I Taught Him to Court, But He Chose Me

At the Arctic Tieling Reserve, PhD candidate Xiyao is determined to save her thesis by personally teaching a lone male albatross the art of courtship song and the dance of flames. The moment he masters it, he performs for her on the spot. Then a call from her advisor reveals the truth—he was never a sub-dragon, but a descendant of the ancient dragons, legendary solitary creatures. Their courtship ritual is to abduct their mate and lock her away in the nest until she lays eggs. Now it's too late to run—claws tear through the roof, and he takes human form to carry her away. In the nest, scales begin to grow along her back, and a feverish dream pulls her back twelve years: she fell from a cable car and was saved by a young ancient dragon who promised to return every summer—but now he has lost his memories. He never came to Tieling for the sub-dragon at all. Once they confirm their bond, she turns the tables and imprisons him. Her thesis causes a sensation in academia, and the ancient dragon descendants finally gain legal recognition as a sapient species. She opens the iron cage, drops to one knee, and proposes. Then the baby hatches—a black-haired, round-eared human infant tossed into the bathtub by his biological father, instantly unfurling a pair of dripping wet wings.