The Merman and the Runaway Prince He Rescued

Bird (paradise flycatcher) * merman (orca) Bai Ting * Jiao Li After a storm, a merman from the deep sea "rescued" a human man. He coaxed and tricked him into hiding in an underwater cave, then set about winning his heart. When the time was right, he immediately returned to his tribe and asked the shaman to witness their union, hoping to take the man as his mate. But when he happily returned from the deep sea, the man had secretly flown away. Frosty fury burned in Jiao Li's pale silver eyes. He opened the old human book he treasured, The Little Mermaid, and reconsidered the story of their merfolk romance. He wasn't a delicate mermaid, but he was practically a prince among the merfolk. The "human prince" he'd picked up was just as tall and handsome, and he'd even avoided the tragic turning point in the story. The only variable was... wings! Jiao Li closed the book and sneered. Fine. When he found the man again, he would pluck every last one of those pretty feathers! * Everyone at the deep-sea base knew that the young master of the Bai family had been missing for months, and had miraculously been found by a rescue team. But no one outside the Bai family knew that as soon as Bai Ting, the "miraculous survivor," returned, he shut himself in his bedroom and began studying the history of beastfolk evolution, something he'd always despised. Even more inexplicable, half a month later, Bai Ting emerged from his room with a complicated expression and made just one request: He wanted to leave the base again. The Bai family parents and elder sister: Son! Little brother! Have you lost your mind!? Our whole family has a fear of the deep sea! Bai Ting insisted on exploring the deep sea. No one knew what he was searching for, until another accident left him underwater, where he watched a gorgeous black tail swim past him and scoop up his adjutant. Only then did he realize... The merman might not want him anymore. * The pursuit-of-his-wife mini-theater: Everyone in the Bai family had a raptor beast form. They were a renowned martial clan at the base. Even though the eldest young master, Bai Ting, had "given up martial arts for scholarship," and no one knew what his mutated beast form looked like, countless people still wanted to marry into the family. After all, Bai Ting was not only tall, long-legged, handsome, and graceful, but also gentle, refined, and kind to others. So no one would ever imagine that beside a certain reef... A palm-sized black-and-white bird clumsily flapped its wings, its long tail feathers trembling as it hopped into the hands of a "cold-faced" handsome merman. It rolled around cutely, holding its prettiest feather in its beak. "...Chirp, chirp!" For the first time, Bai Ting loved his beast form. As long as his feathers were fluffed up, no one could see him blushing! * Gentle, deep-sea-phobic paradise flycatcher top * powerful, assertive orca merman bottom Pure romance, fairytale style. Estimated at 200,000 characters. The whole story is drafted before posting begins. 3.8 Theme: Humans and nature coexisting