After the Universally Hated One Fakes His Death, His Ex-Husband Goes Mad

Check out my upcoming novel: "The Scorned Beauty Omega After Divorce" [Character setup]: Aloof (or so he pretends), gifted top x gloomy beauty bottom who only pretends to be universally hated Tropes: Old-school melodrama, rivals fighting to win back their love Li Zhi suffered terribly from school bullying. After the rich young master Chu Mingzhang rescued him, he fell deeply in love with him and became his number-one fan, sidekick, and bag-carrying lackey. Being his lackey is pretty great, but Li Zhi still harbors some unrealistic fantasies about Chu Mingzhang Li Zhi's greatest wish is to become Chu Mingzhang's boyfriend. He even prays to the Buddha for it every New Year. But the Buddha is busy, of course, and doesn't answer him. Li Zhi can only sigh and bury his feelings, constantly consoling himself that being a lackey is a pretty sweet deal, too. Until one day, Li Zhi watches this man fall from the clouds with his own eyes. He suddenly realizes this may be the only chance he'll ever get to make his wish come true... So timid Li Zhi does something incredibly bold: he asks his idol to meet him for “negotiations.” Li Zhi sits across from the man and, hands trembling, lays a contract in front of Chu Mingzhang. “I... I can sell the shares Dad gave me. The money can go to... to you, to help with your cash-flow problems...” Chu Mingzhang asks, “And what do you want in return?” Li Zhi says, “Marry me.” Chu Mingzhang's expression shifts unpredictably. Anger, embarrassment, and humiliation flash through his eyes... but in the end, he picks up the pen and signs the contract. Before the wedding, Li Zhi has high hopes for his marriage to Chu Mingzhang. After the wedding, reality crushes those hopes with its own hands. As they say, a forcibly picked melon isn't sweet. Chu Mingzhang can't stand him, really can't stand him. In this marriage, they barely speak except to have sex once a month. Even then, Chu Mingzhang has to take medication to perform his marital duties. Chu Mingzhang's hatred for him clearly goes beyond anything Li Zhi imagined. Over the course of their three-year marriage, Li Zhi repeatedly tries to warm up to him, only to be met with cold indifference and Chu Mingzhang's cutting remarks. Even a masochist has their limits. At last, Li Zhi can't take this miserable marriage anymore and asks Chu Mingzhang for a divorce. But this time, the man who has always been so high and mighty changes his tune. Chu Mingzhang refuses to grant his divorce request. He even uses his status as “husband” to lock Li Zhi in a psychiatric hospital When Li Zhi turns down the soup Chu Mingzhang is feeding him for the twelfth time and wearily turns his head away, Chu Mingzhang finally can't take it anymore. He looks ready to lose his temper, but somehow manages to hold it in. There's a deep scar on Chu Mingzhang's head, left by the vase Li Zhi smashed into him during one of their arguments. He points to his head and softens his voice. “I'll forgive you, and you forgive me. As long as you don't divorce me, I'll sign the papers and take you home. All right?” Li Zhi shakes his head and says calmly, “I want a divorce.” Chu Mingzhang's face hardens. “Anything but that.” He's adamant. Li Zhi can tell he wants to salvage something, but he truly doesn't have the strength to keep living with him. Perhaps even Heaven can't bear to watch anymore... In Li Zhi's third month at the psychiatric hospital, a fire inexplicably breaks out. By the time Chu Mingzhang rushes back from out of town, Li Zhi's room has been reduced to a charred black ruin, and that person... Li Zhi can't escape at all... Chu Mingzhang falls to his knees, clutching the unrecognizable, charred corpse. He kisses its blackened face, laughing and crying like a madman. Over and over, he says he's sorry and that he loves him, but it does no good. A corpse can't hear him. And on the seventh day after Li Zhi's “death,” an eight-in-the-morning train speeds out of the city, bound for some faraway place no one knows... The bottom only pretends to be universally hated; in reality, everyone loves him. Both leads are sexually inexperienced. The ultimate groveling chase, with the beautiful bottom making the top cry and heel later on. The bottom really does have mental health issues, and the top is mentally ill too. Two crazy people falling in love. A melodramatic story, not suitable for readers who are very particular about the characters. If you can't keep reading, stop and leave. This novel will be available to read for a fee starting May 24. A huge extra chapter will drop at midnight~~ [Upcoming Novel 1]: "The Scorned Beauty Omega After Divorce" Character setup: Deeply devoted, taciturn, working-class father-figure top x formerly obedient, later unhinged and estranged-from-everyone bottom Tropes: Top change, groveling chase, amnesia [My husband tormented me until I wanted to jump off the roof. When I turned around, I found my ex-boyfriend there too.] [Synopsis]: Before the age of twenty-two, Sheng Mian had everything. Looks, family background, and status: he lacked none of them. On top of that, he had a top-tier Alpha boyfriend who'd been his childhood friend. Sheng Mian never doubted their love, because Gu Yanze loved him so much When they were dating, the thing Gu Yanze said to him most often was, “Baby, I want to give you an even better life than the one you have now.” Gu Yanze would crouch down to kiss the back of his hand, his deep eyes reflecting only Sheng Mian. “Mianmian, I love you.” Gu Yanze really did make good on his promise. He was the most outstanding Alpha of their generation. Sheng Mian had always believed he and Gu Yanze would go from campus to marriage Until his family told him to marry another powerful