Life as a Doting Wife in the Apocalypse

This is a melodramatic story.

Also known as The Days of Being a Beloved Wife in the Apocalypse

Bundled with the upcoming story No A9, No Rescue

Yun Sui transmigrates into the protagonist bottom of an old-fashioned, roadside-stall romance about picking up men. The System gives him a mission: find the male lead, save him, go through a deeply moving saga of love and hate, successfully marry into a wealthy family, and live a luxurious life of fine clothes and lavish spending.

Being cautious about picking up strange men, Yun Sui has very strict standards: no ugly men, no short men, and anyone whose assets are below A9 is out of the question. No one is going to ruin his dream of marrying into a wealthy family.

After waiting and waiting, his place is practically becoming a shelter for the injured. Finally, one day, he finds two men lying side by side in the roadside grass. They look as if they've just fought a fierce battle, their clothes disheveled and their bodies injured. One has a head wound, and the other has a bandage wrapped around his arm. Both are unconscious, but even so, each has a handsome face in his own way.

Yun Sui doesn't know which one is the real male lead, so he takes both of them home.

The man with the head injury is spotless and has nothing valuable on him. His ID card says Yan Su. As for the man with the injured arm, the few black cards and limited-edition leather wallet Yun Sui finds on him are proof enough of his vast wealth. His name is Zhuang Zhengyu.

Yun Sui takes one look at Zhuang Zhengyu and decides he's his future husband.

While they recover, Yun Sui naturally devotes all his attention to Zhuang Zhengyu, making soup and bringing medicine, fussing over him, and casting him affectionate glances from time to time. His little scheme is practically written all over his face. Zhuang Zhengyu seems to enjoy it, too. They exchange glances, the atmosphere turns flirtatious, and before long, a baby is on the way.

Zhuang Zhengyu tells him that Yan Su is one of his underlings.

Once they recover, Zhuang Zhengyu takes Yun Sui away. They get engaged and married, and have two children in three years. Being a wealthy family's daughter-in-law isn't easy: there are lots of rules, and he has to constantly watch out for all the women throwing themselves at Zhuang Zhengyu.

*

Just as Yun Sui discovers he's pregnant again, before he can tell his husband, who's away on a business trip, he sits in the garden of their estate, drinking freshly squeezed juice made by the house staff and thinking that a daughter would make their third child the perfect addition to the family. Then the System, which has been gone for nearly four years, suddenly rises from the dead in his mind.

"Host, I've detected a major deviation from the plot. You saved the wrong person! Zhuang Zhengyu isn't the male lead of this story. He's its biggest villain. Yan Su is the male lead."

Yun Sui's hand holding the juice trembles, and he blurts out, "...Excuse me?"

*

Only after learning that the husband he'd shared a bed with for three years was the story's biggest villain did Yun Sui belatedly realize what kind of terrifying nature lay beneath Zhuang Zhengyu's refined, elegant exterior.

He toys with Yan Su like a dog, taking everything that should have belonged to him, including important resources and status, and even... the male lead's wife.

What can Yun Sui do? The baby in his belly is almost three months along, and Zhuang Zhengyu personally promised him that if this one is a girl, he'd give him an island.

Just as Yun Sui is trying to convince himself that a villain is fine, as long as he treats me well, Yan Su suddenly regains his memories.

*

The real male lead carefully seeks Yun Sui out, after all, Yun Sui once saved him.

"Sister-in-law," Yan Su says, "take the children and come with me. They've got what they need to bring Zhuang Zhengyu down. I don't want you to get hurt."

Yun Sui looks at Yan Su's earnest, sincere face. Damn it, the male lead wants to destroy my dream of marrying into a wealthy family!

Yun Sui decides to lie low beside the male lead for now and see what terrible things Zhuang Zhengyu has done. If nobody's been killed and he hasn't crossed the line, Yun Sui can still try to protect his children's father. After all, all those men he picked up have become useful connections.

Unexpectedly, a few months later, Zhuang Zhengyu comes after him.

It is a gloomy afternoon. Yun Sui, with his pregnancy starting to show, is being helped by Yan Su as he prepares to get into an inconspicuous black car. A long black luxury car suddenly pulls up across their path.

The door opens, and Zhuang Zhengyu steps out, followed by several bodyguards. His face holds none of the gentle smile Yun Sui knows. Instead, he wears a chilling, sinister smile, as if he's crawled straight out of hell. "Honey, I've had such a hard time finding you."

Yun Sui sees him staring at his belly. "W-wait! Honey! Let me explain!"

Zhuang Zhengyu's gaze shifts past him to Yan Su. The curve of his lips deepens, but his voice is cold enough to freeze. "It's my fault, honey. I didn't protect you. It's fine, I'll chop up the adulterer and feed him to the dogs. As for this little bastard..."

Yun Sui: "..."

He looks down at his round belly, then at Zhuang Zhengyu's terrifying expression, which doesn't look like a joke at all. He realizes that his dream of marrying into a wealthy family hasn't been shattered yet, but Zhuang Zhengyu himself might be about to be shattered first.

The king of picking up men, a well-connected bottom x a refined, sinister villain top

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