After Our Contract Romance, the Whole Internet Started Shipping Me with the Main Character

[Main story complete] Advance notice in the author's column. Next book: My Matched Omega Wife Is a Cat. Blurb at the end. Mwah!

As an unlucky character in a book, Bian Xishui is a notorious, scandal-ridden pretty face in the entertainment industry. He behaves recklessly and has no time to worry about his increasingly disastrous reputation, because he knows he'll soon run into a psychopath and end up sent to prison by the protagonist, Qin Ji. To avoid this unlucky subplot, Bian Xishui decides to cling to the protagonist and bask in his halo. Once that guy is sent to prison, they'll go their separate ways.

Bian Xishui treats Qin Ji as a protective charm against the disaster written into his original storyline, while Qin Ji uses Bian Xishui as a human shield for his return to the country. They agree to a fake relationship, neither taking the other seriously. Their plan is to keep it up until Bian Xishui has dodged his disaster and Qin Ji has stabilized things back home, then part on good terms.

Unfortunately, neither of them is the type to keep a low profile.

What everyone sees is a gorgeous pretty face from the entertainment industry giving up his studies and returning home for love, while the wealthy genius of the Northern District rebels against his family and publicly announces their relationship. It's melodramatic and sensational, and the whole internet is shipping them.

[There are rumors that the two of you are tied together by mutual interests. So, what is the real state of your relationship?]

Bian Xishui raised an eyebrow. "Do you think anyone besides him is worthy of me?"

Qin Ji narrowed his eyes. "We're married already. How could it be fake?"

But in reality, it was...

"Let's get married."

"You'll have to pay extra."

Their couple pairing inexplicably became a sensation online, and the media chased them everywhere. As the public frenzy grew, Bian Xishui said, "Qin Ji, if you don't rein it in, we're going to become a real couple!"

Now the new head of the First Branch of the Beichen District, Qin Ji replied nonchalantly, "Then let's make it real."

You've boarded this ship. Don't even think about leaving.

My Matched Omega Wife Is a Cat

Bai Ruonian has a secret: he used to be a cat.

After being reborn, he became the neglected fake young master of the Bai family. His father had even beaten him deaf in one ear. Just as he was getting used to his human body, an AI System forced him into a marriage based on a 99% compatibility match.

When he saw the three characters "Lu Mingjin" on the screen, his fur practically stood on end.

Wasn't that the person who used to scoop his litter in his previous life?!

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As the empire's youngest S-rank Alpha, Lu Mingjin is famous for his cold and violent nature. He once destroyed an entire star system for a cat, and the whole universe learned the rule for staying alive: "Better to provoke the Zerg than Lord Lu."

On the day the Matching Center sent over an Omega, the military officers all placed bets:

"They'll be divorced within three days."

"He'll send him away within a day."

They were all betting on how many days this delicate young man could last.

Until someone saw...

The young major kneeling on one knee to tie the boy's loose shoelaces, then leaving a conference in front of the emperor to chat on the phone.

When Bai Ruonian appeared with his arm linked through Lu Mingjin's at the military's anniversary celebration, the live traffic across the entire Star Network instantly hit its peak. Even Lu Mingjin's approval rating went up.

The boy wore a silver-white suit, a delicate sapphire brooch pinned at his collar, setting off his jade-like complexion. He tilted his head and winked at the cameras, lively and beautiful.

#Help! Is this level of beauty even supposed to exist in this world? #

#Standing next to him, even Lord Lu seems gentle and almost human#

#Did someone possess Major General Lu? An investigation is recommended#

#So the menace can smile after all#

#I approve of this marriage#

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The first time Lu Mingjin saw Bai Ruonian, the latter was in a hospital room, looking lost and bewildered, like a stray cat. The boy stood awkwardly in a shaft of light, his long eyelashes casting butterfly-wing shadows beneath his eyes. A typical, standard, and boring Omega, Lu Mingjin thought carelessly, planning to have someone send him away. But the moment the boy looked up, he froze.

Those were a pair of deep blue eyes that seemed familiar, exactly like the cat he'd raised before.

The owner of those eyes looked up timidly. The instant he recognized Lu Mingjin, his pupils shrank, and he unconsciously took half a step back.

Then he rushed straight at him, even yanking out his IV line. Clinging to Lu Mingjin, he still remembered to whimper that it hurt.

Looking into the boy's deep blue eyes, Lu Mingjin took the delicate troublemaker home by a twist of fate.

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The Omega's heat came without warning.

Bai Ruonian curled up in a little nest made of military uniforms, his whole body burning hot. In a daze, he sensed someone approaching and instinctively rubbed against them, pressing his flushed cheek against a palm roughened by calluses.

"Mmm..." He made a sweet, unconscious whimper, just like he used to when begging for attention.

Lu Mingjin's breathing abruptly stopped.

The sensation at his fingertips was far too familiar: the curve of soft skin brushing his palm, the tickle of trembling eyelashes against his wrist.

"Xiao Bai?" His voice was hoarse as he instinctively tested the name.

The boy looked up in confusion, his deep blue eyes misty with tears. He instinctively answered, "Meow~?"

The air froze.

Lu Mingjin's hand hung in midair, his pupils contracted. He saw the boy suddenly come to his senses, his beautiful blue eyes widening as if he had finally realized what had happened.

Had his identity been exposed?

No, wait, why had cat ears grown on his head again?

That night, a wildly popular post appeared on the Star Network forum.

#I think my wife used to be a cat. This is kind of urgent. Waiting for answers online.

1F: ??? Poster, did you just wake up?

2F: Recommend registering with a psychiatric clinic.

2333F: If this is real... the poster hit the jackpot! Catgirls and all that...

2334F: @Interstellar Animal Protection Association There's a pervert here.

2335F: This is just the last fantasy of people who want to raise cats! Poster, stop fighting it!

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1. An aloof, secretly unhinged major general x a beautiful Omega catboy. The recipient keeps his cat memories, but the seme doesn't recognize him at first.

2. Married first, love later + identity reveal.

3. Pure sweetness, happy ending, and the cat is adorable. No angst.

Moral: True love lasts forever.