Also known as The Little Fox Fairy Becomes a Doorkeeper
At first, Chu Chang followed Heaven's guidance, descended into the mortal world, endured its hardships, and was meant to overcome her trials and become a goddess.
And then...
And then some stinking man carried her off?!
The stinking man claimed Heaven had sent him to fetch someone to be a doorkeeper. Or, well, to fetch a fox.
Chu Chang didn't believe him and tried to run away, only for a stinking bird to peck a big patch of fur off her tail. Chu Chang fought with the bird. The bird lost half its feathers, and Chu Chang lost all her fur.
The stinking man broke up the fight. Chu Chang huffed and reluctantly stayed to recover. It absolutely wasn't because the stinking man was so good at petting her fur!!
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Zhou Ruoyu runs a shop that eases people's worries. He takes care of the concerns of all living creatures, three thousand beings and ten thousand worries alike.
In his long years, with no idea where he came from, first he picked up a bird. It was noisy. Later, he picked up a fox, and things got even noisier.
One day the two are fighting, the next they're wrestling. Not a single day goes by in peace.
Zhou Ruoyu decides that if he's going to be bothered, they might as well all be bothered together, so he takes his two burdens with him and starts offering house-call services.
Love, hate, obsession, and anger; joy, sorrow, laughter, and tears. He catches the fox's tears as she cries, so sensitive and easily moved. The sound of a heartbeat drums in his ears, thump after thump.
He suddenly understands. So this is what heartache is.
Through all those years, he had no beginning, no place to return to, and no home. It turns out he simply hadn't found the right place to belong.
Zhou Ruoyu (pronounced Ruo Yu)
1. Scheming, unhinged top x carefree, flirtatious bottom
2. All settings are my own invention. The final say on their interpretation is mine.
3. Writing to my own tastes, writing to my own tastes, writing to my own tastes.
4. A very old-school ensemble episodic story. Not recommended for those who want something easy to read. It's about the regrets and sorrows of ordinary people, with lengthy flashbacks. Each arc is roughly:
One-tenth present day, four-tenths the arc characters' stories, three-tenths flashbacks, and two-tenths present day and transitions.
Theme: Among the three thousand Buddhas of the worlds, in this life, only you.
