Song Zhangyu, the chief researcher at the Eastern Research Institute, keeps her distance from marriage, but that doesn't stop her from getting caught up in it.
In the tenth year of her rivalry with Li Jingyue, their older siblings announced they were getting married.
Song Zhangyu had complicated feelings about the news.
The prospect of ten years as mortal enemies suddenly becoming relatives wasn't exactly appealing. She didn't want the mess between her and Li Jingyue to affect her brother's love life.
As it happened, Li Jingyue shared her concerns and awkwardly came to make peace.
Song Zhangyu agreed with a cold expression.
As they worked on the wedding preparations, they spent a lot of time together and unexpectedly grew close. After making peace, Song Zhangyu realized that she and Li Jingyue could actually get along.
If they had cleared up their misunderstanding sooner, perhaps they could have become good friends, Song Zhangyu thought on a weary night after the wedding.
Then she saw him: Li Jingyue, sprawled on the sofa, with tentacles growing out of him.
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Li Jingyue, chief researcher at the Western Research Institute, has always hated nonhuman creatures. He keeps his distance from tentacles, compound eyes, wings, and everything else of the sort, and has never taken part in any biological modification experiments.
But one day, he suddenly turned into the very monster he found most disgusting.
At first, Li Jingyue feared he would never become normal again. Later, he feared that Song Zhangyu, who had taken him in, would abandon him.
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After his transformation, Li Jingyue is fragile, cries easily, and feels deeply insecure.
He's extremely clingy and can't control his tentacles, constantly craving comfort from Song Zhangyu.
Song Zhangyu's daily routine is to conduct her research diligently, calmly peel his tentacles off her arms, calves, waist, and other places, and awkwardly soothe the dejected Li Jingyue.
Doing all this with one's archenemy is bizarre.
But Song Zhangyu is naturally aloof. Though she finds it a little exhausting to deal with, she doesn't realize how serious things have become.
Until one day, she accepts a coworker's invitation to grab a drink after work and unwind.
That night, as she is falling asleep at home, she half-hears a faint sound of crying beside her. When she opens her eyes, she discovers Li Jingyue has crawled into her bed.
He's sitting beside her, crying.
His tears have soaked the pillow, his eyes are red, and his handsome features look heartbreakingly lovely. His tentacles have her wrapped up tight.
"I can smell it."
"Is there another man?"
"Are you going to leave me?"
Song Zhangyu is so stunned she doesn't know what to say.
"What are you talking about? We're not in that kind of relationship!"
Li Jingyue falls silent.
He says nothing, just keeps shedding tears. It reminds Song Zhangyu of the little mermaid in the fairy tale, whose tears turn into pearls, and makes her feel like the wicked prince.
Sleepily, Song Zhangyu thinks that if this is a dream, it's a real nightmare.
But then...
She never dreamed she'd be imprisoned in her own home.
Fortunately, her days trapped in the locked room last only a month.
Song Zhangyu transmigrates back to the time before her brother's wedding.
Theme: Love can cross time and space
