Madam, Think of Your Bedridden Husband

(Posting after the entire novel is written.)

Xie Yunzhi's dao companion was ordinary but honest. They had been bonded for a hundred years and lived in perfect harmony.

One day, his dao companion suddenly spat blood and never woke up again.

The miracle physician said that only by gathering all sorts of rare treasures in the world could she save his husband's life.

...It would have been better if the physician hadn't been rubbing Xie Yunzhi's thigh while saying this.

Xie Yunzhi was weak in cultivation and soft-hearted. After numerous setbacks, he still hadn't found the medicine, and the life in his husband's body grew weaker by the day.

With no other choice, Xie Yunzhi went to beg his first love for help.

His first love took his hand. "My dear, you don't want your husband to die, do you?"

Xie Yunzhi understood what he meant and endured night after night with him, humiliated.

His first love's father was the master of Zhuoying Pavilion. He despised Xie Yunzhi for being a seductive fox who had led his son astray.

The master made things difficult for Xie Yunzhi at every turn, hoping to drive him away from his son.

Xie Yunzhi knelt at his feet, eyes misty with tears. "Please, Pavilion Master, take pity on me. Save my husband's life, and I'll leave Zhuoying Pavilion."

The Pavilion Master lifted his chin and pondered for a moment. "Serve me well, and I'll save your dao companion."

Xie Yunzhi went back and forth between father and son, enduring humiliation and swallowing his pride.

He never expected the two men to fight viciously over him, madly demanding to know which of them would get to become Xie Yunzhi's husband.

Xie Yunzhi: "?"

What a bunch of lunatics.

Xie Yunzhi wanted to run away.

But the miracle physician told him he was pregnant.

...It would have been better if the physician hadn't touched his stomach and said she really wanted to take responsibility for the baby.

The miracle physician said, "I don't know who the father is, but if you want to leave, Yunzhi, I'll help you."

So Xie Yunzhi fled. He hid with his husband... and the miracle physician in a mountain hollow, his belly growing larger by the day.

Just as Xie Yunzhi was about to give birth, his honest husband woke up.

His husband stroked his swollen belly and murmured on and on. "Yunzhi, I've been asleep for so long. Whose child is in your belly?"

The miracle physician watched in silence, amused, while the father and son waited menacingly at the foot of the mountain.

Xie Yunzhi was terrified.

Content warnings:

1. One-on-one relationships in stages. All four love interests get their chance, and the winner gets the final say in who Xie Yunzhi chooses.

2. Extremely dark and twisted. Everyone is a villain, so don't feel sorry for anyone.

3. Place your bets on who fathered the protagonist's child ^ω^

4. This is probably a story about a virtuous, devoted wife who puts a price on herself to save her husband.

Theme: The more lovers, the grander the life