The Empire’s youngest S-rank Alpha general is getting married, to a lowly, vain Beta who is all looks and considers himself above everyone else.
A Beta of low rank, born in the slums, with a sky-high sense of self-worth and a life as fragile as paper, who seems to struggle even to walk. The only thing exceptional about him is his beautiful face, almost unreal, and the way he looks in a wedding dress, like a fragile porcelain doll.
After their wedding, the general dotes on his Beta, but is killed in an accident during an operation to eradicate space pirates, leaving no body behind.
On the day of the funeral, the Beta sobs uncontrollably, tears streaming down his face.
His frail figure, wrapped in black, and his pitiful air catch the eye of the Imperial Marshal, who has come to pay his respects.
Grateful for the service of his capable subordinate, the Marshal looks after his Beta spouse.
One thing leads to another, and soon they end up in bed.
The Beta marries again, and everyone says how lucky he is to have climbed another branch to a higher perch.
The Marshal’s nephew, a young duke, has plenty to say about it.
The ambition in the Beta’s eyes is foolishly obvious. He can’t believe his respected uncle hasn’t seen through him. The man is as shallow as they come.
He hates the way the Beta smiles at his uncle with such tender affection even more. And he hates the way the Beta seems to be seducing everyone, everywhere, at every moment.
He’s a Beta, yet even more beguiling than an Omega.
Until the night his Marshal uncle goes to war against the Zerg and his fate hangs in the balance.
The beautiful Beta sister-in-law’s eyes are red. Her long lashes tremble, veiling her tear-bright gaze. She tugs on his sleeve and softly begs him not to leave.
As he looks into those eyes, he suddenly understands his Marshal uncle.
Wen Zhiqing had never accepted his lot in life. He resented being born with a congenital weakness, and resented it even more when he differentiated as an ordinary Beta.
Why should he die an obscure death in the slums, suffering from a serious illness?
Just then, the System descended from the heavens to turn his fate around.
If he married a high-quality man, he could absorb the other person’s fortune and fate to make up for his congenital weakness.
But this went against the will of heaven, and would leave hidden consequences.
He gave a cold laugh.
Rather than be a good person who wouldn’t live long, he’d rather become a menace reviled for a thousand years!
After a series of schemes, Wen Zhiqing reunited with someone from his past.
He married his childhood friend, now an admiral.
His childhood friend was ruthless and had climbed to the top over the corpses of countless people.
Wen Zhiqing absorbed his life force without an ounce of hesitation.
But when he really heard that his childhood friend had met with an accident, Wen Zhiqing felt a dull ache in his heart and shed a tear.
Then he turned around and started pursuing the more powerful-looking Marshal.
And while he was at it, he won over the younger dog who never seemed to like him.
At last, Wen Zhiqing decided to give up this life after seeing off his third husband, who was a little younger than him.
The more fortune and fate he absorbed, the healthier he became.
His late husbands’ inheritances would be more than he could spend in his next life.
Everyone who saw him had to smile and respectfully address him as the noble Duchess.
Life as a widower was simply perfect.
On the day the System left him, Wen Zhiqing met a man.
He looked so much like his first late husband.
The man caressed his face, his deep, dark eyes reflecting only Wen Zhiqing.
“Qingqing, do you like being other people’s spouse that much?”
Only then did Wen Zhiqing realize what the System had meant by hidden consequences.
It seemed all his late husbands had come back.
The eligible bachelors:
No. 1: Wen Xiangying, his hypocritical, scheming childhood sweetheart
No. 2: Shen Hongyuan, the classic patriarchal Marshal
No. 3: Shen Yiran, the sharp-tongued young Duke who talks tough and is even tougher in bed
Before you read:
1. All three late husbands will appear later. The story is one-on-one in each phase, with strong everyone-loves-the-protagonist vibes and very intense romantic interest.
2. None of the characters are paragons of virtue.
3. This is written to indulge the author’s personal tastes. There will very likely be extreme submissive-protagonist tropes, wife-like-protagonist fiction, and similar content.
4. Updates will follow the rankings before serialization, then become daily after serialization begins.
Theme: There’s no such thing as something for nothing in life. You have to create your own miracles.
