#Even a salted fish can't escape being fished up and made to fall in love#
Xian Yu is a real salted fish. One day, she suddenly finds herself inside a dating reality show, playing a supporting role meant to highlight the unbreakable bond between the male and female leads.
Xian Yu: ...?
Please don't expect anything from a salted fish QAQ
When the leads share an intimate moment, Xian Yu pretends not to notice.
When the supporting characters start making eyes at each other, Xian Yu is still half asleep.
When all the guests get jealous over one another, Xian Yu props up her chin and watches the show.
While everyone else's love-triangle drama gets more intense by the minute, Xian Yu sleeps more soundly with every dream, and never forgets to eat!
The viewers: ??!
They used to think Xian Yu was hopelessly vulgar, but now they can't get enough of her. Some are even starting to wonder what this laid-back Xian Yu would be like if she finally got moving.
Later, Xian Yu really does get moving.
During a beach activity on the dating show, a terrifying forty-meter wave suddenly appears. Xian Yu rides her surfboard through the crashing waves, then casually saves a child in distress before returning safely. Everyone is left open-mouthed and stunned!
Her fans cheer excitedly: From today on, Yu Yu is the coolest kid in the whole ocean! Mom won't call you lazy, sleepy, and obsessed with food anymore!
What Xian Yu doesn't expect is that the child she saved is the younger brother of a top-tier star, a notorious little tyrant. The brat can't stand having any woman near his brother, but from the day she saves him, he sticks to her like glue. In the end, she saves one and gets another thrown in: she rescues the little one and gets the older one as a bonus!
Younger brother Lu Chenxi, eyes sparkling: "Big sis, you're my idol! I wuv you!"
Older brother Lu Chenxing blinks: "Thank you, Miss Yu, for saving Chenxi. I have no way to repay you, so please let me offer myself to you."
Xian Yu: ...?
She's a salted fish, but that doesn't mean she doesn't understand anything!
Before long, Lu Chenxing joins Xian Yu's dating show as a new guest.
His fans, who have suffered so much from his little tyrant of a brother, had thought Lu Chenxing would remain single forever. Seeing this, they clap like excited little seals and root for him with all their might!
After Lu Chenxing joins the show, Xian Yu is no longer the only salted fish around. She's got another one by her side, a fake salted fish named Lu Chenxing.
When Xian Yu sleeps, Lu Chenxing sleeps too.
When Xian Yu eats, Lu Chenxing eats too.
When Xian Yu watches the drama, Lu Xingchen watches along.
When someone tries to steal Xian Yu away, Lu Xingchen steps in to make the wall higher, thicker, and sturdier. He's the very model of modern-day virtue in a boyfriend!
For a while, this even made Xian Yu dream that whenever she lay flat in fish form, Lu Xingchen would fish her up just to ask, "Do you want to date me?"
Xian Yu puffs up angrily: "Are you crazy? I'm a fish! We can't have children together!"
Lu Chenxing ponders: "So that's how it is..."
Then he smiles mysteriously: "But what if we could?"
Looking at Lu Chenxing's stunning face and the beautiful, gradient-colored tail that suddenly appears...
Xian Yu stammers, getting very practical: "I-I think we can still try to make this work qwq"
It turns out that little fish babies born to a salted fish and a merman really are ridiculously cute.
[Blurb written on 2021.12.18]
Theme: Love really is that magical and unreasonable.