The Couch Potato Gets Back on Her Feet

Changed the title. The original title was "My Husband, Who Had Been Dead for Three Years, Returned When I Was Arranging Another Marriage"

Chu Rou transmigrated and became the daughter of a low-status merchant family. But as a self-proclaimed couch potato, she had no desire to drag her whole family into the rat race.

Unfortunately, her father disagreed.

"For the sake of business, marry Liu Sheng."

Looking at her new husband, a refined and gentle man, Chu Rou nodded. "I suppose that would be fine."

But after marrying him, she discovered that her husband loved someone else. He was even willing to put his life in danger for that person.

Chu Rou's response: Forget it. I'm not going to fight for him.

Just as she let go of everything and regained her freedom, her father said, "For the sake of business, marry again."

And right at that moment, her ex-husband showed up again.

On the day of her engagement, he barged into her bedchamber and demanded that she break it off.

Her ex-husband said, "It was all a misunderstanding before. I've always loved you. Let's start over."

Chu Rou shook her head. "No, no."

But she never expected that, after years apart, her ex-husband would turn into an obsessive man who would forcibly keep her by his side, even if he had to tie her up.

So Chu Rou, the couch potato, had no choice but to get up and start planning her escape.

In a nutshell: The life of a couch potato forced to get up.

Romance-focused blurb

Blurb One

Chu Rou has always taken things as they come. After arriving in ancient times, she was ready to settle into life as an ordinary woman of the era.

When it came to an arranged marriage, she did her best to make it a harmonious one.

But a year after they married, her husband ran off with another woman and died along the way.

She listened to her father and prepared to marry again. But on the night of her engagement, her supposedly dead husband snuck into her bedchamber wearing a mask and demanded that she call off the engagement.

Naturally, she refused.

Who could have known that this man would go on to win the greatest credit for defeating an enemy nation, then use his glorious military achievements to petition the emperor for permission to marry her again?

Blurb Two

Ever since he was twelve, Liu Sheng had lived only for revenge. He had never questioned that path, but after meeting Chu Rou, he began to waver.

Still, he steeled himself and gave her up.

When he finally wanted to turn back, he realized it was all too late.

But he had never been an upright man. He would never let go of what he wanted, even if he had to keep it by force.

Blurb Three

Gu Zixu, heir to the Marquis's estate, made a name for himself at a young age and had a smooth path in officialdom, yet he always felt that something was missing from his life.

It was only after meeting Chu Rou that he realized what he was missing: her.

But he prided himself on being a gentleman and could never bring himself to steal another man's wife.

Fortunately, Heaven rewards the devoted. In less than a year, she was widowed.

Of course he wouldn't let such an opportunity slip through his fingers.

But he never imagined that after their engagement, his life would be turned upside down.

Opening at the same time: A Guide to Household Robots Braving the Apocalypse. Please add it to your collection.

In 2150, extreme weather struck many parts of the world, and the apocalypse arrived.

Household robot 2003 was ordered to protect Yan Yuqi.

Looking at the man in front of her, engrossed in video games, 2003 saw someone frail and ignorant who seemed incapable of creating any value for the world.

She couldn't understand why he was worth protecting.

But this was the only instruction she had received after her program was modified, and she had to obey it.

At that moment, Yan Yuqi was staring at the woman who had barged into his home: a robot claiming the apocalypse was coming and that she had been ordered to protect him.

One second, she was trimming the lawn. The next, she had slung him over her shoulder and run eight hundred meters.

The male lead at first: Even if there's danger, I'm not running. I'll just stand off to the side and watch.

"2003, get in there!"

"2003, your turn!"

"2003, go!"

The male lead later: He pushes 2003 aside as she prepares to step forward.

"You should at least take care of yourself, you know."

"Sure, I can find someone to repair you, but I'd still feel bad."

"Stay there. I'll handle this!"

2003 tilts her head in confusion. "I don't understand you humans."

The female lead is an exceptionally powerful fighter, a humanoid weapon. Later, she learns human emotions because of the male lead. The male lead is useless at first, but grows stronger later.

The male lead will have a face-slapping moment when he realizes how wrong he was. His initial weakness is related to his past experiences.

Theme: Those who share the same aspirations walk the same path.