Modern Stories Where the Female Lead Is a Mermaid (Probably Doesn't Exist, So Ancient-Era Is Fine) 女主是美人鱼，现代的（应该没有，那就古代的吧）

1. 51 小 The Little Mermaid Cried, and the Handsome Emperor Couldn't Resist 小人鱼一哭，美男皇上禁不住了 One Egg Yolk Pie一口蛋黄派Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) [Devoted couple + married bliss + System + redemption] Wen Feifei transmigrated into a mermaid. After coming ashore, she rescued a handsome, gorgeous little fool of an emperor. From then on, she never looked back as she spoiled the little fool of an emperor. He had to hold her hand when he walked! He had to hug her while they slept! She had to comfort him whenever he felt wronged! On their wedding night, the little fool of an emperor, who was always clinging to her and begging for kis 879Reads9.2Score200Shelves
2. 52 人 My Mermaid Wife Loves Drinking Water 人鱼老婆爱喝水 Memories in the Clouds云中忆Modern Romance208k WordsCompleted [Mermaid + CEO + gentle, warm-hearted man + doted on by everyone + mutual devotion] The mischievous, quirky mermaid princess Yu Youyou was entrusted with an important mission by her family: go to M City and steal something from the home of CEO Yan Zhixing. It was a daunting task. Yu Youyou transformed into a five-year-old child and tried every way she could to win his favor, but little by little, she became so enamored with his tenderness that she couldn’t pull away. Later, Yan Zhixing learned h 5Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 53 我 My Boss Is a Mermaid 我的老总是人鱼 Water So Clear and Blue水可清蓝洁Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted A junior Maoshan disciple suddenly transmigrates into the modern world in someone else’s body. With people she cares about still in her old world, she is determined to train hard and find her way home, no matter how useless her magic is. Along the way, she meets Yun Mu, a merman. The moment they meet, she concludes that he is born without a heart or a conscience, and that his handsome appearance is only a painted disguise. What she doesn’t know is that he is different from humans, and not someon 9Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 54 濒 The Endangered Merfolk Lost Her Memory and Became the Variety Show's Beloved Darling 濒危鲛人失忆后在综艺上成团宠 Dove at Rest鸠眠Two Male Leads222k WordsCompleted Xu Ziqiu, a researcher in the Lingyuan Empire, has lost his memory. When his bizarre dream came to an end, he found himself on the stage of a variety show. Sponsored by the Empire, this grand production was meant to promote the royal family's friendly image and make stars of celebrities selected by powerful corporations. Every move the guests made was broadcast live! Backstage, the military was on high alert. They had intercepted vital intelligence not long ago: an enemy spy named Xu Ziqiu was h 3.5kReads8.0Score531Shelves

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   Can a man reluctantly take his place?

5. 55 小 Little Mermaid, Be Good: Professor Fu’s Overwhelming Love 小人鱼乖乖，傅教授的强势宠爱 Fu Fu Lailai福富来来Modern Romance269k WordsCompleted [Innocent, naive little mermaid × research scientist who uses her] [Both are each other’s one and only / angst / wife-chasing / tragic ending in the main story, happy ending in the bonus chapters / All technical details are fictional. Do not mistake them for reality!] Jia Qian, from the depths of the sea, believes she has found true love. She willingly sacrifices her pearl and enters into a mate contract with a human. She looks forward to the birth of their child and to a future with Fu Yanchen. 803Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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   The female protagonist was photographed by the male protagonist's friend at the auction and gave it to the male protagonist. The male protagonist used the female protagonist to experiment, and after successfully getting the female protagonist pregnant, he took out the child from the female protagonist's belly and abandoned the female protagonist on a desert island. Later, when they met again, the female protagonist still Was it auctioned off at an auction or taken away by the male protagonist? The female protagonist went through a lot of hardships to find the male protagonist and his child. The male protagonist has almost never liked the female protagonist. Anyway, in the end, the male protagonist let the female protagonist go and let her return to nature.

6. 56 萌 An Exchange Student Arrives at Meng Academy 萌学园来了个交换生 Yan Lan Jiang Zhou焉兰江舟Anime Fanfiction35k WordsOngoing [Cute Magic Academy + Sea Sprite + Coming-of-Age Heroine] (The cover isn’t ready yet, so this will have to do for now.) Xilisi, a mermaid from a distant sea, suddenly receives an invitation one day to attend Meng Academy as an exchange student. Help! Can someone tell a mermaid who has only just learned to walk upright why her first exchange-student lesson isn’t Magic 101, but a game of hide-and-seek with the Dark Overlord in the sewers? Xilisi swings her newly transformed human legs and stares i —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   1️⃣The heroine is a mermaid who goes to Moe Academy as an exchange student. She has magic water and a special skill "Daughter of the Sea". When she is about to die, her body turns into foam, reorganizes and then resurrects. The heroine replaced Ukenana and was bitten by a poisonous vine. After getting angry, she just released water to block the sewer, and also released a killer whale. 2️⃣The female protagonist is a koi fish in a fairyland who travels through time and becomes a cannon-fodder mermaid princess in the novel. This is a heart-throb novel. In the plot, the male protagonists torture the original female protagonist in order to please her. After the female protagonist travels through time, the male protagonists become obsessed with the female protagonist.

