The Most Popular One in a Tragic Novel

[I'm sorry, but I've decided to stop updating this novel. It will automatically be taken off sale and refunded to your account in three months. For details, see the pinned announcement below.] [Pre-release: A Reverse Harem Love Triangle, "After I Was Widowed, They All..." ] Ruan Ying awakened to the truth: she was a disposable extra in an angsty novel. In the original story, she had breathtaking beauty and should have become a great beauty pursued by powerful men from all sides, setting off a storm of blood and fury. But when she was twelve, an accident caused a fire that left burn scars on half her face. After that, she became timid, insecure, and cowardly. People mocked her for being ugly, and she was constantly troubled by nightmares. She dreamed not only that her family would arrange her marriage to a tycoon with tremendous power and influence, but also that she would be miserable in her marriage and die young. Her future husband, Gu Zhengqing, had been confined to a wheelchair with a sickly face ever since a car accident. He despised her, yet chose to spend every day and night in intimate closeness with her. Afraid that her dreams would come true, Ruan Ying desperately wanted to escape her home. But she had already fallen into a trap, surrounded by wolves, with pair after pair of eyes watching her hungrily. * Ruan Ying heard that the young man from Miaojiang who had once helped remove a Gu curse could heal her face, so she deliberately got close to him. But she accidentally ended up with a love Gu planted in her. The young man's somewhat wicked-looking face drew close to hers as he smiled warmly. "Yingying, be good. I'll help you remove the love Gu." Once her face was healed, Ruan Ying finally had a chance to escape. But on the night before she left, her seemingly gentle and refined stepbrother, who was secretly cultivating the Way of Heartlessness in the book, caught her and dragged her back. "Yingying, where are you going? Are you trying to leave me? Hmm?" His usually restrained and stern face revealed a trace of stubborn, sinister cruelty. The next day, several wealthy young masters who had once mocked her came to propose marriage in person, saying they were willing to form a marriage alliance with Ruan Ying. When they saw one another, they smiled with carefree ease, while their fingertips dug fiercely into their palms. They thought they were the most sophisticated hunters, but before they knew it, they discovered that they were the prey who had walked right into the trap. [Reading Guide] * Includes the Way of Heartlessness, a young man from Miaojiang, and some sect settings, but takes place in a modern setting. * The heroine is adored by everyone, but she's very weak, not a strong female lead. There are many obsessive, completely unhinged men in this story, with coercive romance and male rivalry. Read with caution if these bother you. * Her face will be healed. The author loves watching certain scumbags regret everything, lose their minds, and completely fall apart. * The brothers have no blood relation to the heroine, and will move off her household registration. Pre-release 1: "After I Was Widowed, They All..." Everyone envied Wen Fu. She was born strikingly beautiful, with skin like gleaming snow and brows like distant mountains inked with blue. They said her husband had fallen in love with her at first sight. Her wonderful husband was a billionaire who doted on her, practically worshipping the ground she walked on and granting her every wish. But in truth, Wen Fu was miserable. Her husband was suspicious and paranoid, restricting her movements every day and never letting her show her real face. He even kept an eye on his own younger brother and nephew because of her. Later, her husband took her to an overseas estate. Whenever people spoke of Wen Fu, they looked envious, thinking she had entered Eden. Until her husband met with a catastrophe, dying horribly in the clear blue sky, leaving no body behind. Wen Fu rushed to attend the funeral. Her husband's younger brother, nephew, and several close friends were there, too. They resented Wen Fu, believing she was responsible for everything. The young woman wore a black dress, her long black hair falling over her shoulders, revealing a glimpse of her slender, beautiful neck. She simply lowered her head, a veil covering her eyes. She looked grief-stricken, her delicate shoulders trembling like a fragile flower. It was the first time they had seen Wen Fu's real face, and they were stunned by her breathtaking beauty. Even her tears made people ache for her. At last, free of her husband, Wen Fu felt the joyful newness of being free. She pressed her lips together and lowered her eyes, her shoulders trembling uncontrollably with laughter. But not long after the funeral, she received heartfelt invitations from her husband's former friends, younger brother, and nephew. "Ting Shen/Big Brother/Uncle is gone. It must be hard for you to be alone, right?" Chu Tingshen returned as a vengeful ghost, following his memories back to Wen Fu, only to find his former friends, younger brother, and nephew all surrounding her, fawning over her and even fighting each other. Chu Tingshen flew into a rage. "Are you all treating me like I'm dead?" Pre-release 2: "My Husband Can't Possibly Be Frail and Helpless" On her first day after transmigrating, Jiang Yaoyao was bound to a System and became a married woman. Her husband couldn't carry a burden or lift a hand. He was a consumptive invalid who coughed and wheezed at the slightest effort. "She" was the vain, cruel villainess who bullied her husband, did every kind of wicked thing, and had already started looking for another man before her husband had even died of his illness. That way, her consumptive husband could see through worldly affairs and attain enlightenment, then become a peerless genius renowned throughout the cultivation world under the guidance of a powerful cultivator. As the villainess, of course, she was destined to die horribly. To finish the story and go home as soon as possible, Jiang Yaoyao steeled herself and decided to bully and exploit her consumptive husband. Looking at her husband, who was coughing and wheezing nonstop, Jiang Yaoyao instinctively smiled tenderly and said in a sweet, affectionate manner, "My husband, the medicine is ready. Let me feed it to you." The next second, the bowl of medicine landed squarely on him, soaking his legs. She was already prepared for him to hold a grudge, but to her surprise, her consumptive husband looked at her, his face flushed red. He let out a soft breath and said, "Would tonight work?" Jiang Yaoyao: ??? Seriously, you're already this sick, so why are you still thinking about that kind of stuff every day? Jiang Yaoyao diligently played the villainess, bullying her consumptive husband until his jade-white face turned red every day, and patiently waited for the days to pass. But the great cultivation sect never came. Looking at her husband, who was growing thinner by the day, Jiang Yaoyao decided this couldn't go on. Where was the promised peerless genius? If he didn't practice swordsmanship, how could she go home?! At last, with her guidance, the plot got back on track. But her sickly husband said he wanted to take her with him. The path to immortality was long, and he couldn't bear to leave her home alone. Jiang Yaoyao knew he must hate her to the bone. Fine. As long as the main plot stayed on course, she could keep being a bully and hurry the ending along. Time flew by. Three or five years later, her sickly husband was still frail and helpless. He even told her he really was a good-for-nothing at cultivation and still hadn't broken through the first level of the Qi Refining stage. Jiang Yaoyao's head was full of questions. What kind of joke was this? You were supposed to be the greatest cultivation genius in a thousand years! How could you be a good-for-nothing! Get a grip! At night, he killed demons without blinking, reeking of blood. By day, her sickly husband acted like a good-for-nothing and collapsed into her arms. "Yaoyao, take pity on me. I need your kisses and hugs to get better." Jiang Yaoyao was on the verge of a breakdown. Stop copying my lines! And when are you finally going to finish your cultivation and send me home? Theme: Work hard at life, and things will surely get better.