After the Forced Marriage, the Outcast Just Stopped Caring

Ming Yi was only fourteen when he finally returned home after someone else had taken his place in life. He discovered that his family saw him as an unwelcome nuisance.

The fake young master, Yan An, was cheerful, charming, and exceptionally talented. He entered the entertainment industry and quickly became a sensation, winning everyone's affection.

Ming Yi, on the other hand, flouted convention and seemed beyond help. His mother called him vulgar, his father thought he was useless, and his older brother believed he was full of schemes.

Ming Yi clumsily imitated Yan An and desperately tried to catch up, but no matter what he did, he couldn't measure up.

He was criticized for being rude on a variety show and for being a laughable imitation when he acted. Then an exposé revealed that he'd once been a delinquent, and the entire internet turned against him.

Only after a car accident did Ming Yi learn that he was in a novel about a beloved darling, and that he was the universally hated cannon fodder who couldn't stand to see the protagonist doing well. The Yan family had arranged for him to marry into the Xie family in place of Yan An, to take the misfortune meant for him.

The villain, Xie Yunxie, was said to be notoriously brutal. Within a month of being married off to him, Ming Yi would anger him and be thrown into the sea, never to be found again.

Ming Yi thought bitterly that dying like that might be for the best. He was tired. He didn't have the strength to fight anymore.

He calmly accepted his fate as a replacement groom and waited for his watery grave.

But this villain... seemed a little off.

One moment, Xie Yunxie was gripping his waist and forcing himself on him. The next, Xie Yunxie's ears were bright red as he frantically apologized.

"Sorry, you probably won't believe me, but I'm actually an Alpha who transmigrated here. I'm really not Xie Yunxie himself!"

Ming Yi: ?

No wonder the villain was so brutal. It turned out he was mentally ill.

Mr. Xie, who claimed to have transmigrated here, begged Ming Yi to cooperate so he could complete some so-called "System tasks." Ming Yi agreed. His life was already a complete mess, so he might as well give up trying.

Xie Yunxie: The protagonists are about to ruin the variety show I invested in! Brother, save me!

Ming Yi joined the survival show and completely let loose, climbing trees and catching fish. Somehow, his reputation started improving??

Xie Yunxie: This is urgent! The protagonist gong poached the lead actor for my movie. Could you give it a try? I think your half-dead look would suit the role perfectly!

Ming Yi returned to the screen and had a great time playing a villain. His distinctive presence and heartbreaking ending made him an overnight sensation.

Xie Yunxie: Brother, you smell so good. Can I bite your gland?

Ming Yi, who didn't even have glands: ? Is that part of a System task too?

Xie Yunxie looked away guiltily. "Yes."

*

Xie Yunxie had unexpectedly transmigrated into a novel about a beloved darling and gotten bound to a damn villain System. If he didn't follow the villain plot, he'd die.

At least he had a fellow tool-character roommate, a pitiful little guy he could rely on.

As an Alpha, Xie Yunxie's preferences were perfectly ordinary. But for some reason, the Beta Ming Yi, who had no pheromones, was becoming more and more to his taste.

He brushed the dust off Ming Yi with his own hands. Watching him shine again as he was meant to, Xie Yunxie held this precious jewel close, cradling him in his hands. Before he knew it, he could no longer bear to let him go.

Xie Yunxie once swore to Ming Yi, "Don't worry. I'm absolutely not interested in Betas!"

Later, the scheming, shameless Alpha coaxed Ming Yi. "Sweetheart, let me bite you one more time."

Ming Yi covered the back of his neck, marked all over with bite marks, and said in a trembling, restrained voice, "No. Go wear a bite guard."

[You don't have to chase someone else's shadow. You are the light.]

[Husky-wolf hybrid gong x gloomy beauty, give-up-on-life shou]

Reader's guide:

1. The gong is an Alpha in an ABO world and has a rut. He will not return to the ABO world.

2. The shou has always been an ordinary person and will not become an Omega.

3. The protagonist grows over the course of the story.

Check out my upcoming infinite-flow story, I Really Just Want to Retire! A max-level powerhouse returns to the newbie village!

Upcoming story:

You are a retired infinite-flow player.

