{EDITED: 8:00, 04.04.2025}

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  Chapter 1 - Blind Date

  Alpha, Beta, Omega, Mermaid…

  The nobles have difficulty in procreation. Even the Omegas have difficulty in giving birth to their children. However, Merfolks have higher compatibility with them.1

  As a result, a lot of people of various genders have undergone Mermaid Transformation Surgery.

  Yu Qing, an Omega who hides his mermaid identity, thinks that he can live a stable and ordinary life.

  At this moment, he's sitting in a café and very much eager to spsh the person opposite him with a cup of hot coffee.

  “We’re not suitable. You're poor and I'm poor. We can't live in a room smaller than someone else's storage room.” The person who spoke was Yu Qing’s senior schoolmate. An Alpha. And it was the other party who pursued Yu Qing first. How many years have he been working and mingling in the society that he’s still blinded by the grandeur of the world? “I'm going to do the Mermaid Transformation Surgery. If you encounter any trouble, maybe you can still come and find me.”

  Merfolks are even more popur than Omegas, simply just because of having a better genetic compatibility match rate with the nobles. And the ease of which the merfolks can conceive children for the powerful nobles.

  Originally, Alphas have difficulty with conceiving children and the chances of birth is almost zero. However, if they undergo Mermaid Transformation Surgery, the pregnancy rate of a Mermaid Alpha would increase, sometimes much better than Omegas.

  That's why this senior dared to say that to Yu Qing.

  Another thing that the senior didn't tell Yu Qing, is that he's a transmigrator that knows the future plotline. Becoming a Mermaid is the King’s path2, and the Omega in front of him is just a passerby simir to a cannon fodder. As long as he becomes a mermaid, he will have a good life in the future.

  “No.” Yu Qing stood up. “Suddenly, I feel that a loner like me is much more suited to marry into a rich household. I don't have aunts or uncles. Nor do I have extreme retives…”

  “You're going to have a Mermaid Transformation Surgery?” This made the senior’s eyes open wide. One must know that Yu Qing himself is already very beautiful. He had a lot of pursuers back then in school. “Don't. An Omega’s body is already weak. You originally can conceive children, so why bother?”

  The senior, who acquired the memory of the original owner of the body, didn't want Yu Qing to undergo Mermaid Transformation Surgery. He doesn't want to add a strong competitor for himself. Mermaid Omegas are more popur than Mermaid Alphas. Fortunately, he's a transmigrator who knows about the future plotline. But it's still needed to avoid unnecessary trouble, such as the person in front of him.

  “Heh.” Yu Qing turned around and left. Doing what transformation surgery!

  I won't! He was originally a mermaid with an inherited legacy. He could freely transform between his legs and his mermaid tail. Unlike those transformed mermaids who could only rely on medicinal potion to change forms. He himself is also different from those natural mermaids.

  Those natural mermaids can freely change between their tails and legs but it can't be maintained for a long time.

  And Yu Qing can maintain his legs for a longer period of time, which is something no one has discovered yet.

  Yu Qing felt that he was really unlucky. The Alphas he met were either scum or an incompetent.

  Previously, he had pnned to agree to a marriage proposal from a nobleman. But that nobleman couldn't get through with his family and got engaged3 instead. And that nobleman’s fiancé even asked him to hunt him(YQ) down and kill him. He managed to escape and change his identity to study in another school. With a huge student popution, it's a suitable pce for finding a partner. But in the end, this one is even more incompetent than the st one and even went to undergo mermaid transformation surgery.

  Damn it. He's got problems with mermaids.

  Yu Qing thought that God must have wanted for him to marry into a wealthy family or a nobleman. Otherwise, how could he have met such a scumbag and an incompetent person.

  “Yu Qing. I advise you to marry as soon as possible. Last time, if I hadn't stopped you, you could have been ruined.” The senior said loudly. “You could avoid those unspoken rules st time, but what about next time?”

  “No more hiding!” Yu Qing said. As for those fat-bellied vulgar people who want to scheme against him, they better be wary of him spping them with his tail.

  After leaving the café, Yu Qing went to the Genetic Management Bureau and registered to apply for a genetic compatibility match. Specifying the matched person in the form: Noble.

  When the staff saw the filled application form of Yu Qing, they internally sighed. How could such an outstanding beauty be a gold-digging Omega?

  “It's required to pay the security deposit of one million yuan first.” The staff worked in accordance with the regutions.

  Too many people wanted to marry a noble. So the Bureau? issued a policy of paying a deposit first to qualify for a genetic compatibility match with a noble.

  If a match was made and the noble was willing to marry the commoner, the deposit would be returned. Otherwise the deposit will remain withheld. If there are no nobles matched within ten years, the deposits would be returned to the state. Of course, merfolks don’t have to pay a deposit.

