Feeding Monsters: Right Up My Alley!

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Male rivals battling for her | Doting on the heroine | Cozy, silly humor

Lin Zixi woke up to find that her whole world had collapsed.

Her family's company had gone bankrupt, and her parents had taken her younger brother and fled to escape their debts, leaving her alone to face the creditors.

On the day she couldn't take it anymore and wanted to end her life, Lin Zixi found a... bat?

Just before she could throw it away, the bat started talking.

"I'm a legendary evil dragon. Please save me, and I'll repay you."

Lin Zixi believed him.

She thought that storybook dragons had lots of treasure. If she became the dragon's bride, her debt problems would be solved.

But after they truly formed a bond, Lin Zixi was devastated.

Why did this dragon own nothing but a dilapidated little shop with a magical restriction that only took effect at night?

But life had to go on, so she opened a dessert shop and recruited a dragon and a phoenix as employees.

Only...

Lin Zixi stared pensively at the dark cuisine she had made.

She'd been pampered for over twenty years. How could she possibly make anything delicious?

After her daytime sales came in below zero for the Nth time, Lin Zixi put up a sign announcing that the shop was open at night, too.

The result was beyond her expectations.

As night deepened and the dew grew heavy, demons roamed the streets.

One humanoid demon after another stepped into the shop, not only devouring all of Lin Zixi's desserts, but leaving incredibly generous tips.

Well... in that case, she might as well open a night shift and do business with demons.

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The graceful fox demon was always picky. She swallowed nervously and scoffed, "We fox demons would never eat this kind of junk food."

Lin Zixi said, "I know you have to watch your figure, big sis, so we've specially added low-fat bagels to the menu."

The fox demon left a tip of +10086.

After being kicked out of the wolf clan, the wolf demon had become vicious. But once inside the shop, the old wolf turned unusually bashful.

"What do those fools know? What's so great about eating raw meat? Have they ever tried egg-yolk pies?"

Lin Zixi understood. She turned around and added meat-flavored egg-yolk pies to the menu.

The wolf demon left a tip of +10086.

*

When Lin Zixi's business was booming, she turned around and wanted to list her two employees for sale on Xianyu.

The kind with flaws that could be negotiated over.

The second-floor living room had been completely wrecked. The dragon and phoenix stood in the middle, glaring at each other.

The dragon looked down on him with disdain. "A woman who marries a dragon wouldn't give a second look to a barnyard chicken."

The phoenix turned to Lin Zixi, tears in his eyes.

"Sis, look at him. I just haven't gone through nirvana yet. How does that make me a barnyard chicken? So that's what everyone thinks of me..."

Lin Zixi: ...Quite the show.

*

When Shen Zhuo was a child, he was saved by a human girl.

They became friends, and she gave him a storybook.

The book was called The Dragon and the Princess.

When Shen Zhuo went home, the elders of the dragon clan were troubled.

Their only heir had read a fairy tale and now refused an arranged marriage, thinking of nothing but finding a princess. But where in the world could they find a princess?

Until one day, Shen Zhuo heard someone say that a girl had princess syndrome, right there in her pocket.

Shen Zhuo: Princess syndrome? Then that purse belongs to a princess!

Later, Shen Zhuo discovered that this girl really was his princess.

[Notes]

1. This is a silly, sweet story, with a little angst later on. It is a slow-burn, cozy slice-of-life story. Please don't take it too seriously, and note that the ending is not a perfect HE. Read with care if that bothers you.

2. There are male rivals battling for the heroine.

3. One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins.

4. The heroine grows over the course of the story. She starts out a bit spoiled and princess-like, so please don't be mean to her.

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Foster-care trope | Rekindled romance | Love and hate | Dog-training romance | Pretend relationship turns real

A heartless liar x a fiercely loyal troublemaker

Serious version

1.

Ning Yuzhi had a face that made people trust her: beautiful, harmless, and pitifully endearing.

In reality, her heart was harder than stone, and she remembered grudges better than kindness.

Five years ago, she got caught up in a ridiculous affair.

Back then, she had just moved in with the Qi family as a poor relative, hoping only to finish high school in peace.

Unfortunately, the young master of the Qi family was arrogant and domineering. Like a wolfhound, he wouldn't stop hounding her, repeatedly picking on her under the pretense of being her uncle.

She couldn't avoid him and nearly got kicked out of the Qi household over something he said.

Ning Yuzhi had had enough. She decided to weave a trap for him with her own hands.

Later, the fish took the bait and confessed his feelings to her after the college entrance exams.

Ning Yuzhi smiled and accepted, then dumped him at the height of their romance and went abroad to study, disappearing without a trace.

2.

Five years later, she returned home with her fiance on her arm.

Qi Jinyu had already become a major figure in their social circle.

With a cool expression, he exchanged toasts with her in a dignified and courteous manner, even chatting amiably as he asked when the wedding would be.

Ning Yuzhi thought the past was probably behind them.

They were still an uncle and niece by marriage, with no impropriety between them.

But on the day of her engagement banquet, her fiance ran away. Ning Yuzhi exchanged a single glance with Qi Jinyu, who was smiling mischievously below the stage, and immediately understood that he was the mastermind.

He'd always been good at ruining her plans.

Qi Jinyu silently mouthed to her: Sorry for ruining your engagement banquet.

That night, a dark green ribbon bound her slender wrists.

Qi Jinyu spoke through gritted teeth, his voice fierce. "Ning Yuzhi, do you know how much I hate you?"

The moonlight swayed, the leaves and branches of the parasol trees scattered, mingling with the frost-white light on the ground.

A night of reckless passion.

The next day.

Ning Yuzhi's throat was hoarse. Touching the bite mark on her collarbone, she thought bitterly:

After five years apart, the wolfhound had turned rabid.

3. The male lead's point of view, abstract version:

Qi Jinyu really hated that so-called step-niece of his. She smiled so falsely. What kind of decent person could she be?

But his good friend was blind and asked him to help pursue a girl, so he reluctantly agreed.

At first, he thought she wasn't good enough for his friend.

Later, he thought his friend wasn't good enough for her.

Later still, he decided that no one but him was good enough for her.

One day, while he and his good friend were bickering, he pointed to the handprint on his face and showed off his spoils. "She slapped me. Did she slap you? Why does she only hit you and not me?"

His good friend: "...Good grief, man, you're a total masochist!"

Qi Jinyu touched his face and thought:

She looked beautiful when she hit him. He had feelings for his niece that he shouldn't have. He really was a bad person.

Important warnings:

Most important of all!!! The school-years section is a slow burn. The heroine doesn't officially begin her dog-training plan until Chapter 19!

1. The heroine isn't perfect. Her selfishness and avoidance are defense mechanisms. She isn't a traditionally noble, righteous character.

2. The leads are not blood-related and have no ethical family relationship. They're the same age, though there's a large difference in generation, making this a foster-care trope.

3. They focus on their studies in high school. There is a touch of ensemble cast storytelling, but no romance.

4. The heroine had her reasons for leaving the country.

5. A married couple who hate each other and constantly get in each other's way.

Theme: Work hard to live your own life