For thirteen of the twenty-four years of his life, Zhu Xin had been in a relentless rivalry with his nemesis, You Xubai, each trying to get ahead of the other.
They fought tooth and nail, working themselves to the bone until they lost all sense of the world around them.
In the end, Zhu Xin died of overwork.
When he opened his eyes again, he had become a lop-eared rabbit, lying in a luxurious rabbit bed.
Then a familiar, detestable face appeared, reaching out to pick him up.
He'd become the rabbit his nemesis kept. What rotten luck.
Zhu Xin struggled instinctively.
"Hey, Zhu Zhu, hold still. Be good and let Daddy pick you up."
Zhu Zhu? Zhu Xin sneered. You Xubai was the only weirdo who'd call a rabbit a pig.
Wait a minute...
Zhu Zhu...
Zhu Zhu???!!!
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You Xubai rescued a rabbit from his bratty little cousin and brought it home, asking the housekeeper to look after it. After that, he paid it no attention.
One day, on a whim, he decided to tease it. But the rabbit the housekeeper had described as docile to the point of stupidity suddenly struggled as if panicking, refusing to let him hold it.
Its cold, furious, fur-raising glare reminded him unmistakably of someone.
You Xubai was suddenly intrigued. He began teasing the rabbit every day, planning to embark on a passionate forced romance.
As they spent more time together, he noticed that the rabbit liked to shove its round backside toward him and stomp its feet at him, "thump thump thump."
With no experience raising rabbits, You Xubai exclaimed delightedly, "Is it making a fuss to get my attention because it wants me to pet it?"
The housekeeper hesitated. "..."
The rabbit would also often let one ear droop naturally while pointing the other straight up toward You Xubai like an antenna.
You Xubai chuckled. "Zhu Zhu is so happy when I hold him, his ears are flying all over the place."
The housekeeper: "..."
Later, You Xubai looked it up and learned that a rabbit turning its backside toward someone means it's angry.
Stomping its feet means it's very angry.
Holding up one ear means it's extremely angry.
Holding up one ear while stomping means it's so furious it's beyond words, the equivalent of cursing you out and flipping you the bird.
You Xubai: "...?"
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Ever since turning into a rabbit, Zhu Xin had been spoiled with delicious food and drink every day. He finally understood the meaning of life:
So this is how amazing it is to take it easy!
What a miserable life he'd been living before!
Watching his nemesis diligently taking care of him, Zhu Xin decided to reward him with a rare show of affection. He stuck out his pink tongue and licked the other man's finger.
Whoosh! The fluffy little rabbit turned into a naked man, sitting in another man's lap in an extremely compromising position.
The two stared at each other in silence from across the air between them: "..."
"Don't look!" Zhu Xin threatened, his face red.
"Or I'll tell everyone how you secretly cried in the middle of the night after hearing I died!"
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Theme: Life needs a balance between effort and relaxation.
