Wild Fish Are Fierce

[Main story complete | My column novel, The Little Kitten Is Working Again, is complete! It's super sweet!] Blurb: A wild little merperson living in the deep sea has never seen his parents, not even once, since the day he was born. He flicks his beautiful tail and fights hard. On the day he comes of age, he even brings home a handsome big shot who fell into the sea. When the little merperson's mating season arrives in their nest, he gazes up with a lovely, flushed face and politely asks, "Would you like to touch my tail?" The big shot: "..." The usually cold and abstinent big shot clutches the little merperson's tail and strokes it for three days. Three days later. The little merperson goes out. When he returns, the big shot is gone. The little merperson: "I'm at such a loss QAQ" He gave the big shot his mermaid pearl, and now he's lost both his treasure and his lover. To find the pearl and, while he was at it, get a divorce, the little merperson yanks up a handful of seaweed and crawls ashore in the middle of the night. Life on land is hard. After stumbling his way into the entertainment industry, the little merperson encounters the big shot again, surrounded by admirers. Their eyes meet. The little merperson clenches his fists: "I will remember this grudge forever.jpg" The big shot: "..." He's so cute. The big shot has lost his memory, but falls in love with the little merperson at first sight all over again. When someone bullies the little merperson, the big shot protects him. When the little merperson is unhappy, the big shot comforts him. When someone covets the little merperson, the big shot sends them straight to the crematorium. Some time later. The big shot corners the little merperson in an underground parking garage. In a low voice, he coaxes, "Will you marry me?" The cold little fish looks at him. "No! I want to divorce you!" The big shot: "?" Wait, when did we get married? To avoid a divorce, the big shot tries one way after another to win the little fish over. The lonely little wild fish is pampered by the big shot until he becomes the apple of his eye. One day, rumors spread that the big shot has a terminal illness and is on the brink of death. The little merperson's eyes turn red with fright, and he races home to find the big shot. He climbs onto the big shot's lap and looks up with his lovely face and watery eyes. "Don't die. I don't want to be a widower." The big shot kisses his forehead and tells him two things. First, he isn't going to die. Second, he's currently doing a live interview. Third, his phone rings. The little merperson realizes what has happened and slowly starts crawling away. Before he can get far, the big shot wraps an arm around his waist and answers a call from his rival. On the phone, the rival is roaring "Xie Qin, the little one you're holding is our missing child! Give him back!" ◇ Reading guide: * They are each other's first love, in body and in heart. * The little merperson can lay eggs, and the eggs are tiny. They keep growing in the water! * A sweet little story! * No need to leave a comment to tell me if you're dropping the novel! [Recommended: My friend Chacha Lai Le's novel, The Dragon King Has Come to Repay His Debt] Blurb: Yan Xiuxiu has been sickly and frail since birth, and can't obtain a heavenly beast. He's a poor little thing on Blue Star whom everyone bullies. Thirteen-year-old Yan Xiuxiu refuses to accept his fate. He escapes the Yan family and bravely goes out to sea, where he accidentally rescues a dying dragon. Yan Xiuxiu is so happy he drops to his knees and kowtows. "P-please, let me save you, okay?!" The dragon: "...All right." "Then, could you... promise me one thing?" "All right." Yan Xiuxiu is overjoyed. He takes painstaking care of the weakened dragon, hoping it will grow strong enough to take him flying through the sky and diving through the sea, so he can finally hold his head high. But on the very day the dragon recovers, it vanishes with a roar. Yan Xiuxiu has happily packed up, ready to go home with the dragon: "…" Where did my enormous dragon go?! Yan Xiuxiu has neither a heavenly beast nor a dragon anymore. He's still a poor little thing on Putuo Star with no heavenly beast bound to his soul. The poor little thing struggles to make it to seventeen, bullied by dozens of mounts. Then, in a dazzling flash of light, the dragon who vanished four years ago appears out of nowhere and affectionately wraps around him, to everyone's astonishment. Yan Xiuxiu haughtily pushes him away. "I don't want you anymore, you bad dragon!" The Dragon King is the most noble being in the world. He's arrogant, aloof, and worshiped by all living things. But one day, people notice something strange... Their incomparably noble Dragon King is kneeling on one knee, reverently and tenderly kissing a young man's fingers. In front of everyone on the planet, he willingly lowers his noble head and transforms into a black dragon. The young man casually leaps onto him as if he's done it a thousand times, lazily grabbing him by both horns. Then they soar into the sea of clouds. [This is madness! Our incomparably noble Dragon King has become a mount!] [Wait, doesn't that young man look like the good-for-nothing the Yan family kicked out?] Theme: Even as a fish, keep striving and make the most of your little life.