7. 57 薄 Mr. Bo, Your Wife's Adorable Little Tail Is Showing 薄总，夫人她露出了萌哒哒小尾巴 Ninth-Floor Moon九层月Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted Original title: After We Registered Our Marriage, My Mermaid Wife Was Kissed by a World-Weary Big Shot [Mind Reading + Nonhuman Heroine + Marriage Before Love + Both Leads Have No Romantic Past + Sweet 1v1 Romance + Six-Year Age Gap] [Sweet, beautiful, straightforward mermaid girl VS. World-weary, ascetic, hopelessly chauvinistic big shot] To escape an arranged marriage, Jiang Ruanruan takes her best friend's suggestion and decides to marry a human man. After carefully considering her options, s 802Reads8.6Score105Shelves

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   The female protagonist is a mermaid, and she chooses to marry the male protagonist to escape from marriage. She secretly wants to have a baby😄😄 The male protagonist can hear the female protagonist's heart.

8. 58 快 The Mermaid in the Yandere’s Arms Is So Cute, She Blows Bubbles 快穿病娇怀里的美人鱼萌到吐泡泡 Volcanic Snow火山雪Modern Romance556k WordsCompleted System: When the little mermaid is happy, she blows bubbles. When she’s angry, her tail comes out. And when she’s furious, she cries!! Don’t make her mad~~~ The little mermaid is looking for her dads! Her five villain dads only ever wanted to cause trouble, but once they saw their daughter, they couldn’t help falling in love with her. The villainous older brother in the period novel: What’s a little sister? I’ll toss her baby formula right out. He reluctantly goes back for a look. That tiny, mil 95Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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   🎊①②③⑥⑧ Is modern, ④ is fast wear, ⑤⑦ is ancient proverb, the heroine is a mermaid [sending heart]

9. 59 糟 Uh-Oh, the Little Merman Bought by the Brutal Mr. Wen Is a Psycho 糟糕，暴戾闻总买的小鲛人是疯批 ximiDeerximi鹿Modern Romance262k WordsCompleted Two crazed leads + two obsessive leads + secret identities + teasing and tension + sizzling chemistry [A little mermaid who can be sweet or yandere] VS [A possessive, calculating, scheming CEO] The male lead is what I’d call a true champion of pure love! He has yandere tendencies, but keeps them in check for the sake of love. The female lead is a yandere who believes that if I don’t love her, I should die. Key point: She ties him up, and he locks her away. This is a pure-love story about two lea 74Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 60 重 Reborn: The Little Mermaid’s Sweetheart Is Pregnant Again 重生：人鱼先生的小甜妻又怀崽了 Yueyue Broken Silver月月碎银Modern Romance105k WordsCompleted Merfolk love only one person in their entire lives. But Huo Shizheng met Nan Yu, who was cruel and heartless. He gave up the immortality everyone longed for and sent her back to be reborn, letting her go and freeing himself as well. Nan Yu deeply regrets what she did. She never imagined everyone had been lying to her, or that she would let such a wonderful person down. Given another chance, faced with the man's coldness and aloofness, she keeps repeating her past mistakes, all to avoid letting h 241Reads8.4Score—Shelves
11. 61 鲛 The Mermaid Supporting Character's Cultivation Journey 鲛人女配修仙记 Apricot Blossoms in the Sky's Reflection杏花天影Ancient Romance773k WordsCompleted The little mermaid Yu Yinniao lived carefree beneath the sea in a secret realm for eight years before discovering she was nothing but a cannon-fodder character on Shi Ruilin’s path to ascension, a nameless extra who wouldn’t survive three chapters after delivering her a vast trove of cultivation resources. Yu Yinniao couldn’t help wondering: they were all ordinary people, so why should she have to pave the way for the heroine Shi Ruilin’s ascension? She decided to leave the secret realm and find 1.6kReads7.5Score146Shelves

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    A modern novel, a fairy tale, Jue Juezi

12. 62 凤 Lord Feng, Your Little Dragon Merfolk Has Escaped with the Baby Again 凤爷，您家小龙鲛又带崽出逃了 Drunk on Cloud-Boughs醉上云枝Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted [Tragic beauty and flirtatious temptress VS powerful, unhinged old monster] The gossip was all over the social scene: The mysterious Third Master of the Feng family spent fifty billion to buy a little mermaid on the high seas, only for her to run away after living with him for three months! A golden arrest warrant left her nowhere to run, so she thought fast and hid in the Feng family’s luxurious aquarium… Shen Hua, a thousand-year-old dragon mermaid, had lost her dragon pearl and her soul was d 2.7kReads9.1Score455Shelves

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    The heroine is Little Dragon Shark, with two independent bloodlines, dragon and shark. The male protagonist is a big demon, Phoenix, and three Zaizai. One brother is Mo Fenghuang, one is sister Bai Fenghuang, and there is a younger brother Long [Bird Food Goddess][Bird Food] A masterpiece] [A masterpiece of bird food] [I also strongly recommend] [Bookshelf plus one] [Bookshelf plus one] [Bookshelf plus one] [Bookshelf plus one] [I also strongly recommend] [Bird food masterpiece] [Please pay attention] [Already planted grass] [Laughing]

