My Pure-Love Story Went Viral in a Restricted Novel

My new novel, The Dead Husbands Keep Coming Back, is about to start updating. Please come check it out, cuties! The blurb is at the very bottom!

Blurb: Ji Xiaocha transmigrates into an explicit novel set in a world with far more males than females.

And becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end.

Determined to change her fate, Ji Xiaocha decides to stay away from the male and female leads, only to receive a notice informing her of an enormous tax on single women.

It turns out that in this world, the male-to-female ratio is an astonishing 10,000 to 1. Females are treated exceptionally well in every aspect of society.

But once they reach adulthood, they must marry at least three male husbands. Otherwise, they will either be forced into a marriage or face a hefty tax for staying single.

Ji Xiaocha is desperate.

To avoid being forced to mate, she starts writing web novels to make money.

Though this world of explicit fiction is wildly over the top, its cultural life is utterly barren.

To them, romance means exchanging a glance and then immediately giving in to passion.

A romantic storyline? There isn't one at all.

Ji Xiaocha: What if I bring out a pure-love novel? Won't you horny readers lose your minds?

She gets straight to work and opens her laptop.

[After years of secretly loving the girl of my dreams, I unexpectedly discover a photo of myself hidden in her notebook.]

Male beastfolk readers comment:

[Are you dreaming? Females are so rare, they can barely find time to favor all the male beasts. How could one secretly love you?]

[Haha, another beastfolk who's gone crazy from longing for a female. Go wash up and get some sleep.]

[...Wait, something's wrong. We're already on chapter two. Why haven't they slept together yet?]

Later

[Waaah, is this the power of pure love?]

[Damn you, author! What did you put in this story? There's not even a kissing scene, but why am I so hot?]

Ignoring the controversy, Ji Xiaocha keeps writing.

Miss: Devoted guard-dog boxer x proud catlike young lady

[His father is a gambling addict, his grandfather is gravely ill, and his younger brother is still in school. He scrapes together money by fighting underground boxing matches. Life is so dark he can't see a glimmer of hope, until the young lady appears.]

Adoptive Father: Gentle seahorse adoptive father x daughter stoat

[His "daughter" is getting married. As her adoptive father, I personally accompany her to choose a husband. She rejects every one of them, and at last her gaze falls on me.]

White Moonlight: Cold CEO's substitute spider x laid-back otter

[When my wife's white moonlight returns to the planet, I voluntarily step aside and give up my place as her husband. But she refuses to sign the divorce papers.]

After one hit novel after another, Ji Xiaocha finally pays off her enormous single tax.

When she looks up, she realizes she's surrounded by people.

They watch her like predators, hemming her in with no room to escape.

The insecure, long-eared gray rabbit heir: "Xiaocha, I'm useless apart from my money. All I can do is offer you this and beg you to let me become one of your husbands, okay?"

The young heir's gentle, aloof white fox stepfather: "Xiaocha, my son is inexperienced and clueless about how to please a female, but I'm different."

The proud, down-on-his-luck wolfdog she picked up by the roadside: "Ji Xiaocha, I'll work hard to climb to the top, until I'm worthy of becoming your stepping stone."

The domineering black snake marshal: "I'll wipe away every rule that displeases you."

The mechanical monster that destroyed a planet in the original novel: "Master, the fate of this planet, whether it is destroyed or allowed to endure, rests in your hands."

Note: The heroine will not marry three male husbands at the same time.

[Upcoming Novel] The Dead Husbands Keep Coming Back

For all of her 27 years, Xi Bianxia has lived by the rules.

Her one act of rebellion was rushing into marriage with a man she'd only recently met.

Her husband was refined and handsome, gentle and wealthy, and endlessly considerate toward her.

Sadly, their happiness didn't last. Her husband died in a car accident, leaving her alone to face the vast fortune he'd left behind.

And his strange family.

When they first met, her husband's eldest brother didn't even spare her a glance. His contempt and disdain seemed to seep from his very bones.

Her husband's second brother had a remarkably handsome face and was impeccably polite to her, but beneath that cultured manner lay nothing but schemes to get his hands on the inheritance.

Her husband's fourth brother was young but vicious, calling her a gold-digging woman the moment he opened his mouth and demanding she give up her right to inherit.

Even the housekeeper, driver, and servants at the old family mansion looked down on her, the widow, both openly and behind her back.

All they cared about was the enormous fortune she'd inherited.

But gradually, she realized something was wrong.

The eldest brother, who had treated her like an insect, pulled her into his burning embrace and shielded her with his body from the rain, kissing the damp ends of her hair. "Sister-in-law, forget him. Come with me."

The coldest and most distant second brother not only clung to her like a sticky spider's web, but even secretly hid the personal items she'd used. "Sister-in-law, did he get to taste you, too?"

The fourth brother, who'd called her a gold digger at every turn, suddenly became unnaturally well-behaved and asked ingratiatingly, "Sister-in-law, can I call you baby?"

The housekeeper, driver, bodyguards, gardener, and even the maids... Everyone began watching her with eyes that seemed almost physically damp.

Xi Bianxia was horrified.

*

Song Shizhang is a household name in City A. Though terminally ill, he is ruthless, decisive, and merciless, constantly expanding his business empire by devouring his competitors. He is a veritable tyrant of the business world.

Whenever the financial news mentions him, it does so with a mixture of dread and regret.

The servants who work for Song Shizhang also complain about his unpredictable temperament.

And yet a man this awful managed to marry a wonderful wife who could put up with all his flaws.

His wife even praised him as considerate and gentle?

Fortunately, heaven had eyes. Song Shizhang died in a car accident, leaving behind a fortune big enough to unleash a storm of bloodshed.

As everyone looked on coldly, waiting to see Xi Bianxia get crushed by the wealthy family's schemes and meet a miserable end, the news headlines exploded

[Song Family's Eldest Son Kisses His Sister-in-Law in the Pouring Rain]

[Song Family's Second Son Falls in Love, Spends a Fortune to Make His Younger Brother's Wife Smile]

[Song Family's Fourth Son Fails to Win His Sister-in-Law's Heart, Gets Drunk and Throws Up Blood]

Everyone: ???!!!

*

When Song Shizhang regains consciousness after the car accident, he has become a bizarre monster, something even he can't identify.

Like a wisp of smoke, he clings to his wife's side, watching her cry for him, grieving until her eyes turn red.

It pains him, and he relishes it.

His wife loves him. She looks so beautiful crying for him.

Until the Song family members barge in.

He watches helplessly as his brothers, whom he hates to the depths of his soul, go from plotting against his wife for their own ends to falling hopelessly in love with her.

Song Shizhang's eyes brim with murderous fury, his hatred blotting out the sky.

On a stormy night, he steps through filthy puddles as icy blood trickles down his pale face.

His wife sees him and falls to the ground in shock.

Song Shizhang smiles with feverish madness, pressing his bloodstained cheek against hers.

"Bianxia, you can only be my wife."

Theme: Surviving adversity and pursuing the light.