The Phoenix Male Lead's Husband Insists on Living Off His Wife

[Main story complete. The extra chapters won't be updated daily. Piracy and the distribution of pirated copies will be pursued, so please act accordingly.] In a small town, Zhou Jin, the roughest and poorest man around, suddenly marries Shen Shuli, once the wealthiest person in town and a lofty beauty, but now bankrupt. The gossip spreads, and the whole town is in an uproar. Everyone says Zhou Jin has lost his mind. After all, Shen Shuli is saddled with enormous debts, and debt collectors have broken one of his legs, leaving him with a limp. Zhou Jin doesn't care at all. He firmly slips a ring onto Shen Shuli's finger. Only he knows how wonderful Shen Shuli is. Some time ago, Zhou Jin suddenly awakened to the fact that he was in a novel about a man who marries into wealth and rises to success. In the original story, the opportunistic man marries Shen Shuli, and after the wedding, Shen Shuli uses his brilliant mind to lead the family back to prosperity. But the chauvinistic husband resents everyone mocking him for living off his spouse. He secretly ruins Shen Shuli's business, and is eventually punished by a vengeful, corrupted Shen Shuli. After awakening, Zhou Jin can only think that the original Zhou Jin was an idiot. With a spouse this wonderful, he should be cherished and treasured. So, despite the immense pressure, he walks through the gates of the Shen family home and earnestly asks Shen Shuli to marry him. The first time, Shen Shuli nearly beats him out with a broom, limping after him. The second time, Shen Shuli still turns him down. It isn't until the third time that Shen Shuli finally lets down his guard and calmly accepts. After they marry, Zhou Jin has little education and no grand ideas. He is content to be a good husband and take care of the home. Whatever Shen Shuli wants to do, Zhou Jin supports and encourages him, urging him to pursue his dreams and achieve his ambitions. Sure enough, Shen Shuli eventually builds a successful business, and their family once again becomes the richest in town. The townspeople who like to watch the drama start mocking Zhou Jin, calling him a kept man and a fortune hunter. Zhou Jin, however, is immensely proud of himself. He lives off his spouse without a shred of shame and spends money lavishly. Then people say that someone like him is lucky to have landed Shen Shuli, and that if he keeps wasting money like this, he'll be dumped sooner or later. But the very next day, they see Shen Shuli, looking confident and full of life thanks to Zhou Jin's care, in a local interview with a young entrepreneur. The man speaks eloquently to the camera: “My success today is all thanks to my husband's support. My only problem is that he spends too little. I always feel I haven't given him enough.” Everyone: ...That's so sweet. Someone grab me a handful of dirt so I can calm down. That night, Zhou Jin has barely closed the bedroom door when a soft body wraps around him and kisses his lips. Shen Shuli, the lofty beauty in public, has a seductive flush at the corners of his eyes. His bewitching charm blooms for just one person: “You spent twenty thousand less than your allowance this month. Let me make up the difference in person.” As they make love, Shen Shuli clutches the man's hand tightly. This is the only person who has always treated him the same, staying by his side through the darkest days. For love, he is willing to sacrifice everything. Warnings: Fans of either the pursuer or the pursued, and fans of any particular pairing dynamic, please don't read. Especially if you have very firm ideas about whether the pursued should spoil the pursuer or the pursuer should spoil the pursued. The author doesn't follow any particular camp and writes whatever feels right. I'm an omnivore. 1. The story is told equally from both the pursuer's and the pursued's perspectives. Zhou Jin is the pursuer. Both are each other's first love, and neither has been with anyone else. Shen Shuli's leg won't heal. 2. The pursuer has to work to win him over at first, but Shen Shuli falls for him first. 3. Zhou Jin is a tough guy with a girlish heart. After they marry, he runs the household, washing and cooking for Shen Shuli. He's a model househusband. My new novel, After the Redemption Story's Happy Ending, I Chased My Husband with a Baby, is now available. Please add it to your favorites! QVQ Blurb: After the redemption story ends, Zhou Yulin becomes the white moonlight of the book's deranged villain, Jin Xiu Chen. From high school through college graduation, from a life of barely scraping by to a brilliant, prosperous career, he follows the book's redemption storyline and stays by Jin Xiu Chen through his hardest times, giving him everything he has. For ten long years, they depend on each other. At last, amid everyone's envy, they walk down the aisle. Zhou Yulin thinks this is their happy ending. But before they have even been married a year, Jin Xiu Chen grows tired of their peaceful life. The first sign that something is wrong is that Jin Xiu Chen stops coming home for dinner. No matter how late Zhou Yulin waits, Jin Xiu Chen only has his secretary make excuses, saying he's working overtime. Then rumors spread through their social circle that Jin Xiu Chen is having a wild time with some young master. Every time he hears this, Zhou Yulin just laughs it off. “I know him. It's all just gossip!” Until one evening at a banquet, he happens to catch sight of Jin Xiu Chen, who hasn't been home in two weeks, flirting in a deserted hallway with the young master from the rumors, their body language intimate. In the dim light, the man who once treasured him looks up from someone else's neck and gives him an indifferent glance. That night, Zhou Yulin hurries away like a pathetic clown who just fell into the water. But after a long absence, Jin Xiu Chen comes home, and, as if possessed, pins him down and gives himself over to his desire. Later, Zhou Yulin leaves a divorce agreement and disappears without a trace. - After the divorce, Jin Xiu Chen goes mad. He smashes everything in the house, then hugs the broken pieces in anguish and repairs them one by one. He doesn't sleep or rest, tormenting himself to an extreme as he tries to ease his longing for Zhou Yulin. Then he suddenly discovers that he's pregnant. The Jin family head, usually cold and arrogant in public, clutches the thin sheet of paper and cries and laughs at the hospital. Everyone says he's lost his mind. Only Jin Xiu Chen understands: with a child, he has a chance to win Zhou Yulin back. So he risks his life to give birth to the baby. A few months later, people often see Jin Xiu Chen holding a swaddled baby outside the door of a cheap rental apartment. The man's eyes are red and his voice trembles. “Look at our child. Please, love him... I'm begging you.” Zhou Yulin says from inside, “Only a rope that's poorly made will snap. If one day it breaks at a weak point, I'll know it's a shoddy rope. “Even if I tie a knot where it broke and join it back together, it'll just snap somewhere else next time. So I'll throw it away.” And the feelings between Jin Xiu Chen and Zhou Yulin are like a shoddy rope. Only then does Jin Xiu Chen realize in despair that someone who's always been gentle and softhearted can be so ruthless that it feels like their heart, liver, spleen, and lungs have all been stabbed to pieces. He gave Jin Xiu Chen so many chances before. Why won't he give him even one more this time? See the author's note in Chapter One for the warnings. Theme: Always hold on to hope and keep moving forward with determination. No matter how bad your luck is, sooner or later, someone will bring warmth into your life.