13. 63 鱼 The Fish-Tiger Romance: A Record of the Scheming, Unhinged Divine Lord Spoiling His Wife 鱼虎恋，腹黑疯批神君宠妻实录 He Zengsi何曾姒Ancient Romance421k WordsCompleted [Unhinged and calculating; seductive; mutually faithful; sweet romance; yandere; coercive relationship] [Male lead with human and tiger forms vs. soft, delicate mermaid princess] This book is complete. Reader's guide: A Mobius loop. The questions raised early on are all answered later. If you can't get through the first twenty chapters, try reading in reverse order. A yandere male lead whose love grows more intense over time + a heroine who is somewhat raised by him They choose each other. Happy 412Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    "Crazy + Black Belly + Desire + Double Cleansing + Sweet Pet + Yandere + Forced" "Human/Three-tailed White Tiger Dual Form Male Protagonist VS Soft Mermaid Princess" The text has been completed. The male protagonist has a long-term love brain and is a 100,000-year-old ancient god. The heroine is an eighteen-year-old cute and soft mermaid princess. Go to HE in both directions, no abuse, no misunderstandings, single-minded sweet love. Shen Yi entered the restricted area out of curiosity and rescued Hua Guang, the patron saint of land. From then on, she became the darling of Hua Guang and was carefully tamed by him. He had to have this stupid beauty. All the gods and immortals in the world know that he has a bad nature, kills wantonly, has countless murderous deeds, and has a savage reputation that everyone is afraid of! But he was single-minded and domineering towards Shen Yi, doting on her with all his heart, and his possessiveness was overwhelming! However, Shen Yi was unable to resist Hua Guang's strong desire and gradually fell into despair.

14. 64 变 Gender Swap: I’m Not the Main Character, but I Cultivate Faster 变身：我不是主角，但修炼更快 Begonia in Its Prime时年海棠Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Leveling-up story + single protagonist + not a mindless power fantasy + focus on growth] What should you do when you become the sidekick of a fantasy protagonist? “Cultivate in secret, then amaze everyone!” Chen Duoduo transmigrates to a fantasy world and turns into a girl. She has a character named Doria. If she binds to her, she’ll gain everything Doria has. But! Doria is a support character. She originally thought she’d become the support for Chen Qingshan, the protagonist from her village. 4.7kReads7.7Score436Shelves

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    Doria is considered a mermaid, haha, it is considered a different world

15. 65 震 Shocking! I Didn't Discover I Was a Mermaid Until Twenty Years Later 震惊！二十年后才发现我是美人鱼 RuoyingZ若迎ZModern Romance260k WordsCompleted [The tags are wrong. This is modern-day, not a beast-world story. Read with caution.] Female lead's perspective: Yun Yao had lived for twenty years, certain she was an utterly ordinary human. Then one day in the bath, cold scales suddenly spread between her legs. Her tail fin flicked and nearly overturned the tub. She had become a mermaid. The realization hit her like an icicle to the brain. Her first thought was: Had her parents picked her up somewhere? One day, she clutched her chopsticks and 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist is a mermaid. She has lived in a human body for 20 years and suddenly turned into a mermaid. She thought she picked it up, but it turns out that her mother is a mermaid, and she is a member of the royal family among mermaids. The male and female protagonists are both from wealthy families, and the male protagonist is a man of both black and white. He is the female protagonist whom the male protagonist actively pursues. The main focus is on love, which is so sweet. Very nice!!!! [Shy][shy][shy]

16. 66 综 Film and TV Crossover: Jade Fingers, Slender and Graceful 综影视之玉指纤纤 A Qing Has Something to Say阿清有话说Female-Channel Fanfiction2.2M WordsCompleted First story: The Little Mermaid in Lotus Tower (Lotus Tower × The Little Mermaid) Second story: When a Little Mage Transmigrates into The Blood of Youth (Zhao Yuzhen × Magical Girl) Third story: My Journey to You: Who Picked Up the Little Fox? (CPs: Xue Chongzi, Gong Shangjue, Gong Yuanzhi) Fourth story: Lost You Forever: When the Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Second Male Lead Xiang Liu Gets Bound to a Clumsy System Fresh Out of the Gate (Xiang Liu × System) Fifth story: Ascended to the Ye Luoli 2.6kReads6.9Score100Shelves

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    😜🌺🌺I have been looking for this book and read it a long time ago. The heroine traveled through time and became the little mermaid who fell into the world. At the beginning, she fought in the East China Sea and saved Li Lianhua. Every time she cries, her tears turn into pearls, and CP Li Lianhua stays with her to detoxify her. 😃