In the 125th year since you were dragged into the infinite-flow game, you went blind and were abandoned by everyone. All you wanted was to find a small world where you could retire in peace.

You had trouble adjusting to life without sight. After turning your SSS-rank weapon into a white cane, you decided you also wanted a seeing-eye dog with a little intelligence.

Unfortunately, this small world had only just been invaded by the infinite-flow game. Every anomaly here was far too weak for you.

Still, they'd do in a pinch.

In a haunted house, you casually grabbed a three-headed hellhound as it sprang at you and smiled.

There. A seeing-eye dog.

Life was still very inconvenient, much to your frustration.

So you had no choice but to hide your identity, capture free labor in several fallen zones, and do your best to improve your retirement.

B-rank anomaly [Data Eater], installed on electronic devices, made surfing the internet much easier.

A-rank anomaly [Funeral Puppet], a housekeeper who could serve tea, pour water, do laundry, and cook.

S-rank anomaly [Flesh Carpet], a means of transportation that meant your friends never had to worry about you tripping over stones in the road again.

Turn useless anomalies into little trinkets and sell them through your online shop to make ends meet. That sort of thing.

You gradually began to feel quite content. Only three things still bothered you.

1. The human Anomaly Control Bureau seemed to have discovered you. They had secretly classified you as a disaster-class super-anomaly and were preparing to exterminate you.

2. Your pet octopus was reproducing like crazy, and your aquarium was almost too small to hold them all.

3. One after another, old acquaintances from the infinite-flow game were showing up to drag you back and collect the bounty.

You were helpless. You really did just want to retire. Why was it so difficult?

Recently, the Anomaly Control Bureau had frequently detected a powerful, bizarre presence.

Witnesses claimed that the abnormal entity was shrouded in black mist, its eyes covered by black silk. It raised a silver staff slightly and destroyed an entire A-rank fallen zone with a single strike. Its rank was at least S-rank!

The entire Bureau took the matter extremely seriously and gave the abnormal entity a code name: Lord of No Light.

Following the few clues available, the Bureau finally found the entity's whereabouts.

A... general store?

Seeing the A-rank items on the shelves, the three-headed hellhound barking at them from the doorway, and an S-rank anomaly being used as a table leg, everyone fell silent.

The blind young man behind the counter heard them and smiled gently. "Welcome! Would you like to buy some little trinkets?"

"..."

You call these little trinkets?!

Asmodeus, an evil god, had slept for many years. When he awoke, he found that his authority had been stolen and his body had somehow been split into pieces.

The little tentacle monsters that had split off from him had, one after another, fallen in love with a blind human. For that human, they were even willing to separate themselves from their main body.

Asmodeus was furious and decided to kill that damn human himself.

Then he ended up loving him :-D

-

Recently, Lou Yangxue had noticed a lot of strange people suddenly appearing around him. Although he couldn't see them, he could feel the burning gazes coming from every direction.

Those fervent stares surrounded him from all sides.

The kind passerby who helped him cross the street, the enthusiastic clerk at the dessert shop who gave him an extra cake, the mysterious neighbor whose bathroom always seemed to break... They all seemed to be the same person.

One day, he heard a whisper from an evil god:

"Wife... mine... wife."

"Assimilate all the fragments... build a nest."

The little tentacle monsters shrieked and wrestled with one another, each fighting to claim the right to be his only mate.

Finally realizing something was wrong, Lou Yangxue silently picked up his white cane and tried to sneak away, steeling himself.

As soon as he moved, several different voices rang out from beneath the bed at once, all filled with the same resentful adoration.

"Wife, where are you going?"

Lou Yangxue: "..."

[Beautiful, strong, tragic blind beauty shou x gloomy, creeping, dissociative tentacle-monster evil god gong]

Reader's guide:

1. A max-level powerhouse returns to the newbie village. A shameless, face-slapping power fantasy.

2. The shou's eyesight will be cured later. He won't be blind forever.

3. The gong is a longtime obsessive stalker, a little creepy. All his fragments revolve around the shou, and their intelligence is inversely proportional to their lovesickness. Read at your own risk.

Theme: Life is hard, but keep moving forward.