My Ex Is Now Family

Currently serializing: After I Was Forced to Marry a Memorial Tablet, the poor little thing's husband came back from the dead. Coming soon: The Years He Was the Eldest Sister-in-Law: After their divorce, he fell in love with him. Coming soon: Best Buddies, Of Course We Share a Bed: Friends become lovers. Blurbs below. This story: A cold, abstinent, emotionally distant top who falls hard in the middle of the story x a gorgeous bottom with a strange illness, a flirtatious nature, and no idea of his own appeal Qiu Ke comes from a respectable family, is clever, and looks good. The first time Old Madam Lin sees him, she takes a liking to him. Lin Jinyong, the eldest son of the Lin family, is as untouchable as a bright moon in the sky. He gets into a car accident, and his chances of ever walking again are slim. The accident also causes psychological problems and affects his physical function. Old Madam Lin wants him to marry the younger son of the Qin family of Xicheng as soon as possible, but Lin Jinyong firmly refuses because he doesn't want to ruin someone else's life. So, determined to get her way, Old Madam Lin follows the doctor's advice and blackmails Qiu Ke, hoping her son can try with him and see if recovery is possible. But she doesn't know that Qiu Ke and Lin Jinyong once had a relationship they kept secret. Nor does she know that Qiu Ke is the person Lin Jinyong hates most in the world. Qiu Ke was once an unreachable flower on a lofty peak, with a prestigious family, exceptional looks, and dazzling talent. Then disaster struck, and his family fell into decline. He nearly sank into the mire, but Lin Jinyong reached out and pulled him up. In other people's eyes, Lin Jinyong is tall, handsome, and courteous, but also cold, abstinent, and so serious he's old-fashioned. Qiu Ke, however, thinks he's gentle and treats him with great tenderness. Qiu Ke thinks it's love, so when someone drugs Lin Jinyong, he offers himself to be the cure. But the next morning, Lin Jinyong flies into a rage and throws Qiu Ke out of the house with nothing to his name. Only then does Qiu Ke realize the disgust Lin Jinyong has been hiding. Qiu Ke has a rare illness. For a day or two each month, his body gives off an enticing scent, accompanied by uncontrollable heat. Ninety-nine percent of people with this illness end up on a path of reckless debauchery with no way back. Ever since Lin Jinyong found out, he has never believed Qiu Ke could be among the one percent who are different. What happened that night only confirmed his belief. But now Lin Jinyong realizes that even though he looks down on Qiu Ke, he's irresistibly drawn to him. He despises himself, yet can't stop himself from desperately seeking a mate. Reader's notes: 1. There will be pregnancy later in the story. 2. The top is healthy at first, but becomes paralyzed from the waist down in the middle of the story and uses a wheelchair. The events in the blurb take place in the middle. After I Was Forced to Marry a Memorial Tablet Lian Dan's husband is dead. He died before Lian Dan married into the Chen family. Lian Dan married a memorial tablet. Lian Dan is forced to hold a cold memorial tablet every night as he sleeps. After a while, his warm body even makes the tablet warm. There's a temple at the eastern end of Longevity Village where prayers for children are said to be very effective. Old Madam Chen is eager for Lian Dan to give her a grandson, so she sends him to stay at the temple for a few days and pray for a blessing. When Lian Dan goes to burn incense at the temple, he overhears the senior monk telling his mother-in-law that he can make Lian Dan's dead husband come back at night and consummate their marriage. Terrified, he naturally doesn't want to go. But his mother-in-law beats him within an inch of his life, and appealing to his parents for help does no good. With no one to rely on, Lian Dan has no choice but to go. On the night he moves into the temple, in the pitch darkness, Lian Dan watches in horror as the door, which had been locked, swings open. A white figure floats toward him, bringing the stench of blood and rot. Tears fill Lian Dan's eyes. His lips tremble as he opens his mouth, but no sound comes out. He only mouths, "Husband." The white figure looks down at him for a while. Its cold, skeletal fingers stroke Lian Dan's vulnerable neck and pull open his clothes... Lian Dan grits his teeth and gets through the night. A month later, Lian Dan really is pregnant. Old Madam Chen is overjoyed and treats him especially well. She stops beating and scolding him, and even makes him delicious food. But Lian Dan isn't happy at all. Instead, he spends his days in fear and distress. Only he knows that his husband has become an evil spirit. That night, the temple was covered in bloody, dismembered bodies, like something out of hell. The monks were slaughtered like livestock, every last one of them. After giving birth to a chubby baby boy, Old Madam Chen is overjoyed. While showing him off outside, she trips over the threshold and falls so badly she becomes bedridden. A traveling doctor passing through the village comes to examine her and prescribes some medicine. Lian Dan asks when his mother-in-law will get better. The young doctor, handsome and refined but tall and powerfully built, fixes him with an eagle-like stare. When Lian Dan begins to panic, the doctor's gaze shifts to the child in his arms, staring intently. In a slow, icy voice, he says, "She won't get better." The next day, Old Madam Chen's son comes home, risen from the dead. The Years He Was the Eldest Sister-in-Law Xie Yulan and Liang Zeng have a marriage of convenience, as the key members of both families know. Their contract states that they will live together but sleep separately while the marriage lasts, and