After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Took Off Right There at the Crematorium

(The cover illustration was a gift from artist BS.)

[You've transmigrated into a book]

A mysterious voice from a System rang out in her mind.

Lu Xia had just been in a car accident and was so horribly disfigured that even she couldn't bear to look at herself. She nodded gravely. "I figured as much."

[You've transmigrated into the most popular kind of crematorium novel out there.]

"I understand."

Having browsed big and small websites and read all sorts of bizarre stories, Lu Xia immediately got it. "Did I become the heroine of a regretful-husband-pursues-his-wife crematorium novel?"

"I'll have to follow the plot you've set up and get physically and emotionally tortured by the male lead? In the end, he'll break my heart so thoroughly that I give up on love forever..."

"But then the male lead suddenly realizes his mistake, and that I've been the only one he's ever loved!"

"Then we start a love-and-hate chase, with you running and me chasing?"

[No,] the System replied coldly.

[It is the most popular kind of crematorium novel out there, but it's not about a regretful husband pursuing his wife.]

[It's a regretful wife pursuing her husband.]

Lu Xia: "Huh?"

[Beep. One minute until the male lead, heartbroken and sworn off love, jumps from a great height. Host, please turn your head 45 degrees to the upper left.]

Lu Xia looked confused but followed the System's instructions and raised her head.

On her left, not far away, a man in red stood facing the wind on top of a dilapidated building.

He gazed at Lu Xia with utter despair and said in a trembling voice, "Lu Xia, you never loved me. I don't blame you."

"You treated me as a substitute for that person. I don't blame you for that, either."

"If I could ask for just one thing..."

Strangely, even though he was so far away, Lu Xia could clearly see a tear slide down the man's cheek.

"I hope we never meet again in the next life!"

"Loving you has been so exhausting!"

The man stood on the rooftop with tears in his eyes, swaying as if he might fall at any moment.

At that moment, the System issued a mission.

[Beep. Express your love to the male lead and prevent the regretful-wife-pursues-her-husband plot from happening.]

Lu Xia: "???"

She'd never done anything like this before, either! How was she supposed to stop him?

As the System began its countdown and the man swayed more and more on the rooftop, the tension reached its peak.

Lu Xia had no experience soothing people or dating, and her mind was a complete mess. The words that slipped out were: "Don't jump! You're going to be a dad!"

The man: "..."

Lu Xia: "..."

"No, wait," Lu Xia hurriedly corrected herself. "You're going to become a dad!"

The man's face turned deathly pale. His voice was faint as he asked, "...Whose dad?"

Lu Xia: "..."

"Just come down like a good boy, and I'll even let you be my dad!"

Warnings:

1. A silly, melodramatic story. Just have fun with it, don't overthink it.

2. None for now.

2022/4/10

Theme: Harm done in the name of love is never acceptable.