My Dark, Brooding Ex-Husband Is Carrying My Baby

"Xu Yunian, I'm pregnant. Let's get married again."

Xu Yunian, teaching in a mountain village, suddenly gets a call from his ex-husband. Even over the phone, he can feel the bone-deep chill in the man's voice.

"Hello? Hello? Bad signal. Can't hear you. Hanging up." Xu Yunian coldly ends the call. A good ex should be as good as dead. He and Qi Yuan should have nothing to do with each other ever again. If they do, it should be because one of them attends the other's funeral.

If falling in love in a healthy relationship is like coming back to life, Xu Yunian died all the way through. He died with his eyes wide open, utterly annihilated, and heartbroken. He once believed that, with his happy family and sunny personality, he could save Qi Yuan. As it turned out, that was nothing but wishful thinking. Qi Yuan was a poisonous snake mired in a swamp, willing to do anything to achieve his goals. Even his love was tainted by darkness. He didn't just want Xu Yunian. He wanted to lock him away and drag them both into the abyss.

Xu Yunian is happy now that he's a teacher. At least the children's innocent smiles help him forget the hurt Qi Yuan caused him, except for the occasional night when he wakes from a dream in tears.

One thinks he's forgotten, but the memories are etched into his bones. The other pursues him desperately, but has no idea how to reach him.

Content warning: Mpreg. The bottom pursues his wife after the breakup, carrying a baby as he runs off to a little mountain village to win him back.

Happy ending. A sunny, cheerful teacher top x a beautiful, dark bottom.

Theme: Love can ease the pain.