After Getting Tangled Up with an Obsessive Darling

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On the thirteenth day after the apocalypse, Ming Li went out to look for food. When she returned, she had a new apocalypse buddy in tow.

Her new companion was great in every way, except for his unpredictable moods.

She thought the monsters had scared him so badly that he'd lost his mind.

With the idea of maintaining a friendly, sustainable coexistence, Ming Li often smiled and soothed him.

Their affection for each other grew rapidly. Even though he always deliberately acted cute to get Ming Li's attention, she had developed a thick filter for Shen Ci'an.

Then an accident happened. Shen Ci'an fell into a horde of zombies while protecting her, and vanished without a trace.

When they met again, he had eyes only for Ming Li and clung to her even more than before.

Shen Ci'an said he'd found a secluded paradise.

It wasn't until outsiders broke in that Ming Li realized this was no paradise. It was a cage Shen Ci'an had built to keep her trapped.

The outside world was already entirely under his control.

It turned out he hadn't lost his mind from fear back then. This was simply who he was.

Also known as: Love Means Missing Your Chance, The Consequences of Being Unable to Communicate, There Is No Such Thing as a Regret-Reversing Pill

[Advance notice: The main story has a bad ending; the bonus chapters have a happy ending.]

[Blurb written on January 28, 2023]

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Yu Ting woke up from a nap to a phone call informing her that her boyfriend had died in a car accident. Her mind went blank, and she sat dazed at the crematorium, holding his urn.

Seven years together had vanished in an instant. They'd already gotten their marriage license and were preparing to hold their wedding next month. Grief-stricken, Yu Ting tried to drown her sorrows in alcohol.

Then one day, on her way home from work, she encountered a ghost in white in the hallway. Yu Ting thought she'd had too much to drink. It wasn't until the air turned chillingly cold and she started seeing unspeakable things every day that she realized she'd gained the ability to see spirits.

Yu Ting tried every trick in the book to join a sect. She'd barely learned the basics when she found Jing Que, only to discover that he had amnesia.

After losing his memory, Jing Que went from an adorable puppy-like boy to a ruthless, crazy Ghost King. Every day, Yu Ting woke up freezing, and the first thing she saw was his enormous ghostly face.

But when Yu Ting took the initiative to kiss him, Jing Que blushed and asked her to kiss him again. He was nothing like the ruthless man who faced down the other ghosts.

After the kiss, Jing Que pointed at the ring on her left ring finger and demanded angrily, "You already have someone you like, so why are you kissing me?! Who's that guy? I'm going to go kill him!"

Yu Ting: "..."

He really was crazy.

Yu Ting discovered that amnesia had its advantages. For example, she could role-play and watch Jing Que get bizarrely jealous of himself. She could hear his daily, petulant declarations of love. And she could learn his little secrets.

After seven years together, Yu Ting felt as if she'd only just met him.

No one could resist being moved by such passionate, sincere, and honest affection.

When asked about the red around his eyes, Jing Que fell silent and refused to explain, saying only that it was a distinctive trait of the Ghost King.

Later, one of his subordinates finally told her the truth:

When Jing Que had just died, he cried day and night until there were no tears left. Then blood replaced his tears, leaving permanent marks around his eyes.

Even after losing his memory, he still remembered that someone held a place in his heart, someone worth crying over inconsolably even after death.

That was proof of Jing Que's love for Yu Ting, and the mark he'd left on her heart.

So whenever Yu Ting kissed that red mark, Jing Que would tremble unconsciously, as if a leaf had fallen into a vast, surging sea. He feared the hidden currents below would shred the leaf, and he feared it would hate the darkness at the bottom of the sea. This left him consumed by unease.

Blunt, straightforward, secretly dark and twisted Ghost King vs. easygoing, half-trained, laid-back spellcaster

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