The Little Mermaid Became Everyone’s Darling After Coming Ashore

[Seeking bookmarks for my upcoming stories: I Picked Up a Furry Friend and Became Everyone's Favorite and After Being Spoiled, the Cannon Fodder Kid Became Everyone's Favorite]

Blurb:

The little mermaid wakes from a nap to discover that a baby dolphin has stolen her away.

The mermaid baby has just hatched and hasn't even met her parents. Now she finds herself lying in a daze on a human beach.

Her tail is limp, and her round, deep-blue eyes are dewy with confusion and helplessness.

A human child crouches in front of the mermaid baby, lips pressed together, round black eyes fixed on her without moving.

And just like that, another place is set at the dining table of the Pei family of the capital.

The Pei family's only young master is fiercely protective of his little sister. Anyone who so much as speaks sternly to her gets a glare in return.

The Pei family: What in the world did you pick up... Ahem, this little one is adorable. Where are your parents? Nowhere to go? Why don't you stay with us?

Classmates: Where'd this transfer student from the countryside come from...? Yu An'an, would you be my friend?

A famous singer, a screen superstar, and a corporate president: That smell... That's our missing mermaid baby!!!

The young master of the Pei family does his best to protect the little mermaid all by himself. But as he keeps guarding her, he realizes that somehow, more and more people are trying to take her away from him.

Upcoming story, I Picked Up a Furry Friend and Became Everyone's Favorite:

Long Qiuqiu has a bad habit: she likes picking things up and taking them back to her little nest.

She also likes grabbing pitiful stray animals and bringing them home, wanting to give them a warm place to live

A little bird today, a kitten tomorrow, a little rabbit the day after.

Mm! After their baths, everyone is a clean, fluffy little friend~!

Long Qiuqiu's nest is a chaotic mess, but she's very happy. She thinks she's amazing for raising so many little lives all by herself.

Then the orphanage goes bankrupt, and Long Qiuqiu is kicked out.

The furry friends eat so much that her allowance is gone in two days. Long Qiuqiu can't even pay her kindergarten tuition. She crouches on the street, looking pitiful as she frets about her future dragon life.

Suddenly, several powerful big shots show up and start fighting for custody of Long Qiuqiu.

Villas, jewelry, toys: gifts pour into her hands without end.

Their only condition is that Long Qiuqiu bring along the little bird, kitten, rabbit... Ahem, all the animals she picked up.

The big shots sigh deeply.

Who could've guessed their own little kids would go out to play, get picked up by someone else's kid, and then refuse to come home?

*

Long Qiuqiu returns the furry friends she's picked up, one by one.

She doesn't want any of the things their families offer her. She just hugs the last little fox and crouches on the street again, fretting.

No one wants the little fox.

Just like Long Long, it's a lonely little fox.

"...Then, then you can stay with me from now on~"

Long Qiuqiu says softly, "I'll do my best to take care of you!"

The little fox narrows its eyes, its fluffy tail swishing lazily from side to side.

Then a black card suddenly drops out of its thick, fluffy tail.

The little fox freezes.

Long Qiuqiu: ...?

Upcoming story, After Being Spoiled, the Cannon Fodder Kid Became Everyone's Favorite:

Blurb:

This was originally a standard CEO romance full of melodramatic angst.

The heroine is a little white flower, spoiled in the beginning and pitiful later on. Zhenzhen, meanwhile, is a cannon fodder supporting character who gives the fake heiress her identity and resources, serving as a stepping stone for her.

Zhenzhen's adoptive parents abandon her in a desolate suburb.

She runs after their car on her little legs, stumbling along, until she falls face-first onto the ground amid the roar of its exhaust.

Things should have followed the established plot.

Zhenzhen would be found by her biological parents' driver and taken home to grow up as the heroine's playmate. Eventually, her identity would be exposed, and she'd be thrown out for framing the heroine, winning the heroine the male lead's sympathy. Then, after overcoming all sorts of obstacles from the villain, the heroine and male lead would live happily ever after

[Beep. Child's life force critically low. No caregiver present. System calculating...]

Zhenzhen, her round eyes brimming with tears, lifts her head in a daze.

[System notice: Binding successful. Activating emergency shelter measures.]

Zhenzhen: "Wah... hic?"

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The villain in this story comes from the most powerful family in the entire book. He's a world-class tycoon whose every step makes the global economy tremble, and he creates the greatest obstacle to the romance between the male and female leads.

But one day, while he's still a child, a new app suddenly appears on his phone, and he can't delete it.

The little girl on the screen lights up when she sees him, then smiles broadly and waves her little hand to say hello.

The villain: ... (blushing)

The villain holds the phone very seriously and stares at it for a long while. At last, his little hand tentatively taps the "Feed her a sandwich" option.

After that first feeding, he can't stop spending his allowance to buy her things.

Her run-down little house becomes a luxurious estate. Her sandwich becomes a feast fit for an emperor. Her simple gray dress becomes a fashion warehouse hundreds of square meters in size...

Then, one day, the little girl in the app suddenly disappears. All that's left is the empty shell of a luxurious estate.

The villain: ??!

Then the villain sees Zhenzhen sitting beside his own grandfather, holding a rice ball and eating it in careful little bites.

His grandfather chuckles. "So, Cong Bai, would you like a little sister?"

Another old gentleman frowns, displeased. "You can't just cut in like that. Zhenzhen already promised she would be my goddaughter."

A young man and woman standing nearby tentatively chime in: "Um, Zhenzhen is actually our biological daughter. We came to take her home..."

The villain: Hmph.

Theme: Do good deeds and find your way to wealth