The Obsessive Merman Keeps Tempting Me to Flirt with Him

[Important Announcement] Starting tomorrow, this book will switch to paid chapters from Chapter 16 onward. If you’ve already read those chapters, don’t buy them!

The beastfolk of Kangxing are divided into ranks, and Jiang Yuan, a purebred ragdoll cat, is only qualified to attend the famous Bride Department, even though she donated an entire building to the school.

Jiang Yuan doesn’t mind. After all, students are allowed to sit in on classes in other departments, so she skips class every day to attend lectures in the Mecha Department next door. Just as she’s immersing herself in her studies, countless posts appear on the school website.

The posts are all photos of her and Song Yanshan. The photos are perfectly normal, but the posts are wild.

“Jiang Yuan’s lost it, hasn’t she? She skips class to sit in on Mecha Department lectures, and even forces her way into a seat next to Song Yanshan. I’d like to see what she does at finals, with a work ethic like that.”

“No matter how scheming Jiang Yuan is, it won’t help. Before you do anything, ask yourself if you’re even worthy. Song Yanshan is a high-ranking beastfolk. She’s just a ragdoll. Does she deserve him?”

“I’ll be waiting for a photo of Song Yanshan throwing her out of the classroom.”

Jiang Yuan reflected for a long time. In the end, she decided the one thing she absolutely shouldn’t have done was whistle a long, loud string at Song Yanshan in front of everyone when she first saw him at the start of term. It had made everyone misunderstand her so badly.

So the next day, she arrived early and claimed a seat in the back row. Then she watched in disbelief as Song Yanshan, who always sat in the front, walked over with an expressionless face and said, “I saved you a seat. Why didn’t you come?”

Everyone: ??

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When Song Yanshan was little, he once found an injured ragdoll. He carefully raised it in his room, waiting for it to recover and transform into a human.

But the ragdoll turned out to be a heartless ingrate. Once its injuries healed, it left without a word. He searched for years and never found a trace of it.

Just as he was losing hope and about to give up, on the first day of school, a girl rested one hand on her hovercar, landed on one foot, and whistled a long string at him.

Now that you’ve come back, I won’t let you run away again.

#Love may be separated by mountains and seas, but they can all be crossed#

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My next book will be Off Track. Add it to your collection if you’re interested. Here’s the blurb:

Mu Shi transmigrates into a book, becoming the lovesick villainess in a sci-fi romance.

The villainess is the Imperial heir, willful and spoiled. After falling in love with the male lead at first sight, she uses every means to force him into her possession. In the end, the male lead executes her to vent his rage, and the Empire falls into his hands.

When Mu Shi transmigrates, she’s standing in a dim prison, holding a riding crop. The male lead’s bare upper body is covered in lash marks, and his hands are chained to the wall. He stares at her with a mix of resentment and disgust. Syringes and vials of medicine are scattered at his feet.

...Damn, can I reload my save? Young man, let me explain!

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Mu Shi turns over a new leaf and starts behaving like a decent person. The citizens of the Empire are delighted to discover that their usually spoiled and overbearing heir has grown up overnight. She no longer indulges in wine and women, but instead devotes herself to state affairs and cares for her people. She might as well have “Pillar of the Empire” carved into her forehead.

As the whole Empire celebrates, only the sinister and ruthless young general is unhappy. He watches the lighted window of the heir’s room late into the night, finally waiting until several ministers reluctantly leave the council chamber before going inside.

Mu Shi is concentrating on her paperwork when she feels a pair of strong arms wrap around her waist from behind. Warm breath brushes her cheek. Like a little wolf cub, the young man bites her ear and asks, half disgruntled and half aggrieved, “Why don’t you come see me anymore? Don’t you like me now?”

If you’re interested, add Raise You to your collection:

The smiling general Gu Fuli has three legendary qualities.

The first: Gu Fuli is incredibly beautiful, with tear moles beneath his peach-blossom eyes, soft pink lips, and dimples. He’s so stunning that people throw melons at his carriage as he walks down the street. When he first joins the army, he leaves burly soldiers staring in shock. Women adore his incomparable beauty, while men feel ashamed by comparison.

The second: Although Gu Fuli comes from a lowly background, he is a fierce cavalry general. With a blade in hand, he can fight ten men alone. With an army at his command, he can turn back a thousand. He leads his troops through a hundred battles and never loses. Wherever his iron hooves go, he reclaims lost territory.

The third: The smiling general Gu Fuli is both a loyal dog in the Princess Royal’s household and a vicious hound at her side. Anyone the princess dislikes is his enemy, and anyone she orders killed dies by his blade.

The world mocks him for lacking ambition and willingly lowering himself to be a lover, putting his life on the line for a woman. Only Gu Fuli remembers that winter, when the Princess Royal’s fingertips brushed across his lips and she whispered, “Come with me. I’ll take care of you. How does that sound?”

The Princess Royal bought his freedom from the Red Sleeve Pavilion, where people were used and discarded. She wiped the rouge from his face, took off his silk clothes, taught him to read, and let him train on the parade ground. She even gave him a new name. From then on, he crawled out of the mud and became the Princess Royal’s “Gu Fuli.”

No beauty is worth ten thousand gold. Even if his bones were broken and ground to dust, he would still remember: once he entered the Princess Royal’s residence, he would forever be her Gu Fuli.

Content warning: The female lead is not a virgin. The male second lead pursues his love and is left utterly devastated.

Theme: Love can overcome anything.