  “Do mermaids have to pay?” Yu Qing asked.

  “No need.” The staff replied.

  “...” Yu Qing thinks that this evil capitalist aristocratic society is really damn unequal. Isn't this taking advantage of non-mermaids?

  So Yu Qing silently retrieved the application form and checked the box for the mermaid. Asking for some kind of deposit which he didn't have. All he has is his hard earned two hundred thousand yuan from working both full-time and part-time jobs for several years. He is reluctant to give it up. Even if he did, it's not even enough to pay the deposit.

  The staff looked at the application form again and checked Yu Qing's ID, “It doesn't match.”

  Don't think that you can get away from paying the deposit by checking the mermaid box!

  “Do you want me to show you my tail?” Yu Qing said seriously.

  “Okay!” The staff replied seriously. They have encountered too many situations like this. If they have the ability to change forms, then change. If they did really change into mermaid then the staff will let them qualify.

  In the end, Yu Qing successfully applied for the restricted noble genetic compatibility matching. But he also encountered the people from the Mermaid Protection Association.

  The staff’s line of thought was simple. Damn, a mermaid slipped through the net. Have to report it to the police immediately.

  The staff from the Association? acted immediately. They promptly changed Yu Qing's ID information after conducting various inspections, and stamped Yu Qing with the SSS-Level Mermaid seal.

  “Don't worry, we will definitely look for a great nobleman for you!” said the Association staff. “With your level you can definitely get married!”

  With such a high level, a high physical fitness, a Mermaid Omega identity and a high fertility rate. He’s definitely going to become a Madam of a proper wealthy household.

  “...” Yu Qing suddenly doubted whether his decision was correct. Why do I find these people looking silly and stupid? Can they do the job well? Anyway, he is prepared to become a money-worshiping mermaid.

  In less than an hour, the nobles knew that an SSS-Level Mermaid Omega had appeared. And each one of them started gearing up to rush.

  However, reality is always cruel. Before these nobles could even appear in front of Yu Qing with flowers in their arms, a high-ranking aristocrat, who is rumored to be sexually frigid, received a genetic compatibility matching document from the Genetic Management Bureau.

  [Congratutions, Your Excellency. You have been matched with a mermaid with a rate of 99.9%]

  The first thing Lei Meng thought was that this is another fraudulent text message. Who didn't know that he has a high level Psychic Ability, and that his genetic compatibility match rates were always in the single digits. Barely in the double digits nor in the tens. More than a dozen have bribed the Bureau for a fraudulent compatibility match. And the actual matching rate is always the same, horribly low.

  “Malicious!”? Lei Meng would rather trust his nose than the Bureau.

  There are a few times when he vaguely detected an Omega pheromone with a high compatibility match rate with his pheromones. Sadly, the pheromone’s fragrance was mild and disappeared so quickly that he couldn't find it.

  Being with someone solely based on pheromones alone is a very foolish dispy of action as well.

  There's no way I'm believing this!

  Still, Lei Meng called someone from the Bureau. What do they mean by 99.9%? They should just find him a wife according to the photo he gave!

  “...” The Genetic Management Bureau Director. You old bachelor?. If there's really a White Moonlight, why don't you go and look for it? What does this have to do with our Bureau?

  But the person in the photo looks a bit familiar. Where have I seen him before?

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  Footnotes:

  1 - T/N: the raws only said 'mermaids are a good match' but I found it cking so it was transted the way it is.

  2 - T/N: deepL and google both transted this to 'mermaids are king', but the in the original it is 人魚才是王道. It includes 道 or dao which means road or path. Hence the transtion.

  I was so tempted to transte this as 'I believe in Mermaid Supremacy!' instead of king's path T^T

  3 - T/N: in the raws, deepL and google transted the word as 'caught', but based on the context clues on the paragraph, I have taken the liberty to change it to 'engaged' instead as it would be much more understandable than 'caught'.

  4 - T/N: there are times that I would shorten GMB into bureau, it's cumbersome to keep typing genetic management bureau ??

  Although it would only appear mostly in the early chapters, there's a lot of it ??

  5 - T/N: the same reason to shorten MPA to just Association like GMB

  6 - T/N: the mtl transted this as 'prank' but there were other choices. And based on the context and on my few understanding of how organizations work, I opted with 'malicious' because of the negative connotation.

  And would someone really prank a person using the matchmaking program of the government?? especially on a high-ranking official?? I for one don't think so.

  7 - T/N: the sentence was 'you old single dog' but was transted to bachelor since that is the term for single men in English.

  I will try to make sure that the english transtion would be understandable while maintaining the author's style.