It's So Hard for a Fox to Raise a Human

Straightforward, naturally flirtatious pretty little fox x self-deluding, fluffy-animal-loving CEO with a doting-dad vibe

Original title: A Guide to Raising Your Fox's Pooper-Scooper

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The main story is complete, with bonus chapters coming. Please add it to your collection! The author's page also has a completed sweet, food-themed childcare story, Making Soup Among the Stars to Raise Tiger Cubs. Please add that to your collection too! Blurb:

The little fox spirit Yun Rong failed his tribulation. When he woke up, he had been brought to the terrifying human world.

Help! How is a little monster who can barely hunt supposed to survive in a world of bipedal beasts?!

Answer! Find yourself an owner first. No, wait, a pooper-scooper!

The appearance-loving little fox immediately picked out a bipedal beast in the crowd who looked particularly impressive. Everyone else was standing, but you were sitting. You looked rich and handsome. Perfect! Foxy has chosen you!

Xie Yan, who was hated by cats and dogs alike, never expected a fluffy little thing to pull a stunt like this on him.

He watched the little white fox dig under his actual wall and knock on the door asking for food. He pulled out his phone and said coldly, "Hello? Forestry Bureau?"

Yun Rong: ???

What's wrong with you, bipedal beast?! How dare you reject Foxy?!

A day later, the little fox had successfully made himself at home and wagged his tail smugly. As expected, nobody could resist Foxy!

But before long, the little fox regretted it, because his pooper-scooper had no money at all!

Looking at the green vegetables in his pooper-scooper's bowl, then at the juicy chicken leg in his own, Yun Rong was moved. His pooper-scooper would rather eat grass every day than keep him from having meat. What a good pooper-scooper!

Foxy was touched. Foxy was troubled. Foxy clenched his paw. He would go hunting to provide for his pooper-scooper!

But another problem soon came up: his pooper-scooper ate too much. The prey he worked so hard to catch couldn't fill him up.

To avoid being recognized, Yun Rong took the other little monsters' advice, bought a dress, and started livestreaming in women's clothing.

The delicate, pretty young man nervously tugged at his skirt in front of the camera. Just as he was about to end the livestream, someone caught him in the act.

A tall man appeared on camera, and the lively livestream abruptly fell silent.

The young man in women's clothes swallowed. "You're dreaming. What you saw wasn't real."

Xie Yan ended the livestream and grabbed the tail that had popped out behind him in fright. He laughed in exasperation. "Rongrong, do you think I'm an idiot?"

"You've called so many other people 'big brother.' It's about time you called me that too."

The little fox, ready to be kicked out: ? He wasn't even scared?

The little fox couldn't understand. Was "big brother" such an important thing to call someone? Why was his bipedal beast so angry?

Xie Yan never expected to experience a real-life story of a fox repaying a kindness. The little fox he raised went hunting every day, bringing back little fruits and big fish to feed him. Xie Yan ignored the tiny tooth marks and had the food cooked.

Until one day, the little fox returned with a can of pet food and looked at him expectantly.

Xie Yan: ...

Eat it or not?

Wait, where did it get that can?

After eating a whole lot of cans, Xie Yan got a notification from a livestreaming platform: "A streamer near you is live. Come take a look!"

Distance: 10 m.

Xie Yan: ?

He clicked in and saw a pretty young man on the screen with eyes exactly like his fox's. The bell around his neck was the one Xie Yan had tied on himself.

His little fox had turned into a person, and was calling someone else big brother.

Fine. Just how many big brothers do you have out there?

The little fox he raised had turned into a person and clung to him every day, asking for kisses.

The old-fashioned man, with no official status, could only sigh helplessly. "In the human world, that's something only legally married couples can do."

"Oh, that's easy to solve." The little fox raised his tail smugly. "That's a human rule. I'm a fox, so I don't have to follow your rules. Go ahead and try to catch me!"

After finally making their relationship official, Xie Yan was at last thoroughly devoured by the little fox. The overstuffed fox crawled away with tear-streaked cheeks and sobbed, "You jerk, Xie Yan! I don't want you as my mate anymore!"

Xie Yan pulled him back. "Baby, you have to be a faithful little fox."

