After Being Kept by Monsters

Also known as The Awkward Giant Jellyfish's Guide to Winning Back His Love [Nonhuman Series]

Wen Fu is an outstanding corporate drone. Ever since she was little, her greatest dream has been to own a cozy little home in Yue City.

After her exceptional performance earns her a spot on a cruise trip awarded to outstanding employees, she sets off with a group of her equally excellent coworkers.

As the waves rage, the last thing Wen Fu sees before losing consciousness is a tsunami blotting out the sky. Screams fill her ears.

When she opens her eyes again, she and two surviving coworkers have been washed ashore on an unfamiliar island.

The villagers are simple, kind, and gentle.

At night, a blood moon hangs high in the sky.

The villagers crouch on the ground, devouring raw flesh.

The pink clothes beside the meat are all too familiar to her.

They belong to her coworker.

Wen Fu covers her mouth and trembles as she tries to edge away.

The next moment, she's knocked to the ground, her back torn open. The agony makes her consciousness fade.

She thinks death will bring her release, but she keeps dying and coming back to life in all sorts of ways on this eerie island beneath the blood moon, unable to escape the nightmare.

She cannot escape her inevitable death.

Until she flees into a thorn-filled courtyard.

The villagers stand outside, their faces dark, but they no longer pursue her.

At last, she breaks free from time and no longer has to suffer death.

Immersed in the joy of finally escaping death, Wen Fu fails to notice the villagers around her, their heads bowed like ghosts, their eyes trembling with fear beneath their lowered lids.

The man inside the house presses a finger against Wen Fu's full lips, a cruel smile on his face. "Are you sure you want to stay here?"

Clutching the hem of her clothes, Wen Fu timidly leans toward the man, tears welling in her eyes.

"I'm sure. Please be gentle with me."

Next up: After Transmigrating into the Wasteland Game as a Beautiful Wife, I Cling to the Villain

To beat the game, Sang Mian stays up three nights in a row. Just as she's about to win, the device overheats and its wiring catches fire. She is shocked and collapses to the floor.

When she opens her eyes again, she's transmigrated into the wasteland survival game, The Abandoned Land.

Radiation blankets the world. Humans have evolved supernatural abilities, animals have mutated, plants have disappeared, and water sources are polluted. Every resource is precious.

You can create any character you like in the game world, but Sang Mian skips the preliminary options and becomes a gift her tribe presents to the lord.

The good news: She's breathtakingly beautiful, and she has the System to back her up.

The bad news: She's the owner of the game's biggest villain. Ever since he was little, she's tormented and humiliated him, and when he grows up, she's the first person he kills.

A hellish start. Sang Mian looks at her stats panel.

Aside from her beauty score of 100, all her other stats are too blurry to make out.

She can still turn things around. A paying player never gives up.

The System gives her three chances to draw rewards.

Ding! Beauty bonus: 50.

Ding! Obtained a packet of unidentified seeds.

Ding! Obtained the ability to farm.

Sang Mian closes her eyes and takes a breath, unwilling to look at the useless junk she drew.

[Players must complete missions to continue drawing rewards.] The System's voice is sweet.

So Sang Mian has no choice but to complete the System's shady missions to get more draws.

Qi An lets Sang Mian kiss his face over and over, blushing like a woodpecker.

[Congratulations, Player! Mission complete. Reward: three consecutive draws.]

Just as Sang Mian rubs her hands together, eager to draw, an arm locks around her waist.

"Sis, look at me." Qi An's shoulder dips, and his hot breath brushes her slender neck.

Theme: An awkward, secretly smug giant jellyfish wins back his love