Novels like An Exchange Student Arrives at Meng Academy
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- 1 Shocking! I Didn't Discover I Was a Mermaid Until Twenty Years Later 震惊！二十年后才发现我是美人鱼 [The tags are wrong. This is modern-day, not a beast-world story. Read with caution.] Female lead's perspective: Yun Yao had lived for twenty years, certain she was an utterly ordinary human. Then one day in the bath, cold scales suddenly spread between her legs. Her tail fin flicked and nearly overturned the tub. She had become a mermaid. The realization hit her like an icicle to the brain. Her first thought was: Had her parents picked her up somewhere? One day, she clutched her chopsticks and 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Transmigrating into Titanic: The Mermaid Lover 穿越泰坦尼克号之人鱼爱人 Xingyu, the beloved daughter of the prime minister of the Li Kingdom, was doted on by her whole family. Sweet and gentle by nature, she fell into the water in an accident and transmigrated to a modern alternate world: the twenty-first century. Just as Xingyu had finally gotten used to her new surroundings, fate played another trick on her: she transmigrated again, this time into a mysterious world. Only later did she realize she was in the world of a movie. Paired with Cal Hockley. A sweet roman 111Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I Was Transported into a Period Novel and Became a Mermaid 穿进年代文里我竟然成了人鱼 A rumble of thunder sounded. Ye Ning was still tucked under the covers, grinning as she read a sweet romance set in the past, when a flash of lightning lit up the whole room. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself in a strange place, and realized she wasn’t even human anymore. Oh, heavens, why are you doing this to me? 132Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Reborn as a Pure White Mermaid, I’m Spoiled by the Empire’s Bigwigs 穿成纯白美人鱼，帝国大佬全包了 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Day I Became a Mermaid 当我成为美人鱼的那天 Sheng Piao'er was the Ling family's adopted daughter. Because of an old marriage pact made by the family patriarch, she was bound to the young master of the Ling family. But Ling Ruicheng despised her. To escape the engagement, he did all sorts of humiliating things to her. He was practically responsible for Sheng Piao'er's death. She died on a rainy night while bringing an umbrella to Ling Ruicheng. But when she opened her eyes again, she had unexpectedly been reborn as a mermaid. She accidenta 158Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 6 Raising a Little Mermaid 养只小人鱼 [Mermaid + koi luck (probability-defying, illogical plot; read at your own risk) + doting husband + bratty heroine + both leads are virgins] [There’s a romance subplot for a secondary couple! Read at your own risk!] All-powerful arms dealer versus bratty, tearful little mermaid Hai Quan was a butterfly koi, with a tail as flawless and white as satin, graceful and flowing. Her captivating blue eyes and delicate beauty gave her the air of an ice-cold beauty. Who could have guessed... After Quan Ji 371Reads8.8Score103Shelves
- 7 After My Livestream, My Mermaid Tail Was Exposed 直播后，我的人鱼尾巴曝光了 Yun Miao was reborn. The moment she opened her eyes, she found herself betrothed to a stranger and was told she would be getting married right away. Her scheming younger sister didn’t want to marry the crippled Federation general, whose psychic powers had gone berserk, so she teamed up with their stepmother and pushed Yun Miao into taking her place. Fortunately, her husband probably didn’t want to see her either. Yun Miao planned to find a job to support herself, then figure out a way to divorce 489Reads7.6Score100Shelves
- 8 Me! Lu Zhaozhao! I've Made It! 我！陆招招，上岸了 Lu Zhaozhao, a mermaid with a phobia of deep-sea monsters, finally made it ashore after countless hardships. But before she could throw her head back and laugh, a child came flying at her. Just as Lu Zhaozhao was about to curse, a giant net dropped from above, forcing her onto land. She hadn’t managed to bring along a single coin of the money she’d prepared, and was even arrested as a suspect and taken to the police station. Well, if she’d fallen here, she might as well lie flat here. After all, 1.1kReads8.8Score147Shelves
- 9 So What If We're a Match Made in Heaven? He Still Competes and Fights for Me 天作之合怎么了？他又争又抢 [An innocent, adorable mermaid vs. a scheming man who seduces his way to the top. Devoted couple + nonhuman lead, one-on-one sweet romance. The mermaid sheds little pearls and knows nothing about the human world. Forced ashore by her species' nature to find her destined partner, she picks the wrong imposter. Luckily, her true destined partner fights to win her over.] Yu Mian was a mermaid who came ashore of her own accord to save her life. Because of her species' nature, a mermaid had to become 1.2kReads8.8Score196Shelves