Half an hour later, Yun Rong smacked his lips. This mate of his really was kind of delicious.

Bonus scene:

Yun Rong couldn't understand why he still had to go to school after finally becoming a great demon!

He looked at the pile of exam papers on the table with teary eyes. "I'm just a little fox. Can I skip school?"

Xie Yan: "One paper for one time."

Yun Rong cheered. "Yay!"

After the college entrance exam, Yun Rong opened his notes app. "Xie Yan, you owe me more than a hundred times. When are you going to pay me back?"

Xie Yan: "..."

Reader's Guide

1. A sweet, everyday story with a slow burn.

2. The love interest mostly thinks like an animal, and flirts with the protagonist on instinct. After taking human form, he has to go to school. He studies elementary through high school material at home, then takes the college entrance exam and goes to university. He wants to be a cultured little fox.

3. They are each other's only partners, both emotionally and physically.

4. Some of the transitions in the plot include livestreaming, and the love interest wears women's clothes.

The next story, Incubus? Me?!, is now available for pre-save. Please add it to your collection! Here's the blurb:

A not-quite-straight incubus x a childhood friend who's been in love with him for years

Blurb

Qi Zhao woke up one day to discover that he was actually living in the world of a melodramatic novel.

The bad news: he was a disposable side character who was supposed to seduce the male lead.

Qi Zhao: ??? If he remembered correctly, he was straight!

The worse news: he was an incubus.

Qi Zhao: ...???

Me? An incubus?!

Was anything more terrifying than a straight man turning into an incubus overnight?

Yes.

He had to feed on men's yang energy to survive.

Qi Zhao: This is ridiculous!

While Qi Zhao agonized over whether to sacrifice his backside to stay alive or die rather than give in, he discovered that he could absorb men's yang energy simply by being near them.

Great! No need to sacrifice his backside!

A men's dormitory might be short on anything else, but it was never short on yang energy.

It was only yang energy. There was as much as he could want!

Qi Zhao, whose cheeks were flushed from feeding, was full of energy every day, until one day he noticed that his roommates were looking at him strangely.

Qi Zhao: ?!!!

For the sake of his backside, Qi Zhao immediately packed up and moved into the home of his childhood friend, who was three years older than him.

If he had to feed on a man's yang energy, he might as well feed on his childhood friend's high-quality energy instead of nervously taking in the average stuff from college boys. That way, he wouldn't have to worry about his chastity either.

Of course, it would be even better if Gu Huaizhou were a little less controlling and stopped telling him not to stay up late playing games.

As he had expected, his childhood friend's yang energy was top quality. One dose was better than a whole month of what he'd had before!

With his limits raised, Qi Zhao shamelessly moved into his childhood friend's room. If they were brothers, they should sleep in the same bed!

Gu Huaizhou, forced to share a bed with the man he loved and serve as his human pillow while keeping his hands to himself: ...

Later, Gu Huaizhou looked down and found a flexible little tail wrapped around his waist, with a heart at its tip. ??? What was this?

Roused by the rubbing, Qi Zhao jolted in fright and tried to make an excuse, the two little horns on his head on full display. "I've been into cosplay lately. Do you believe me?"

Gu Huaizhou: "What do you think?"

Later still, a hungry Qi Zhao had tears in his eyes as he begged Gu Huaizhou to let him feed.

Gu Huaizhou toyed with the little incubus's tail and raised an eyebrow lazily. "I'm a man of virtue. Only my boyfriend can feed on my yang energy."

Qi Zhao: If he thought about it, getting together with Gu Huaizhou might not be such a bad deal?

Later, later still, the incubus mark on his lower abdomen grew more and more intricate. Qi Zhao tearfully said, "I can't do this anymore. If I eat any more, I'll burst."

Gu Huaizhou laid a hand on his swollen belly, kissed the pretty eyes that had turned into hearts, and said in a husky voice, "Baby, you can keep eating. Trust me."

Reader's Guide:

1. Both leads are each other's first love. They share only each other, physically and emotionally. One-on-one romance.

2. A not-quite-straight man gets turned gay. There will be plenty of original worldbuilding.

3. The protagonist has had a crush on him for years.

Message: Everyone has a responsibility to protect animals.