The Frail Little Husband

I don't want to live, but I don't want to die, either.

Gu Maoqing was a modern-day patient with depression. On his way to a follow-up appointment at the hospital, he died in a car accident.

When he opened his eyes, he had become the sixth son of the Gu family. His father didn't care for him, his mother didn't love him, and everything around him was unfamiliar. Now he wanted to die even more.

Then some big, dumb guy insisted on marrying him. B-but he's straight!

Zhou Bai held out a strip of dried meat. Gu Maoqing didn't take it. He wasn't going to fall for a few petty handouts.

His older sister had said that when you meet someone you like, you have to sell yourself like you're hawking goods.

"I'm a hunter. If you marry me, I'll hunt game for you every day. I'm strong, so I'll do all the heavy work around the house. I can wash clothes, cook, clean, and sew. And I'll give you all the money we earn." Zhou Bai rattled it all off, but the young man before him only stared at the dried meat in his hand.

"If I say no, can I still have the dried meat?" Gu Maoqing was craving meat.

"Of course." No one could bring themselves to refuse those big, watery eyes.

Gu Maoqing chewed on the dried meat and asked indistinctly, "Did you make this?" It was pretty tasty.

"I did." Then Zhou Bai added stiffly, "I can make other things, too."

As he ate, Gu Maoqing thought, It doesn't matter who I marry, so I might as well marry this tall guy. If I'm going to die, I should eat my fill first. Even fighting ghosts in the underworld takes strength.

"Fine, then come ask for my hand."

"R-really?" Zhou Bai stammered. In a single second, he'd gone from hell to heaven.

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Pu Luo was a poor scholar who dreamed every day of passing the imperial exams. He wasn't diligent or clever, yet thought highly of himself. The moment a young lady so much as glanced at him, he started planning to marry into a wealthy family.

He thought he was a catch. After all, he was a scholar! If word got out that he was looking for a match, he was sure countless girls would want to marry him.

Half a month passed, and he didn't even see a matchmaker.

Unable to quench his desires, Pu Luo could only turn to romance stories for amusement. Lately, he was especially fond of tales about fox spirits and scholars.

One night, after admiring flowers and drinking with a friend, he wandered into a peach grove and saw a woman (a man) bathing in the water, as beautiful as a goddess descended to earth. He was overcome by the urge to defile the divine, so he went into the water to steal a kiss. Little did he know that a wolf was dressed in sheep's clothing. He was the one who got pounced on, and ended up entangled with a demon lord.

Pu Luo's pristine body was thoroughly defiled. He hated Pei Shenzhi with all his might and was just thinking about revenge when the demon lord scared him into dropping to his knees and apologizing.

A wise man knows when to yield. Pu Luo reluctantly accepted their arrangement as patron and kept man, waiting for the day Pei Shenzhi grew tired of him so he could leave and never look back. He never expected to become trapped, with no way out.

This hatred will never end. Pu Luo crept about in the shadows, timidly becoming Pei Shenzhi's plaything, waiting for good news and for the day Pei Shenzhi fell from power.

He waited and waited. He watched Pei Shenzhi rise to high office and become more powerful than ever. He waited until his belly grew round. Wait, that's not right. How did he get pregnant?!

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