Severe Dependency

Upcoming novel: The Mermaid on the Stranded Shore. Please add it to your collection! (Blurb below, or visit the author’s page to read it.) The day Jian Li was brought home by her biological mother, her mother told her she had an older sister. Her sister was her mother’s adopted daughter, two years older than her. The first time Jian Li saw Ning Qing, she was standing on the stairs, looking down at her against the light. She seemed to regard Jian Li as nothing more than an ant. Ning Qing had been carefully raised by the Ning family since childhood. Highly educated and beautiful, she was already the family’s chosen heir. Jian Li, brought home halfway through her life, had graduated from an ordinary university and worked an ordinary job. She was inferior to Ning Qing in every way. The Ning family thought the two of them disliked each other. They didn’t even greet one another when they met, and though they lived under the same roof, they seemed like strangers. Outsiders thought they couldn’t stand each other either. One was the haughty heir to a family business, the other a young lady who had turned up halfway through life and was content to coast. They had nothing in common. Only Jian Li knew how easy it was to win over the seemingly cold Ning Qing. One “Big Sister” was all it took for Ning Qing to protect her from the day she returned to the Ning family for the rest of their lives. In private, Ning Qing was clingy to an absurd degree. She couldn’t stand going a day without seeing Jian Li, and even on business trips, they had to video-call. 【A little scene】 When Ning Qing learned that Jian Li was being set up on a blind date, she dropped her work and rushed home. Grabbing Jian Li’s hand, she stood before their mother. Her gaze was firm. “Jian Li is mine.” Jian Li blushed a little. “Well, you know what they say: keep it in the family...” Their mother: “?!” Reader advisory: 1. Jian Li is the one being pursued, and Ning Qing is the pursuer. They are not related by blood, and they are not on the same household register when their romance begins. 2. One-on-one romance, both leads’ first time, sweet story. Upcoming novel: The Mermaid on the Stranded Shore 【Island beauty x beautiful mermaid】 When her grandmother died, Shen Zhiqing returned to the island where she had grown up to take care of the funeral arrangements. After the funeral, she went for a walk alone along the shore and found an unconscious person on a secluded stretch of beach. She hurried over to check on them, only to discover that when the waves receded, the person had a gorgeous, deep-blue fish tail. Before long, it turned into a pair of legs. Shen Zhiqing: ? Fairy tales are real. Mermaids really exist! The mermaid was injured, and Shen Zhiqing took pity on her and brought her home by the sea. The mermaid couldn’t speak. She was always watching Shen Zhiqing with her gemlike blue eyes, following her wherever she went. To make it easier to address her, Shen Zhiqing gave her a name: Jue Xia. Most of the time, Jue Xia was very well-behaved. She learned to talk, cook, and do housework. She was just exceptionally clingy, insisting on sleeping with Shen Zhiqing, too. Before she knew it, Shen Zhiqing had fallen in love with the beautiful mermaid. Not long afterward, Jue Xia started acting strangely. She kept sneaking off to the sea without Shen Zhiqing. Thinking she wanted to leave, Shen Zhiqing begged her to stay through her tears. Jue Xia quickly explained: “I’m not leaving. It’s just... my mating season has started.” Shen Zhiqing hadn’t even wiped away her tears yet. “Huh?” Some time later, Shen Zhiqing started feeling nauseous now and then. Jue Xia said, “You might be pregnant.” Shen Zhiqing: “What?!” Don’t we have reproductive barriers between species?! Reader advisory: 1. Shen Zhiqing is the one being pursued, and Jue Xia is the pursuer. One-on-one romance, both leads’ first time, sweet story. 2. Set in a fictional world, with a same-sex pregnancy setting. 3. Includes a side couple. Theme: Love yourself and love life