17. 67 快 Quick Transmigration: The Ordinary Passerby in a World of Mary Sues' Guide to Slacking Off 快穿之万人迷路人甲摆烂攻略指南 Ze Le则乐Ancient Romance2.8M WordsOngoing [Everyone's Favorite + A Useless College Student's Slacker-Style Conquest + Wild Imagination + No Fixed Male Lead + Love at First Sight] The hopeless Yu Qiao gets bound to a brand-new conquest System. Watching the System confidently tell her to conquer high-quality men in different worlds, Yu Qiao smiles. She thinks it's time to show the System what college students are really capable of. World One: She becomes a doomed palace consort who is bestowed upon a cuckolded man in a story about a ruler 114.7kReads9.0Score10.3kShelves

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    Quick travel + no fixed CP 🌙 A bad female protagonist, a system of kings, and a competitive male protagonist. Chapters 127-178: Becoming a catfish girl bound to [Mermaid Halo] (modern day)

18. 68 穿 Reborn as a Mermaid, I Farm and Build an Undersea Home 穿成人鱼后，在海洋种田搞基建 Loves Coconut爱吃椰子Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted [No romance + merfolk + underwater farming + infrastructure development + System + strong female lead + ocean conservation + underwater tech city] Jiang Yuelan worked overtime until the early hours of the morning. On her way home, she died in a car accident. When she woke up again, she found that she had become a beautiful white mermaid. Then she discovered that life as a mermaid wasn’t easy, either. Her tribe had just been raided, suffering heavy casualties, and all its food had been stolen. Th 2.5kReads8.1Score442Shelves
19. 69 深 Deep Blue Mirage 深蓝幻境 Fish with a Three-Second Memory三秒的记忆的鱼Mystery132k WordsCompleted After her father mysteriously vanished twelve years ago, Lin Qingwu was forcibly pulled into a deep-blue illusion at 03:17. The madman with a crescent-shaped mark closes in step by step, luring her into surrender. Only when he takes the secret key her father left behind does she finally come to her senses. His every move has been part of a careful plan. He only wants to trade her life for the awakening of the one he loves. Monsters lurk beneath the ruins, while ghostly blue fish lanterns hunt in 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a real mermaid [what]

20. 70 漂 You Don’t Want a Beautiful Wife? Who Do You Think You Are? 漂亮老婆都不要？给你脸了是吧！ Cool Autumn Breeze清秋微凉Two Male Leads540k WordsCompleted [Two equally powerful leads + space setting + revenge + sweet and satisfying + mental power + love and hate] [Beautiful merfolk crown prince with unmatched combat prowess × abstinent, scheming human general] Interstellar General Lu Chi is ordered to investigate insect spies. He has just returned from the front to his residence when he hears that someone has climbed into his bed. When they first meet, Lu Chi eyes the youth covered in suggestive marks, his gaze dangerous. “Where’d this stray dog c 1.5kReads8.6Score417Shelves

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    These are all on my bookshelf. Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie.