Alpha. Sheng Mian had always been a good boy, but for the first time, he rebelled against his family's arrangements. No matter how much they tried to persuade him, he wouldn't give in. He thought that if he stood his ground, the matter would eventually blow over. But Gu Yanze broke up with him. Just when Sheng Mian was exhausted from fighting his family, his lover told him it was over. Sheng Mian was in so much pain he wanted to die. The sudden breakup gave rise to an absurd, utterly foolish idea: he wanted to hold on to Gu Yanze by having his child. He used one last meeting before their breakup as an excuse to get Gu Yanze to come out, then slipped something into his drink when he wasn't looking. Before Sheng Mian knew what was happening, they were tangled together. The drug wasn't actually that strong, but Sheng Mian didn't know why Gu Yanze was so rough that night. As they clung to each other, it felt as if something warm and wet had dripped into the hollow of Sheng Mian's shoulder. As expected, Sheng Mian got pregnant. He happily took his prenatal checkup results to find Gu Yanze, only to learn that Gu Yanze had enlisted. Sheng Mian's Omega father stepped forward and looked at him coldly, his words as heartless as he was. “He left. Don't you understand why?” “He doesn't want the child. Sheng Mian, get rid of it.” Sheng Mian felt as if he'd plunged into an icy abyss. Later, just as his family wanted, he married another Alpha. Sheng Mian maintained the appearance of a marriage like any other Omega wife, but his life was even more miserable. His husband hated him, and Sheng Mian could no longer have children. In their four years of marriage, Li Zhuo tormented him for three and a half. It's almost laughable: Li Zhuo had been the one to ask Sheng Mian's family for his hand in marriage. Back then, he seemed to like Sheng Mian very much. But there's no point talking about that now... Sitting at the head of the bed, Sheng Mian habitually applies ointment to the bruises and bite marks on his body. He thought this was all his life would ever be, a useless Omega nobody wanted, until he ran into Gu Yanze again. Gu Yanze, an Alliance general by the age of twenty-eight. Sheng Mian is covered in scars; Gu Yanze is decorated with military honors. Sheng Mian never expected to have anything to do with him again... but he doesn't know why Gu Yanze has started forcing his way into his chaotic life. He kisses the scars on Sheng Mian's body through his tears, saying over and over, “I'm sorry, I'm sorry, baby...” “I thought marrying him would give you a better life. I was wrong.” Sheng Mian blinks mechanically. Gu Yanze probably wants to salvage something, too, but it's too late. On a quiet, rainy night, Sheng Mian raises the gun he's spent so long preparing and aims it at her husband. Six bullets, and not one misses. When Gu Yanze rushes over after hearing what happened, Li Zhuo lies unconscious in a pool of blood. Sheng Mian sits on the edge of the big bed, hugging his knees as he stares at her husband, who may or may not be alive. No one knows what he's thinking. Gu Yanze's voice trembles as he steps through the blood toward Sheng Mian. “Mianmian, put the gun down...” Hearing him, Sheng Mian's lashes flutter numbly. Then he looks at Gu Yanze as if in a daze, stares at him for a long time, and suddenly smiles as he asks “Who are you?” His smile is beautiful, with two tiny dimples nestled in his cheeks. Soft light falls on Sheng Mian's fair, delicate face, making him look like a magnolia swaying in the breeze. But in that instant, Gu Yanze is devastated. Because Sheng Mian has forgotten everything. He's completely lost his mind. Both leads are sexually inexperienced. Alpha/Omega pairing, 1v1 ending. Both tops have to grovel, but one of them ends up burned to ashes. Extremely, extremely melodramatic. A guilty-pleasure read written purely for the author's own enjoyment. [Upcoming Novel 2]: "The Coveted Beauty Omega" Character setup: Cold, stern, secretly passionate politician top x scheming wife who pretends to be an innocent white lotus bottom [Synopsis]: There's a rumor in high society. An Alpha in a middling government position wants to climb the ladder, so he grits his teeth and sends his Omega wife to sleep with his boss. That's how he gets a shot at promotion. This Alpha only means to make the sacrifice once. But his boss can't get enough of his wife One time turns into ten, ten into a hundred. Eventually, the boss even urges the Omega to divorce her husband and marry him instead. The Alpha can't take it anymore. In a fit of rage, and with alcohol in his system, he runs his boss over with his car. Once he sobers up and realizes he's brought disaster upon himself, he jumps off a building and dies, too. Two powerful Alphas lose their lives fighting over one Omega. The absurd story makes the gossip pages, and eventually reaches the top's ears. The top scoffs, calling the two Alphas idiots and the Omega a temptress. A few years later, the top is transferred to another region, where he arrives as the new head official. The local officials organize a grand welcome banquet for him. Halfway through the meal, someone stands up to make a toast. The secretary introduces him to the top, then pauses and quietly adds, “That's the Omega from back then.” The top freezes, then finally deigns to look up at the Omega, the bottom. And freezes again. He thinks the man really is a temptress. Of course, the shrewd top quickly realizes this is a seduction scheme, and sneers at it. At the time, he never imagines he'll actually fall for this Omega. Fall so hard he'll throw away his career, even his life. Reading Guide: 1. The top is sexually inexperienced. 2. Fairly twisted and melodramatic. 3. More than three side-character tops. Theme: Don't be too blindly trusting