- 10 Transmigrated to the Interstellar Age: I Became a Mermaid 穿越星际：我变成了一条美人鱼 One day, the former queen of the apocalypse woke up to discover she'd become a mermaid with a tail?! And not just any mermaid, but one being auctioned off?! Wasn't this a challenge to the dignity of the apocalypse's queen?! This was absolutely intolerable! If Uncle could take it, Auntie couldn't!! After escaping the auction house, she resolutely enrolled in university and got to experience campus life from before the apocalypse! Among the stars, she experienced friendship, family love... And eve 274Reads7.1Score103Shelves
- 11 Mr. Bo, Your Wife's Adorable Little Tail Is Showing 薄总，夫人她露出了萌哒哒小尾巴 Original title: After We Registered Our Marriage, My Mermaid Wife Was Kissed by a World-Weary Big Shot [Mind Reading + Nonhuman Heroine + Marriage Before Love + Both Leads Have No Romantic Past + Sweet 1v1 Romance + Six-Year Age Gap] [Sweet, beautiful, straightforward mermaid girl VS. World-weary, ascetic, hopelessly chauvinistic big shot] To escape an arranged marriage, Jiang Ruanruan takes her best friend's suggestion and decides to marry a human man. After carefully considering her options, s 558Reads8.6Score100Shelves
- 12 Reborn as an Endangered Mermaid 穿成濒危物种美人鱼 What do you do when you transmigrate into a mermaid? Being a fish takes some getting used to, but you still have to come ashore! After becoming a beautiful woman and coming ashore, she becomes an assistant to a C-list celebrity, but the job is just a hobby. With the whole ocean at her disposal, all she wants is to be a fish who can lie around and eat. She keeps discovering new skills and bugs, venturing farther and farther down that path. The only mermaid on Blue Star! Innocent celebrity younger 762Reads7.9Score139Shelves
- 13 The Mermaid in the Yandere’s Arms Is So Cute, She Blows Bubbles 快穿病娇怀里的美人鱼萌到吐泡泡 System: When the little mermaid is happy, she blows bubbles. When she’s angry, her tail comes out. And when she’s furious, she cries!! Don’t make her mad~~~ The little mermaid is looking for her dads! Her five villain dads only ever wanted to cause trouble, but once they saw their daughter, they couldn’t help falling in love with her. The villainous older brother in the period novel: What’s a little sister? I’ll toss her baby formula right out. He reluctantly goes back for a look. That tiny, mil 136Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 14 A Carefree Fish Demon in the Mortal World 快活鱼妖在人间 [Corruption Arc + Dark Fairy-Tale Retelling + Chinese and Western Fantasy + First-Person POV] The mermaid didn't win the prince's love, but she didn't turn into sea foam either. Instead, she fell to darkness that very night, killed someone, and fled under a curse. The mermaid became a demon, cut off from the world. Hundreds of years later, the wheels of fate began turning once more. The fish demon returned to the human world, free to live as she pleased. She kicked bandits and punched mean girls 152Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 15 Be Good, Baby: Master Chen Coaxes His Sweet Little Mermaid 宝宝乖，琛爷低声诱哄乖软小人鱼 [Devoted husband / CEO romance / Both inexperienced / Social media] [Sweet, adorable mermaid beauty VS steady, fatherly business tycoon, eight-year age gap, very sweet with a little angst, but mostly sweet. You won’t regret giving it a try~] After disaster struck her village, the mermaid Mu Yuntang had no one to turn to. Alone, she packed her bags and crossed the ocean to City A, where she sought out the city’s business tycoon, Huo Jingchen. The tycoon was about to send Mu Yuntang on her way, bu 268Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 16 Seeking the Merfolk 寻鲛 Legend has it that beyond the South Sea live merfolk whose tears become pearls worth a fortune, and whose flesh grants eternal life. In the early years of the Tianhua era, the emperor became obsessed with cultivating immortality and attaining eternal life. He specifically ordered the Grand Sorcerer Zhen Yang to lead three thousand sorcerers on three expeditions to the South Sea in search of the merfolk, but they all returned empty-handed… 728Reads9.0Score101Shelves