21. 71 甜 The Sweet, Soft-Spoken Mermaid Knows How to Act Cute, and the Stoic Tycoon Is Smitten 甜软人鱼会撒娇，禁欲大佬被撩疯 Taro Boba, 70% Sweet芋泥啵啵七分甜Two Male Leads260k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + One-on-One Romance + Sweet and Fluffy + Growing-Up Romance] [Possessive, Scheming Top x Sweet, Tearful Little Mermaid] During a voyage, Fu Yicheng unexpectedly catches a legendary mermaid. Tears in his eyes, the bewildered little mermaid reaches out both hands, pleading and trying to please him. “Hubby, hold me.” His blue tail coils tightly around Fu Yicheng. With a slender, pale waist, he looks soft and delicate, like an easy target for bullying. Fu Yicheng gives in to te 6.6kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
22. 72 哥 Gotham Daily: Batman Starts Raising Little Fish 哥谭日报：蝙蝠侠开始养鱼崽啦 Ye Guling夜孤绫Anime Fanfiction1.0M WordsOngoing [Just got a rating, but it’ll go up!] [Eastern mermaid heroine + Batfamily + other superheroes + everyday life in Gotham + everyone’s favorite + no CP] Gotham Gazette: Extra! Extra! Gotham’s famous rich playboy Bruce Wayne has adopted yet another kid! This time, it’s a beautiful, delicate young woman from the East. The media still haven’t managed to get a clear picture of the lucky girl’s face. Who’ll be the first to get the scoop? Wayne Manor: Gotham’s most famous bumbling rich playboy, Bruce W 5.1kReads8.8Score414Shelves
23. 73 盗 Tomb Raiding: A Mermaid in the Xisha Sea 盗墓之西沙海里有条美人鱼 Boss Qi, Who Loves a Feast of Delicacies爱吃珠玉满堂的齐总Mystery855k WordsCompleted When I woke up, I was lying in the middle of the ocean. Huh? Where are my legs? And what’s with this fish tail? Just when I’d finally gotten used to life underwater, what’s the deal with these people? And who’s that creepy big sister with the long hair? She’s a Forbidden Granny? And this Sea Monkey is so ugly! Oh my god! What kind of world have I ended up in? Ah~~~ This is actually a Digdig Notes story… A mermaid beauty adored by thousands. Who could resist an adorable, gorgeous little mermaid p 1.1kReads6.7Score174Shelves
24. 74 小 The Little Merman Begs for His Tail to Be Touched Every Day 小人鱼每天求着摸尾巴 Little Half-Moon半月牙子Two Male Leads377k WordsCompleted Modern ABO (author’s own setting), a teary little mermaid × a cool, aloof nine-tailed fox Before his secondary gender presentation, Jing You’s test predicted he would become an Alpha. But he turned out to be an Omega?! And now he has to marry an Alpha he’s never even met?! No way. Absolutely not! But he heard his fiancé has a fluffy tail!! “Mom, Dad~ When is he coming to marry me?” Shen Yanchen only wanted someone to fend off all the little Omegas who kept throwing themselves at him. But on Jing 6.8kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
25. 75 盗 Tomb Raiding: What Do I Do? I Can't Keep My Tail Hidden 盗墓：怎么办，尾巴捂不住了 Evening After Evening, Never Returning暮暮不归Two Male Leads254k WordsCompleted Chen Chen transmigrated after taking part in a Changbai Mountain event. He tells himself he must stick close to the main cast, protect them, and enjoy shipping couples up close. But what's happened to his legs? Where are his nearly five-foot legs? Why have they turned into a gleaming, scaly fish tail? Oh no! Has he gone from a carbon-based life form to food for carbon-based life forms? Um... To avoid being discovered and “eaten,” Chen Chen struggles to hide his merfolk bloodline. He doesn't real 9kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
26. 76 末 The Little Mermaid Baby Gets Her Tail Pulled in the Apocalypse 末世人鱼宝宝被人拽尾巴了 Red Little Flower红朵儿Two Male Leads423k WordsCompleted [Ye Changxun (human bottom) × Lu Ling (merman top)] One-line synopsis: We both have to survive. Ye Changxun was the discarded son of the Ye family. In the apocalypse, he had no special abilities and was left to fend for himself. He hadn’t eaten in days when he fled into an abandoned mutant breeding facility. Many of the mutants had already hatched and been taken away. Only an incubator labeled 60 remained. At first, he paid it no mind, until a baby merman hatched from it. The baby merman called 646Reads8.2Score189Shelves
27. 77 人 Mermaid Bait: The Keeper Always Tries to Escape 人鱼诱捕，饲养员他总想逃 Summer Crossing with the Long Wind长风渡夏Two Male Leads312k WordsCompleted [Male-male romance + merfolk + mind-reading + 1v1, both inexperienced in love + intense romantic tension] The Klipp Research Institute captured five merfolk. To reclaim his adoptive father's keepsake, Ai Jiao used himself as bait and tamed Experimental Subject 005: a merman lord with a silver tail, the undisputed ruler of the sea. But can someone tell him why that stupid fish spends all day making those needy little sounds!? Is he trying to find a mate!? Have the eyes of deep-sea fish all degene 247Reads8.1Score—Shelves
28. 78 啊 Huh? The Commander Traded Five Packs of Biscuits to Win Over the Shark King? 啊？指挥官五包饼干把鲛王拐了？ Red Bull Sweet Potato红牛地瓜Two Male Leads447k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Tsundere Merman vs. Laid-Back Commander + Two Strong Leads, Both Chaste + Redemption + Bittersweet, Sweet Romance + HE + Seme POV] Commander Su Chengwen receives a special mission: rescue a silver-haired merman who has been trapped in a basement as an experimental subject for twenty years. During the rescue, after coaxing the merman into behaving, he shoots a tranquilizer dart into his tail. The merman curses him out: “You bad guy!” Su Chengwen: …? He only knows two words, and he use 5.3kReads9.3Score820Shelves
29. 79 穿 Transmigrating into Titanic: The Mermaid Lover 穿越泰坦尼克号之人鱼爱人 Twelve-Winged Dark Night Angel十二翼暗夜天使Female-Channel Fanfiction44k WordsCompleted Xingyu, the beloved daughter of the prime minister of the Li Kingdom, was doted on by her whole family. Sweet and gentle by nature, she fell into the water in an accident and transmigrated to a modern alternate world: the twenty-first century. Just as Xingyu had finally gotten used to her new surroundings, fate played another trick on her: she transmigrated again, this time into a mysterious world. Only later did she realize she was in the world of a movie. Paired with Cal Hockley. A sweet roman 141Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Mermaid short essay

30. 80 诱 The Tempting Little Merman: The Brooding Commander Can’t Control His Feelings 诱甜小鲛人：腹黑指挥官情感自禁 Pei Yinyu培音羽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Intense Mutual Flirting + Mutual Devotion + Heart-Melting Romance and Sizzling Chemistry] Lots of couples, hilarious and heartwarming interactions between friends, nothing but sweet romance, and plenty of thrilling battles for the nation. Great news! The Federal Empire has been founded! Yu Li, hailed as the Empire's flower, verbally seduced the new Commander-in-Chief on her very first day at work. After her friends talked her into it, she began cautiously testing the waters. “Tonight, the roses 1.2kReads9.4Score155Shelves

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    This is truly a masterpiece. The heroine is a mermaid and the male protagonist is a wolf. It is truly a masterpiece. My family believes in me!!!