divorce on the day their families' joint project ends. This was agreed upon by both families. After the marriage ends, they are not to meet unless necessary, to avoid future complications. That clause was added by Liang Zeng. As the head of his generation of the Liang family, Liang Zeng was the one who arranged the marriage as a bargaining chip for his family's interests. After the wedding, he shares a home with Xie Yulan, but treats him with even more politeness and distance than he shows his subordinates. Two years later, on the day the project is declared a complete success, they divorce as agreed. Liang Zeng's friends throw him a party to celebrate his being single again. By chance, he learns that the teachers from Xie Yulan's school are holding a divorce party in the room next door, and he goes over to offer a toast with impeccable manners. A little later, Xie Yulan comes over to return the toast. He even cheerfully sings a duet with Liang Zeng, and by a stroke of irony, the song is called Don't Come Looking for Me After We Break Up. They both sing naturally enough. Only their friends in the room are left staring at one another in awkward silence. For years, Liang Zeng's most important principle in business has been honoring contracts. He would take a loss of tens of millions over a verbal promise. But with Xie Yulan, he breaks his word. A year after their divorce, Liang Zeng wants to remarry. The Liang family is large, and Liang Zeng has many brothers and sisters. They all call Xie Yulan their eldest sister-in-law. Although the marriage was only for show, Xie Yulan still fulfilled his responsibilities as the eldest sister-in-law. As a result, even after the contract ended and they divorced, his younger brothers and sisters kept coming to him whenever they needed something. After their chance encounter, apart from a few public occasions, Xie kept his promise and never met Liang privately again. Liang only found out that almost the whole family met and had dinner with Xie Yulan every month, without inviting him, when he happened to see a wedding gift his ex-wife had secretly sent to his younger brother's wedding. A little scene: People say that the Liang couple only truly fell in love after their divorce, but that doesn't seem quite right. Liang Zeng already seemed a little off while they were still married. Once, at a banquet, someone flirted with Liang Zeng right in front of Xie Yulan. Liang looked at Xie. Xie Yulan gazed at them with beautiful eyes and said, "Why don't I... step away for a bit?" Liang Zeng smiled and politely but coolly sent the person away. When Xie Yulan drank too much and nearly got taken advantage of, Liang Zeng got the message and rushed over from a meeting. He rolled up his sleeves, opened his shirt collar to reveal his strong chest and arms, and punched the man in the face. Completely unlike his usual courteous self, he glared viciously and said in a low, threatening voice, "Get lost!" Then he scooped Xie Yulan up in his arms. Of course, nothing happened after he carried him home. Liang Zeng handed him over to the housekeeper and went back to the office for his meeting. Best Buddies, Of Course We Share a Bed A smart, honest, beautiful bottom who's obsessed with being the best at everything, even when it comes to sucking up to the male lead, and swears to be his number one sidekick x a handsome younger top with a devious mind and a slightly chuunibyou streak, who thinks winning a fight matters less than striking all the right poses After overachiever Cong Xinran dies of exhaustion, he transmigrates into a harem power fantasy novel with a male lead called The Best of Times. Nearly every shining moment in the male lead's life has Cong Xinran's miserable, broken-down figure in the background to make him look good. It really is the best of times, but only for the male lead. When he realizes there's no way to escape the male lead's orbit, Cong Xinran decides to avoid the tragic ending from the original story by attaching himself to the male lead as his lackey! But something seems to have gone wrong. Cong Xinran discovers that Qin Feng, the playboy male lead who was twenty-eight at the start of the original story, has only just turned eighteen. Qin Feng has only been at his new school for a few days when he runs into an enthusiastic big brother who seems very eager to become his best buddy. When this guy waits until dusk, when the streets are empty, and says in a shifty way that he wants to walk Qin Feng home, Qin Feng decides to call him out, even though the guy is really good-looking. Qin Feng: "How do you know where I live?" Cong Xinran: "I happened to see you leaving once..." Qin Feng: "A few days ago, you were spying on me from behind the door of the teachers' office..." Cong Xinran: "I had something to discuss with your teacher..." "I saw you at the tax bureau compound, too." "Did you?" "And yesterday, you showed up outside my school and waited for me." "No, no, I didn't..." Qin Feng doesn't give Cong Xinran a chance to explain. His eyes narrow dangerously. His tall but slender body leans forward slightly, his gaze sharp. "Brother, you're a creep, aren't you?" "...!" Cong Xinran, the poor guy bound by the rules of the book and unable to escape the male lead's orbit, is in turmoil. He's got a whole trainload of "what the hell" he wants to say. Eventually, Cong Xinran gets his wish and becomes the male lead's best buddy, living happily ever after as someone who benefits from his success. There's just one catch: every night, the male lead drags him into bed. Cong Xinran clings desperately to the headboard and refuses to let go. Qin Feng narrows his eyes and grins recklessly, baring his pearly white teeth. "Best buddies share a bed!" Theme: No matter what, hold on to yourself and live the life you want.