- 17 The Possessive Tycoon: Come Here, My Mermaid Wife 偏执大佬：人鱼娇妻快到怀里来 Qin Qichen, president of J.H. Group, never expected that a fishing trip would land him a sweet little wife and send him into full-on spoiling mode. “Uncle~” The man on the sofa kept his eyes on his documents, not even glancing up. Undeterred, she shook his arm. “Brother Chen~” He still didn’t react. Getting impatient, she tried again. “Qin Qin!” “Qin Qichen!” The man didn’t even lift an eyelid. She stamped her foot in frustration, then her grape-like eyes darted around. She nestled into his arms 385Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 18 The Little Mermaid Is Cherished by the Entire Interstellar World 小人鱼她被全星际团宠了 [One-on-one sweet romance + mermaid + everyone’s darling + adorable child + childhood friends + System + interstellar future + equally matched leads] Mu Cai is brought to the interstellar era by a System and becomes a little mermaid with golden hair and a blue tail. In the interstellar age, Blue Star has vanished into the river of time, and the jewel of Chinese culture has been obscured, its former glory lost. She flicks her tail, hugs the cold-faced young man beside her, and completes the tasks 565Reads8.7Score102Shelves
- 19 Reborn as a Mermaid, Secretly Married to a Movie Emperor 重生为人鱼，与影帝隐婚 [Reborn + marriage first, love later + devoted to each other + shipping the couple] Bright, sweet, fiery little mermaid × aloof, secretly passionate, tsundere actor Her boss tricked her into attending a dinner party, then her best friend ran into her afterward. When Qin He woke up, she found that an actor had rescued her from the seaside. That wasn’t important, though. What mattered was that she had mutated: she could read minds, had a huge tail, and occasionally transformed into a mermaid. She 363Reads9.2Score110Shelves
- 20 The Possessive Brother's Adored Little Mermaid Is Soft and Sweet 偏执哥哥的团宠小美人鱼软糯可口 Beloved by all + adorable baby + mermaid + golden finger + sweet romance What should you do if the little mermaid from a fairy tale saves you? Of course, take her home and dote on her! Later, Si Mochen learned that the little mermaid’s eldest brother was the world’s greatest antiques appraiser and hacker, her second brother was a top doctor, her third brother was the No. 1 assassin in the underworld, and her fourth and fifth brothers were two of the hottest young stars in show business. Her fath 182Reads8.9Score106Shelves
- 21 Little Mermaid, Be Good: Professor Fu’s Overwhelming Love 小人鱼乖乖，傅教授的强势宠爱 [Innocent, naive little mermaid × research scientist who uses her] [Both are each other’s one and only / angst / wife-chasing / tragic ending in the main story, happy ending in the bonus chapters / All technical details are fictional. Do not mistake them for reality!] Jia Qian, from the depths of the sea, believes she has found true love. She willingly sacrifices her pearl and enters into a mate contract with a human. She looks forward to the birth of their child and to a future with Fu Yanchen. 576Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 22 Soft, Sweet, and Gentle 软糯温柔 [The desireless Second Master Fu of the capital vs. a sweet, lovable mermaid from the deep sea] [Both are inexperienced in love, sweet romance][The main story is complete~( ੭•͈ω•͈)੭๐♡.๐] Breaking news! A petite mermaid had barely emerged from the water when a powerful man from the capital fell from the sky and landed on her. Rumor had it that Second Master Fu, who held the lifeline of the empire in his hands, had been pushed into the sea at a party. His fate was unknown. But the moment he hit th 1.5kReads7.3Score140Shelves
- 23 So Sweet! The Little Mermaid Is Frolicking on Young Master He's Heartstrings Again 甜炸！小人鱼又在贺少心巴上撒欢 [Female lead is a mermaid, showbiz, sweet romance, both leads are romantically inexperienced, 1v1] [Warnings: Includes comment overlays and a side couple (possibly a same-sex couple)] [Important: As always, you can read this with your brain switched on, but I don't recommend it.] [No writing advice, and no need to tell me if you drop the book] Blurb: Lan Qi is a mermaid who has only just entered the human world. Hoping to earn money to buy lots and lots of delicious food, she is sent by her agen 1.3kReads8.9Score209Shelves
- 24 Beast World Compendium: Strange and Secret Records 兽世图鉴之奇异秘录 [Beast-god's white moonlight + nonhuman love interests + yandere, possessive romance + all kinds of love rivals + no pregnancy] [This title was chosen to sound grand. I give up! The real title is The Beast World: The White Moonlight Is Once Again Obsessed Over by Yanderes!] What do you do when you're transmigrated into the body of a legendary mermaid? You can't swim or hunt... so all you can do is survive by scavenging. But, unfortunately for her, four mermen "pick her up." Then, after raising h 3.9kReads8.4Score460Shelves
