Don't Bully the Pretty Mermaid!

Thank you to the sweet angels who support the official release. Sending love, and here's a recommendation for my ongoing story: "I Lost the Little Monster I Raised"

Yu Yu was neglected as a child and grew up soft-hearted and insecure. He planned to quietly fulfill a one-year dating contract with the sentinel he had a crush on, then work up the courage to propose.

Until one day, he began having the same dream over and over.

In the dream, the sentinel was powerful and cold, never even looking him in the eye. They had been married for seven years, but were strangers to each other.

Yu Yu looked at the cold sentinel in front of him, who looked exactly like the person in his dream, and lowered his head in disappointment.

We should break up. I can't marry him.

*

On the day their contract expired, Yu Yu mailed back everything the powerful man had given him. After seriously breaking up with Huo Heng,

the little merperson lay sadly beside the water, mourning the love he'd just lost.

The next second, the cold-faced man lifted him out of the water, his voice low and hoarse. "We're not breaking up."

Yu Yu was speechless, but insisted on breaking up.

The man silently watched him for a long moment, then leaned in to kiss him. He took Yu Yu's hand and guided the knife into his own body, his expression earnest. "Kill me, and I'll let you go."

Yu Yu's brain short-circuited. He... He didn't like me, did he?!

Then came the sentinel's relentless, intense thoughts.

[Don't you like my pheromones? Why do you want to break up? You're not allowed to break up!]

[Want to lock him up, want to *, * him until he doesn't want to break up!]

[Tch, his tail fin is so sensitive. It twitches as soon as I touch it.]

Yu Yu: "…"

What on earth does Huo Heng usually... usually think about?!

After they confessed their feelings to each other, the man's rough thumb held his ankle and pressed against the anklet. He gave a low laugh. "Didn't you return it all to me?"

Yu Yu protested softly, "I just forgot."

*

Much later, after they were married, Yu Yu's voice was hoarse and his eyes were full of tears. "C-can you control yourself a little?"

The sentinel was silent for a moment, then kissed his fingertips. "I'll try."

His thoughts followed.

[So cute. I want to make him cry some more.]

Yu Yu choked up. "Liar!"

Also known as:

#The stupid sentinel who pretended to be a good guy so his wife wouldn't dislike him, only to almost end up without a wife#

#Thought his wife liked the cold type, but was so cold he almost froze her to death#

#Help, my sentinel is a pervert#

[Reading notes]

1. Always one-on-one, and they love each other. No third party.

2. The love interest is cold in the memories because he has an emotional disorder.

3. The characters aren't perfect. (I hope you won't criticize them. If you have to criticize someone... criticize me! Just don't make personal attacks, thanks, sending love.)

A preview of my upcoming story, "Raising the Evil God’s Wicked Second Personality"

[Blurb is provisional: an evil god's second personality with an overwhelming possessive streak x a law-abiding main personality who thinks he's an ordinary person]

Xia Xingming was unconscious in the hospital for three years. When he woke up, he discovered that he was sickly, deeply in debt, and out of breath after running just a few steps.

Even the world had become unfamiliar, filled with terrifying rumors of the uncanny.

Xia Xingming: "..."

Maybe I should just go back to sleep.

For some reason, the terrifying monsters and aberrations he encountered would automatically appear as ordinary things to Xia Xingming.

As a result, he sometimes thought his colleagues were a little strange.

For example, his colleagues would face off against small animals with the utmost caution, trembling with fear.

Xia Xingming: I don't understand, but I respect it.jpg

Another example: not long after joining the company, he was assigned a test. The subject was a somewhat chubby, docile big dog. He finished the task with ease and handed in the required video.

His colleague, who had coordinated the assignment, silently watched the video of the aberration being so well-behaved that it let him measure its height and use its abilities on command.

Staring in shock at the slender young man in front of him, the colleague asked, "How was it so cooperative? Didn't it attack you?!"

"No, the puppy was very obedient. Maybe bring some snacks next time and it'll cooperate too. Did I do the test wrong? Are you going to dock my pay?" Xia Xingming grew nervous, worried about his compensation.

Everyone else watching nearby: No! We can't do that! The big shot's tastes are something else. He calls a three-headed dog the size of an off-road vehicle a puppy.

Another example: one day, he casually picked up a little bird the size of his palm and took it back to the office. His colleagues let out piercing shrieks and activated a Level One Alert.

Colleagues: Big shot, don't just bring an A-level aberration into the office building like that aaah!

After this sort of thing happened again and again, Xia Xingming couldn't help confiding in his partner and boyfriend in secret. "Am I really that weird?"

His boyfriend looked surprised and pinched the back of his neck. "How could you be? They're overreacting. I never thought you were weird."

Xia Xingming: That sounds reasonable, but something still feels off.

*

Aside from the occasional minor difference in perception between him and his colleagues, Xia Xingming's life was very comfortable.

His part-time job paid well, and his boyfriend was tall, long-legged, and handsome. Most importantly, he had a very nice voice.

He was just a bit too clingy and jealous, and he was always talking about completely getting rid of people.

Xia Xingming patiently explained the law to him, hoping he would be an ordinary, law-abiding citizen just like himself.

*

Much later, Xia Xingming was bound by the evil god, unable to move. The other person's appearance was the same as his boyfriend's. Sharp teeth caught the flesh of his neck, while damp, cold, sticky, dark-red shadows climbed up his ankle and slowly caressed it. In a gentle voice, the evil god asked, "We're one and the same. Why not stay here and be with me forever?"

Haha... So my boyfriend really is an evil god. No wonder he never thought I was weird.

Also, how did I forget to explain to my boyfriend that restricting someone's personal freedom is against the law?!

1. Neither the love interest nor the protagonist is normal. The protagonist's values don't represent the author's values. (Palms together.)

2. Narcissistic romance. Their appearances aren't the same. If that's a dealbreaker, don't read.

Theme: Don't blindly believe everything you hear