The World Can End for All I Care, I'm Marrying This Villain

Ji Zheng got married, and she and her new husband were crammed into the same coffin.

Blood ran from all seven of her orifices, her skin stretched taut over a pile of bones, while her husband... her husband was in six pieces.

Looking at the newly burned marriage certificate before her, Ji Zheng realized who the unlucky man beside her was.

The most celebrated son of the Xie family in the Great Zhou, a young man with a swordsman's spirit and a poet's heart. His Yunlan Spear was unmatched on the battlefield, yet even a bright moon like him could not guard against a deliberate plot. His supplies were cut off, and he died in the winter snow.

When the soldiers found him, they couldn't piece together a complete corpse.

*

Xie Huaiyuan didn't know who the woman beside him was. He only faintly sensed her pity, a feeling he had encountered countless times over the years.

Another pitiful wretch...

Listening to the battle cries outside the grave, he knew he had succeeded. This decaying dynasty had finally fallen apart.

And he, too, was about to descend into hell.

*

Reborn, Xie Huaiyuan had not yet come to his senses when a marriage proposal landed on his doorstep. When he opened his eyes and saw the woman, she seemed somewhat familiar.

Ji Zheng saw him. The Xie family son before her was radiant and refined, nothing like the pitiful man who had died in a snowstorm.

Xie Huaiyuan put on his mask and gave a cold laugh. "If you don't want to die, get a divorce as soon as possible."

Ji Zheng twitched her mouth, thinking that if anyone was going to die, it would be him first. She looked up, her eyes reddening, and murmured, "Don't..."

*

Xie Huaiyuan had never imagined that there could be another way to live. The world seemed a little more interesting now, making him reluctant to destroy it. And all of it came from the person beside him in bed.

Ji Zheng had never imagined the unlucky man could be so destructive when he didn't die, that he would bring about the coming chaos and leave billions of lives in ruins.

"A Zheng, don't go." Xie Huaiyuan knelt on the ground, clutching her knees and begging through his tears.

Ji Zheng remained unmoved, her gaze fixed on the divorce agreement on the table.

"You promised you'd protect me..."

"Let go."

Xie Huaiyuan swallowed the blood in his throat. After a long while, he stood up, gentle as he had been when they first met, and softly caressed the back of her neck.

A sharp pain struck. Ji Zheng's eyes flew wide, then she slowly collapsed into Xie Huaiyuan's arms.

"A Zheng, people who break their promises must be punished. So stay with me forever, just as you did in our past life."

Reading guide:

1. An upright, stubborn beauty who only wants to save her father vs. a slightly unhinged, brooding, sweet-on-the-inside male lead who knows how to bend

2. The male lead is a little unhinged, but the chaos has nothing to do with him.

3. One-on-one romance, happy ending.

4. The heroine's father is a transmigrator.

5. An entirely fictional setting with plenty of original worldbuilding.

Theme: Cherish life, and beware of being cheated or taken advantage of