The Classic of Mountains and Seas, but It's an Aquarium

Original title: Classic of Mountains and Seas, but I Opened an Aquarium

Yun Hu, a recent graduate with a supposedly useless major, can't find a job.

Just as she's growing anxious, a System comes knocking and makes her the new director of a bankrupt aquarium.

The System says that as director, she'll start with a monthly salary of 50,000, and earning millions in the future is no dream.

The System says all she has to do is complete tasks like she's playing a management game, and she can gradually build the aquarium into a flourishing success. It's a piece of cake.

Yun Hu believes it.

Then she discovers that the bankrupt aquarium's "remaining employee" is a mermaid who has been waiting for her for three years.

*

Yun Hu doesn't know why the mermaid is waiting for her.

She doesn't know why she can hear the thoughts of sea creatures, either.

And she has no idea why, sometimes in her dreams, she becomes a pure white beast...

While the mermaid stands not far away, watching her quietly, as if he has been waiting for her for a very, very long time.

The System says: Those are all memories you've lost.

The System says: If you want to recover your memories, restore your soul, and reclaim your true identity... then come complete your tasks.

*

Later, everyone in N City knows what happened.

The bankrupt aquarium has reopened, and even trended on social media several times.

Kunpeng was thriving in showbiz, but suddenly announced his retirement and came to work for her, bringing a fortune worth billions.

Taotie stole and ate the fish she raised, so he was punished and became her unpaid chef.

More divine beasts joined the aquarium, ready to do her bidding. Her humble little temple was forced to squeeze in all these giants.

To keep her management tasks on track, Yun Hu had no choice but to set three rules for the divine beasts.

First, visitors are our customers, so treat them well.

Second, no revealing your true form during work hours.

Third, don't eat your coworkers!!

*

With the divine beasts under her thumb, Yun Hu became unstoppable, completing one management task after another.

The balance in her account grew longer and longer, her soul returned to her, and her memories came back bit by bit.

The distance between her and the mermaid closed, step by step.

Yun Hu remembered everything, including the promise she and the mermaid had made.

The mermaid before her looked at her, his gaze filled with the same emotion as ever: "I've finally waited for you."

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Coming next: I've Only Got to Take Down Scumbags, It's No Trouble at All [Quick Transmigration] (If you're interested, please add it to your favorites!)

Blurb:

After renowned entrepreneur Shen Yuan dies unexpectedly, a scumbag-punishing System tosses her into Quick Transmigration worlds to complete missions.

System: You do this and that, then the scumbag will cry and beg to get back together. Once you've earned enough Regret Points, you can return to your original world with everything you want. Got it?

Shen Yuan ignores it, sees business opportunities everywhere in the Quick Transmigration worlds, and focuses on building her career.

The System panics: Please, sis, if you don't complete the missions, my performance rating will take a hit!

Shen Yuan: Shh, look, my career is taking off, and now the scumbag's come crawling back just in time to get his face slapped. How many Regret Points do you need? Just say the word.

World 1: Early 1980s

Original plot: Village woman Shen Yuan stays in the countryside to care for her in-laws. Her scumbag husband tosses her a divorce notice, kicks her out, and marries the police chief's daughter. He even becomes deputy director of a garment factory, making it big nationwide with designs Shen Yuan created, and reaches the pinnacle of success.

Shen Yuan reads the plot: Hmm, the fashion industry really is a blue ocean.

She starts a clothing company, and one fashionable hit after another floods the market, dazzling people in the 1980s: light and pretty spring outfits, sexy summer clothes that flatter the figure, sleek sportswear, and expensive but elegant bespoke suits...

Shen Yuan's clothing company quickly makes a name for itself, and orders nearly bury the office, while the scumbag's garment factory teeters on the brink of bankruptcy.

The System, which had been chattering away at first, is won over after seeing the scumbag show up to beg for forgiveness and mercy, only for Shen Yuan to torment him with a few words and send his Regret Points soaring.

World 2: Showbiz

Original plot: Shen Yuan's scumbag boyfriend cultivates a bachelor persona in showbiz. While filming, he cheats with a rising actress from the same production, then shamelessly claims it was just publicity. After the truth comes out, he has the nerve to order Shen Yuan to entertain a director over drinks, hoping to use under-the-table favors to land the lead role in a famous director's new film, become an award-winning actor, and welcome the applause and flowers alongside his "true love."

System: Host, the second male lead is actually a pretty decent guy.

Shen Yuan nods: True. Let's give him that role instead.

She turns around and starts an entertainment company, signs the second male lead, snatches the role the scumbag has coveted for ages, and turns the second male lead into an award-winning actor, earning hundreds of millions with ease.

On the awards stage, the second male lead gazes deeply at Shen Yuan: I want to thank the person who recognized my talent...

The System suddenly realizes something is wrong: ?!! Wait, that's not what I meant!

But when it sees the scumbag's Regret Points fluctuating wildly, it falls silent.

...Well, this is pretty good too.

In the cultivation world, she claims every rare treasure for herself. In the wasteland world, she builds the largest mercenary group. In the interstellar world, she holds the rights to all the major entertainment franchises.

The scumbags who once looked down on her and tried to hurt her kneel and beg for mercy, tearfully confess their wrongs, and turn against other villains right in front of her, all just hoping she'll give them a chance.

Shen Yuan stares at her rapidly soaring Regret Points: Hah.

Sorry, she has no plans to start a garbage recycling business for now. Garbage belongs where it belongs.

-She shatters the false crowns of the scumbags and is crowned before all the world.-

P.S. The author's profile also has two completed novels: the fantasy romance An Orca's Star-Making Journey! and the apocalypse novel Dawn Camp. Feel free to check them out on the author's page!

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