Cool guy // sweet girl
[Both leads are devoted to each other; the second male lead chases his ex in a redemption arc, while the male lead takes the top spot.]
[An adorably clueless, honest kitten] [A spoiled, ill-tempered merfolk prince]
Li Zhi and Li Yao are two stray cats at a resort.
When they encounter cat dealers, Li Zhi gets injured protecting him.
After that, she becomes a little slow and believes everything people tell her.
The first time the young man is at a loss is because of Li Zhi. He swears he will never let her get hurt again.
But later, he says:
"Could you stop clinging to me? Don't you have any friends of your own?"
"We're people now, not cats."
Though Li Zhi is a little slow, she knows Li Yao doesn't like her anymore, so she goes to the seaside alone to clear her head.
By chance, she finds a huge fish, only its upper half is human.
Light blue hair, light blue eyes, and devastatingly beautiful.
Li Zhi is a cat, and that big tail is an irresistible temptation to her.
She wonders if she could just eat it, but after measuring her mouth, she realizes his tail is too big to fit.
Qian Lanzhou is heir to the sea, the future ruler of the ocean.
Because of his cold nature, his father sends him to the human world to experience emotions.
The moment he comes ashore with his shrimp and crab soldiers, he meets a stray cat.
She slaps him. Qian Lanzhou has never suffered such an indignity, and vows he will catch her.
He'll replace her favorite dried fish with cat food.
He'll keep her by his side and bully her every now and then.
Qian Lanzhou discovers she's really hard to please. Never mind that she's not very bright, she eats nothing but dried fish all day. A cat that refuses to eat cat food is so spoiled.
Qian Lanzhou only meant to teach her a lesson. He never expected to bring home a little tyrant who has to be fed dried fish and coaxed every day.
But when the little cat curls up beside him and acts sweet, he forgets everything.
Later, he learns she has a childhood friend. Li Zhi isn't very bright and is always getting tricked. Someone has only to coax her, and she'll go back to him. Furious, Qian Lanzhou pulls her into his arms.
"Don't go back to him. Stay with me, and you'll have all the dried fish you could ever want."
"Aren't little cats supposed to love dried fish?"
By the time Li Yao realizes Li Zhi has started blowing hot and cold, it's already too late. He grabs her hand and tells her to come home.
"Come on, let's go home. Stop fooling around with people like him."
But Qian Lanzhou is like a ghost, wrapping his arms around Li Zhi from behind and playing with her hand as he refuses to give an inch. "Why should she go with you?"
"With me, she'll have all the dried fish she could ever want."
He even kisses Li Zhi on the cheek.
She has no idea who told her, but apparently if she climbs into Qian Lanzhou's bed, she'll get all the dried fish she wants.
So one night, she tiptoes into his bed, only to get caught.
"I want dried fish. Grow me some dried fish."
By the time Li Zhi realizes the way of growing dried fish is a little different from what she imagined, it's too late.
Qian Lanzhou grabs her by the ankle and pulls her into his arms.
"Why are you running? Didn't you want dried fish?"
"I'll give it to you."
Her clothes are gone, her first kiss is gone, and her body is covered in marks left by Qian Lanzhou.
Theme: The vows we make when we're young can be scattered by the wind
