Reborn, the System Keeps Making Me Chase My Ex

Blurb One

Professor Wen has enjoyed a smooth life, blessed by the heavens, yet she ends up taking a fall when it comes to Best Actress Ye.

They dated in secret for a year, then had a secret marriage for three, barely seeing each other. Certain she would give her wife the stars if asked, she is still cruelly dumped.

Six months after their divorce, she dies unexpectedly. Reborn, she returns to the year she first met Best Actress Ye, and is bound to a romance-addict rebirth System. To stay alive, she has to complete its missions and pursue her ex-wife?!

Professor Wen: I. Do. Not. Want. To!!!

System: Sorry, dear, you don't get a choice.

Professor Wen: ...Fine. How do I pursue her?

And so Professor Wen, who has spent half her life reserved and slow to catch on, begins the long road to winning back her wife.

A groveling ex arc? Not a chance.

She was the one who pursued me first, after all, Professor Wen thinks with confidence.

Until she gets proven wrong again.

Professor Wen wonders: Why is everything different after being reborn?

Best Actress Ye glances at her: What did you expect?

Years later, a reporter interviews Wen as the actress's spouse and asks: If you could live your life over, what would you most want to do?

Professor Wen adjusts her glasses: Pursue her, love her, marry her.

Best Actress Ye blushes a little: Excuse us. My wife is always so blunt.

Blurb Two

In her previous life, Wen Su never understood why Ye Li wanted a divorce, even when she was on her deathbed.

She still remembered the day Ye Li wrapped filming on her new movie. Wen Su had just finished an academic exchange overseas and rushed home without stopping. Before she could even show her joy at being reunited after their time apart, Ye Li calmly said, "Let's get divorced."

"Wen Su, I admit it. We really aren't right for each other."

When they first met, Ye Li was the one who asked why they weren't right for each other. Now Ye Li was the one saying they really weren't right for each other. Wen Su didn't understand. How did Ye Li always get to say everything?

Why? Ye Li was the one who had invited her to take that path together, and Wen Su had followed without hesitation...

The divorce remained a regret Wen Su couldn't let go of until the day she died. Now reborn, she couldn't ask an oblivious Ye Li to explain what had happened, so she had to swallow the resentment and confusion from her previous life and retrace their steps together. This time, Wen Su wanted only to follow her heart.

Her first confession, their first time holding hands, their first argument, her first bout of jealousy, their first wedding... On the road to winning back her ex-wife, Wen Su takes every step with firm resolve. At last, she gets what she wants and finds the lover she once lost to time.

But this time, Wen Su's hands tremble as she shakily takes off her wedding ring and places it in front of Ye Li. Gritting her teeth, she says, "Ye Li, I want a divorce."

"We... aren't right for each other."

Reserved, slow-witted, tongue-tied professor (top) VS devoted, gentle, says one thing and means another Best Actress (bottom)

[Important: There is a reversal of top and bottom. If that's not for you, please stop reading. Thanks for your support!]

Reader's Guide:

[1] Modern alternate universe, not based on real events

[2] Rebirth, with a System

[3] Two strong leads, unconventional groveling-ex arc, one-on-one, happy ending

[4] Same-sex marriage is legal. The setting is entirely fictional, with no real people as references

[5] Another gender exists in this world (see the use of "ta")

Theme: Work hard to pursue what you want, and live life to the fullest!