“Husband, never leave me, okay~?”
“Leave everything to me. You don’t have to do anything, just stay by my side…”
“Husband, you can only look at me. Other people’s voices… you don’t need to listen to them~”
“I’ve already built a separate residence in the mountains. Today, we’ll move there. From now on, you and I will be together, never again bothering with the mundane world…”
“Remember, husband… In this world, only I love you, only I need you…”
“Your breath, your heartbeat, your gaze… they can only exist for me!”
“Husband… Husband~!!”
“……”
“……”
Zhu Yu woke up from a nightmare.
He was drenched in cold sweat, his clothes soaked through.
“Husband?”
A gentle call came from beside him.
A beautiful face, with eyes and brows like a painting, breathtakingly stunning, filled his entire vision.
Her dark hair cascaded like a waterfall over her smooth shoulders, swaying in the moonlight, casting a Xuan Ying.
Beneath her willow-like brows, her eyelashes fluttered like a peacock’s tail opening and closing. Her bright eyes were like dark jade immersed in a cold pond, and the corners of her eyes were tinged with a blush, creating a flying haze mark that, paired with her tear mole, made her appear even more delicate and charming.
Her exquisite nose was like a solitary peak sketched with a brush made of white jade, and her cherry-red lips parted slightly, uttering a intoxicating tone:
“Husband had a nightmare again?”
A hint of sorrow appeared on the woman’s flawless face. She pulled Zhu Yu into her embrace and said with concern:
“There, there, your concubine is here. Your concubine will protect her husband well.”
Zhu Yu was enveloped in warmth, unable to speak.
His body was warm, but his heart was chillingly cold.
The woman embracing him was the source of his nightmare, and also… his wife of two years—Xuan Ying.
Zhu Yu still remembered his first encounter with her.
In the eighteenth year since he transmigrated to this world, without parents and without any cultivation talent, he met that person as beautiful as a Phoenix Demon—
“Your concubine is Xuan Ying. May I ask for your name, young master?”
“Zhu Yu…”
“Has young master ever been married?”
“No…”
“Then… let’s get married.”
“…Okay.”
A response given as if by a ghost’s prompting.
It wasn't until the girl threw herself into his arms that he realized what he had agreed to.
And so, Zhu Yu, who had been single for two lifetimes, gained a wife.
Since Xuan Ying was also an orphan, they completed the wedding procedures on the same day.
The wedding cup ceremony, consummation…
It went as smoothly as a beautiful dream.
Zhu Yu once thought he was hallucinating from making too much rice.
A beautiful girl he had never met before gave herself to him on their first meeting.
She cooked for him, and she didn't mind that he couldn't cultivate and could only be a teacher in a remote small town.
Their rhythm was surprisingly in sync, as if they had long understood each other's hearts.
Zhu Yu countless times marveled at his good fortune, a perfect wife, a dream come true, had fallen from the sky.
She was virtuous, refined, and graceful.
She would even dance for him.
That exquisite figure, like a phoenix soaring and a dragon coiling, dancing amidst her fluttering red skirts, was still imprinted in his mind.
He couldn't forget it for a long time.
At that time, he had thought—he wanted to watch this dance for a lifetime.
Who knew that things are unpredictable…
Their harmonious life continued for a year.
During this year, apart from Xuan Ying’s belly remaining unchanged, there were no other imperfections in their married life.
They hadn't even had a single argument.
They were considered an envious immortal couple by their neighbors.
But gradually, Zhu Yu noticed that his wife’s possessiveness towards him grew stronger and stronger.
First, she followed him all day, even attending his classes at the private school;
Then, she restricted him from talking to others, especially forbidding him from interacting with other women;
Later, he wasn't even allowed to look at anyone else, and he wasn't allowed to go to the private school anymore…
Faced with Xuan Ying’s increasingly unreasonable demands, Zhu Yu naturally tried to reason with her.
Xuan Ying couldn’t win an argument against him.
