Getting Cuddles from Fluffy Animals on a Variety Show

[The blurb for the upcoming novel After Becoming the Substitute Bride of the Merman King is at the bottom. Thanks for your support!]

Li Le transmigrates into a book, an entertainment-industry novel, as a cannon-fodder actress who's about to have her career ruined on an animal-themed variety show.

After joining the show, the original character is chased and bitten by animals, who can't stand her. She's also exposed for abusing animals in private, thoroughly undermining her kind, animal-loving persona. In the end, the animal protection organization in the novel detains her according to the law.

Li Le just wants to keep her head down and stay out of trouble. But after looking at the penalty for breaking her variety-show contract and the balance in her account, she grits her teeth and goes on the show.

On the variety show Trainee Zookeeper, the zoo's new keeper witnesses a series of astonishing scenes.

A fierce tiger rolls over and shows its belly, acting cute and cuddly.

A playful little otter gives away its favorite stone.

A dazzling male peacock spreads its tail in all its glory.

Why is the national treasure panda hugging someone's leg?

And all of it is because of the same person. The fans and veteran zookeepers are left dumbfounded.

"I think I'm looking at fake animals."

"Help, why do they look like they're fighting for her attention?!"

"Li Le, I hereby declare you a god!!!"

Li Le doesn't dare tell them that she can also hear the animals talking. They tell her plenty of zookeeper gossip, as well as all kinds of things the surveillance cameras can't catch.

Panda: Keeper A secretly bit my bamboo last time. He must have seen how delicious mine looked.

Turtle: Keeper B spends all day trying to get me to have babies with a male turtle, but what if I'm male too?

Sparrow: A bad guy just grabbed a little girl on the next street over.

Hearing that, Li Le asks to pause the show and rushes off to rescue the girl.

They say that during the years Li Le was famous, her bodyguards were professional officers from the animal protection organization. It was also the time when the global crime rate was at its lowest, because wherever there were animals, she had eyes and ears. No one could escape her, human or beast.

After transmigrating into the book, Li Le picks up a black cat with golden eyes. The cat is aloof and proud, and struggles whenever she tries to hold it.

Later, whenever she pets other animals, it sniffs all around her, its fur standing on end, yet it obediently lets her hold it.

Gradually, it starts accompanying her everywhere, even when she goes on the variety show. It walks elegantly, glaring fiercely at the animals trying to act cute in front of her, and claims her lap for itself.

Then one day, the black cat transforms right in front of her into a black-haired, golden-eyed man and tells her that he's the father of the baby in her belly...

[The animal protection organization is a fictional invention for this story, which takes place in an alternate world. It has law enforcement powers, and the male lead is not just a background character in the blurb.]

★, Upcoming novel: After Becoming the Substitute Bride of the Merman King, ★

In the book Tears of the Merman, the legendary sea overlord, the Merman King, is said to be a twisted, evil being with ugly black scales covering his body, a grating voice, a taste for drinking human blood, and a black mask hiding his face.

Especially late in the story, after most marine life has been destroyed, the Merman King uses all kinds of poisonous sea creatures to make toxic water and pours it into every corner of the ocean. Eventually, the currents carry it into human society, bringing humanity and marine life to the brink of extinction. Before the Merman King dies, he sheds the only tear of his life. That is the tear of the merman.

The Merman King never shows his face throughout the book, but his decision to fight to the bitter end, even if it means mutual destruction, leaves a profound impression on Qin Miao.

But the original spark that ignites the conflict is the bride sent by human society to cement a peace treaty. Afraid of the Merman King, she slashes her wrists by the sea, and her blood flows into the azure water, confirming the Merman King's gloomy, murderous nature.

Human society no longer dares to trust the peace treaty. This insignificant person sets off a butterfly effect, bringing humanity and the ocean into conflict time and time again, with war raging on.

Now, after transmigrating into the book, Qin Miao finds herself in the bride's room. A person with no identity or legal status, she has no choice but to take the bride's place.

On the first day as the Merman King's bride, Qin Miao is extremely nervous. On the second, she worries about her life... Many days later, the Merman King still hasn't shown himself, and she secretly relaxes, relieved.

During that time, however, Qin Miao makes a merman friend. Her merman friend is considerate and gentle, beautiful and clingy. He loves to press his blue-and-gold ombre tail against her calf, and he's always the first to give her anything good he finds.

Then one day, she sees her merman friend wearing a black mask and speaking coldly to his subordinates. Only then does she realize... he's the supposedly evil Merman King husband who's been nowhere to be found.

In front of his subordinates, the Merman King is cold and imposing.

The Merman King of legend is gloomy and terrifying, with a taste for human blood.

But the Merman King before Qin Miao is sensitive, pure-hearted, gentle, and devoted. Every night, he gazes at her with his deep blue eyes, looking at her with such affection and adoration. His tail is always brushing against or winding around her leg, and he wishes he could give her every good thing he owns.

★Completed novels recommended★

One: Spoiled Cannon Fodder of the Seventies, a sweet little story with no awful characters.

Two: I Became the Contract Sword of the Villainous Demon Lord, the villainous Demon Lord went mad after his contract sword shattered.

Three: I Became the Female Best Friend of the Protagonist Uke in a Danmei Novel, in the space age, partners are assigned by lottery, and the female lead has a special golden finger.

Four: The Fluffy Male Lead Only Wants to Raise Me, after transmigrating to the beast world, she becomes a cub and gets picked up by the male lead.

Theme: Humans and animals living together in harmony