The Silver Dragon's Mountain and Sea Farm [Food]

A white dragon, Xie Juanhan unexpectedly transmigrated into a world of magic.

Later, he encountered a creature that was enormous, imposing, and beautiful.

To his surprise, the other creature was a dragon too-a native dragon.

The native dragon studied the divinely radiant Xie Juanhan with golden, slit-pupiled eyes, looking just as wary of him.

Xie Juanhan had no intention of fighting.

He found a spot in the forest to settle down, growing vegetables, raising animals, and catching fish.

From then on, enticing aromas wafted from his little cabin every day.

The native dragon remained unmoved.

His fluffy companion beasts, however, huddled together and crept toward Xie Juanhan's cabin.

After Xie Juanhan treated them to delicious food, they defected.

Raw marinated shrimp, flame-seared fish, salt-roasted crabs, ice cream made from fruit pulp...

The fluffballs went further and further down the road of trading labor for food, until even their master could no longer sit still.

The native dragon visited late one night and asked in a low voice whether Xie Juanhan would like to trade food:

"There's a kind of fish with thick bones and delicate flesh. It makes a wonderfully savory broth, and its marrow is astonishingly rich and fragrant."

"A certain mountain fruit that grows on volcanoes can be mashed with lemon zest to make a bright, tangy, spicy dip for all kinds of meat."

"And there's tata fish milk, with a rich, full-bodied flavor completely unlike cow's milk. I can fly you out to the open sea to milk them."

Xie Juanhan considered it briefly. "Deal!"

And so, Xie Juanhan gained the finest guide, the most dependable partner, and a lover whose private side was nothing like his public image.

Upcoming novel, When a Merman Fishes with a Spirit Spring. Synopsis:

As a mixed-blood merman, Jie Yanzhou often got so frustrated by his failed fishing attempts that he shut himself away.

Unable to get by in merfolk society, he simply went ashore to live among humans.

Who knew human society had no welcome for slackers-not even slacker mermen?

Being a corporate workhorse was so hard.

After some painful soul-searching, Jie Yanzhou decided to make his living from the sea after all.

And so he became an independent boat angler, heading out to fish for half a day and going home once he'd caught enough.

He never expected to stumble upon a spirit spring while fishing in a certain legendary stretch of sea.

The spirit spring produced thirty milliliters a day-one human mouthful.

Diluting it only made it less effective.

Whatever he used the spring water for, the results were mediocre.

One day, Jie Yanzhou mixed it into his bait and caught more fish than his keepnet could hold.

Suddenly, he understood. He had discovered the right way to use the spirit spring.

From then on, every trip brought a bumper catch and every day a full hold, leaving both his body and his wallet immensely satisfied.

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One day, Jie Yanzhou went fishing with his spirit-spring bait and reeled in a male merfolk.

-A breathtakingly beautiful, three-meter-long merman on a secret mission for the Anomaly Management Bureau.

He was also Jie Yanzhou's lifelong nemesis, the most competitive overachiever in their entire merfolk clan.

After they glared at each other for a moment, his nemesis nodded and headed for the opposite shore.

Half an hour later, Jie Yanzhou reeled him in again.

Jie Yanzhou: "..."

His nemesis: "..."

What an ill-fated connection.

As two mermen both making their way in human society,

Jie Yanzhou and Xin Cang gradually grew closer and became meal buddies.

Jie Yanzhou cooked, and Xin Cang helped out.

Boiled fish, grilled fish, smoked fish, sashimi...

With the help of his spirit-spring bait, Jie Yanzhou, whose fishing skills had been mediocre since childhood, got to sample every kind of delicious fish.

Jie Yanzhou had always assumed Xin Cang visited so often because he couldn't get merfolk food in human society.

Until one day, when they woke up in the same bed, leaving Jie Yanzhou staring blankly.

One careless slip, and his ass was forfeit!

So when Xin Cang said he wanted a stake in his fish-raising venture, this was where he meant to put it!!!

Theme: Life's true flavor lies in simple pleasures.