The Disabled Mermaid Is Forced into a Substitute Marriage

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[The whole story in one sentence: A disabled merman second-generation assassinates a great demon king]

Second Prince Zhou Wugui has peerless beauty, like an immortal descended from heaven. Unfortunately, he can't walk and is considered a cripple. He doesn't mind, though, always believing that one day his legs will grow into a beautiful mermaid's tail!

Because he's a merman second-generation!

And because he grew up in the cold palace and knows how treacherous people can be, he kept quiet even after gaining the ability to see into people's hearts. He figured that keeping a low profile was the best way to stay alive.

Then one day, he was told to take his elder sister's place in a political marriage and wed the enemy kingdom's God of War, Prince Yuan, a man who killed without blinking! He also had to carry out an assassination mission:

Take Prince Yuan's head and rescue his imprisoned father!

Everyone thought Zhou Wugui was as good as dead, and even Zhou Wugui himself thought so.

Until their wedding night:

A pair of warm hands gently wrapped around his trembling little paws. The man whispered tenderly in his ear, "Don't be afraid. I'll protect you from now on."

Zhou Wugui: ?

He had no idea he was the protagonist of a clichéd fantasy novel about a useless hero, or that the great demon king, Prince Yuan, had just awakened...

Content warnings

1. Prince Yuan is the top. The pairing is one-on-one, and both are pure.

2. Fantasy-focused plot.

3. This blurb was screenshotted and posted on Weibo in November 2021. If you like it, please add it to your favorites. It really means a lot to me! Love you, sending you a heart!

Next novel: Raising the Villainous Chancellor After Transmigrating as a Noble Family's Stand-In

Little cooking prodigy Gao Jie woke up one day to find he'd transmigrated into a book. He'd become the beautiful male wife of a noble family heir in an imperial exam novel.

He was a young man from a butcher's family, and the only reason the eldest son of the He family had chosen him was that his face was as lovely as a flower and looked just like the eldest son's first love.

Gao Jie caught the eldest son having an affair the year he passed the imperial exam...

In the original story, he swore he would never give up his place as the wife, and was eventually tormented to death.

Now that Gao Jie had transmigrated into the book, he wasn't about to give the He family a chance to destroy him.

So the two sides negotiated.

A few days later, Gao Jie won the negotiation. He decided to take the silver he'd extorted from the He family and use it to raise their enemy.

So he opened the door to the He family's woodshed.

In the drafty woodshed, the little boy chained by the neck would grow up to become the most formidable, fearsome, and ruthless villain in the entire story.

But for now, he was crouched in a corner, trembling, looking like a scrawny, filthy, unkempt little stray dog abandoned on the street.

Only his eyes still glinted with the ferocity of a hungry wolf.

Gao Jie said, "From now on, I'll raise you. You'll be my good son. Understand?"

Years later,

The little stray dog had grown up to become the Chancellor. Dressed in his imperial robes, he hurried down the steps,

just to take Gao Jie's hand and personally help him ascend to the highest throne in the land.

From the hundred-foot-high platform, Gao Jie looked down at the people kneeling below and thought he recognized two men trembling like leaves. They looked like that despicable couple from the He family.

A little extra:

The Chancellor hugged Gao Jie tightly and asked with a smile, "Godfather?"

Gao Jie: "Get lost! I'd have to be crazy to be your father!"

Coming soon: When the General Is Sent to Bring Good Fortune. Please add it to your favorites!

Fifth Prince Song Nuan is blessed with beautiful features, dark brows, and fair skin. He's the most beautiful of the royal princes, but he has a strange illness. He's mad, foolish, and likes to bite people.

The old emperor is worried about his son, so the Imperial Astrologer makes a recommendation: once the prince comes of age and moves into his own residence, choosing a suitable spouse to bring him good fortune will cure him.

The emperor immediately issues an edict seeking a spouse for the prince.

After a great victory in the northern border war against the Rong, General Qin Lang returns to the capital. He never expected to receive an imperial marriage decree as soon as he got back, much less one ordering him to bring good fortune to the supposedly mad and foolish Fifth Prince!

Qin Lang stares at the edict, murderous fury churning in his eyes like a blood-soaked demon. He gives a cold laugh and thinks, This is absurd!

On their wedding day:

Song Nuan, a socially anxious person who had transmigrated here as a child, is so frightened by the grand ceremony that he trembles all over. He clenches his little fists and thinks, I-I have to hide!

Qin Lang pushes open the bridal chamber door, but no one is there. His face darkens. Just as he's about to call for someone to search, a loud crash comes from beneath the bed!

Qin Lang suspiciously lifts the bed curtain and sees a bundle of white wrapped in a red wedding robe. It's a rare beauty! The little beauty is clutching his head, biting his lip, and holding back tears from the pain.

When he sees Qin Lang, his wide, tearful eyes immediately fill with fear. But he forces himself to stop trembling, puts a finger to his lips, and goes, "Shh! Shh!"

Qin Lang: ...

Later, Qin Lang holds Song Nuan and asks, "Are you still afraid of me?"

Song Nuan shakes his head with his eyes closed. Every bit of warm breath he exhales turns into beads of sweat on Qin Lang's forehead...

Coming soon: The Imperial Tutor Is a Sickly Beauty. Please add it to your favorites!

Gao Zhan, a top student in economics, transmigrated to ancient times. With his photographic memory and gift for eloquence, he became the most outstanding legitimate son of the distinguished Gao family. Unfortunately, he had been frail since childhood, and his weak body was barely kept alive by medicine...

Even so, Gao Zhan passed the imperial exam and became the top scholar at fifteen, then was appointed tutor to the princes and taught in the Southern Study.

Since his students were older than he was, Gao Zhan had to put on the stern airs of a strict teacher. Even so, he couldn't escape one prince's fervent pursuit, and the two began a relationship when Gao Zhan was eighteen.

For decades afterward, they supported each other through power struggles and battles for the throne. Just when they'd finally secured control of the court, Gao Zhan discovered that his lover had someone else in his heart!

Unable to accept it, he fell into despair and died not long afterward.

When he woke again, he had returned to his eighteen-year-old body.

This time, he wanted none of love, power, or glory. He just wanted to steer clear of conflict and enjoy a different life.

[The top's perspective]

Zhou Songyi never expected to lose the love of his life just after ascending the throne. Overcome with grief, he too died not long afterward.

Fortunately, Heaven took pity on him and gave him another chance at eighteen. This time, all he wanted was to spend his life with Gao Zhan. But things didn't seem to be going smoothly.

Gao Zhan no longer accepted his confession, and even avoided him whenever they walked together.

Suddenly, he had more rivals. It seemed like everyone was in love with Gao Zhan!

What he found most unbearable was that Gao Zhan kept trying to push him toward other people!

Zhou Songyi's eyes turned bloodshot as he thought fiercely, Don't blame me. You brought this on yourself. I can't hold back anymore...

Theme: Peace is hard-won. Cherish the present and do your best to protect it.