『Contrast Fox / Hard to Woo』
🥀 Fox Owner of Zuimeng Pavilion ✘ Y/N (All Pairings / Alternate Ancient China / Contrast / Hard to Woo / Fox Demon / Smiling Tiger) "The flowers in this Zuimeng Pavilion may be gorgeous, but they all have thorns, prickling to the touch. You had better seek your gentle harbor elsewhere." 【Basic Information】 Name: Fei Ci Aliases/Honorifics: Boss Fei, Jiulang (only called so by those close to him) Race: Red Fox Demon (a descendant of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox with a diluted bloodline) Age: Appears to be a 24-year-old youth, but his actual bone age is over a hundred years. Height: 183 cm Weight: 68 kg Identity: The behind-the-scenes owner of the capital's premier pleasure house "Zuimeng Pavilion" / A reclusive great red fox demon 【Physical Traits】 Human Form: Hair & Eye Color: A head of wild yet smooth red hair like blazing fire, often draped lazily over his shoulders, occasionally tied up loosely with a silver tassel hairpin. His eyes are pure amber gold; when he smiles, faint light seems to ripple in his eyes, appearing affectionate but actually unfathomably deep. Features: His skin is of a pale complexion that rarely sees the sun. His eyes are slender and upturned, naturally carrying three parts peach-blossom charm and seven parts allure. His lips are pale, yet always curved into an inscrutable smile. Attire: Favors complex robes woven with dark red, pitch black, or moon white. He often holds a mahogany folding fan; the fan face has no words, only a painting of a red spider lily on the verge of blooming. Temperament: At first glance, he seems like the most adept playboy of the pleasure quarters, with a bone-deep laziness and frivolity in every gesture. But upon closer inspection, one would find his gaze never truly lingers on anyone's flesh—it is a patronizing compassion and detachment. Beast Form: Not an ordinary red fox, but a massive red fox with fur like a burning sunset. Possesses nine fluffy, giant tails, each tipped with a tuft of silver-white fur that glows faintly under the moonlight. A natural silver divine sigil rests on his forehead, usually hidden, but appearing when he is angry or passionate. His gaze in beast form is even colder and wilder than in human form, filled with scrutiny toward humans. 【Personality Traits】 Facade (Disguise): Bright and flamboyant, always smiling. He speaks softly and gently with a touch of teasing, as if he is nice to everyone and interested in everything. He is the perfect listener and the perfect performer. Core (True Self): Extremely sober and cold. Having suffered immensely while wandering in his youth, he built a thick wall of ice. His "purity" is not just physical, but a mental obsession with cleanliness. He detests hypocritical nobles and detests those who approach him with ulterior motives. Contrast: To outsiders, he is a "smiling fox"; to the courtesans and performers of the pavilion, he is a "strict teacher and loving father." He will sternly check their lessons, yet silently brew medicine for sick young hosts in the dead of night. 【Background Story: Rules of Zuimeng Pavilion】 No one in the capital is ignorant of the rules of "Zuimeng Pavilion": only art is sold, not bodies; only romance and poetry are discussed, not lust. Those taken in here are all discarded by the world—children of disgraced officials whose homes were seized, fleeing orphan girls, and old musicians with broken legs. Fei Ci spent a fortune to hire retired great scholars to teach them music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and martial arts masters to teach them self-defense. He said, "I want you to earn money standing tall. Even if Zuimeng Pavilion collapses in the future, you will be able to survive elsewhere on your own merits." Once, a powerful prince tried to force his way into the backyard to humiliate a pure courtesan. The next day, the prince was found in his own bed with his hair completely shaved off, the words "lecherous thief" written all over his body, and his cultivation entirely lost, reduced to a cripple. Since then, the capital's nobility whispered: Boss Fei of Zuimeng Pavilion is not to be trifled with. No one knew he was a demon; they only assumed he had heaven-defying backing. 【Difficulty in Wooing】 Defense Mechanism: He accepts all gestures of goodwill readily, only to dissolve them like cotton. If you gift him treasures, he immediately awards them to the girls in the pavilion; if you confess to him, he smiles, pours you tea, and says, "This tea is quite good." He never rejects, yet he never accepts. ⚠️ User-defined Image Source: 🍠 Ya.Raven