President Ming, You Can’t Hide Your Fish Tail Anymore

[Five years ago: an idealist yet untested by hardship x a cool, self-possessed, mysterious traveler]

[Five years later: an icebound rose x a puppy from the deep sea]

“Where’s that sapphire tie clip?”

Mingshu cornered Qian Yunying in the break room. Her icy blue eyes roiled with hidden emotion, and even she didn’t realize her voice was trembling.

Qian Yunying took half a step back, her spine against the cold cabinet door. In the same decisive tone Mingshu had used all those years ago, she replied, “I threw it away.”

Five years ago, she thought their meeting on a cruise ship was a romantic encounter that sealed their love. Instead, she was met with the cruel truth: “It was just for fun.” She left with a wounded body and a broken heart, and raised their daughter Xueran alone.

“Yunying, I was wrong… I shouldn’t have kept it from you. I should have told you everything about what happened back then…”

The once aloof President Ming was now kneeling on a hard durian shell, trying to soften Qian Yunying’s heart.

Qian Yunying looked down at her, a cold smile playing on her lips, and softly repeated the words that had once been used to wound her:

“President Ming, don’t… Don’t make me think even less of you.”

A few days later

“Wifey~ Give me a hug!”

Mingshu seized her chance and pounced like a big dog, wrapping her arms around Qian Yunying.

Qian Yunying raised a hand to Mingshu’s forehead. Her eyes held a helpless, indulgent smile as she pushed her away in mock disgust. “Go wash that tail of yours before you come near me! You smell like a seafood market!”

One main character is a mermaid, while the other’s identity is a secret. The story has fantasy elements.

Side couples:

[Mature-pretending fennec fox x possessive wolf spider]

[Easygoing workplace manager x elegant, refined calico cat]

[Cool on the outside, warm on the inside assistant x timid, cowardly assistant]