The Aloof Senior Brother Is Actually a Pink-and-White Fox Cub [GB]

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(This is so hard. I've rewritten the opening several times and it still doesn't feel right. I'll set it aside for a bit and try a new idea. *bows meekly*)

"The Aloof Senior Brother Is Actually a Pink-and-White Fox Cub! [GB]"

-- Li Si: A lineage of ancient divine beasts. They look like lions, with thin wings bearing green feathers, three tiger-like tails, and four pitch-black feet. They possess immense strength, are swift, and excel at devouring ghosts and slaying evil thoughts.

As the last little sprout of the Li Si clan, Li Xu was finally allowed to descend the mountain when she came of age.

She was born with a flaw in her soul. Even though she'd been carefully raised in the mountains, she'd unknowingly swallowed plenty of filthy things. She'd managed to digest them, more or less, but couldn't get rid of them completely. If she didn't find a soul-compatible partner to mate with soon, she'd burst from the strain...

Before she left, her mother reluctantly handed her a peach blossom jade token and said that she'd found her a match years ago.

She'd traded half her beast heart for the lives of that family of three, and also left an opportunity for the baby in her belly.

"That child should be about six months older than you. Your father placed a strand of his divine soul in them, and they should have a peach blossom mark on their face. Remember, be good to them. Don't bully them."

"If you lose this one, there won't be time to find someone else who'd willingly join souls with you."

Li Xu understood. Li Xu was certain. She would be good to her human!

But while following a vague soul-sense, she blundered into a crowd and somehow ended up in the Fuyao Mountains, where she became a new disciple of Companion Spirit Peak...

The cultivation techniques of this peak were unusual. Humans with beast ears, tails, and even heads were everywhere.

Li Xu secretly let one tail slip out and swished it around... Great! I like it!

--

Her partner was somewhere on Companion Spirit Peak, but Li Xu was so muddled that she had no idea where.

Then, during the new disciples' trial, Li Xu swallowed too many filthy things and felt so bloated she was about to throw up. Forced to take human form, she darted into the back mountain and desperately chewed on heavenly treasures.

By sheer coincidence, she caught a pink-and-white fox cub.

Its fluffy fur was snowy white, with pale pink only on the tips of its ears and tail.

A bright pink petal was marked at the corner of its eye. Even when she pinned it down, it only struggled to flee in a panic.

"Are you a new disciple too? Could you tell me your name?"

"We're engaged, you know. Don't be afraid of me..." Li Xu was so hungry she was practically drooling, her three tails swishing anxiously.

But then she remembered her mother's warning... In the end, she only penned the fox in and licked it all over with a damp tongue. The intimate contact was the only thing keeping her partner from dying.

"Which peak are you from? Who's your master? Can I come visit you?" Li Xu clung to it, all clingy and affectionate.

But the pink-and-white fox wouldn't say a word. Its fur was soaked, and it stayed completely still.

Heartbroken, Li Xu went to class the next day and saw the sect's famed senior brother, the one everyone talked about.

A beautiful human in white, eyes covered by a white silk band, with smooth, soft black hair and pale pink, delicate lips.

Most importantly, he was covered in her scent...

--Ah, found you.

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Ghosts and evil thoughts smell awful when you swallow them. Unless absolutely necessary, Li Xu always tried not to eat them.

But sometimes her partner needed her to.

"Rootless wood, the feathers of a seven-colored spirit bird, Celestial Cicada Marrow... It's all in here. You can eat anything you want." Jiang Shiyi set down a storage jade bracelet and spoke softly, though he couldn't quite hide the tension in his voice.

Li Xu didn't want any of it. She glanced at her partner's lips and licked her own.

"But eating good things doesn't really help much right now..." she said tactfully.

"If I go take care of things, can you sleep with me tonight?" Li Xu asked, making a very careful probe.

Jiang Shiyi froze, looking as if he might shatter.

"What if I don't let my tails out?"

Jiang Shiyi: ...

--It's GB, GB! The heroine's species uses tails! (Three of them!)

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Theme: Care for animals and protect humans