Li Zhouheng is a pure-blooded straight man: an orphan from a humble background, determined to become an Alpha politician and a domineering protagonist who marries a rich, beautiful woman and lives off her family.
But being a live-in son-in-law is no easy task, so he decides to skip straight to the endgame:
Marry a widow!
That way, he gets a ready-made widow for a wife and inherits her late husband's fortune and orphaned child. What could be better?
Who could have guessed that after going to war, he'd be colonized by a nearly extinct insect race, which implanted itself in his still-undifferentiated reproductive cavity? Strange tentacles writhed beneath the skin of his abdomen.
In a panic, Li Zhouheng sought help.
The regional governor, a widower who had joined the ranks of eligible widows, told him with a knowing smile, "Congratulations, you've become a breeding tool for the insect race. For the Federation's safety, you'll have to use human genetic fluid to overwrite the insect mark."
Li Zhouheng has to carry a human child at all times, or the supposedly extinct insect race might come back to life inside him!
So the refined, dominant Alpha everyone wants to marry is secretly pregnant in his own Alpha body.
Every day, he hides his pregnancy bump and keeps out of sight, terrified that anyone will discover what's happening to him and take his life, and even more afraid that his image as a powerful Alpha will shatter and ruin his future chances at the polls.
The worst part is, every time Li Zhouheng marries an Alpha or Beta, his spouse dies.
Determined to break the curse, he regains his confidence and sets out to find a reliable Omega widow. But the Federation's powerful elites block his path, circle him from behind, and cradle his belly as they say:
"Mom, you're already carrying my child. Why are you still thinking about getting married? Guess who the pretty little widow really is?"
Li Zhouheng breaks out in a cold sweat as he realizes:
He's the one who's inherited the fortunes of countless dead husbands, left with an orphan and a mother, and valued for his exceptionally high fertility!
And the powerful, talented elites of high society are willing to grit their teeth and accept the illegitimate children Li Zhouheng had with other men, all so they can marry him.
# Straight men love a good wife, but get turned into one themselves
A melancholic, resilient little white flower on the surface, adored by everyone, but actually a ruthless, no-holds-barred, controlling demon. A captivating, irresistible wife who is pursued by a harem of men. The men know he's bad luck for husbands but still throw themselves into danger for his allure (not his looks, but his emotional and intellectual prowess).
★ Harem rivalry, with periodic one-on-one pairings in keeping with Jinjiang's requirements. All characters are adults.
★ No insect babies, I'm scared! There will be lots of children. There will be miscarriages of insect babies, as in miscarrying insects. Human babies will not be miscarried. The insect race lays eggs and will not come back to life. 😱
★ Both leads have had previous partners, though some of the love interests are virgins. Zhouheng has no romantic storylines with Omegas; he only marries Alphas and Betas.
★ He will marry twice. His first husband will die.
★ The political system is fictional, and the story is set in space in an imaginary world. Please don't compare it to reality!
Theme: Cherish the fruits of every person's labor.
