After Mistaking the Gloomy Villain for My Husband

Currently serializing: The Poor Little Thing I Took In Is the World-Destroying Demon Lord. Synopsis at the very end.

Synopsis

A sweet, timid little ray of sunshine heroine x a world-weary villain hero

Xu Songhe transmigrated into a fantasy novel. The System told her that the person closest to her when she opened her eyes would be her future husband. If she won him over, she could return to her original world.

She glanced at the handsome young man beside her, who was also trapped in a monster's den. He was meditating with his eyes closed, and she felt a little uneasy.

But before she could approach him, she watched him coolly snap the monster's neck with a casual flick of his hand.

"..." Xu Songhe desperately held back the tears of fright.

Her future husband... didn't seem like a very nice person.

But this was the only way for her to get home, and he didn't seem to plan on hurting her.

With nowhere else to go, she followed him every day. He always acted like he wanted nothing to do with anyone. When she offered him a piping-hot roasted sweet potato, he couldn't even be bothered to raise his eyelids. When she chattered about things she'd seen, he acted as if he couldn't hear her.

Gradually, the hint of seeing her as a mere plaything in his gaze seemed to change.

But she hadn't figured out what it had changed into when the unreliable System suddenly let out a piercing shriek:

"He's not your husband at all! He's a villain who has done every evil under the sun. Host, run as far away as you can. He agreed to keep you by his side, but who knows when he'll capture you and skin you alive?"

Terrified, Xu Songhe immediately packed her things and fled. Before leaving, she left a note for him on the stone table outside: "I mistook you for someone else earlier and caused you trouble. I hope things go well for you. Let's never meet again."

*

Qi Wuyang's true form was the last nine-tailed fox in the world, and he was a demon everyone avoided like the plague.

But there was one person who was always bold enough to come right up to him and stick by his side.

At first, Qi Wuyang paid her no mind. After living alone for so long, he thought there was no harm in having one more plaything to amuse him.

Until he was ambushed and in danger, his spiritual power leaking uncontrollably. Everyone wanted to take his life, but she rushed to him without hesitation, smiling as she hugged and comforted him.

Faced with this sudden warmth, the young man, who had never been close to anyone before, felt at a loss for the first time.

He began to grow used to the hot food she brought him, the sound of her chattering, and even the scent of her. If he didn't see her for a moment, he felt restless and uneasy.

But later, she ran away, leaving behind only a cryptic message.

Qi Wuyang held the note between his fingers as flames danced at his fingertips. The paper curled into ash and scattered in a whispering shower.

After all the time they'd spent together, did she still want to marry someone else?

If there was someone else in her heart, then he would cut that heart out, clean it, and give it back to her. Then she could be the girl she had been before, the one whose eyes held only him.

*Little scene

On the day Xu Songhe married her real husband, an uninvited guest appeared in the bridal chamber. When she opened her eyes again, the first thing she saw was a striking red.

She was still wearing her red wedding dress. Red silk loosely bound her wrists to the bedpost, and the bridal chamber around her was decorated with extraordinary warmth and care.

The young man knelt before her and gently kissed her hand. His eyes, usually as cool as frost, now roiled with dark currents, as if the madness he had repressed for so long had finally torn through its disguise.

"A-He," he said softly, his eyes brimming with intense jealousy. "Why are you marrying him? Didn't you say I was your husband?"

She was pulled into his arms, her consciousness almost hazy. His lips brushed her earlobe, sending tremors through her.

#How could a villain bear to cut out your heart? He just wants you to love him.

[Reading Guide]

1. Both leads have only ever been with each other. The story focuses on romance, and all plot serves the relationship. Logic has been thrown to the dogs. [Important: If you want a plot-driven story or have high standards for logic, please don't click in. Now that I've written a stockpile, I really do think the plot is a little weak, qaq.]

2. The hero isn't an entirely evil villain. He's more world-weary, and may be a little tsundere at first. Only toward the heroine, of course.

3. The System doesn't have much of a presence.

---Coming soon---

Gentle, kind little rabbit heroine x a demon lord who's not what he seems

Shen Lixue once saved a badly injured, unconscious young man while gathering herbs, and the two became dependent on each other.

The young man was named Du Hehui. He was always gentle when he spoke to her.

She was blind and couldn't see. Even when she cut her finger, he would feel both heartbroken and guilty.

He taught her swordsmanship, carried her on his back as they traveled far and wide, and used every word he knew to describe all the beautiful sights she longed to see.

She began to feel that even such an ordinary life was wonderful.

Later, Shen Lixue's eye condition was cured. Overjoyed, she went to find him, only to see the young man who had always seemed so gentle and refined personally gouge out the eyes of someone who had once mocked her blindness. Blood spattered everywhere.

Shen Lixue was so frightened she nearly fainted.

The young man silently wiped the blood from his hands, stepped over several corpses, and carefully lifted her onto his back. In a gentle voice, he said:

"Some stray cat showed up. Be careful not to trip over it."

*

Du Hehui never expected to fall in love with a mortal girl.

She was pure and kind and hated fighting, so he would play the part of a refined gentleman and live a quiet life with her.

But when he dealt with those people, he never expected that her eyesight would return so soon.

Du Hehui kissed her with a calm expression, apologizing for frightening her.

She wanted to pretend she hadn't seen anything and go back to the life they'd had before, and he patiently played along.

As long as she stayed by his side, anything was possible.

Theme: Live life with optimism.