After the Little Mermaid Married the Villain by Contract

Meng Zhou is an Omega merperson who drifted onto land when he was young and is the only merperson unable to read minds. Raised in luxury, he's a beautiful ornamental flower.

That is, until his coming-of-age ceremony, when his family schemed against him and his people rejected him. He was sent out as cannon fodder to scout the way and stop humans from hunting marine life.

On the day he left, Meng Zhou walked away without looking back, feeling as if a great burden had been lifted.

Parents who weren't his biological family, a fake older brother who was his foil, and fickle subjects... Whoever wants them can have them! I'm going back to land!

The golden leaf, a symbol of supreme authority, drifted away with him.

The merpeople: ? Why did the family heirloom run off too!

Guided by the golden leaf, Meng Zhou planned to disguise himself as a human and enter a research institute. But... why had he been betrothed to a human as a child?!

Luckily, his marriage partner was a good person: considerate, polite, and respectful, and even helped him find a job. The only catch was that he was in love with someone else.

Meng Zhou was so moved that his eyes filled with tears, until the marine creatures stared in terror at his new husband, Luo Zhiyi, and shouted in unison:

The cold-blooded killer is here!

Meng Zhou squeezed his eyes shut.

Luo Zhiyi: ? Why did my wife faint?

For the sake of ecological balance, Meng Zhou decided to use their relationship to get close to him and carry out an assassination plan. However...

Meng Zhou, who not only failed but was also turned inside out in the process: This guy is so scary!

Luo Zhiyi, who had vaguely heard his thoughts and successfully dodged: Who just said that...? Why did my wife faint again?!

Then, during an assignment outside the institute, Meng Zhou's assassination attempt failed and he was ambushed instead. His pheromones went haywire, and his life was in danger.

The next moment, Luo Zhiyi bit into his gland and completed the marking, saving his life.

That night, after everything was done, Luo Zhiyi finally heard his wife's thoughts clearly. He yanked the shivering merperson out from under the covers. "I'll help you find the bad guys. Stop thinking about how to kill me!"

Meng Zhou: He can read minds? Wait! Why does he have my skill points?

Ever since meeting that little merperson when he was young, Luo Zhiyi had been able to hear the thoughts of marine creatures. But he never imagined this ability could work on humans too.

For example, his marriage partner.

To keep waiting for his beloved little merperson, Luo Zhiyi decided to sign an agreement with his marriage partner and keep his distance.

But the other man kept approaching him, and the familiarity he showed made Luo Zhiyi waver again and again.

Until the night he marked him, when Luo Zhiyi heard the other man screaming in his heart: "Ahhh, it hurts so much! When I get back, I'm going to reward myself with ten sea urchins."

Meng Zhou's image gradually merged with the little merperson from his memories, the one raised in a fish tank who cried all day and begged him to open sea urchins.

Luo Zhiyi: Does anyone else get it?! My missing beloved is finally back! Wait... why doesn't he remember me?

["Adorably silly, lively, beautiful merperson Omega" Meng Zhou x "Scheming, abstinent marine biologist Alpha" Luo Zhiyi]

Tips:

1. Modern setting with anthropomorphic creatures.

2. They put on an act together in the early part; later they join forces as equals.

3. Blurb version 4.0 was screenshotted and saved on June 2, 2024.

Theme: Protecting the environment is everyone's responsibility