The Day I Discovered My Partner Wasn't Human

[A nonhuman gong who desperately wants to be normal X A human shou who's anything but normal, a lovesick stalker living in his own world]

An extremely one-sided pairing. Each is the other's perfect match.

IN BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS: The shou is a genuine pervert, and he's only perverted toward the gong. The gong enjoys it, though. If this bothers you, don't listen to anyone who says, "This book isn't what you think." Run, and don't look back! [Man on the second floor holding a sign.jpg]

[Blurb]

Fu Ce loves traveling through space. The day he arrived on Blue Star, humans were celebrating the New Year. He was fascinated that a life-form could be so serious about celebrating their planet completing one revolution around its star. His interest in humans grew, and he resolved to immerse himself in human society and experience what it was like to be human.

He was kind to others and obeyed the law. But one day, he felt someone touch the hand of his true body: the doorknob of that house.

Humans call people who enter without permission thieves. Thieves are bad people. Fu Ce was determined to uphold the law, so he let the thief in, waiting to eat him.

But after entering, the human didn't rummage through his intestines. Instead, he went straight to his stomach, quickly made him a meal, then left. He did this for many days in a row.

Fu Ce was deeply moved. So this was the bond humans talked about? The man really was a good person.

According to the literature he'd read, this kind of silent devotion, expecting nothing in return, was called pure love.

This human loved him!

Wen Zhaoshu was a pervert.

He had a crush on his handsome neighbor, Fu Ce, and often spied on him, fantasizing about him every night. He decided to use his identity as a food streamer to become the neighbor's secret housekeeper.

Unfortunately, his neighbor's front door was always locked, and Wen Zhaoshu couldn't get in. But perverts had their ways. In the end, Wen Zhaoshu successfully made a copy of his neighbor's key. From then on, he pretended to run into him at the cafe during the day, and prepared three dishes and a soup for him before he got home from work at night.

Maybe all that stalking was too exhausting. Every day, Wen Zhaoshu came back from his neighbor's place completely worn out and wanted nothing but to fall into bed.

Then one day, he overslept. Even though he was still exhausted, Wen Zhaoshu went ahead and let himself into the neighbor's place to make him dinner.

The next morning, when he came to his senses, he realized he'd used his electric scooter key to unlock the neighbor's front door.

Suspicious, he went back and tried again. It really did work. And it wasn't just his scooter key. If it was him, even a piece of instant noodles could pick the lock.

Wen Zhaoshu began to question his whole life: ...There's something wrong with you.

[Bonus scene]

"Mr. Fu, you just got a one-year visa for Huaguo. Are you sure you want to change it to a hundred-year visa?"

Fu Ce smiled brightly. "Yes, please."

The employee at the headquarters of the Alien Administration Bureau held a red stamp. "May I ask why? It seems the longest you've ever stayed anywhere before was thirty years in the Alpha Centauri system."

Fu Ce smiled even more brightly. "Because I've fallen in love with a human! And that human loves me, too!"

The employee was surprised, then smiled. "Congratulations!"

Fu Ce grew a little bashful. "He secretly follows me every day. He watches me at work and even when I have lunch. He hides nearby and looks at me."

The employee's smile froze. "Huh? Isn't that stalking?"

Fu Ce: "He also stole our house key and comes to touch my stomach every day before I get home from work."

The employee: He breaks into your home, too?!

Fu Ce blushed bright red. "Every night, he watches me change clothes in front of the window. I can smell how happy he is from his pheromones."

Fu Ce: "I think this must be what you humans call a bond."

Next upcoming story

Rabbits are gentle, adorable creatures that love eating carrots.

Bai Zhuanghan held up his police badge and gave a stern warning: That's fake. Don't be fooled by its cute design. This creature is vindictive, petty, and bad-tempered. Feed it timothy hay along with alfalfa.

After working for three days straight, Bai Zhuanghan finally caught a murderer. He got home, didn't even shower, and collapsed asleep on the carpet. When he opened his eyes, he found a naked young man sprawled across his chest.

Bai Zhuanghan questioned his entire life: Did I die on duty?

The young man woke at the sound of him moving, rubbed his bleary eyes, then slapped him across the face, grumbling, "Human, we're out of hay. Why didn't you buy more?"

A soft, furry sensation brushed against Bai Zhuanghan's hand. The young man turned his backside toward him, revealing a round, flax-colored rabbit tail that had no business being on a human body.

After a brief panic, Bai Zhuanghan realized something terrifying: his lop-eared rabbit had become a spirit.

And the rabbit told him something even more terrifying.

"The owner of the mynah upstairs is dead. While you were gone these past three days, I heard the mynah crying for help. Go save her now."

Bai Zhuanghan didn't have time to figure out whether he was dreaming. He immediately went upstairs to check. As he stood at the door, his expression turned grim.

He smelled the stench of a corpse beginning to rot.

The Tianqiaoshan branch of the Changshan City Public Security Bureau was the last place anyone in criminal investigation wanted to work. The locals were honest and simple, and the area was a hotbed of criminals. Whenever Bai Zhuanghan went to a meeting, people would see him and say, "Gotham's sent someone over."

But one day, things began to take a turn for the better.

A child slept peacefully in someone's arms. The kidnapper looked full of affection, secretly delighted at the thought of making another fortune.

Suddenly, a handsome young man pointed at her and shouted, "The child she's holding was stolen!"

Following the clues, Bai Zhuanghan arrested a major gang trafficking people across provincial borders.

An unidentified corpse sealed in concrete, a murderer tailing groups of night joggers, a sanitation worker attacked with a blade while trying to stop a murder...

Within days, they traced every mystery back to its source and solved them all.

[Bonus scene]

After showering, Bai Zhuanghan picked up a book called An Illustrated Guide to the Changes a Corpse Undergoes and pretended to read. When he heard the bathroom door slide open, his body stiffened.

After a flurry of hurried footsteps, a warm, soft body climbed all over him, using both arms and legs.

Bai Zhuanghan closed his eyes and waited for death, raising both hands above his head in surrender. "Humans aren't like rabbits. We have limits in that department. If you drain me dry, I won't work properly afterward."

Yun Luo was flushed all over, tortured by the rabbit's mating season. "What are you babbling about?"

Theme: Lovers will find their way to each other.