The Cannon Fodder and the Green Tea's Married Life [Matriarchy]

Matriarchal society, men can bear children. [Scheming merman vs. straightforward illegitimate daughter]

Li Yue, an illegitimate daughter, spent eighteen years following the rules, keeping a low profile, staying humble, honoring her parents, and loving her sisters and brothers.

That is, until she took a husband.

Her husband was Yu Qing, a distant cousin from the maternal side whom Li Yue had married by a roundabout route.

The young man stood in a corner, handsome and refined, his dark eyes as still as a pool of water.

When he saw her looking, he said gently, "Greetings, Cousin."

Li Yue's heart stirred.

Li Yue was home on leave when her fourth younger sister pestered her to go out and have fun.

Her husband smiled with restraint. "Wife, go ahead. I may feel a little lonely, but I'll be fine. I'm only worried that you work so hard every day."

Without a second thought, Li Yue decided to stay home with her husband.

Her fourth sister, who had planned to make Li Yue do all the work again: ?

A few days later, her fourth sister somehow strained her back.

Her third younger brother was the apple of the family's eye. Somehow, he got into an argument with her husband.

Her husband was accidentally shoved over. His eyes reddened with pain, yet he smiled through his pale face. "It's all my fault. Wife, don't be angry with your third brother. I didn't know he had such a temper. I should have indulged him."

Li Yue frowned and told her brother, "Apologize to your brother-in-law."

Her third brother, who had deliberately picked a fight, thinking Li Yue would take his side: ?

The next day, her third brother twisted his ankle.

Her eldest sister slung an arm around Li Yue's shoulders. "Come on, let's go drink at the brothel. Two handsome young male courtesans just arrived."

For once, Li Yue firmly refused her sister's request.

That evening, her husband curled an arm around her neck and obediently nestled in her embrace. "Wife, will Eldest Sister be angry because you didn't go to the brothel?"

Li Yue answered firmly, "No."

Her eldest sister, who had been intent on leading her younger half-sister astray: ?

Half a month later, her eldest sister was beaten at the brothel and spent a fortnight in bed.

On the night of her wedding, Li Yue had a dream.

In the dream, the world she lived in was actually a face-slapping power fantasy. The heroine of the book slapped her way to success, won the heart of a beauty, and reached the pinnacle of life.

Li Yue, meanwhile, was the foil: also an illegitimate daughter, but rigid and proper, letting her family grind her down until her husband died young of illness and she met a tragic end.

After waking, Li Yue looked at her frail, innocent husband sleeping beside her and secretly vowed to protect him.

From then on, she became self-respecting and confident, never fawning or acting arrogant. She separated from her family, set up a home of her own, studied hard, and eventually became a local official praised by everyone.

Everyone said, "Your husband is so vicious."

Li Yue frowned. "Nonsense. My little husband is clearly a little white rabbit."

One day, she stared at his snowy-white fish tail in a daze. "What exactly are you?"

Her husband looked aggrieved. "Does my wife not want me anymore?"

Later, the little white rabbit she had imagined kicked an assassin flying.

Li Yue: ...

Yu Qing had two secrets:

1. He was an abandoned deep-sea merman, with an ill-fated power that could make people unlucky.

2. He really, truly loved his wife.

A little preview of an upcoming story

Has the Sea God Eaten Her Sacrifice Today? (Matriarchal Society)

Western fantasy, but with a matriarchal society. Men can bear children.

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Melvie Sige had always had a bad temper.

As the goddess who ruled the sea and sky, she was moody and cold. She never attended the gatherings of the orthodox gods or paid any attention to the advances of the evil gods, like a solitary ruler high above the world.

People called her... [Tyrant].

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One day, Melvie went to the sea to clear her head. A group of followers of an old god mistook the intended recipient of their sacrifice and offered it to her instead.

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The black-haired young man was tied to the deck, his pale skin covered in bloody marks.

His lashes were lowered, his beautiful eyes dim and lifeless, and he trembled pitifully.

Like a red rose soaked by the storm, fragile and beautiful, making one want to break it.

Melvie's lips curled into a cruel smile. Why not keep him around for a bit of fun?

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She hadn't expected that from then on, she would be studying diligently with strange books like One Hundred Ways to Raise Humans, The Third United Nations Cookbook, and A Collection of Bedtime Stories, and that the orthodox gods would quickly welcome her into their fold.

Goddess of Light: Flowers need to be carefully tended. Come, come, let me tell you...

Goddess of Night: Night is when dreams are most active. If the child can't sleep well, don't worry. I have some special tricks~

Mother Earth: I'm glad you've come to understand the importance of life. Humans really are wonderful, aren't they?

Melvie: I didn't! I wasn't! Listen to me!

On top of that, she discovered that she might, perhaps, have developed feelings for this sacrifice that were anything but ordinary...

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As the youngest son of Duke Alberd's family, Rhein Alberd was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His happy life lasted only until he turned eighteen.

When the duke's real son, who had been raised elsewhere, returned, Rhein learned that he had been chosen as a substitute solely because his fate matched the other's.

What awaited him was a wicked sacrifice.

They say the gods love all people. So why had he been deceived, kept in the dark, and abandoned?

He had nothing left.

The sea wind roared and white waves surged as a woman's figure appeared.

She lifted his chin. Her blue eyes were as calm as the sea as she asked coldly, "Are you my sacrifice?"

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He didn't know that the wheels of fate had already begun turning.

There was a god willing to clumsily learn how to love him when everyone else cast him aside.

Theme: Treat others with sincerity, and they will return your sincerity.