[Cool, composed woman vs. shy man]
[Antisocial woman vs. man who talks himself into falling in love]
Lan Xinyu's mother wanted her to study law. A psychologist suggested she take up fish farming.
Everyone at the university knew there was a prodigy in the law school. On the first day of classes, Lan Xinyu dissected every fish on the sixth floor of the aquatic sciences building.
A graduate student who couldn't graduate because their data were all over the place ended up with a lifelong, high-paying contract at the Lan Group, and cried tears of joy.
Onlookers just thought another fish-farming student had gone crazy.
She landed an internship at a prestigious law firm as a freshman, all thanks to her mother's social standing. In other words, she was a nepo hire.
She felt she wasn't suited for it. In her eyes, someone like Yang Yugu, a third-year student who had won award after award, was the one who deserved to get in.
Everyone knew the richest and most powerful student at the university was Lan Xinyu, heir to the Lan Group. She had taught herself the entire law curriculum by her second year, taken the bar exam, and made a name for herself by winning a case. She instantly became the university's star: born into a powerful family, rich and influential, a double-degree prodigy. Her popularity overtook that of the aloof campus heartthrob Yang Yugu, making her the object of everyone's admiration.
Later...
"Lan Xinyu, why didn't you go on that blind date? You stood them up."
"I wasn't going," Lan Xinyu said, glancing at Yang Yugu. "I have a mermaid to look after."
"..."
She hung up.
Lan Xinyu met his gaze and said calmly, "You blush so easily..."
Yang Yugu buried his face against her neck and murmured, "Mm."
Yang Yugu told his friends: Before she knew him, she'd looked at the trophies he'd won at school and kept praising him. She even said she wanted to meet him, saw his name, and praised him as a peerless beauty, like someone from another world.
Yang Yugu: "She secretly fell for me."
Friend: "Do you know what you look like right now?"
Yang Yugu: "?"
Friend: "She was just curious about you, but you fell head over heels..."
Content warnings:
1. Matriarchal setting, men can get pregnant, and it's an alternate world. No need to overthink it.
2. The female lead has an antisocial personality. Don't read if that's not for you. Aside from being unable to act cute or cook, she can do everything. She's a ruthless character, a genuinely bad person.
3. The male lead and the second male lead are biological brothers, and they both like the female lead.
4. The male lead seems aloof, but in reality he blushes very easily. He'll get piercings for the female lead, including earrings and a navel piercing, among other things. Don't read if that's not for you.
Theme: Falling in love
""Remember! All the fish on that level..."Catch a big bug for the author~ In fact, the seniors, including seniors and seniors, are here.