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Three hundred years after the apocalypse began, the hunters of the Agency pursued the source of madness and mutation, hoping to find and destroy it and end this nightmare for all humanity.
Dong Chi and Ling Zheyuan, the Agency's chief hunter, registered their marriage.
An outer-city resident, considered "contaminated" and shunned, had somehow managed to land the inner city's hottest rising star. Endless criticism, opposition, and speculation about hidden motives all turned into suggestive whispers after a wedding photo leaked. In it, the chief had an arm around the "outer-city resident's" waist, while the latter seemed indifferent, his eyes lowered to the bouquet in his arms.
Because unparalleled beauty is the most precious bargaining chip in the world, powerful enough to bridge every chasm of status, self-interest, and reason.
People talked about love at first sight as if it were only natural. Even the cold-blooded enforcer, rumored to be so stern and rigid, had apparently fallen prey. With pity or malice, they speculated about the shelf life of this "true love."
The answer was ten months, and Dong Chi knew it all too well.
Because this was nothing more than a contract marriage in which each got what they needed.
There were no feelings involved. He had agreed to serve as a shield so he could get a convenient identity, while the chief really was, just as the rumors claimed, completely uninterested in worldly desires. All he wanted was to find and kill the legendary Big Bad of the apocalypse.
...Until Dong Chi awakened and realized he might be that very Big Bad.
#The fake scandal is that he used his looks to climb the ladder, the real scandal is that he'll destroy the world#
#They got bound to their nemesis without knowing it, and now have to cling to each other in public every day#
Dong Chi: ...Can I still use "too much stress" as an excuse to divorce him and run away?
To stay alive, Dong Chi had no choice but to keep the truth from his live-in partner and desperately look for another way out.
To do that, he had to lie about where he was going, trespass into restricted areas, practice medicine without a license, become an urban legend (?), take over the leader of a cult (??), and land at the top of the dangerous persons wanted list (???).
His public identity was playing the loving spouse alongside the chief; his secret identity was sabotaging the chief's missions, disrupting his plans, and being hunted by him.
It was a high-stakes balancing act, dangerous every step of the way, yet somehow he made it to the end without blowing his cover...right?
One day, after the conflict had settled, Dong Chi was sunbathing on the balcony when the chief came home early from overtime, hoping to sneak in unnoticed.
A beautiful monster, dwelling in a tiny man-made space and bearing wings like ice crystals... It started in surprise and turned around, sunlight scattering like crushed diamonds as its gemstone eyes glittered.
Everyone knew not to disturb a dream, for dreams were horribly evil. They were the source of filth and mutation, a trap that drove people mad and left nothing but corpses.
Facing his nemesis, the chief instinctively grabbed the remote that closed the balcony skylight to prevent an escape.
Facing his nemesis, Dong Chi instinctively pulled out the promise the chief had signed when they married: "I will be responsible, forever faithful, and never use violence against you."
"..."
"…"
"Who was it that said, when he ran away from home, that he'd thrown this piece of trash out with the rings ages ago?" the chief asked calmly.
...Anyway, the next day, the chief went to work with cat scratches all over his face.
His wedding ring was still firmly on his finger.
*Pairing: Ling Zheyuan (top) x Dong Chi (bottom). Enemy factions, multiple identities, marriage before love. Focused on the bottom's perspective, one-on-one romance throughout, happy ending.
*The protagonist isn't human. His beauty is on the level of a fantastical creature, the kind that can cause mental trauma.
*The title and blurb may change frequently during the pre-publication period, but the central premise won't change.
Theme: Work hard and be a good person
