I Am No Ordinary Fish

A golden scale belongs not in a pond—given wind and rain, it transforms into a dragon. When his stepmother's daughter moved in, she was the untouchable school beauty who made his heart race. But behind closed doors, she crushed him beneath her heel like a dog. Refusing to drown in humiliation, he clawed his way from the mud to the dragon gate. Now he commands boundless wealth and stands at the summit, repaying kindness with loyalty and scorn with indifference. Yet watching her silhouette fade into the distance stirs an ache he never expected—proof that some wounds cut deeper than ambition can…