Dodder Flower

Xuanhua is a parasitic vine.

Everyone who has met her says so. She’s so dull and obedient, so pretty and timid, and only knows how to cling to men to survive.

Lin Zhiyan thinks so too. That’s why, to get close to this parasitic vine, he kills her neighbor.

When he moves in next door, he meets her: a beautiful, frail girl carrying a box of packages. She accidentally reveals ligature marks around her wrist, then hurriedly hides them.

She’s clearly being abused by her husband.

Xuanhua looks up and smiles at him bashfully.

The man who has been plotting for a long time finally has an excuse to bare his fangs. “Madam, would you like a divorce?”

If you’re going to cling to someone anyway, why not choose a stronger tree?

Half a month later, Xuanhua’s husband is killed by a serial killer. The case remains unsolved, and some strange thing seems to have attached itself to her.

It slips into her presence day and night. At night, it strokes her face beside the bed, kisses away her terrified tears, then whispers in her ear:

“Did you tell him to kill me?”

In a state of extreme panic, Xuanhua moves in next door and marries a new neighbor she has known for only a few months.

The now-vacant house is sold, and another man moves in.

Until one day, the strange man next door learns that her current husband won’t let her go out alone because he’s jealous, and says to her:

“Madam, would you like a divorce?”

How strange. Every one of Xuanhua’s ex-husbands dies in an accident.

But it has nothing to do with her.

After all, she’s just a parasitic vine.

[This story has only one protagonist, the female lead. The male leads who appear in the story only differ in how much they feature; there is no absolute male lead (meaning they might die). The relationships are one-on-one in each phase. The setting is not modern, but a futuristic alternate universe, and the story contains supernatural elements. Any illegal acts depicted in the story will be punished according to the law.]

Content Warnings:

If you’re coming to this story expecting a strong, independent female lead, please don’t read it. I’m begging you, I’ll even kneel and kowtow. The title says she’s a parasitic vine! Don’t read it, it’s better for all of us. And if you do read it, please don’t scold me. I sell apples; you can’t blame me for not selling you coconuts!

1. The male leads are all seriously twisted. They’re serial killers. When they compete for her, they have rivals, and they really do kill each other... They have no moral compass and will kill people. They’re not good people, but they’re good dogs for the female lead...

2. The female lead is a total heartthrob with a pretty powerful golden finger... If you can’t handle that, you might find it weird...

3. All the male leads and supporting male characters are virgins!!! Even random guys who have a one-sided crush on the female lead are virgins, even if they only get a few lines, because this is a story about a woman everyone loves!!! Everyone else exists to serve the heartthrob female lead... The author’s opinion is that male leads who aren’t virgins should be dragged out and shot for five minutes.

4. Don’t ask about the ending. I can’t give you a definite answer, so all I can do is kneel and kowtow... I write and revise as I go, and I might suddenly get inspired and change the ending at any point... All I can say is that the female lead gets a happy ending. If the male leads haven’t been killed by their rivals, then they should get one too.

[The completed story Pretty Foolish is in the same genre. Please enjoy! (Cat holding up the new story.jpg)]

When Chu Jiaojiao was alive, everyone who knew her said: “Jiaojiao is stupid, but she’s so beautiful.”

After dying, she enters a horror livestream. When the System rates her aptitude all Es on its assessment, she and the System fall into silence together.

To keep her from dying too soon, the System lets her use a backdoor to draw a golden finger.

Other people get abilities like running fast or being great at fighting. Chu Jiaojiao’s golden finger is forced kissing.

[Cupid’s Kiss: Anyone you kiss will fall hopelessly in love with you and protect you with everything they have! Don’t hesitate, dive right into love!]

Chu Jiaojiao trembles. “Th-That doesn’t seem right.”

After entering the small worlds, she sees zombies covered in blood and gore, a red-clad ghost crawling out from under the bed, and monsters waving tentacles everywhere. Chu Jiaojiao promptly drops to her knees.

Every time she enters a new world and meets the male lead, Chu Jiaojiao thinks: I have to find a way to kiss him forcefully :)

* Tentative worlds

[Beware the Person Beside You] Her new husband dies on their wedding night. The male lead rushes over in the middle of the night: Your wife is fine, now she’s mine.

[Escape Zombie City] How can a useless girl escape a horde of zombies before the nuclear blast? Well, I’ll just have to make the male lead fall in love with me~

[The Mountain God’s Bride] A bride sacrificed by a strange village. On her wedding night, should she kiss the mountain god first, or the male lead?

[It’s Watching You] An evil octopus god. Its tentacles are tasty... and so hot!

[Someone’s Under Your Bed] There’s someone under my bed. Can I come sleep in yours? QAQ

Theme: Love takes many forms