After the Fake Sweetheart Was Dumped, She Raised a Mermaid King

[Short Story Collection / ABO / Silly Everyday Life / BG / Many Original Settings]

After I Faked a Terminal Illness, My Deadly Rival Insisted on Marrying Me [Male Alpha, Female Omega]

Ji Ting awakens to the truth.

She's the villain in a sweet romance novel, the catalyst for the male and female leads' relationship. She does all the dirty work, and in the end, meets a terrible fate.

Ji Ting: I'm out of here!

She pretends to be gravely ill and bedridden, but her deadly rival, Li Zhan, insists on marrying her.

Ji Ting: What kind of person does that?

She can't talk her rival out of it, and they end up together.

After Losing My Substitute Job, Four Powerful Men Proposed to Me [Male Alpha, Female Omega]

Ding Xuebi worked as a substitute for four powerful men. She did the same job over and over, without a care in the world, for a year, until she was unemployed.

Who knew all four sugar daddies would show up with roses and propose to her, an unemployed woman? The worst part was that she got into a thrilling fight with an assassin who barged in, took down everyone, and exposed the fact that she was only pretending to be a sweet, cutesy girl with a fake baby voice.

The four big shots' expressions were hard to describe.

Later, she discovered that she wasn't normal, and neither were the four big shots.

The haughty, chuunibyou pop star was actually a little seal. The cold, domineering CEO was a fierce, cool mermaid. The melancholy imperial general was a fallen angel, and even the quiet, gentle pianist was a tentacle monster...

Ding Xuebi grabbed her friend's neck and shook her. "Are you crazy? You arranged clients like this for me!?"

Her friend, barely clinging to life: "But the more abnormal they are, the more they pay!"

Ding Xuebi: "..."

After Developing Dissociative Identity Disorder, I Got Three Boyfriends [Male Alpha, Female Omega]

Under the pressure of a demanding job and a salary that never went up, Xia Mingliang developed dissociative identity disorder and gained three personalities.

At first, it wasn't a big deal. But gradually, her body began acting on its own, leaving strange marks on her. Sometimes her back and waist even ached. It was bothersome, but it didn't affect her life.

Until...

A famous star sent her a huge bouquet of roses with a card that read, "To my one and only."

A handsome supervisor from the General Bureau cornered her in a stairwell, his expression unreadable, and asked, "Do I look handsome today?"

A high school senior from downstairs knocked on her door every day asking to come over and watch a movie, then accused her of taking advantage of him and refusing to take responsibility.

Xia Mingliang: "??"

What the heck? Are they crazy?

After the Fake Sweetheart Was Cheated On, She Raised a Merman King [Male Alpha, Female Omega]

Pei Yanran was cheated on. Not only did her boyfriend get stolen by a scheming junior, he also accused her: "You're a cold, heartless machine! You look at the data and your patients with more passion than you look at me! You pretended to be sweet when we were together, but in reality, you're frigid!"

So Pei Yanran picked up a merman on the street.

Dating is no match for raising a baby! Way more reliable than a two-legged beast! And adorable, too!

Unfortunately, the merman wasn't obtained through proper channels. He couldn't sing or dance, or chat with little fish, but still claimed he could do anything!

If he can't do anything else, surely she can at least stroke his tail?

Pei Yanran asks every day: "Can I touch your tail? Can I pet your head?"

Raphael refuses every day: "No. You can't!"

Later, well, she got to touch it.

But they also got married.

★★★Why Is the Lord of Monsters So Pure-Hearted?★★★★★

A silly, sweet, pure-hearted monster hero who is a hopeless romantic x a wily, black-hearted heroine who seems sweet on the surface

After finally completing her mission in the infinite world and entering the normal world, Xie Yi got to live her ideal life: raising cats and dogs, avoiding violence, and lying flat in retirement.

Her young boyfriend, Li Zhou, was tall and long-legged, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. He was handsome and innocent.

She was very pleased and thought she'd spend the rest of her life this way.

However, at work, she discovered that something was a little off.

Students had a class called Monster Combat Techniques on their schedules. Her colleagues kept furry pets that looked strange. Water monsters crawled out of abandoned pipes. Mischievous ghosts circled around the classroom...

It turned out this world was a sweet romance novel centered on the male and female leads, with a setting built around the conflict between monsters and humans.

The backdrop existed to create romantic opportunities for the leads, and the final dungeon was about killing the Lord of Monsters and eradicating all monsters.

So Xie Yi's daily life became: raising cats and flowers, teasing her young boyfriend, and protecting him from monsters.

Her accomplishments included, but weren't limited to, slicing a stalker shadow monster in half, laying to rest the ghosts in an entire restroom, setting a thread-spinning monster on fire, and stopping a giant dream-eating monster from devouring her boyfriend...

One day, while she was lost in the moment and kissing her boyfriend, she accidentally touched something... a hard branch, with what looked like bright green leaves on it.

Xie Yi looked at the branch, then at the tiny vines growing densely from her boyfriend's hair, blooming with little pink flowers. "!!!"

A thick vine was wrapped around her back, pulling her closer to him.

"Yiyi, would you mind dating a tree?"

Her boyfriend's cheeks were red. His clear, bright eyes gazed at her as he clutched her hand. "I... I really like you, Yiyi."

Xie Yi: ?!

Damn it! Who am I dating, exactly?!

*

As the Lord of Monsters, Li Zhou had finally managed to take human form and walk around.

His family had arranged a fake identity so he could attend school, learn, and try to fit into the interesting human civilization.

But studying was so hard. His agricultural science program required all kinds of reports, his classmates seemed to dislike him, and the monsters couldn't help him.

Luckily, his next-door neighbor was very warm and helped him with all kinds of schoolwork and everyday problems.

His family encouraged him to make friends and offered all sorts of advice.

"Can we be friends?" he asked.

The woman was watering flowers in the sunlight. She turned to look at him with a smile. "Sure, but only if you become my boyfriend."

Li Zhou grinned. "Okay!"

A boy who's a friend is a boyfriend!

Later, when he learned what boyfriend meant, he blushed and asked Xie Yi, "Is it the kind of relationship where we can kiss and hug and stay together for the rest of our lives?"

"I'll take that as a marriage proposal," she teased, pinching his cheek. "All right, let's pick a date and register our marriage."

Li Zhou: "..."

He really shouldn't have asked her.

Reader's Guide:

1. The hero isn't weak. They're both incredibly strong, but he needs to adapt to society. The heroine is even stronger.

2. Pure-hearted college guy x sweet-on-the-surface, black-hearted heroine.

Theme: No matter what difficulties you face, stay optimistic and find a sensible solution!