31. 81 穿 I Became a Mermaid and Won Without Lifting a Finger 穿成人鱼后我躺赢了 Sometimes Yiran亦然有时Ancient Romance200k WordsCompleted A Face-Obsessed Goddess Meets a Scheming Emperor [One-on-one, both leads are sexually inexperienced, sweet romance, multiple secret identities, hilarious] Meng Lingling transmigrates to ancient times, determined to conquer the stars and seas. But at Peach Blossom Valley, she catches sight of a man and is immediately smitten. After working tirelessly at it, she succeeds in becoming the empress. From then on, her time no longer belongs to her, but to him. … But if time stopped there, they would al 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroine is a mermaid with a charming physique.

32. 82 除 Everyone on the Team Is a Villain Except Me 除我以外，全队反派 Ruan Qingruan阮清阮Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing An original fictional society with lots of personal worldbuilding and foreshadowing. Don’t come in with your own preconceptions and impose them on the author or the story. No suggestions, please. There is a couple, but the romance doesn’t take up much of the story. An alternate “what if” storyline will be written after the ending. Readers with strict moral sensibilities, please stay away. The protagonists aren’t perfect, so don’t judge them by universal standards of morality. If this isn’t to yo 36.1kReads9.6Score4.1kShelves

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    It can't be called modern, nor can it be called ancient. The fictional world is a bit like a Western fantasy academy. The heroine is a half-mermaid. The author's writing style is very good. Each chapter is very interesting. It has a faint sense of madness under the calmness, group portraits, and all the characters in it have their own highlight moments. The author sometimes writes a self-report at the beginning. There are really many golden sentences. The author's writing style is really good. The only drawback is that the update is too slow and inconsistent.

33. 83 鲛 The Merfolk General Escaped with a Child After Imprisoning the Regent 鲛人将军囚禁摄政王后带崽跑了 Yi Chang'an翊长安Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Merfolk] [Coercive love] [Mutual first loves] [Coming-of-age romance] [Two equally powerful leads] Xuan Yuan Ye, regent of Great Zhou, bears a deadly love curse. Yet for ten years, he has cherished the blue-haired mermaid Lingxi with all his heart, personally teaching her both literature and martial arts and leaving his mark on her. She inherits his noble bearing, and with her celestial beauty, becomes famous throughout the capital. He wants to find her a good husband. She slaughters the enemy 63Reads8.1Score—Shelves
34. 84 顾 Lord Gu's One and Only: His Mermaid Wife Is Everyone's Darling 顾爷独宠：人鱼娇妻是团宠 Crayon Pettyhearto蜡笔小心眼oModern Romance334k WordsOngoing [Both leads are each other's first + mermaid princess + adored by everyone + love at first sight + extra sweet] Sang Nian is the first princess in a hundred years of the merfolk's Sangyun Palace. She grew up cherished and pampered, and her people even broke a century-old tradition to protect her. But her longing for the human world drove her to run away from home. One misstep led to a human deceiving her, nearly costing her life. By chance, the human older brother she'd saved years ago rescued h 45Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Although it is a new book, it is really good. The heroine once rescued the hero. The hero always knew the identity of the heroine Yu, and later rescued the heroine and abducted her back home.

35. 85 疯 My Crazy Little Junior Brother Followed Me Through to the Stars 疯批小师弟跟着穿到星际了 Greedy Lazybones咸鱼贪财Modern Romance376k WordsCompleted The transmigration-into-a-book department for background NPCs has been short-staffed lately, so they grabbed someone who had just died and hired her as a temp. Rong Yun was that lucky yet unlucky temp. Unlucky because she transmigrated to the immortal realm, painstakingly cultivated for a thousand years, and then got struck dead by lightning; Lucky because she got another chance at life, even if it meant taking on one NPC job after another. She might be a temporary cafeteria server; She might be 7.5kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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    In the first book, Interstellar, the male and female protagonists are both mermaids. Since the female protagonist has traveled through the world of immortality, she needs to adapt, and then slowly awakens her mermaid spiritual body. In the last book, the male protagonist is a mermaid, and there are two male protagonists in the middle.

