A Max-Level Expert Retires and Becomes a Baby Mermaid

1.

Jiang Shuo holds the record for the fastest clear of the Infinite Horror game. He is about to start a carefree retirement, only to open his eyes and find himself transmigrated into a merfolk hatchling stuffed in a glass fish tank, about to be smuggled across the border.

His ideal of a carefree life has turned into nursing on milk? The crappy System has a little culture, but not much.

He also has a twin brother locked in an iron cage who cries with a voice like a demonic soundtrack.

The merfolk hatchling Jiang Shuo, who plans to escape, can't transform his tail into legs.

So he can only coax and threaten his brother into carrying his little fish tank as they run.

Unfortunately, his brother is a crybaby! What do you do when a brat keeps crying? Jiang Shuo smacks him with his tail.

But he accidentally hits the surveillance camera in the storage room, switching on the livestream.

A merfolk hatchling from the golden-tailed clan, extinct for a hundred years, suddenly appears in public view, and the shell livestream service's servers are instantly overwhelmed.

The Imperial Marshal, notorious for his brutality, watches the livestream and sees a little face that looks seventy percent like his own. He remembers his male secretary, who worked by his side for ten years before suddenly disappearing three years ago.

One night of passion, and his trusted aide of ten years vanished.

The long-single Imperial Marshal immediately sets out to find his hatchling.

Merfolk songs can treat psychic power rampages, but only merfolk of the golden-tailed clan can ease the suffering of SS-rank powerhouses.

Jiang Shuo can even stack buffs: when he recites a mind-clearing talisman spell in his merfolk voice, the healing effect doubles!

SS-rank powerhouses from across the galaxy rush over, showering him with lavish gifts, all just to get the tiny hatchling, not even knee-high, to recite a few lines of strange text for them.

Jiang Shuo becomes the most popular, richest, and busiest merfolk hatchling in the galaxy...

Time until retirement: +300 years.

2.

Qin Tianshu is the Supreme God who governs the myriad worlds. One day, on a whim, he decides to inspect how his employees are doing and randomly picks System 019, whose Host is a man named Jiang Shuo.

Before entering the Infinite Horror game, this man was already a gifted celestial master. Unfortunately, brilliance makes one an easy target. In a horror-game instance with only a 3% clear rate, he crushes the boss's head with his bare hands in just three days...

Before he knows it, Qin Tianshu has peeked in once after another.

Whenever he sees Jiang Shuo pick an even harder game instance, he casually grabs a System and asks, "Do you think he'll get through this one unscathed and keep his fastest-clear record?"

The trillion Systems have all heard of Jiang Shuo and nod in unison. "Of course. Jiang Shuo is amazing."

Qin Tianshu is satisfied, then deliberately furrows his brow. "But his waist is so slender..."

The Systems: "..."

The boss is getting more and more dog-like by the day.

When Jiang Shuo finally retires, Qin Tianshu tampers with the data, causing a bug. Jiang Shuo turns into a rare merfolk hatchling, while Qin Tianshu becomes an even tinier hatchling, a hybrid of dragon and human.

And he loses his memories.

He follows the merfolk hatchling around, crying every day.

He's such a crybaby and so dumb that he gets beaten every three days and thoroughly thrashed every five. Afterward, the merfolk hatchling gives him a sweet treat to cheer him up.

Qin Tianshu had originally planned to win the other hatchling over with his powerful charm. After regaining his memories, he shuts down in despair.

Note: The gong and shou are not blood-related~

Coming soon: Married by Contract to a Top-Tier Star and an Award-Winning Actor

1.

Lin Ye has always been a neat freak and a sucker for good looks. He started flirting with fair-skinned, pretty little kids in kindergarten, and right up until his secondary gender presented in his senior year of high school, he was the neighborhood tough guy and everyone else's boyfriend.

His secondary gender turns out to be an Omega, a defective one whose presentation came years later than everyone else's.

His sworn enemy, Lu Duanxing, is an Alpha, an exceptional one.

Lin Ye has hated Lu Duanxing since kindergarten, all because every pretty boy Lin Ye liked would turn around and confess to Lu Duanxing instead. That smug little jerk Lu Duanxing would then parade around with them, showing off their affection right in front of Lin Ye.

On the eve of the college entrance exams, a talent scout discovers Lin Ye. After the exams, he is sent to compete on the hottest boy-band survival show of the year, and successfully debuts in a group.

Just when he thinks he's finally beaten Lu Duanxing at something, Lu Duanxing suddenly announces that he's going to sign with an entertainment company and debut as an actor.

A few years later, Lin Ye becomes a top-tier star in the music scene thanks to his gorgeous voice and flawless dance moves. Lu Duanxing wins every award there is in the acting world, becoming the youngest grand-slam-winning Best Actor.

Each rules their own domain, and they never appear onscreen together.

The two fandoms can turn their fan wars into a spectacular sight.

2.

Just when Lin Ye thinks he and Lu Duanxing can avoid each other for the rest of their lives, his identity as a fake young master is exposed. A slew of dirt also comes out, and selectively edited recordings, videos, and photos all become knives stuck in him.

The career-ending scandal alarm sounds.

Then Lin Ye gets betrayed by his agent and nearly sent to an old man's bed.

That night, he accidentally wanders into Lu Duanxing's room.

The next day.

Lu Duanxing shoves a prenuptial agreement at him.

"Marry me by contract, and I'll clean up your scandals."

Suppressing the urge to spit in Lu Duanxing's face, Lin Ye asks, "Why me?"

Lu Duanxing: "I'm allergic to Omega pheromones. You're the exception."

Lin Ye bursts out laughing. "Sure, but I have one condition. Apart from when I need you during my heat, you don't have to fulfill your marital duties. And we'll sleep in separate rooms."

Lu Duanxing: "No problem."

3.

The news hits the internet as soon as Lin Ye and Lu Duanxing walk out of the Civil Affairs Bureau with their marriage certificate.

Both fandoms: ???

If you've been kidnapped, blink twice, bro.

To salvage their shaky reputations, Lin Ye has no choice but to play the loving husband with Lu Duanxing. They even appear together on a dating reality show.

The two follow a script, acting like an affectionate couple.

Lu Duanxing doesn't eat green peppers, so Lin Ye piles a huge bowl of them onto his plate.

Lin Ye is wild but afraid of haunted houses, so Lu Duanxing drags him inside for an adventure.

One turns green from eating, the other comes out pale from the haunted house, and both still thank the other for being considerate, linking arms and dishing out industrial-grade sweetness.

The comments during the broadcast: Are you two a fake couple? Even the couples on the divorce reality show next door are more affectionate.

CP fans: If you can make it work, stay together. If not, get divorced.

Later, a trending topic appears on Weibo: #Have Those Spouses Whom Even Their CP Fans Told to Divorce Finally Got Divorced Today?#

Lin Ye: Divorce. Right now. I'll take a taxi to get divorced.

Lu Duanxing: Honey, I was wrong.

Lin Ye: What did you do wrong?

Lu Duanxing: I shouldn't have kept going last night when you said no

Lin Ye: Damn it, Lu Duanxing, you didn't turn off the livestream!

Lu Duanxing: Oh, I didn't~

Fans: Lu Duanxing, you're something else!

Fans: The evolution of a scheming dog.

Coming soon, number two: The Hot-Tempered General Is Carrying His Rival's Baby. Strong leads, rivals at odds, love that grows with time, and later on, a clueless newlywed couple raising a baby. See the series page preview for details QAQ.

Theme: Love can warm the human heart