Reborn as the Obsessive Scum Attack's Beloved

[Seeking Advance Readers: The end-of-world danmei novel "Zombie Duke" is right next to this one in the author's collection. PS: The gong has severe face blindness and is nonhuman (mentally only) × the shou is immortal and a mutant (not a zombie). The first part is the advance notice blurb.]

[Advance Notice: Zombie Duke]: Rumor has it that the princess of the Kefu Kingdom has returned, dirtier and more disheveled than even the lowest commoner. That night, she knelt outside the palace for two hours, clutching her huge belly, before she was finally allowed inside. There were also rumors that the ailing princess had given birth to a mad child, who learned to walk not long after birth and started performing bizarre, twitchy dances before he could even talk.

When he was forbidden from dancing in the palace, he ran off to dance in the woods.

Before long, the princess died of her illness, and the child was left in the care of the maidservant she had brought back with her. His dances only grew stranger, even frightening.

Seven months later, zombies laid siege to the city. Few survived.

The survivors fled to the Snow Tower Empire, deep in the snowy region. Its people were blessed by the gods and possessed extraordinary abilities. Surely they would save them.

Liancheng Yuanzhi, son of the empire's first general, was leading troops to clear the zombies from the Plains Kingdom when he spotted a slender figure bent over and ravenously devouring something. Frowning, he took an ice arrow from the quiver on his back.

As he loosed it, the boy twitched his ears and turned to look at him.

Liancheng Yuanzhi couldn't make out people's expressions, but he still saw the boy smile at him with clear, bright eyes.

He didn't know that was the look of someone who had set his sights on his prey.

The thirty-third time Mu Yi was shot dead by Liancheng Yazhi, he finally snapped. "I'm pretty good-looking, aren't I, General? How many times now? Even an ant would be familiar by now. Why do you keep shooting me with those arrows?"

Liancheng Yuanzhi frowned. "Do I know you?"

[Novel Blurb] [Highlight: Both leads are virgins]: As the blazing fire filled Luo Tingqing's eyes, his brief, unremarkable life came to an end.

The deafening sound pierced his eardrums, and blood stained his eyes.

Darkness swallowed the red. When light shone through again, Luo Tingqing opened his eyes. Looking at the familiar room, he took a quiet breath.

Xi Chen, are we going to see each other again so soon?

In his previous life, Luo Tingqing and his first and only boyfriend, Xi Chen, had been in a relationship defined by one man's cheating and the other's heartbreak. They had had no contact since their breakup.

Who would have thought that, as soon as Luo Tingqing was reborn, he would do everything in this life that he had never done in either of his two lives?

Sleep with a scumbag, marry a scumbag, and go on a lavish, extravagant honeymoon party with a scumbag...

But,

Could he really get hurt for the scumbag and then stand by unmoved as the scumbag and his first love acted all lovey-dovey?

"Hey, big brother, are these candied hawthorns good? And this butterfly pastry, and this one too. Try them all."

On a bustling snack street, a tall, slender boy in a school uniform and hoodie handed Luo Tingqing one treat after another. His smiling eyes were fixed on Luo Tingqing's slightly puffed-out cheeks.

"Hey, big brother, your takeout is here."

"Hey, big brother, look up."

The lively, puppy-like young man: Having a boyfriend doesn't matter.

What isn't worth waiting for?

Luo Tingqing, completely unaware that he might somehow have become everyone's crush: On his way to the filming location for his next movie.

[All poems and song lyrics in this novel are quoted.]

Theme: Learn to live through adversity and prepare for danger in times of peace. All hope depends on how thoroughly you prepare.