No secondary couples. The bottom has a lot, a lot, a lot of suitors.

5. The top has multiple versions of himself.

6. Includes punishments from the System, such as the bottom turning into a cotton doll, losing his memory, or getting a frail-body debuff.

7. Includes some forum-style and livestream-style chapters, with the bottom's fanbase at max level.

8. The section where the bottom turns into a kitty is a little long.

Theme: You will always find the one whose soul resonates with yours.