I Only Wanted to Escape, but Became the Ghost King's Wife. Is That Normal?

(Set in an entirely fictional world. Any similarities are purely the author's imagination.)

Gan Yu, a young unmarried office worker, dies at home from overwork while preparing to try the world's first brain-computer game with a friend.

Unaware of what has happened, she assumes the game is just like the novels: the exit button has disappeared, and she can leave once she beats it.

As she makes her way through the game, Gan Yu meets Fang Yun. After learning what she's trying to do, he shamelessly sticks by her side as they search for a way to the final destination, the Ghost King City of Fengdu...

"Welcome home, wife." Standing beside Gan Yu at the city gates of Fengdu, Fang Yun suddenly gives her a mischievous grin.

Gan Yu: ...???

Half a year later, Gan Yu stands atop the city wall, one hand resting on her slightly rounded belly as she looks down at Fengdu.

"It's so nice not having to pay a mortgage anymore..."