The Immortal Lord Is Tired of Raising Fish

My upcoming novel, I Heard I Wronged and Abandoned a Fluffy Little Thing, is open for follows! The blurb is at the very bottom.

Blurb

As the first fish in Shaoyun Pond to successfully take human form, Yu Huahuan says: “I’m so glad I’m not a fish anymore.” She covers her mouth and sobs.

Living in Shangxian Bai Heng's residence is not something a fish should be doing.

Though everyone calls Bai Heng an immortal, he's always been carefree. While others avoid grains, Bai Heng not only eats them, but even set aside a pond to raise a few fish, all to satisfy his appetite.

Yu Huahuan smiles. That's right, she's one of the provisions he's keeping in reserve.

She'll survive. At the very least, she'll live long enough to see Cuilhua, the little turtle in the pond, pass away.

On a fine, sunny day, Yu Huahuan was unlucky enough to get caught. Before Bai Heng could decide whether to steam her or braise her, the perfectly good fish transformed right in front of him.

Bai Heng and Yu Huahuan stared at each other. “Can you turn back?”

“Dad,” Yu Huahuan chirped, reaching out her arms.

Stay calm. Don't go around claiming random strangers as your father.

With a “daughter” suddenly foisted on him, Bai Heng could only say: You can have this blessing. Do you want it?

Though he found the little fish quite a handful, he raised her anyway. Determined to see the job through, Bai Heng never expected that by the time he finished raising the fish, he'd have given her his whole self, too.

One day, Yu Huahuan passed by and overheard Bai Heng chatting with someone. She only caught one sentence: “What's the point of keeping her? It's not like we can boil her up and eat her.”

Yu Huahuan: Fishy is horrified.

After all this time together, you were secretly planning to toss me in the pot. Nothing in this world could be more heartbreaking.

Yu Huahuan dashed off without hearing the rest of Bai Heng's sentence: “Of course I'm keeping her so I can bring her home and make her my cultivation partner.”

Though Yu Huahuan was a little heartbroken, she still packed her bags and prepared to run away that very night.

She never expected to get caught and brought back before she even left the borders of Mingluo.

Bai Heng never expected the bride to run away on their wedding day, either.

After raising his fish for so long, he still hadn't managed to tame her.

No matter. Bai Heng ground his teeth. He'd catch her and keep raising her.

After they successfully formed their bond, Yu Huahuan saw the ill intent at the corner of Bai Heng's mouth and thought: Maybe she should try running away again...

Bai Heng pulled her back into the room. “Oh, you don't have a chance anymore.”

On the third day after their bond was formed, the first thing Yu Huahuan said when she came out was, “Find me somewhere to go into seclusion. I want to cultivate. I want to surpass Bai Heng.”

Bai Heng struck down a certain unfortunate person's palace with one palm, then smiled at everyone. “There's no free space anywhere, right?”

Everyone backed away. “That's right, that's right. We don't even have a privy left.”

Yu Huahuan was speechless. Where was their conscience? Didn't it hurt? They should try saying that while looking at her!

Bai Heng put an arm around Yu Huahuan and smiled. “My wife wants to cultivate? Your husband would be more than happy to help.”

Yu Huahuan: Absolutely not. She wanted the satisfaction of working hard on her own.

Could someone please stop treating her like catnip and clinging to her? Let go of her!

[Little Extra]

Yu Huahuan rubbed her belly. “What do you think our child will look like? A fish head and a cat's tail, or a cat head and a fish's tail?”

“No, wait. What if he or she gets hungry and mistakes themself for food...”

Her rambling grew more and more ridiculous. Bai Heng pressed a hand to his forehead. “This time, are you carrying a child conceived over crispy cheese or steamed rice cakes?”

“Hmm.” Yu Huahuan patted her round belly and let out a burp. “Probably a poria cake.”

The young boy behind them, swishing his cat tail, took a horrified step back. “Mother, so I'm a child of poria cake?”

Yu Huahuan reached out. “No, son, listen to her make excuses. No, wait, listen to her explain.”

Love is hard enough. Raising fish is hard, too.

Blurb for the upcoming novel, I Heard I Wronged and Abandoned a Fluffy Little Thing

As the young mistress of Qingqiu, Chu Jinjiao has always loved petting fluffy creatures more than anything.

Even though she's a little fox herself, petting someone else is far more fun than petting herself.

After Chu Jinjiao managed to get herself blacklisted by every fluffy creature in Qingqiu, she grew depressed and forlorn. Such a great joy, gone just like that.

No, Chu Jinjiao refused to give up.

She would find a fluffy creature of her own and pet it to her heart's content.

With lofty ambitions in her heart, Chu Jinjiao had barely stepped beyond Qingqiu when she found a young man with a tiger's tail showing.

Well, isn't that convenient?

Chu Jinjiao took him back to her palace, gave him the best food and drink, and nursed him back to health, granting his every wish.

That loving gaze, that smitten expression... He must be head over heels for me. Mu Qingzhou couldn't help giving his tail a gentle wag, blushing.

Honestly, could he be any less subtle?

The day Mu Qingzhou recovered, Chu Jinjiao rubbed her hands together. “About this, you should understand, right? I...”

Mu Qingzhou nodded shyly. “I understand.”

“But I need to go home and tell my parents first, and get everything ready.”

Did it really take that many steps? Chu Jinjiao fell into thought. She just wanted to pet a fluffy creature.

“N-no need, right? I just want to touch your tail.”

Mu Qingzhou's gaze gradually darkened. “Touch my tail.”

“Y-yeah.” Chu Jinjiao took a few tactical steps backward.

“Very well.” Mu Qingzhou's eyes reddened. Gritting his teeth, he swept out of the room.

So all those days of closeness and sweet companionship had been fake.

Chu Jinjiao was confused. What did “very well” mean? Would he let her touch his tail or not? If he wouldn't, she could go find another one.

After their falling-out, Chu Jinjiao never saw Mu Qingzhou again. But she heard an amusing story: the Immortal Realm had a new crown prince who had been wronged and abandoned, and now hated fluffy creatures.

Chu Jinjiao couldn't understand how anyone could dislike fluffy creatures.

Still, to avoid offending the new crown prince, she stayed away from the Immortal Realm for quite some time.

Then she received an invitation from the crown prince of the Immortal Realm. A celebration banquet? Chu Jinjiao stroked the trembling little rabbit in her hand. She'd go and see what this crown prince was like.

If she'd known that Mu Qingzhou was the new crown prince, and the new crown prince was Mu Qingzhou, she wouldn't have set foot in the Immortal Realm even if someone had beaten her to death.

“Mu Qingzhou, let go of me.”

Holding her tightly against him, Mu Qingzhou leaned close to her ear and murmured, “How could I let you go? If I did, you'd abandon me again and go looking for other fluffy creatures, wouldn't you?”

Chu Jinjiao's knees went weak. On the verge of tears, she realized that she was the heartless woman from the rumors who had wronged and abandoned him.

Could she explain?

Mu Qingzhou chuckled. “No need, my wife. Come on, let's get married first. That'll show how sincerely you regret it.”

“You liar! You're not a fluffy creature at all.”

Mu Qingzhou gently stroked her rounded belly, his gaze soft. “I never told you I was a fluffy creature.”

Chu Jinjiao nodded. Fair enough, he hadn't.

Baby, now Mother can only count on you. I hope you're a little fox.

Baby: Mom, I can't do that.

Theme: Live hard, survive, and never give up.