Bao'e, Bao'e, You're Kindhearted [Journey to the West]

I transmigrated into a book. I became an amnesiac demon, kindly taken in by a family named Gao. Although I’d lost my memories, I was lucky enough to have magic. I’d also heard that I had a late husband, a man named Lord Mao Erlang. To repay the family’s kindness, I stayed with the Gaos and helped them earn some money. Who could have guessed that Elder Gao would resent me for being a demon, complain that I ate too much, and repeatedly call in exorcists to deal with me? It was infuriating! Fortunately, the Gao family’s son, Gao Cuilan, treated me with gentle consideration. He often reassured me that a healthy appetite was a blessing and told me not to dwell on my late husband all day, but to settle down and make myself at home. That was the only reason I stayed for a few years. I thought life would remain peaceful, but one day a demon with a shaggy face and a bowing head dared to disguise itself as Young Master Gao and attack me! I was furious, until I saw the demon raise a metal staff and swing it straight at me, shouting, “You vile monster!” I stared at the metal staff with golden bands on both ends, and broke into a cold sweat. Something was wrong. Something was definitely wrong. - After a shaggy-faced monster hit me with a staff, I got my memories back. I had transmigrated into a book. But it was a heavily rewritten version of Journey to the West. And I’d become the lazy, gluttonous Zhu Bajie. Before setting off to fetch the scriptures, I took Young Master Gao’s hand and sobbed, looking utterly wronged. “If I fail to get the scriptures, just wait for me to return to secular life. We’ll go back to having fun together like before.” Young Master Gao was just as gentle as ever. He nodded and agreed. But I never imagined that the journey to fetch the scriptures would be so “perilous.” The demons coming from every direction were more skilled than the last at using their wiles to beguile people, as if they could drain away a person’s essence. Truly terrifying! [Reader’s Guide] The heroine transmigrates into a heavily rewritten Journey to the West. The story also incorporates Journey to the West, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, and various other books. The setting is fictional. The heroine is sly, lazy, greedy, and lustful. A reverse harem, with many gender-swapped characters. There are many, many original liberties. However, all reimaginings of original characters in this story are based solely on their source texts. Please don’t bring up other versions in the comments. Theme: Perseverance brings victory.