Raising a Sea God on a Dating Show [Mermaid]

[The spin-off bonus story, *Cats Are Alphas Too! [ABO]*, is complete!] Shu Tang wakes up in a novel as a nouveau riche female side character who has nothing but a pretty face and money. In the magical dating reality show *Love in Progress*, a future star lawyer, a scientist, a major investor in the business world, and other future bigwigs all gather together. They later become the legendary clash of the titans, the gold standard of dating shows, endlessly discussed by gossip-loving viewers. As soon as the show starts, the nouveau riche side character hands each of them a little card offering financial support. She not only insults them with money, she insults three of them at once! Later, every man the side character tried to “sponsor” wishes he could trample her underfoot and ruin her reputation for good. Shu Tang has just transmigrated and finds herself in the middle of handing someone a card: ... Before the men can show how humiliated and resentful they feel, Shu Tang says: “Sorry, I picked up the wrong cards. Want to learn about swimming and fitness?” The elite lawyer / future scientist / future major business investor: ? * That night, Shu Tang receives a text message: Hello, I’m the Sea God. I urgently need ten yuan to tide me over. If you could transfer me the money, I’ll send you the sea’s blessing. With love, your Sea God. The impoverished Sea God, who woke after a thousand years of sleep, clutches a broken Nokia he found in the trash. His sea-blue eyes light up and dim again countless times. Until one night, he meets a goddess who sends him fifty yuan. * Lately, Shu Tang keeps receiving all sorts of deep-sea specialties and even a fabled lucky charm. But the shy, insecure man refuses to show himself, until she writes on the beach: I want to meet you. When she wakes the next morning, she discovers her villa has flooded The Sea God, pale-skinned and handsome as a deity, is dressed in rags and covered in wounds. Most importantly, he has no legs, only a shimmering but damaged fish tail. Awkward and flustered, he curls up in her bathtub. * On the night of the dating show’s recording, a pale, handsome, white-haired man sits beside Shu Tang. The others look down on Shu Tang’s poor taste. But in the very next moment, the Sea God lifts his head. At that instant, the mountains and rivers fall silent, and all things are hushed. The pairing of the glamorous beauty Shu Tang and the Sea God becomes an internet sensation. Later, the men who looked down on Shu Tang regret it bitterly... Only to discover they don’t even measure up to one of his fingers. * The Sea God has a little wife. By tradition, the Sea God should build a magnificent palace for his wife and weave her a dress from merfolk pearls. The Sea God feels inferior because he is covered in scars. But she builds him a magnificent palace, finds him the best treatment, and repairs his tail. So what should the Sea God give her in return? He falls silent. She doesn’t want boundless power or the ocean, and she doesn’t want him to pluck the flower of eternal life for her. Then... he can only wrap his arms around her waist and give her everything he has. And so she receives the sea’s loyalty and a god’s blessing. [He is a fierce beast of the deep, yet he humbles himself to kiss her fingertips] Reader’s Guide: 1. This is a very loose setting, with only a “modern” backdrop. Don’t compare it to real life. The gods and mermaids are fictional inventions. Believe in science in real life, don’t be superstitious, and stay away from scams! 2. This is not the “strong female lead” or “female empowerment” story some readers expect. It’s a [mindless] [sweet little romance]. Weibo: @Tun Yu Ao Wu +++The expanded bonus story is complete!+++ *Cats Are Alphas Too! [ABO]* by Tun Yu Shu Tang wakes up to discover that this world has gone mad. Humanity is no longer satisfied with two sexes, and has created six ABO genders instead. She hears that alphas are powerful fighters, while omegas are sensitive and delicate. Shu Tang thinks she must be one of the ordinary betas, who make up eighty percent of the population. She isn’t aggressive or sensitive, and she loves peace. She hasn’t even grown any extra big Jinjiang, so she seems like an utterly unremarkable beta. But when they test her on her coming-of-age day, she turns out to be an unparalleled alpha! Shu Tang: ? * Shu Tang becomes a therapist and joins a secret rehabilitation facility run by the Federation. It houses important figures who need treatment for mental power rampages. Because she looks too cute, the alphas ostracize her. One day, Shu Tang is set up and accidentally enters a restricted area. After becoming an alpha, Shu Tang has shut her heart to love. Her tastes are very Earth-like: she doesn’t like omegas, she likes alphas. Until Shu Tang sees a beautiful omega with long hair like moonlight. He reminds her of a blue rose beneath the moon. Shu Tang: Struck by Cupid’s arrow. * The patient known as “Number One” lives in the restricted area. He is an undefeated legend, the Federation’s supreme leader, and a decorated veteran hailed as a human nuclear weapon. It’s no secret that the veteran is an omega. But no one really talks about it Because of his freakish combat strength, people usually discuss whether he’s even human. The stronger one’s mental power, the more destructive a rampage becomes The place where the veteran lives has become a restricted area. Even doctors have to bring fighter jets and protective gear when they go in. People who trespass in the restricted area usually come to a bad end. The other alphas think Shu Tang is dead But she strolls out, humming a tune. The other alphas: ?? One alpha asks: Did you see anything scary in there? Cat: “Oh, you mean the little blue rose?” The other alphas: ? The little blue rose? Who? The cat blushes. “He’s nice. And really pretty.” The omega of her dreams! * A decorated veteran with countless victories, who teeters on the brink of a mental power rampage, was supposed to die this winter. He hasn’t left the restricted area in a long time. He hasn’t been anywhere crowded in almost ten years Because if his mental power goes berserk, it will bring disaster to countless people. He is like a prisoner who has locked himself away. Shu Tang thinks the medicine she gives him on schedule is what cures him. She doesn’t know that It isn’t the pills that heal the veteran, but her pheromones. On the night he meets the cat, the tormented beast in a cage sleeps peacefully for the first time in ten years Without the torment of a mental power rampage, without endless darkness. Everyone thinks the cat is the one who depends on the veteran. But they don’t know The cat is the little blue rose’s emotional anchor, a piece of driftwood, his entire vision of what it means to live. Before her, he slowly withered. After her, he grew quietly. In the silent dark of night, he longs for his cat so desperately that he says to her “Bite me.” Theme: Protect the environment