I, a Mermaid, Spend Big to Raise My Little One

[Coming soon: "After Pairing a Haunted House That Gained a Spirit with an Infinite-Game Veteran Who Cleared the Game" and "After the Universally Hated One Awakens, Everyone Gets Their Comeuppance"]

Blurb 1.

Jian Chi was an abyssal merperson, with a magnificent, flowing tail fin and the sharpest claws. He was invincible in the depths of the abyss. Later, he transformed his tail into legs, retracted his claws, and came to the human world-

Where he became the adopted son of a wealthy family and contentedly lived as a lazy freeloader.

That is, until a full-dive card-drawing game called Slaughter appeared... and he became a lazy freeloader in the game, too.

2.

Slaughter was an intricately designed game on a vast scale, exactly like the abyss where Jian Chi had once lived.

A world made up of abyssal monsters, humans, spirits, elves, and beasts.

The game required players to fight and kill in order to carve out a place for themselves. Jian Chi lounged in an enormous man-made ocean and lazily swished his tail.

He had money.

Whoever had money called the shots.

3.

A magnificent palace rose from the wilderness, with all kinds of entertainment turning the area into a paradise of pleasure.

After that, Jian Chi began finding little strays in the surrounding area every few days.

They had been abandoned on purpose. They were badly injured, disabled, vicious, weak, helpless, and pitiful.

Yet they gave Jian Chi a timid, ingratiating smile and asked, "You look so amazing. Can I live with you?"

4.

Wen Que came from the abyss, his long blade drenched in blood. He was so dangerous that no one dared provoke him.

Until one day, covered in blood, he was unceremoniously kicked by a young man and hauled into a castle.

I was lost in the killing darkness, my blade tempered in blood, until I met the dawn.

Reading guide:

1. A slice-of-life story about raising little ones. The little ones have [a lot] of scenes.

2. No secondary couples.

3. Lots of plot holes.

4. The little one really is just a little one. Check the protagonist list for the gong.

Posted 2020/9/7

Revised 2021/7/16

---- Upcoming story blurb ----

"After Pairing a Haunted House That Gained a Spirit with an Infinite-Game Veteran Who Cleared the Game"

Lu Yu, who grew up in a slum, was suddenly told that he was actually the youngest son of the wealthy Lu family in Yanjing. An orphan since childhood, he had always longed for a home, so he returned to the Lu family full of hope.

His parents frowned at him, and his brothers repeatedly warned him, "Don't compete with Lili."

Lu Li, the fake young master who had taken his place in the Lu family for twenty years, personally locked him inside a haunted house full of sinister rumors for two whole days. As he teetered on the brink of death, he offered his soul to the house.

From then on, the haunted house, famed for its long history and terrifying, uncanny mysteries, gained a physical form.

At twenty-four, Fu Yunchao, the second son of the Fu family, accidentally entered an infinite-game world. Three years later, he crawled back out of hell, steeped in murderous energy. While he lay in bed like a corpse, Fu family parents died in a car accident, his elder brother fell off a cliff and was never found, and his uncles easily seized power.

Looking at the pale man who had woken up but could barely move, his uncles waved a hand. "The Fu Group has suffered heavy losses this year. The Lu and Fu families are joining through marriage. You can marry Lu Yu, the youngest son of the Lu family."

A few days later, at the Lu family estate, Fu Yunchao sat in his wheelchair while Lu Yu leaned over to look at him.

Their eyes met, both gazes as deep as an abyss, and smiles playing on both their lips.

Could they have caught a whiff of their own kind?

*

Everyone thought Fu Yunchao, half-paralyzed for life, could never make waves, and that timid, compliant Lu Yu would never amount to anything.

Until the Fu family uncles were both sent to prison, the arrogant young master of the Lu family had his false mask torn away and wept bitterly, and the once-mighty Lu family was trampled underfoot. Only then did everyone realize-

Who the hell came up with the idea of putting two ferocious beasts together?

---- Upcoming story 2 ----

"After the Universally Hated One Awakens, Everyone Gets Their Comeuppance"

When Chu Xian was eighteen, a game called Blood Red merged with reality. As the two worlds fused, his body began to change-

Sharp canine teeth, eyes as brilliant as rubies, and skin pale as snow.

He changed from a human into a vampire.

The vampire aristocrats from Blood Red kissed his fingertips when he was down and out, hailed him as their king, and placed him on the throne of immortality.

When Chu Xian was six, his father and brothers adopted a boy named Chu Xing. The nameless orphan became the young master of the Chu family and was showered with affection.

Meanwhile, Chu Xian, the second young master, was treated like a rag and casually tossed into the trash.

He came first in the school entrance exams, while Chu Xing came second. His elder brother frowned at him and asked, "Did you cheat? How else could you score higher than Xing?"

On a class outing, Chu Xing rolled down a hill. The first thing his father did when he saw Chu Xian was slap him hard. "Is this how you look after your little brother?"

Before Chu Xing's coming-of-age ceremony, his father and brothers took care of him tirelessly for two whole days and nights.

Standing in the vast villa as everyone looked at him with pity, Chu Xian said calmly, "From today on, Chu Xian has nothing to do with Mr. Chu or the eldest young master of the Chu family. I am voluntarily leaving the Chu family."

Everyone thought Chu Xian would have a miserable life after leaving the Chu family.

Including his father and brothers.

Until they saw Chu Xian again.

The slender young man was surrounded by countless nobles. A tall, handsome man smiled and asked in a low voice, "Want to bite me? My blood is sweet."

The young man showed his fangs, still stained with a drop of blood, and glanced back with a smile.

But his eyes were colder than a winter night.

Theme: Never give up, love life, and treat others with kindness.