How Could the Merman I Picked Up Bite People?

My series, The Voice, will soon be getting a new story: a powerful pairing and merfolk. Please add it to your collection.

The heir to the Marquis of Wu'an was mute from birth.

Three thousand renowned doctors examined him, and all said it was a congenital defect that no medicine could cure.

The mighty and arrogant Marquis of Wu'an had only one son, and that son could only make strange sounds like "uh" and "oh." Everyone in Chundu was waiting to laugh at them.

So one night, the Marquis of Wu'an burned through the young heir's throat with iron wire. If he was already mute, he might as well be unable to make any embarrassing sounds at all.

Then, for six years, the marquis spent an astronomical fortune searching the ruins of the South Sea. At last, he caught a young merfolk.

A merfolk, said to have long since gone extinct, who could read people's minds and speak human language.

The Marquis of Wu'an's son could not be allowed to have a defect. So what if he was mute? The marquis would spend a fortune to buy him a voice.

Since he could remember, Si Qi had always lived with the young heir.

When the heir studied, Si Qi prepared his ink. When the heir ate, Si Qi served him. Whenever the heir had something to say, Si Qi read his mind and spoke for him.

He was the heir's voice and tongue.

But after waking up one day, he suddenly couldn't read the heir's mind anymore.

Panicked, he didn't dare tell anyone. He could only pretend to be sick and hide away for a few days. But he couldn't keep it up forever, and the heir eventually came to find him, cornering him in his room.

The heir took his hand and placed it on his own Adam's apple, smiling as he looked at him.

Feeling the faint vibration beneath his fingertips, Si Qi watched the shape of the heir's mouth and pieced together his words: "You can't read my mind anymore? Could it be that you've... broken?"

Thank goodness the heir can't read my mind. He doesn't know that right now, all I can think is: kill him.

There will be angst in the middle, so proceed with caution if that's not your thing. But I write both angst and sweetness, and the ending will be happy.

One more thing: this will also be a strong pairing. I will never waver from writing powerful couples.

The complete manuscript is in progress, and more than half is already written. It will start serializing in a while.

[Story Blurb]

As a merfolk who has lived for over two hundred years and was among the first to come ashore,

Shang Bieyun has always wanted to raise the overall standards of the merfolk community,

so everyone can make more money from humans and enjoy a refined, luxurious life.

One day, on a sudden impulse of compassion, he brought home a mixed-blood young merfolk.

He carefully taught him everything, from virtue and academics to physical and artistic pursuits,

raising the little thing until he was taller than himself, handsome, graceful, and carefree.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Shang Bieyun was very pleased. But then, wait...

What just bit me?

What is this thing that won't let go once it bites me?

Oh heavens, why do I keep running into lunatics like this???

But what could he do? Shang Bieyun was not only softhearted, he also unconditionally protected his own.

If the cub he raised wanted to bite him, then so be it.

This is the story of an old (?) merfolk who takes in a young, fresh-faced merfolk, settles down with him, and incidentally saves their entire species.

Proud, sharp-tongued, fastidious pure-blood merfolk bottom × vengeful, scheming mixed-blood merfolk top, raised from a child

There's about a two-hundred-year age gap, so fans of younger tops are in luck.

P.S. Merfolk don't determine their sex until adulthood in this story, but the top and bottom are both boys throughout. You can tell from the category, so please decide for yourself whether it's for you.

Theme: Protecting endangered species starts with me.