Me, the Fathead Fish, Am Super Fierce!

There's a rumor going around the West Sea that Chancellor Li keeps a fathead fish as a pet. That fish is fierce and greedy, throwing her weight around the manor all day long. Yet Chancellor Li is mild-mannered and puts up with everything, keeping the fish well-fed and well-cared-for.

The people sigh: Even dragons can be bullied by fish.

Meanwhile, the fathead fish in the rumor is chasing Chancellor Li around the manor, yelling, "Li Jiang! When are you going to let me suck your vital essence?"

Ever since Li Jiang picked up that fathead fish and brought her home, he has had two extra daily tasks: feeding her, and not letting her suck his vital essence.

The servants at the chancellor's manor have also acquired a new topic of conversation: Did the fathead fish manage to suck Chancellor Li's vital essence today?

Until one day, Li Jiang realizes that his fathead fish seems to have set her sights on someone else.

Li Jiang: ...Fine, I guess I'll just sacrifice myself.

The fathead fish's catchphrase: Today, I'm definitely going to suck Li Jiang's vital essence!

Reading guide:

1. The heroine can take human form, and both leads are beautiful. (The heroine is cute-looking as a fish.)

2. One-on-one romance.

3. Completely fictional setting, made up as I went along, so no need to fact-check.

Pre-release novel: I'll Lay Eggs for You to Eat. If you're interested, feel free to add it to your reading list~

Blurb:

When Yan Jiu first met Liu Yan, he thought she was a silly, overly kind pheasant spirit. She was so "kind" that she forced him to eat the eggs she laid to heal his wounds. No matter how much he complained, she took care of him with all her heart.

Only when his enemies came after him and that pheasant spirit abandoned him without hesitation did he realize how wrong he'd been about her.

Yan Jiu: If I ever see that chicken spirit again, I'll pluck every last feather!

While searching for her clan's homeland, Liu Yan sets off with Yan Jiu, who is being hunted by his enemies. Yan Jiu faces danger three times along the way, and Liu Yan abandons him and runs off three times, too.

At first, Yan Jiu swears he'll pluck her feathers. Eventually, he just gives up getting angry.

Let her run if she wants. As long as she's willing to come back in the end, that's all that matters.

Besides laying eggs, Liu Yan has another skill perfected to an art: running away at the first sign of trouble.

She abandons Yan Jiu three times in moments of danger. On the fourth, her conscience finally gets the better of her, and she returns to fight alongside him. But to protect her, Yan Jiu nearly dies along with their opponent.

Holding the barely breathing Yan Jiu, Liu Yan sobs like a pear blossom in the rain. "Yan Jiu, I'll remember you forever. If I ever get married, I'll give my first child the same name as you!"

Yan Jiu, with his last breath, immediately opens his eyes, face twisted in fury. "Even if I have to crawl back from the underworld, you won't marry another wild chicken!"

A married-life extra:

One day Yan Jiu comes home and sees a patterned egg on the bed, while his little chicken spirit crouches beside it in her original form.

Yan Jiu, frowning: "...What is this?"

Liu Yan lazily flaps her wings. "Your kid."

Yan Jiu: ...

A story about a chicken spirit who always knows which way the wind blows and protects herself, and a bad-tempered half-blood fox demon

Theme: Strive and persevere. Even a little fish can leap over the dragon gate