The Monsters' Beloved Villain

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A collection of nonhuman romances, written to indulge my tastes

1. [Deep-Sea Love Song]

"My love, I would forget the ocean, abandon my faith, and give up everything I have in exchange for your undying love."

In a dark, damp fish trap, Yu Nong, a merchant consumed by greed, rescues an injured mermaid.

Pure white pearls and bloodied, deep-blue scales earn her untold wealth, power, and prestige.

She has everything she could want, except a heart that loves him.

His deep-blue blood seeps into the tank, its fishy stench filling her throat.

Yu Nong watches with indifference as the naive mermaid confesses his love to her.

To wring every last bit of value from him, she sells him at a high price to a noble as a plaything.

By the time her conscience catches up with her and she regrets what she has done, she hasn't even managed to go save him before the mermaid returns, covered in wounds, having escaped on his own.

They confess their feelings to each other, turning night into day as they make love in the bathtub and on the waterbed.

Gradually, Yu Nong notices pale blue scales growing on her body...

The mermaid's languid whisper reaches her ear: "Darling, you have no choice now. You can only return to the deep-sea clans with me and become my bride."

He has nothing, but after winning her heart, sunlight reaches the ten-thousand-meter depths, and warm sunshine accompanies them in that lonely, desolate place.

A top-tier hunter often appears in the guise of prey.

[Self-serving merchant x deceptive, sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside mermaid]

2. [The Devil's Offering] - Fake replacement romance

"Offer me your soul, and I'll grant any wish you make."

Jiang Tingwan meets someone in a cemetery who looks remarkably like her childhood sweetheart, who has died. She recognizes at once that he is a demon.

Jiang Tingwan obediently falls for the demon who imitates her childhood sweetheart to get close to her, and accepts his seduction.

Because he is the lover she wished for in exchange for sacrificing her soul.

[Possessive, unhinged beauty x demon who thinks he is a replacement]

3. [Red Moon Blood Feast] - Stepmother romance

"The thorny rose will never wither or rot. The forbidden flower will one day stand atop a sea of blood, making every vampire bow before her."

The finest vampire hunter disguises herself as a delicate flower to seek revenge, becoming the new bride of a vampire prince while also playing the various heirs against one another.

After the prince dies and she avenges her family, she plans to fake her death and return to an ordinary human life. But on the day of the funeral, her stepson wraps her in his arms with a letter of inheritance in hand.

Stepson: "Dear stepmother, I'm not just here to inherit the fortune. I'm here to inherit you, too."

[Cunning, accomplished actress in a white-lotus disguise x ruthless, devoted stepson]

4. [Haunting Grudge]

A rising young actress goes to get a tattoo on Ghost Festival, and ends up attracting a vengeful ghost. From then on, a monster harasses her every night...

[Vainglorious, sharp-tongued schemer x seductive, lustful, controlling vengeful ghost]

Theme: A guide to watching bad women get their comeuppance