36. 86 小 The Little Merman Can Read Minds, Has the Script, and Cries at the Wrong Grave 小鲛人，被读心，手拿剧本哭错坟 Wind, Wine, and Moon风酒月Two Male Leads122k WordsCompleted [Powerful Families] [Two Strong Leads] [Marriage First, Love Later] [Devoted Couple] [Mind-Reading Top] [Going Crazy] [Everyone’s Favorite] Mysterious evil-god top × mad, stunning merfolk bottom On his first day ashore, the Ninth Prince of the South Sea tore his soul in half and went off to have fun. He kept at it for eighteen years. When he finally came back, he discovered that his other half had become an idiot and was now the sacrificial male side character in a book he’d picked up. Seeing th 1.1kReads9.0Score230Shelves
37. 87 小 Little Merman, Drop Those Pearls! The Cunning Wolf King Is Going Crazy 小鲛人，掉珍珠！腹黑狼王他要疯 Little Youngster稚子小Two Male Leads642k WordsCompleted Not a baby-talk story. A crybaby grows up. Ultra-sweet, devoted 1v1: soft, teary crybaby and fierce little merfolk × scheming, possessive wolf king Yu Ci is a “white pearl-glow merfolk,” regarded as the least valuable member of the merfolk clan. To maintain balance among the various races, the authorities on Blue Star decide that the merfolk must send a little merfolk to live on land. With one glance, Jiang Shaoge chooses Yu Ci, who hasn't even mastered using his limbs and can barely walk. Witho 16.3kReads9.6Score2.9kShelves
38. 88 尾 Tail Fetish: My Archenemy's Overwhelmingly Pampering Seduction 尾巴控：死对头对我的重重诱宠 Rampaging Lamb暴走羔羊Two Male Leads576k WordsCompleted [Two male leads / Nonhuman characters / Fragmented selves / Mutual pampering / Fake love-triangle drama] [The scheming, long-planning Heavenly Emperor Dilian, true form: Azure Dragon X The stubborn, slow-witted tail enthusiast, Netherworld Emperor An Jiuyou, true form: a stone] This is the story of a tail enthusiast who charms all sorts of creatures with tails. The Netherworld ranks last in its soul-catching quota, so the newly emerged Netherworld Emperor, An Jiuyou, takes matters into his own h 812Reads9.5Score152Shelves
39. 89 夺 You Stole My Fate? The Capital’s Heiress Goes on a Rampage to Clean Up the Entertainment Industry 夺我命格？京圈千金发癫整顿内娱 Li Yaoyao梨窈窈Modern Romance578k WordsCompleted [Showbiz + livestreaming + ridiculous antics + going off the rails + meme humor + irresistible charm] Yu Tingtang bumps her head and discovers she's the villainess in a Mary Sue novel. Her family cuts ties with her, her boyfriend betrays her, the whole internet curses her, and a stay in a psychiatric hospital is waiting for her! Raised in a Taoist temple, Yu Tingtang remains calm: Better to bury someone else than blame yourself. When reason doesn't work, she just goes completely nuts! On a 16.1kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves
40. 90 性 What's It Like to Switch Genders and Get the Real Thing for Teasing Your Roommate? 性转，调戏舍友被真实是什么体验 A Newbie是萌新Urban434k WordsCompleted [Everyday Life + Gender-Bender Romance + Technology + 1v1 + Gender Transformation + Sweet Romance + Wife Appeal] After an accident, Yu Shu gets the legendary System! He'd hoped the System would save his life and help him reach the top, where he could marry a rich, beautiful woman. Instead, the useless System turns him into a mermaid girl! What's more, as Yu Shu gradually gets used to his new identity, he realizes his roommate seems to be looking at him a little strangely... [You ask why I'm writ 6.5kReads8.9Score755Shelves

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    Activate the mermaid gene to become a mermaid

41. 91 满 Max-Level Goddess’s Guide to Winning Hearts [Quick Transmigration] 满级女神撩人攻略[快穿] Blue Hand蓝手Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Season One and Season Two of the short drama based on this book, Quick Transmigration: The Lovesick Male Lead Is Jealous Again, are now streaming. The print edition, titled He's Jealous Again, is available in Volumes One and Two.] Qu Yan is famous among quick transmigration agents for being beautiful, seductive, spoiled, and carefree. She has never failed a mission. No matter how arrogant and unruly a man may be, eventually he will become The cold, domineering CEO: “Be a good girl, darling. I 33kReads9.5Score5.2kShelves

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    In Chapters 690-770, the female protagonist is a mermaid, and the male protagonist is a dragon. The writing by Mr. Lanshou is super beautiful [Sending Hearts] Every story in it is very interesting. I read it a long time ago and have read it many times. And there is a comic version of this [Adoration] (the painting style is also good, and the heroine's baby is so beautiful!)

42. 92 娇 Pampered Little Mermaid: A Hit Across the Stars on Livestream 娇宠小人鱼，星际直播爆火！ Sorrowful Return Wind悲回风Two Male Leads542k WordsCompleted [The soft and adorable silver-blue merman, the only one of his kind in the interstellar era, and the Empire's Crown Prince, a peerless God of War who is cold inside and out] As Qiao You, a merman prince from ancient Earth, he somehow ended up in the interstellar age and became the exclusive little spirit pet of the Empire's Crown Prince, Helian Jue. The usually cold and unfeeling Crown Prince Helian Jue was more than happy to cook for his little fish, frying fish, searing steak, playing ball wit 76Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    There are female protagonists, and there are also two male protagonists, please see

43. 93 穿 Transmigrated as a Merfolk, I Became the Regent’s Treasured Darling 穿越鲛人，摄政王把我当成宝 Slowly, Three O’Clock缓缓三点Ancient Romance171k WordsOngoing [A penny-pinching, food-loving, clear-headed mermaid who never overthinks things X A regent who runs the show in public and turns into a puppy in private] [Growing female lead + sweet romance and satisfying revenge + mutual salvation] “Underwater, I’m invincible.” Sheng Ying transmigrated. She had a human body and a fish tail, but before she could experience life as a mermaid, she discovered she couldn’t swim. How was that even possible? A fish that couldn’t swim, and now she was being hunted by 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroine travels to ancient times and transforms into a mermaid. She is picked up by the regent and becomes a working worker. She has no legs in the early stage. In the later stage, she goes ashore, rescues a group of mermaids, and takes them with her to counterattack and become a king.