- 25 Help! The Soft and Adorable Little Mermaid Has Caught the Regent's Eye 救命！软萌小人鱼被摄政王盯上了 [Sweet Romance + Both Devoted to Each Other + One-on-One] Delicate, Soft-Hearted, Tearful Beauty VS Wicked, Abstinent, Cunning Prince Regent In the South Sea lives a little mermaid with peach-blossom skin and a face as lovely as a lotus. One day, a prophecy reveals that the cruel and tyrannical Prince Regent has his way with her in a dream. The frightened little mermaid wants nothing more than to put as much distance between them as possible. Gazing at the delicate, fragile girl before him, Si M 1.4kReads8.9Score180Shelves
- 26 Interstellar: I Was Reborn as a Mermaid 星际：我竟然重生成了人鱼 After the death of superstar Ellie, whose voice was hailed as the song of a siren, she was reborn in the interstellar era as a little girl named Ellie whose mermaid surgery had failed. She hadn’t become a precious mermaid. Instead, she had lost her voice and could neither speak nor sing. Ellie thought that after singing for so many years in her previous life, it would be nice to spend this one in peace and quiet. Mermaids on Blue Star are precious. Not only do they have a high birth rate, the 31kReads8.8Score4.4kShelves
- 27 Reborn! I Dominated the Interstellar World, and Now the Obsessive Young Marshal Is Desperate 重生！我A爆星际后偏执少帅急了 [A universally adored, irresistible little mermaid ❤️ a carnivorous, yandere wolfdog male lead] [Absurd comedy + double yandere + cross-dressing as a man + sweet romance + secret identity + strong heroine and hero + one-on-one romance + groveling romance] Everyone said Ruan Qianjiu was useless. In this apocalyptic era, where evil monsters ran rampant and ferocious beasts wreaked havoc, she was doomed to die young. Rumor had it that the silver-haired young marshal, powerful enough to shake the he 231Reads9.4Score100Shelves
- 28 The Delicate Mermaid Is a Master Baiter, and the Deranged Men Line Up for Her Embrace 娇软人鱼太会钓，疯批排队要她抱 [New book next door. If you love cute girls and cool guys, come hang out with me 😍😍] [Four male leads, but the ending is 1v1] [Male rivalry] [Adorable, lovable mermaid who charms everyone] [Alternate world] [The female lead is sweet, but not stupid] [Our girl is the cutest in the whole world, and nobody is allowed to defy her] Yue Ling transmigrates into a harem novel full of male rivalry, as a cannon-fodder supporting female character who is cruelly abused, both body and heart, by the original 3.5kReads8.5Score508Shelves
- 29 After Becoming a Mermaid, I Keep Busy Spoiling the Handsome Emperor 穿成人鱼后，我忙着娇养美男皇上 (Complete) [Devoted couple + married bliss + System + redemption] Wen Feifei transmigrated into a mermaid. After coming ashore, she rescued a handsome, gorgeous little fool of an emperor. From then on, she never looked back as she spoiled the little fool of an emperor. He had to hold her hand when he walked! He had to hug her while they slept! She had to comfort him whenever he felt wronged! On their wedding night, the little fool of an emperor, who was always clinging to her and begging for kis 536Reads9.2Score105Shelves
- 30 My Crazy Little Junior Brother Followed Me Through to the Stars 疯批小师弟跟着穿到星际了 The transmigration-into-a-book department for background NPCs has been short-staffed lately, so they grabbed someone who had just died and hired her as a temp. Rong Yun was that lucky yet unlucky temp. Unlucky because she transmigrated to the immortal realm, painstakingly cultivated for a thousand years, and then got struck dead by lightning; Lucky because she got another chance at life, even if it meant taking on one NPC job after another. She might be a temporary cafeteria server; She might be 7.2kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
- 31 After Reincarnating as a Mermaid, I Escaped the Plot 穿成美人鱼后，我逃离了剧情 [One-on-One Romance] A sweet romance. Su Rongyao transmigrates into the beautiful mermaid supporting character in The CEO’s White Moonlight. The CEO tricks her into giving him her body and her heart, and she eventually dies of depression. After arriving in the story, Su Rongyao realizes she’s bound to run into the CEO whenever she comes ashore, so she decides to move right away. After swimming for three months, she reaches a new stretch of ocean and meets an adorable little sea spirit. Little do 2.5kReads8.9Score202Shelves
- 32 The Little Mermaid Drops Pearls, and the Chaste Tycoon Risks His Life to Coax Her 小人鱼掉珍珠，禁欲财阀拿命哄 [Two Male Leads + One-on-One Romance + Sweet and Fluffy + Growing-Up Romance] [Possessive, Scheming Top x Sweet, Tearful Little Mermaid] During a voyage, Fu Yicheng unexpectedly catches a legendary mermaid. Tears in his eyes, the bewildered little mermaid reaches out both hands, pleading and trying to please him. “Hubby, hold me.” His blue tail coils tightly around Fu Yicheng. With a slender, pale waist, he looks soft and delicate, like an easy target for bullying. Fu Yicheng gives in to te 6.6kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
