The Merfolk Stand-In White Moonlight (Reborn)

[Coming soon: The Ballet Prince Refuses to Be a Stand-In (Rebirth). Scroll down for the blurb. It's another dual-rebirth, win-back-your-lover story. Visit my author's page to add it to your reading list! *bows*] Blurb: As the most beautiful and high-ranking young prince of the merfolk, Na Sheng planned every move and won every battle from afar. At last, he conquered the world for the person he loved, only to fall to a hidden arrow on the day of his victory. When he opened his eyes again, he discovered he had been reborn on the day his differentiation period ended. Merfolk are born without a gender. After falling in love for the first time, they differentiate into the gender that complements the person they love. One love, for a lifetime. Years ago, by the Mirror Sea, there had been a figure in red. One glance was enough to leave him spellbound. After his differentiation period, he conjured legs and came ashore. But when he found the “woman” he had fallen for, he discovered that she was Mu Yihan, who stood more than half a head taller than him. In his previous life, even after realizing he'd mistaken her gender, his merfolk devotion and stubbornness still drove him to pursue Mu Yihan without hesitation. He helped Mu Yihan conquer the world, and spent his whole life as a stand-in for the white moonlight in her heart. They say merfolk have cold blood, but only after living again did he finally understand that it was the human heart that could never be warmed. Among the merfolk, the young are revered. Given a second chance, he could stay in the Dragon Silk Palace beneath the water and live out his days in freedom, even if he could never fall in love with anyone else. The most honored young prince of the merfolk could do as he pleased for the rest of his life. But who could have guessed... Mu Yihan would come looking for him! * Mu Yihan spent her whole life searching for that vanished white moonlight, willing to conquer the world for someone who no longer existed. She kept Na Sheng by her side because he looked so much like her white moonlight, yet refused to admit it and couldn't forgive herself for falling for him. Only when Na Sheng's spiritual power ran out and he died in her arms, slowly reverting to a merfolk tail half-covered in blue scales... Only then did Na Sheng fail to see the newly crowned emperor, who had just ascended to the highest seat in the human realm, clutching a merfolk's corpse, crying in madness until his hair turned white overnight. * You traveled ten thousand miles for me, so I will follow you to the bottom of the sea. PS: 1. Dual rebirth, two beauties: a brave, kind, and devoted merfolk prince who pursues love x a beautiful, strong, and tragic cross-dressing man. In this setting, the merfolk are the most beautiful race on the continent! 2. One-on-one love across two lifetimes. The leads are each other's one and only, both are virgins, and it has a happy ending. The protagonist's death in his previous life was caused by a villain, not the love interest, but that won't stop the latter from having to win him back. 3. Merfolk have a private setting similar to an ABO heat cycle. There are no children in the main story; there may be egg-laying in the extras, with a warning beforehand. 4. Low-magic fantasy with a touch of steampunk. The plot and romance are given equal weight. 4. The love interest only cross-dressed for a while as a young man, in order to survive. He has no cross-dressing fetish and won't be dressed as a woman throughout the story. 5. The one-line summary is just a playful joke. Take it in good fun! This novel enters VIP serialization on January 1. Blurb written on July 12, 2020. My next novel will be The Ballet Prince Refuses to Be a Stand-In (Rebirth), another dual-rebirth, win-back-your-lover story. Please add it to your reading list! Blurb: Su Bai was admitted to a top dance academy in China with the highest scores in two subjects, causing a sensation across the school. With his tall, elegant figure, perfect lines, and refined, handsome face, he was soon dubbed the Prince of Ballet. He had countless admirers and a limitless future ahead of him. But a sudden tragedy in his second year of university left him orphaned and burdened with debt. Then a contract was placed before him. Someone would pay off his debts, fund his education, respect his social life and habits, and provide him with the most comfortable life throughout university. Su Bai dutifully played the part of a kept lover, never daring to overstep his bounds. Their relationship should have ended on his graduation day, if only the other party hadn't been Jiang Tingyan, the senior he'd secretly loved for years. So when Jiang Tingyan pulled out a diamond ring on Su Bai's graduation day, the ballet prince who had dazzled audiences took off his ballet shoes, tied on an apron, and finally gave up cooking for himself for the sake of love. After seven years of marriage, Su Bai and Jiang Tingyan were still courteous to each other. They never suffered the so-called seven-year itch, but their relationship remained lukewarm. Until one evening, Jiang Tingyan said he had to work late and didn't come home. Su Bai had just finished making soup and wanted to surprise her husband. But outside his office building, he saw Jiang Tingyan surrounded by reporters with cameras, protecting a man in his arms. The soup in Su Bai's hands spilled across the ground. Su Bai had seen the man Jiang Tingyan was protecting before, in a graduation photo Jiang Tingyan had treasured for years. He was an outstanding young ballet dancer. At last, Su Bai understood why Jiang Tingyan had approached him all those years ago. As he turned and fled, Su Bai's car plunged into the sea. When he opened his eyes again, Su Bai had been reborn on the day of his university graduation. Looking at the refined and gentle Jiang Tingyan before him, he snatched away the ring that was about to be placed on his ring finger, the ring that would have bound him for life, and threw it into the school's artificial lake. From the beginning, he had agreed to be Jiang Tingyan's contract lover only so he could remain onstage. In the end, love had tied him to the home. Now that the contract was complete and they owed each other nothing, it was time for him to return to the stage. * Jiang Tingyan had a white moonlight he could never tell anyone about, someone he had been secretly in love with for years. On the day his white moonlight left the country, he saw Su Bai. That distinctive, cool and noble aura of a ballet dancer reminded him of his white moonlight. When he heard that Su Bai was in trouble, he offered him a contract, hoping to make up for the regret in his own life. Su Bai was sensible and obedient, keeping him company for two years. Jiang Tingyan thought that everyone needed a companion eventually, and since his white moonlight was out of reach, Su Bai was a good choice. They spent seven years of marriage treating each other with courtesy, but then Su Bai died in a car accident and was laid in a cold morgue. Only then did Jiang Tingyan understand who the irreplaceable white moonlight in his life truly was. After being reborn, he looked at their cold and empty home, and the engagement ring, pulled from the water and still speckled with mud. Su Bai was no longer the “Mrs. Jiang” waiting for him at home in an apron. He was a renowned young ballet dancer, celebrated across the country. A handsome, refined ballet prince bottom x a wealthy, domineering CEO top Theme: Everyone should love one another as equals, and the world should belong to all. This is the Great Unity. - Kang Youwei, The Book of Great Unity.