After the Fan Favorite's Husband Faked His Death

Beloved by all, cold on the outside but warm within, powerful bottom × Cunning politician top who faked his death

[Hot] Mason, the youngest Speaker in the Empire’s history, has been assassinated! All sides, please take note:

1L Ming Shiyu (the Empire’s tulip, the Empire University’s young principal, the Speaker’s legal spouse):

Thanks for the invitation. I’m widowed and back on the Empire’s top-tier dating market.

IP: Capital Star

2L Too Arrogant, Lost My Dream Lover (legendary mining magnate, noble, blessed with ancestral luck that turns stone into gold, reportedly very rich):

Get lost. What does Mason’s death have to do with me... Wait, Ming Shiyu... I’m not talking to you anymore. Someone needs to take the position of matriarch of the Stuart family. I’m going to dust it off.

IP: Capital Star

3L If You’re Dropping from the Sky, You’re All Mine! (childhood friend, and, by coincidence, the youngest Alliance leader):

I just want to comfort Shiyu. Ever since he was little, he’s never liked talking about it when he’s upset.

Mason and Shiyu weren’t together for very long, so maybe he didn’t understand him well. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have kicked the bucket and made Shiyu sad.

IP: Chinese Alliance Executive Office

4L The Whole Internet Is Trying to Marry Me (He says he’s the emperor, but I don’t believe him):

? I don’t care if a man is married when I’m stealing him.

What, his husband’s dead? Great! No, I mean, I’m so sorry to hear that. I’m dying. This is a gift from heaven! That’s not what I meant. I mean, he died young, but his husband picked a pretty good time to go.*

Why are you looking at me like that? I didn’t do it.

IP: Palace

5L Doing Time for Love (space pirate captain, currently escaping prison):

※ Poor signal in prison. Unable to display this user’s message. System analysis: user’s emotional state is gloating and secretly delighted.

IP: Interstellar Prison

6L Watching My Best Bro’s Home Catch Fire (Not the account owner. He says he’s Mason, the poor victim behind the account. There are so many weirdos on this forum):

My life advice: after overcoming five passes and slaying six generals to marry a rich beauty, don’t fake your death. Your marriage certificate will be canceled!

Damn the Empire’s Marriage Registry! Give me back my marriage certificate! My rival bosses all reloaded their saves and ganged up on me. Do you think I can beat them?

Sorry, I really can beat them.

Later, even though the whole Empire tacitly agreed

The newly appointed Duke Mason was probably the former Speaker risen from the dead.

But Ming Shiyu’s marital status had irrevocably become “widowed,” his rivals circled him like jackals, and his wife kept taking their side at the worst possible times.

In short, a fake-death ex-husband chases his wife online, gets into a fierce showdown with his rivals, and successfully prevents the universally beloved one from finding a second spring!

Ming Shiyu said, “Thanks for asking. Before my scheming husband faked his death, I had no idea so many people were after me.”

Mason picked him up with ease. “But you chose me back then. Also, that’s not fair. When your admirers surrounded me and beat me up, you only knew how to flirt with me. Why do you become so well-behaved when it’s just the two of us?”

“Are you afraid I’ll do something to you?”

[Before You Read]

1. A marriage-first, love-later story. The bottom hasn’t fallen in love with the top before he becomes a widower, and he already knows the top isn’t dead. The bottom is slow to catch on and starved for affection. He genuinely wants to remarry.

2. The top’s rivals are exceptionally strong. This is a battle-for-the-bottom showdown, but the top and bottom are the only ones who love each other, and they’re made for each other.

3. The bottom is beloved by all. The top and bottom are both physically and emotionally faithful to each other. Only the villains are unfaithful.

4. Includes forum posts. To be continued.

5. *An internet meme.

---------------Here’s the blurb for an upcoming novel

Choosing to Be the Mascot Between a Workaholic and a Layabout

[Beloved-by-all noble family son bottom × Aloof crown prince top]

Tao Zui looked at his short arms and legs and nearly burst into tears. “Damn you, heavens! I did dream of transmigrating back to kindergarten, lying flat while slaughtering the competition, but not in an ancient kindergarten!”

...Don’t even ask if his double degree in math and finance, overseas education, or Wall Street work experience are useful.

He’s not even literate now!

Tao Zui, a low-energy person, had finally clawed his way to a modest success in the glorious twenty-first century. In an instant, he lost everything. He thought he might as well become a useless little dumpling.

After growing up happily, Tao Zui couldn’t hold back his fierce sense of responsibility. He wanted to be a son his parents could be proud of.

Unexpectedly, his kind parents comforted him: “Our son only needs to live a peaceful life. If the sky falls, your younger brother will hold it up.”

Everyone looked at his little brother, who wasn’t even as tall as a doorstep. He patted his chest like a brave little man and said in a childish voice, “That’s right, Big Brother. I’ll hold it up!”

Tao Zui: ...

Outside the Imperial Study, Tao Zui had returned from vacation without finishing his homework. He felt too guilty to go inside. “The teachers at the Imperial Academy can’t bear to hit me, but the tutor at the Imperial Study doesn’t care which high official my father is.”

The crown prince held back a laugh and pulled his little study companion inside.

Tao Zui watched as the princes obediently lined up to get their palms smacked. When it was his turn, he tremblingly held out his hand. The old man stroked his long beard and glared at him. “Don’t let it happen again.”

Tao Zui: ?

“By the way, does the mascot not know he’s the mascot?”

[Before You Read]

1. Feel-good power fantasy, strong leads, beloved-by-all group favorite.

2. The top’s identity is undecided.

3. That’s all. I’ll write it.

Premise: Love is a sword that cuts through rivals!