Years After Being Forced into a Relationship with Long Aotian (Reborn)

Zhu Huai was the pet canary kept by Chancellor Liu, a bird in a gilded cage. He did have broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and a handsome face, which made him seem a little unlike a pampered plaything. Usually, if Chancellor Liu went east, he wouldn’t dare go west. If the chancellor wanted a drink, Zhu Huai would hurry to pour it. In the fifth year of being kept as a canary, Chancellor Liu was hunted down by his enemies and killed. Zhu Huai, who had spent all those years as a canary, was reborn. Only after dying once did he realize that he had a rare gift for becoming a Celestial Master. He fought evil spirits, wielded divine arts, became a prodigy Celestial Master, and rose to the pinnacle of life... But reality is always so merciless. After being reborn, he discovered that his former patron hadn’t been human at all. Somehow, all of the man’s internal organs had crawled out and stuck to Zhu Huai, calling him their wife. The Water Aspect, the Wood Aspect, the Metal Aspect... After countless trials and hardships, Zhu Huai finally completed the collection and pieced together a whole husband. As a reward for putting him back together, Zhu Huai was once again forcibly claimed by Liu Xiang. He moved into a mansion and resumed the comfortable life he’d already grown used to. Just as Zhu Huai was sure he’d won at life, he had a dream. In it, Liu Xiang was the overpowered protagonist of a book. According to the original plot, he would have countless fortuitous encounters, become the Lord of the Ghost Realm, and dominate both worlds, turning the entire world into an endless ghost realm. Zhu Huai woke with a start, terrified. The future Lord of the Ghost Realm, currently his pieced-together husband, held him tightly as usual and softly asked what he wanted for dinner. What Zhu Huai didn’t know was that the so-called plotline had already begun. Liu Xiang had long since become the invincible, overpowered protagonist who killed anyone who stood in his way and struck down even the Buddha himself. And this was the second life in which the overpowered male lead had been bent by Zhu Huai. Zhu Huai turned over in Liu Xiang’s arms and obediently let the overpowered protagonist hold him. Whatever. This wretched world could do what it liked. The first time Liu Xiang saw Zhu Huai, Zhu Huai was standing by the door, smiling at him. His bright, sunny smile was like a beam of light leaping into the room. To stay alive, Zhu Huai took meticulous care of Liu Xiang. Sweet-tongued and quick-witted, he told him, “Your hair is beautiful, and your eyes are lovely. If you didn’t dislike me, I might even fall in love with you.” Liu Xiang’s heart stirred. He liked Zhu Huai’s scent. He wanted Zhu Huai as his possession. This human in front of him ought to belong to him, completely and utterly, so he could dote on him without restraint. He trapped this little sun in the palm of his hand. Zhu Huai said, “Liu Xiang, are you going to keep me trapped forever?” Liu Xiang said, “Yes.” He wanted him to stay forever. Older nonhuman patron, beautiful top x younger genius contract-wife, handsome bottom. Both are reborn. Includes horror and supernatural elements. The top is split into fragments! All the internal organs eventually return to the original body. Includes Lovecraftian elements. Both leads are sexually and romantically exclusive. Happy ending. Set in a fictional world, with a worldbuilding system of my own invention. The story may not go the way you expect. The top is a deranged, godlike, love-addled lunatic and a genuinely insane, utterly evil villain. If his wife isn’t by his side, he immediately loses it. This is truly dark, horrifying, deranged, and nonhuman. The bottom is also a hopeless romantic at heart. After the top died, he died too. The top really is nonhuman, and there are forced relationship elements. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read. The top has no female confidantes, and both leads are exclusive. According to the setting, the patrons are not human, just monsters wearing human skin. The top is 217 cm tall, the bottom 185 cm. The bottom is an extraordinarily handsome beauty. The top calls him wife and spouse. There is a pronounced size difference. No switching or reversing ships. I’ll delete any such comments immediately. A preview of my next book: Does a Homophobic Straight Man Really Have to Be the Overpowered Protagonist’s Wife? (Transmigrate into a Book) The biggest regret of Xuan Ya’s life was following the novel called This World Is All Wrong. He transmigrated into the book as a disposable character and died twice. The first time, Xuan Ya thought he was the chosen one. He tried to steal the protagonist’s opportunities, but when he discovered that the price was turning into an extremely ugly, strangely creative humanoid blob, he fell apart. At the same time, Xuan Ya rejected the male lead Yaxiu Na’s request to be his partner, because Yaxiu Na had also turned into a humanoid blob, and looked even uglier. Xuan Ya broke down and jumped into a lake to kill himself. The second time, Xuan Ya chose to become Yaxiu Na’s servant, following him from the underground demon realm all the way to the city in the sky. Xuan Ya watched helplessly as the male lead became a glowing celestial body with wings. Having conquered the world and taken the name ■■■■, Yaxiu Na repaid Xuan Ya’s kindness by telling him, “You’re now my most beloved pet, toy, and only empress.” Unwilling to become a humanoid blob or anyone’s empress, Xuan Ya reset once more. By then, his mental state was hanging by a thread. His psychological condition was dire, and he teetered on the brink of a breakdown, liable to lose it in front of everyone at any moment. He told the male lead, “Actually, I transmigrated here. I’ve died twice already. In the future, you’ll become a glowing celestial creature. You’ll turn the whole world into your divine kingdom, but the price will be that you become deranged, twisted, and unbelievably ugly.” Xuan Ya gave up trying to salvage things and went completely off the rails. But in the face of his madness, Yaxiu Na merely asked, “You’ve said so much. What about you?” Xuan Ya, once the partner of the Demon Realm’s lord and the empress of the Supreme Lord, now a transmigrator, said, “Me? Of course I’m your most loyal underling.” Ha. Yaxiu Na used to be the person Xuan Ya feared most. In the original story, this overpowered male lead committed every evil under the sun and killed anyone he pleased. Xuan Ya’s only value to him was his knowledge of the plot. Xuan Ya pretended to be crazy and stupid, doing his best to survive around Yaxiu Na. He’d never met a madman as interesting as Xuan Ya. He decided to keep him as a pet for fun. Until one day, the brilliant, ruthless, and vicious Yaxiu Na turned into an idiot. The madman everyone else saw looked at the idiot in front of him. After a long silence, he said, “Stop grabbing my clothes and letting go. What are you saying?” Yaxiu Na: “You smell so good. Why are we sleeping together? Are you my wife?” Yaxiu Na: “Wife.” Xuan Ya: “Aaaaaah, get away from me, you damn idiot! I’m not your wife!!!” CP: Older nonhuman beauty top x younger unlucky, straight, handsome bottom. Content warnings: dark, melodramatic, old-school, forced relationship. The top really does turn into a humanoid creature, really does become a monster, and really does become a glowing celestial body. The top is split into fragments, has clones, and is genuinely insane: a ruthless, vicious villain who commits every evil under the sun. If this isn’t your thing, please don’t read. The top really did destroy the world. He is purely evil and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. The bottom really is mentally unwell, liable to lose it at any moment, and intensely afraid of the top. A nonhuman, Lovecraftian story. I’ll let my imagination run wild. Includes forced love and confinement. Both leads are exclusive. Everyone except the bottom risks being killed at any moment in the top’s presence. The top really is an utterly evil protagonist. In a way, this idea has been in the works since 2024. It’s very, very old. There’s a preview in Chapter Five of Beta Has to Be the Wife, but some details of the setup will change. Theme: Stay true to yourself through hardship.