My Infuriating Playboy Husband Has Finally Settled Down

The next novel, The Wicked Supporting Female Turns Over a New Leaf, is an 80,000-character novella.

Novel Blurb, (Please, I beg you, don’t read this one.)

A surreal, silly story in plain, colloquial prose. (Be sure to check the content warnings. The male lead has a sexual history! Not recommended!)

Shu Lingzhi grew up with her grandmother in the Wuyi Mountains of Fujian. Because of an arranged marriage made by their ancestors, she had no choice but to marry the playboy Gu Huaiming.

He was a fixture on Weibo’s trending topics, changing girlfriends every three months on average, and had a terrible reputation.

After their wedding, in the dead of night, Shu Lingzhi would often think, “What did I do in a past life to deserve being matched with this man in this one?”

Then one day, she realized she wasn’t “Shu Lingzhi.”

More precisely, she wasn’t the “Shu Lingzhi” of this timeline.

She had transmigrated here from another timeline.

And, unfortunately, lost her memory.

Later, on the day her memories returned,

everyone was afraid of her, terrified of her.

They shouted “Monster!” at her.

Only he held her without hesitation. “Wife, I’ll love you forever.”

#Little Scene#

Many years into their marriage, after Shu Lingzhi from Timeline A had her usual dry heaves while brushing her teeth,

Gu Huaiming peeked around the door, looking aggrieved. His voice was plaintive. “Wifey, do you think I’m gross?”

Somehow, Gu Huaiming had found her private online space.

In that space, the Shu Lingzhi from Timeline B had once written: “A man’s best wedding gift is his chastity. A man who doesn’t uphold male virtue doesn’t deserve happiness!”

Shu Lingzhi: “…”

The toothbrush went clattering to the floor.

[Reader Advisory] (Be sure to check the content warnings.)

1. The male lead has a sexual history, while the female lead is a virgin. There is a reason for the male lead’s sexual history: he was sexually assaulted. He went through a very painful period when he was young and had self-destructive tendencies. This was originally meant to be a heart-wrenching plot point, but to some readers it may be a dealbreaker, so it has to be mentioned in the blurb.

2. The male lead has never loved anyone except the female lead. He never slept with the actresses he dated; he only did so to cover up the establishment of a certain union (spoiler).

3. The parallel timeline has fantastical elements and a touch of post-apocalyptic themes. The heroine isn’t entirely human. (The first chapter should give you a pretty clear idea.)

Theme: A prodigal who turns over a new leaf is worth more than gold.