Zou Chunxue is the protagonist and the submissive lead of the danmei novel Spring Mischief.
He is delicate and beautiful, the kind of man who makes other men fall for him at a glance.
His family is poor, his parents died young, and he has a tragic past.
He is kind and innocent. Even after people from a neighboring town trick him into marrying a sick woman, and she dies just days after the wedding, he insists on mourning her without a single complaint.
During the mourning period, his life is turned upside down.
His beauty, kind heart, and fragility attract many powerful men who take what they want by force.
They force him, imprison him, and threaten him with the bones of his dead wife.
All he can do is cling desperately to his late wife's spirit tablet and endure the pain...
How pitiful.
Cheng Lingxi thought. But she didn't pity Zou Chunxue. She pitied herself, because...
She had transmigrated into the body of Zou Chunxue's wife, who was supposed to die young!!!
Looking at the handsome man beside the bed, his face alight with joy because she had woken up, Cheng Lingxi had only one thought:
Once she recovered, she would divorce him!
To keep herself safe until the divorce, Cheng Lingxi did her best to stop the original story's male leads from meeting Zou Chunxue.
Maybe she did too good a job. They really never crossed paths with him.
Cheng Lingxi breathed a sigh of relief. Their life kept getting better, while Zou Chunxue was always flirting with her, both openly and in secret.
She began to waver, became his wife in truth, and gave up on the idea of divorce.
But the good times didn't last. One day, she came home to find the most unhinged prince from the original story sitting in the courtyard, surrounded by his guards.
What was meant to happen had finally arrived. She walked over to him in trepidation.
The prince said coldly, "Divorce him."
Cheng Lingxi nodded like a frightened quail.
"Then come with me."
Cheng Lingxi: "What?!"
That can't be right!
Content warnings:
1. The male lead is Zou Chunxue, a pure-hearted virgin and a staunch heterosexual. The ending is one-on-one.
2. All male supporting characters are virgins. One is bisexual, but the female lead turns him straight.
3. A male supporting character will try to force the female lead into a relationship.
4. Some male supporting characters are powerful and awful people. The author will kill them off.
5. The male lead is rather delicate early on, but grows stronger later.
6. There are no depictions of intimacy between men in this novel.
7. At its core, this is a story about men competing for a woman.
Theme: Only by making yourself stronger can you become immune to all harm
