The Sickly Beauty Transmigrates into a Book, Fakes a Pregnancy, and Can't Escape

After working overtime, corporate drone Shi Yi fell asleep and woke up to find he had transmigrated into an old-fashioned, melodramatic rich-family novel he’d once skimmed. He had become the frail, sickly spouse in a contractual marriage with Lu Wenzhou, the villainous boss. He’d be out of breath after a few steps, and his story would end with him penniless and dying miserably.

Shi Yi, veteran reader of transmigration novels, thought: No need to explain. I know all the tropes. I’ll lie flat, be a lazy fish, and focus on staying alive.

So Shi Yi started taking care of his health while making early plans for a comfortable retirement after faking his death. He also firmly avoided any contact with his marriage partner, Lu Wenzhou. After all, going by the tropes, his plot and character setup made it way too easy for the two of them to wind up with a happy ending!

But despite doing everything he could to avoid being alone with Lu Wenzhou, Shi Yi fell into the trap because he’d read too little of the original story, and ended up spending an entire night with him by accident.

The next day, Shi Yi looked at the marks scattered all over his body, some dark, some faint, and his mind completely checked out. From then on, he had to eat, rest, and recuperate with his marriage partner every day, under Lu Wenzhou’s arrangements.

A month later, without warning, Shi Yi’s stomach suddenly lurched. "Ugh!"

After Lu Wenzhou gained self-awareness, he learned that he was the villain in a book. From then on, he became even more indifferent and aloof toward everything around him, including his marriage partner.

He had planned to coldly watch Shi Yi’s every move. But as he watched, the two of them unexpectedly spent a night together.

At the breakfast table, he saw Shi Yi cover his mouth and run off to vomit. His frail body trembled uncontrollably, and tears dampened his long, thick eyelashes. Lu Wenzhou frowned with concern and called a doctor.

After examining him, the doctor said plainly, "It’s a false pregnancy. Mr. Shi’s gestational cavity has begun to develop."

Shi Yi: ?!

A false what? What cavity?

How had nobody ever told him this was a pregnancy novel too???

Lu Wenzhou kept Shi Yi by his side at all times and carefully nursed him back to health. After Shi Yi safely made it through his false pregnancy and "gave birth," he finally got his chance to fake his death. He managed to board a cruise ship bound for a foreign country.

Standing on deck in the sea breeze, Shi Yi was over the moon.

But when he woke up after falling asleep, he was back in the familiar room.

A red cord and tiny bells had been fastened around his slender, porcelain-white ankle. They jingled at the slightest movement.

Shi Yi was trapped in the arms of the tall, sinister figure before him. His eyes were red-rimmed, and his body trembled as he whimpered softly, "Don’t make me have another false pregnancy... sob..."

"Mm, no more false pregnancies." Lu Wenzhou gently pressed his large hand against Shi Yi’s once again slim, flat stomach. His voice was husky, his gaze dangerous. "This time, you need to really get pregnant."

#That way, his wife won’t leave again, right?#

1. Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting.

2. There really will be babies.

Theme: The sickly beauty transmigrates into a book, has a false pregnancy, and can’t escape