I Became a Mermaid and Turned into a Slacker

When Gu Yu wakes up one day, he discovers that he is a minor character in a pure-love harem novel. No wonder no matter how hard he studies, something always goes wrong with his exams. Minor characters only exist to make the protagonist look good. A living fish frets; a dead fish rests easy. But a salted fish is happiest of all. So Gu Yu lies flat, choosing to be a salted fish: eating snacks and watching the show as the irresistible protagonist and his five love interests stumble through a melodramatic romance. But somehow, the plot slowly goes off the rails. First, a black cat starts following him around, pretending to be a stray so he'll take it in. It won't let him pick it up, yet it's always sprawled in a tree, perched on a wall, or hiding in the bushes. Whenever he turns around, there's a fluffy ball of soot staring right at him. Then, one day after he'd brought the cat home, he is soaking in the bathtub when his legs suddenly turn into a fish tail, fading from silver-white to pale blue, its scales shimmering beautifully. He jumps in fright, and the tail thrashes excitedly against the water, splashing him right in the face. Gu Yu is dumbfounded. “...???” He only wanted to be a salted fish. He didn't actually want to turn into a fish! Just then, the black cat slips into the bathroom and stares fixedly at his fish tail. ...You can't eat that!!! PS: A powerful, cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside, wife-protecting top x a cute little salted-fish bottom 1. The cat in the blurb is the top. His true form is a very pettable big cat. 2. Both are each other's first love. Sweet, everyday romance, light and angst-free. 3. The original novel gives him very little page time. After Chapter 3, the story breaks free of the original plot, so don't worry about the protagonist being treated unfairly. 4. Updated daily at 8 p.m. Mwah! Love Side Quest [Quick Transmigration] Ruan Xingran is breathtakingly handsome, but has always been emotionally oblivious and finds it hard to form connections with people. One day, a dating game suddenly appears on his phone, sending him to different worlds to experience new lives. Instance One: He is a Beta, and his target is a top Alpha suffering from a mental-power rampage. After he slacks off and accidentally raises the Alpha's affection score, the Alpha becomes intensely possessive, always wanting to mark him and make him smell of his pheromones. But everyone knows Betas can't be marked. The Alpha can never get enough, and grows increasingly restless and irritable. At that point, the System says, “Incorrect target. Player, please start over.” Ruan Xingran is forced to reload, rubbing the back of his neck and thinking, Great, I don't have to get bitten by a dog. But as he starts pursuing the target again, he realizes the Alpha from the previous run is looking at him more and more dangerously. Instance Two: He is a painter devoted entirely to his art, with no practical skills whatsoever. He has a wealthy husband whom he married by agreement, but their marriage is in name only. One night, he knocks on his husband's bedroom door. Seeing the impressive physique wrapped in nothing but a towel around the waist, his eyes light up. “Would you model for me?” Before long, their marriage becomes real. His husband takes charge of everything in the little painter's life, going to every length to make him look his way somewhere other than on the canvas. Instance Three: He transmigrates into a delicate doll the size of a palm, a famously pretty but useless card in an endless gacha game. He leans over the edge of the pool, takes his target's fingertip in his tiny hand, and passes through specks of starlight into a scene where players are struggling against monsters. His teammates wail for help, while he sits in his master's palm and smiles sweetly at the ferocious monsters. “Could you let them go?” The monsters actually stop. The doll card becomes famous all over again, the card every player wants most. His charm is maxed out, and he can communicate with monsters and save players' skins. But his owner keeps him hidden away, preferring to fight desperately alone rather than let him out. “You're mine.” His owner is the most terrifying monster of all. A sweetly clueless, easygoing beauty x a possessive god who pursues his beloved across countless fragments Theme: Healing each other