Reborn, I Divorced the Dragon-Prince Husband

Shen Qimu was reborn.

In his previous life, he had been frail from birth, with a cold constitution and barely clinging to life.

His parents pitied him and, hoping to prolong his life, forced him to marry a young man as a way to bring him good fortune, without asking his consent.

The young man had androgynous features and exquisite looks. His eyes, however, shone brightly, full of grand ambitions yet unrealized and boundless ambition.

Shen Qimu was certain the young man was destined for greatness. To spare his parents any worry, he laid down three rules and agreed that they would keep each other at arm's length.

After he died, the young man would be free to leave.

The young man agreed, lowering his eyes, though his gaze burned bright.

Feeling sorry that the young man had not chosen this marriage, Shen Qimu treated him very well. He failed to notice the young man's growing ambition and disdain.

It wasn't until his body withered like a dead willow and his parents secretly drugged them, forcing them into a deeply intimate encounter, that the hatred in the young man's eyes could no longer be concealed.

Out of guilt, Shen Qimu granted every request the young man made, but in the end, it led to disaster.

Enemies wiped out his entire family. He fell in a pool of blood, his fading eyes watching the young man, who was supposed to be visiting relatives, appear out of nowhere. Everyone around them respectfully called him "Young Master."

Burdened by regret and resentment, Shen Qimu closed his eyes and sank into eternal sleep.

Only after he died did he learn that he was nothing more than an insignificant early-story punching bag in a dark male-oriented power fantasy.

His husband was the protagonist, a heaven-defying hero who steamrolled his way through the world and reigned supreme throughout the ages.

When the hero had still been mortal, Shen Qimu had subjected him to endless humiliation. After the hero became a god, he dragged Shen Qimu's soul out and tortured and abused him night and day.

Everyone applauded.

When Shen Qimu opened his eyes again, it was his wedding day.

Under the veil, the young man wore a shy expression, his gaze burning bright, with feelings hidden in his eyes that Shen Qimu couldn't understand.

But Shen Qimu no longer wanted to understand.

He gently lifted the young man's veil. As the young man looked at him expectantly, he parted his red lips and spoke in an indifferent voice: "Today, I divorce you. From now on, we'll go our separate ways and have nothing to do with each other."

The young man's flushed face turned deathly pale. His shoulders and back heaved like a dying candle flickering in the wind, and even his clenched teeth began to chatter.

"I won't."

The young man refused to leave, no matter what.

Shen Qimu was at a loss.

He had always been reasonable. The only reason he didn't kill the young man was that the blame wasn't entirely his.

Keeping him in the household to torment him held no appeal. Shen Qimu would only find it disgusting and irritating.

In this life, he'd wanted to set the young man free as soon as possible and let them go their separate ways. But the young man clung to him and refused to leave.

Shen Qimu was fed up and wouldn't give up on divorcing him. His parents, worried about his health, threatened to kill themselves.

With no other choice, Shen Qimu came up with a plan.

The young man was proud and couldn't bear humiliation. Shen Qimu would make him so disgusted that he would leave.

"With your lowly status, you're not fit to be my husband."

Watching the young man's face turn deathly pale, Shen Qimu smiled innocently, then sincerely suggested a way to break his pride. "As it happens, I still need a male concubine."

He thought the arrogant young man, so proud of his talents, would turn and leave. Instead, the young man's eyes filled with unmistakable delight.

Suppressing a tremor in his voice, eyes brimming with tears, he answered willingly, "All right."

Shen Qimu: ...

This isn't how the story is supposed to go.

A frail, gentle, peerlessly beautiful man, determined to divorce his husband after being reborn x a dark male-oriented power fantasy hero who seems innocent and naive but is actually ruthless, vengeful, sinister, and cruel

Happy ending, pursuing his wife through the crematorium, married first, love later

Theme: Perseverance and tenacity are life's finest qualities