The Whole Capital Wants Me Dead, but the Living Hades Spoils His Bride

When the calamity-eating demon A Kui was so hungry she was about to reveal her true form, she caught the scent of the vast, pure misfortune radiating from Pei Zhao, the second young master of the Marquis of Yongning's household.

Desperate for a meal, she took the place of a runaway bride and married into the haunted house everyone avoided.

Pei Zhao has been cursed with a life-swapping sorcery, and misfortune clings to him. Anyone who gets close dies horribly. The whole capital says he won't survive the winter. He watches the shabby bridal sedan with cold eyes, wondering how many days this bride will last before she breaks down and begs for mercy.

But the little bride beneath the veil grabs the hand he offers, eyes shining:

“Husband, let's hurry inside!”

She's not afraid of him at all and is always hovering by his side. When he coughs blood, she offers him a handkerchief. When she catches the fragrant scent of misfortune on him, she secretly swallows. Then one night, Pei Zhao catches his little bride sprawled in front of his bed, happily eating the pitch-black misfortune everyone else avoids.

A Kui wipes her mouth and looks innocent. “Husband, this... is kind of tasty.”

Pei Zhao: ???

From then on, the marquis's household takes a turn for the unexpected.

The servants, who had been waiting to collect the body, discover that the second young master's health actually improves after his new wife arrives.

The bizarre, sudden deaths also gradually stop.

Only A Kui frets over her long-term meal ticket:

The misfortune is getting fainter and there's almost nothing left to eat... Wait, shouldn't we catch and beat up the thief who's been stealing my husband's good luck?

[Reading guide]

A purehearted calamity-eating demon whose only goal is to eat x a sickly marquis's son, cynical and cold but forced to care for his wife

Married first, fall in love later / healing daily life / lighthearted supernatural romance