44. 94 软 The Sweet Little Host Was Abducted by a Madman to Have His Babies 软甜小宿主被疯批拐回去生宝宝啦 Yun Sangyou云桑柚Modern Romance665k WordsCompleted [Animals Turn Human + Mind Reading + Fertility and Many Babies + Lucky Charm + Word Magic + Card Draws + Healing] Yun You was an utterly ordinary little cat demon in one of the worlds among the three thousand worlds. But on the day she formed her core and took human form, her mother cruelly cut open her belly to take it, leaving her to die in the wilderness. To come back to life, she binds herself to a Lucky Card Draw System and transmigrates through the three thousand worlds, bringing blessings 3.3kReads9.0Score338Shelves

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    ① In the plane that begins in Chapter 208, the heroine is a mermaid (the heroine in this book is an animal in one plane, you can read it if you are interested) ② She went through the book and became a mermaid who was deceived by the boss. She immediately decided to move away from the boss. As a result, she met the male protagonist (Hai Ling) and lived a leisurely life with the male protagonist (they can live in the sea and on land, have a house, make a living by fishing and selling seafood, and have children)

45. 95 女 A Female Assassin Transmigrates into a Three-and-a-Half-Year-Old Merbaby 女杀手穿成鲛人宝宝三岁半 A Luo, the Great Demon King阿洛大魔王Ancient Romance161k WordsCompleted She was an assassin with supernatural abilities, but an accident transmigrated her into a three-and-a-half-year-old mermaid baby! After her mother is captured, she sets out alone to find her father. She is captured and taken into the imperial palace, where her adorable looks win over the entire harem. “Poor little darling, she can’t even talk.” That’s just being aloof! “Her eyes are so bright and pretty!” That’s a murderous glint! 74Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Why do I feel that this is the book you are describing?

46. 96 卡 A Capybara Transmigrates into a Rich Family’s Cannon Fodder and Becomes a Star 卡皮巴拉穿成豪门炮灰后爆红 Vibrant Fresh Orange元气鲜橙Two Male Leads430k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + universally adored, easygoing bottom + sharp-tongued top who’s always cracking dirty jokes] Fang Qiugao was a famous capybara at the zoo. His hobbies were spacing out, eating grass, and sleeping. He never expected that one fall would turn him into a rich family’s villainous cannon fodder in an animated series, a character who did every evil deed imaginable before meeting a tragic end. When Fang Qiugao woke up, the original owner was disguised as a waiter, approaching the animat 2kReads8.6Score401Shelves

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    The heroine is a capybara

47. 97 和 Rules for Living with a Mermaid 和人鱼共处法则 YO MehmehYO咩咩Modern Romance234k WordsCompleted [A story of redemption + an interstellar powerhouse + a soft, growing mermaid = a sweet bedtime treat. The first volume takes its time laying the groundwork, but the main plot picks up midway through the second volume and the pace becomes steadier.] Billions of years in the future, the creatures of the land and the sea live apart, each leaving the other undisturbed. Bound by a treaty made by their ancestors, their descendants cannot help wondering what life is like on the other side. A young gen 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Mistress fish!! The real mermaid!!

48. 98 可 Damn Humans! Stop Moving My Fish Tank 可恶的人类！不要搬我的鱼缸 Wan Louyu万楼愈Two Male Leads349k WordsCompleted (Mutually devoted 1v1 + talent competition in the entertainment industry + sweet romance + haughty mermaid prince X roguish human) Lan Yinyuan was the only mermaid in his clan to inherit the bloodline of the Siren Sea Demon. After having his fill of the sea, he decided to make waves on land. But while Lan Yinyuan wasn't looking, his friend Zhong Mojiang sent him onto the talent show Youth Factory. Lan Yinyuan: “Are you kidding me? A talent show? And the camp is by the sea?! If I get wet, my legs 3.4kReads9.4Score826Shelves

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    Give, modern

49. 99 娶 I Married a Mermaid 娶个人鱼当老婆 One-Yuan Octopus一元章鱼Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted Book Two… 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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    They are all mermaids👍

50. 100 稀 The Rare Female Who Became the Most Popular in the Galaxy 稀有雌性成为星际万人迷 Little Fuzzball小毛球Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted [Interstellar beastfolk + female supremacy and male subordination + beloved heroine + male rivalry and a battle royale + everyone is chaste] Su Miantang transmigrates into the body of a rare female and awakens SSSS-rank pheromones that make everyone fall for her. A group of powerful figures from across the stars pursue her frantically, hoping to receive her soothing touch so they won't turn into beasts. The White Tiger God of War, the lion prince, the panda king, the dragon chieftain... powerful 46.5kReads9.0Score4.6kShelves

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    The heroine is a rare mermaid. All males need the comfort of females, especially those with high levels.

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