The next book is titled The Villain Is Forced to Be the Dragon-Pride Protagonist's Virtuous Wife. The blurb is at the very bottom. Please add it to your library!
Yu Xing woke up to find himself transmigrated as a young stepmother in a wealthy family. Her newlywed husband dropped dead on the spot, leaving behind a vast fortune and a gloomy stepson, Ji Huang, who was only a few years younger than him and confined to a wheelchair.
Then the apocalypse arrived. Her husband was dead, the fortune was gone, and the zombies were here.
Yu Xing's only lifeline was a card-drawing System bound to his stepson's will to survive.
However...
Looking at Ji Huang's useless legs and his indifferent eyes, as lifeless as still water and utterly uninterested in everything...
Yu Xing discovered in despair that his cheap son didn't seem to want to live at all!
The System panel was dark. Card draws remaining: zero.
With difficulty, clumsily, and with all his effort, Yu Xing took a disabled man across the wasteland in search of a chance to survive.
He painstakingly rummaged through ruins and corpses, scraping his fingers raw as he dug out half a bottle of water and a small piece of food. Again and again, he evaded zombies and raiders, then returned to Ji Huang, battered and filthy.
"Ji Huang! Dinner's ready!" "Ji Huang! Look at our new blanket!" "Ji Huang, we're going to survive!"
Ji Huang raised his lifeless-looking eyes and asked indifferently, "You really want to live?"
Yu Xing: Of course I want to live TvT!
The System remained dead silent. Ji Huang, on the other hand, though weary of the world, still used his remaining connections and wealth to keep Yu Xing safe.
Hugging the empty System panel, Yu Xing fell into thought. Could it be... that the System was broken?
Then, without warning, their shelter collapsed, and a horde of zombies surged inside.
Grinning savagely, the raiders surrounded Yu Xing and reached out for him.
Ji Huang's pupils contracted. He shielded Yu Xing with his body, gripping the wheelchair's metal armrests so hard that they twisted out of shape.
In that instant, his overwhelming fear of losing Yu Xing crushed everything else.
[Ding! The bound target's will to survive has been detected! Emergency protocol activated! SSR skill "Flash Step" forcibly used.]
Their supplies gradually grew plentiful, life no longer seemed hopeless, and Ji Huang's legs slowly began to recover. But his possessiveness toward Yu Xing grew just as wildly as his will to survive.
"What did you trade to get that food?"
"Did you smile at them again today?"
"Who was the person who brought you home? Where did my new coat come from? Which hand did he touch you with?"
Ji Huang hated being disabled. He hated everyone who took Yu Xing home.
He feared anything Yu Xing brought back, suspecting every supply came from some dirty bargain.
He greedily soaked up the warmth and vitality Yu Xing brought him, yet grew mad with jealousy at the covetous looks directed Yu Xing's way.
In their new home after the apocalypse, the lights were off.
Yu Xing had barely stepped inside when a powerful force yanked him into an embrace. A familiar scent surrounded him, while an unrestrained strength held him captive.
The darkness heightened every sensation. Ji Huang's breath was scorching as he buried his face against Yu Xing's neck and asked in a low, strained voice,
"Will you leave me one day, too?"
Yu Xing stared blankly and waved the top-grade medical card he'd just drawn. "Mm-hmm, I won't leave! Look, this can heal your legs!"
Ji Huang tightened his arms around him, engraving that promise into his bones.
You will never leave me.
Clumsy, slow-witted, optimistic, universally adored stepmom VS gloomy, possessive, world-weary disabled stepson
Works hard to raise the kid and draw cards
[Cold-blooded, ambitious villain bottom VS seemingly gentle but secretly ruthless dragon-pride protagonist top]
Fu Xuanjue was a peerless tyrant, sinister and cunning, with the world in his grasp. He was just one step away from crushing the protagonist's group and establishing his own hegemony, but he failed at the final hurdle and died, body and soul destroyed.
When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the beginning of the story and was bound to a ridiculous "Virtuous Wife System"!
System: [Ding! The Host's intense resentment has been detected. Binding successful! Mission objective: assist the chosen one, Ye Chen, in reaching the pinnacle! Mission failure: the Host's soul will be annihilated!]
Fu Xuanjue: ...Assist who?! Ye Chen, the man who pulverized my bones and scattered them to the winds?!
Even more absurdly, he had become Ye Chen's insignificant fiancee, the future "virtuous first wife" in the harem of a dragon-pride protagonist?!
Once a great villain who could command the winds and rain, he was now forced to tie on an apron, wash his hands and make soup, manage the protagonist's household, smooth things over with his admirers, handle his relationships, and keep up a fake smile of "virtue and good manners."
Fu Xuanjue sneered inwardly. Excellent. You want me to assist you, and fatten you up in the process? I'll assist you "properly"! The day you reach your peak will be the day I steal your fortune and rise again!
So he helped Ye Chen clear away obstacles, frantically racked up "virtuous wife" points to redeem System rewards, and secretly laid out a world-shaking scheme.
But as he watched the once-green Ye Chen rise at a terrifying speed under his "assistance," going from suspicious of him to dependent on him, his gaze growing more and more heated...
Fu Xuanjue suddenly sensed something was wrong.
Why did the protagonist look at him less like a virtuous wife and more like... the one he loved?
And what happened to the promised womanizing dragon-pride protagonist? Why had he quietly "persuaded" every one of his admirers to leave?!
Ye Chen (smiling tenderly as he wraps an arm around his waist): My wife has devoted herself to me. Having one confidant in this life is enough. Why would I need anyone else?
Fu Xuanjue (frozen): ...W-wait a minute! This was not part of my revenge or my plan to rise again! System! The story isn't going according to plan!
System: [Ding! Target's affection MAX, dependence MAX. Congratulations, Host, on completing the hidden mission "Capture One Sincere Heart from the Dragon-Pride Protagonist"! Reward... release from binding?]
Fu Xuanjue: ??? Is it still in time to run?
Ye Chen (chuckling as he tightens his embrace): My virtuous "wife" and loving mother, where do you think you're going?
Theme: Live life with optimism
The author's writing is very good, and it makes me feel sad to read it. I didn't quite understand why Yu Xing decided to choose Ji Huang before, and the reason was given at the end. But this reason made me feel confused. After reading it, I thought that Yu Xing chose Ji Huang because Ji Huang needed him at the beginning. Then, guided by the sense of need, Yu Xing developed a liking for him and made his choice. Other people are often more dominant in getting along with Yu Xing and cannot make Yu Xing feel needed. In addition, the emotional bond is indeed not that deep.
The world is so malicious to our two babies 😭
Will you update it again? I thought this one was really good before. I wanted to gain weight and watch it again, but found that it has been a long time since I updated it 😭
When will it be updated [cat head]
It's been more than a month, haven't you updated yet? 🤔
This is a bit low, the ratio of sincerity is really questionable [Good Luck Lotus]
Too bad, Xiao Yu could have been childhood sweethearts with Ji Huang, but Ji Chengyuan stole her!
Wife, please pay attention to your health 🥺, the writing is really beautiful
I can't do it anymore [bursts into tears]. Why did I think I was done writing it? How many plots do we have left? 🥺
It looks good, keep writing 💪 💪 💪