The Masculine Virtue System: Reforming the Domineering CEO

[No inspiration at the moment. The story is on indefinite hiatus, but updates will resume if inspiration strikes.]

[Marriage Before Love | The Hero Falls First | (Reluctantly) A Model Husband X A Heroine Who Loves Money, Not Men]

On her way to an early-morning class, Su Luoxue gets into a car accident and wakes up in a novel about a domineering male lead. She has become his wife in a marriage of convenience, but since her bargain husband never comes home, she dies young of breast cancer, consumed by resentment.

Holding the black card her bargain husband gave her and eyeing the eight-figure balance in her account, Su Luoxue thinks: So what if my husband is rich, handsome, and never comes home? So what if there are rumors about him and other women?

As long as he pays enough, she'd even help his mistress through her postpartum confinement!

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As the head of the Wen family, Wen Jing has everything you'd expect of a domineering CEO: cold and aloof, willing to do whatever it takes to achieve his goals, and even prepared to use his own marriage as a bargaining chip for profit.

He has little affection for his wife in this arranged marriage and can't even be bothered to put on the most basic show of courtesy.

Until he gets bound to a Husbandly Virtue System.

The Husbandly Virtue System requires him to report his whereabouts before going out, come home and cook, give gifts on every holiday and anniversary, and never be alone with a woman for more than five minutes...

Wen Jing ignores the System. That very night, he dines alone with a mysterious woman, and rumors start flying.

Husbandly Virtue System 001: Sweetie, our scan shows that you have failed to uphold husbandly virtue. Luck -10!

Wen Jing has barely left the restaurant when a falling object hits him, sending him to the hospital.

After a string of misfortunes, including choking on water, getting hit by a car, and falling into a sewer while walking, Wen Jing finally bows his proud head and strives to become a model of husbandly virtue.

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Su Luoxue notices that her bargain husband has been acting strangely lately. He reports his schedule three times a day, comes home on time every day, and sometimes insists she accompany him when people want to discuss business. He's even taken an interest in cooking and keeps making her taste his disastrous creations.

Su Luoxue: I get it. He wants to poison me so he can get me out of the way!

Su Luoxue drafts a divorce agreement overnight.

Wen Jing, who nearly died from an air allergy, clutches the hem of Su Luoxue's clothes with bloodshot eyes and begs pathetically, "Don't leave me!"

[Reader's Guide]

1. This is a silly comedy, and the heroine is a little unhinged.

2. One-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced. The hero is a bit of a jerk at first.

3. The hero gets put through the wringer for being such a jerk in the early chapters, nearly falling apart. Readers who are devoted to the hero, beware.

4. The System is connected to the heroine. The reason will remain a spoiler for now.

Blurb dated 2023.11.22

Theme: Gender equality and respect for women.