- 33 Kicking a Mad, Powerful Tycoon to the Curb, the Flirty Little Charmer Hides in a Fish Tank 猛踹疯批权贵，小撩精藏身鱼缸 [Tragic beauty and flirtatious temptress VS powerful, unhinged old monster] The gossip was all over the social scene: The mysterious Third Master of the Feng family spent fifty billion to buy a little mermaid on the high seas, only for her to run away after living with him for three months! A golden arrest warrant left her nowhere to run, so she thought fast and hid in the Feng family’s luxurious aquarium… Shen Hua, a thousand-year-old dragon mermaid, had lost her dragon pearl and her soul was d 8.1kReads9.1Score832Shelves
- 34 Disguised as a Man in the Men’s Dorm, Now All the Yanderes Want Me for Themselves 女扮男装混男寝，病娇都想独占我 Original title: "Disguised as a Man in the Boys’ Dorm, All the Yanderes Want Me for Themselves" [All characters are yandere + girl disguised as a boy + adored by everyone + beastfolk setting with multiple romance options + chaotic love rivals] Fu Xiao is a passionate otome-game fan. One day, she wakes up to find herself inside an 18+ game, as a female NPC disguised as a man. In this beastfolk setting, the NPC has the rarest and most alluring mermaid pheromones. She deliberately makes herself loo 5.1kReads9.1Score905Shelves
- 35 Livestreaming to the World: I Revealed My True Form in the Movie Emperor's Arms 全球直播：我在影帝怀里现原形 [Adorable pet transformation + laugh-out-loud comedy + everyone’s favorite + unconventional, offbeat xianxia] Yu Baibai fails her tribulation and gets struck by heavenly lightning, turning into a Chinese alligator. She freeloads as a pet in the home of an aloof movie star, mooching meals, treats, and Wangwang Snow Cookies. The movie star hugs her in her alligator form and says with eager hope, “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could turn into a beauty like Yu Baibai!” One day, Yu Baibai can’t 5.5kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
- 36 The Merman Has Lost Control! Let This Alpha Go! 鲛人失控，放开这个Alpha！ [Merman top + two strong leads + both are pure / push and pull / hypnosis / obsessive, unhinged merman × laid-back commander who refuses to get his act together, happy ending + one-on-one] On Xiao Tinghe’s twenty-second birthday, his older brother kicked him off to a godforsaken research base in the northern desert. Who would have believed it? They were raising a genderless mermaid in the desert! An amphibious creature: a merman. Every day, Xiao Tinghe had to fly a helicopter for two hours to bu 6.5kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves
- 37 Oh No! The Little Merman Lord Ou Kept Has Run Off Pregnant 麻烦！欧爷圈养的小鲛人怀崽跑了 [Two powerful leads + yandere + secret identities revealed + devoted 1v1 romance + putting scumbags in their place + mutual salvation + obsessive male lead] Ou Zun rescues a beautiful girl with merfolk blood from a restricted zone. Thinking she can’t understand human speech, he keeps her as a pampered pet. But the little thing won’t behave, and she has countless secret identities: a top hacker, a major investor, the mysterious leader of a tribe… After all her secret identities are exposed, Shi Y 5.6kReads9.3Score921Shelves
- 38 On My Wedding Night, the Domineering CEO Snake Husband Whispered Sweet Nothings to Me 新婚夜，我被霸总蛇夫低声诱哄 “Snuggle with me, hubby~” Bai Yuehan was always afraid his sweet little wife would discover his true identity. Then one day, he accidentally revealed his true form in front of her. She wasn't scared at all. Instead, she wrapped her arms around his huge head and kissed him senseless. “Mwah! Snuggle with me, hubby~” Come on, having a super-rich CEO snake monster for a husband is so cool! (^-^)V Meng Jiaoyang isn't afraid of snakes. When she got lost in the forest as a child, a snake rescued her, t 17.2kReads9.5Score2.2kShelves
- 39 Everyone on the Team Is a Villain Except Me 除我以外，全队反派 An original fictional society with lots of personal worldbuilding and foreshadowing. Don’t come in with your own preconceptions and impose them on the author or the story. No suggestions, please. There is a couple, but the romance doesn’t take up much of the story. An alternate “what if” storyline will be written after the ending. Readers with strict moral sensibilities, please stay away. The protagonists aren’t perfect, so don’t judge them by universal standards of morality. If this isn’t to yo 24.9kReads9.6Score2.6kShelves