But she could beat him.
It wasn’t until Xuan Ying, with her newly grown wings, carried him into the sky that Zhu Yu realized—
His wife was not human.
She was a demon.
A Phoenix Demon.
Xuan Ying revealed her true form, but she didn't do anything to him, merely confined him to a small courtyard in the mountains.
Just as she had said.
Every moment, they would be together, inseparable.
To be honest, this period wasn't bad.
Xuan Ying was extremely good to him.
He just had to stretch out his hand for clothes, and open his mouth for food.
She was clearly aiming to turn him into a useless person who couldn't even lift a finger.
Aside from not letting him leave the house and forbidding him from having any hobbies or entertainment other than her, Xuan Ying never mistreated him in the slightest.
During intimate moments, she was even more compliant and obedient, like a clingy kitten.
But her appetite was not comparable to a kitten’s.
She left Zhu Yu with no physical strength at all, lest he develop any inappropriate thoughts, such as—escaping.
Zhu Yu tried once, and the result was that his range of activity was reduced from the entire room to just a bed.
And his hands and feet each gained an iron ornament…
Day after day.
Zhu Yu's reactions also became increasingly dull.
It wasn't that he couldn't keep up physically—his body was still quite sturdy, and he had been exercising before meeting Xuan Ying, and Xuan Ying cooked him aggressive ingredients like lamb testicles and lamb penises every day—but even mountain delicacies and seafood everyday can become tiresome.
Moreover, his entertainment options were pitifully few.
If this continued, Zhu Yu felt that he would eventually die from a mental breakdown.
“Why is husband so unhappy? Is there something your concubine did wrong?” Xuan Ying’s jade fingers stroked his face, her eyes half-infatuated, half-sorrowful.
Zhu Yu twitched the corner of his mouth:
“No… you did very well.”
If she were still the considerate, good wife she used to be, Zhu Yu would have spoken his mind directly.
But now, this Yandere with an abnormal thought process…
Zhu Yu could only humor her.
One wrong word could trigger her breakdown.
Alas, how did a perfectly good wife turn into a Yandere?
Was it because of a wish he made in his previous life?
In his previous life, while reading novels and playing games, he always wished he could have a Yandere who would love him unconditionally.
Now, in this life, a Yandere really came.
Only then did he realize that a Yandere’s love was not so easy to bear…
It harms the body and even more, the spirit.
“But husband doesn’t even smile at your concubine anymore…” Xuan Ying said, feeling wronged.
Paired with her radiant, beautiful face, she truly looked so pitiful it was heartbreaking.
“It must be that your concubine has done something wrong.”
With that, she tied up her long hair.
“Husband feels sorry for your concubine and won’t say it, so let your concubine make up for it herself and serve her husband well~”
Zhu Yu was almost in despair.
If you want to come, just come, why bother with these excuses?
The next second, a fragrant breeze swept over, but it drew him into darkness…
It wasn't until the moonlight had spread white frost across the grass that Xuan Ying finally nestled against him and fell into a deep sleep, her hair color having changed to a white and red gradient.
White hair and red eyes.
This was the true appearance of Xuan Ying after transforming, as a Phoenix Demon.
Black hair was just a disguise.
Zhu Yu lay flat in a “wood” shape.
Staring blankly at the ceiling, his eyes vacant.
Pondering the ultimate meaning of the universe and life.
Just as his thoughts drifted further and further, on the verge of reaching the shore of truth, a sudden “ding” sounded in his mind, and a cold electronic voice boomed in his consciousness:
【Beautiful Life Game System Loaded】
【Play Healthy Games, Enjoy a Happy Life】
After two announcements, there was also a very soft announcement:
【Disclaimer: All choices in the game are made by the player themselves, and we are not responsible for any axe-ending scenarios.】
Because the sound was as faint as a mosquito’s buzz, Zhu Yu naturally didn’t hear it clearly.
Moreover, upon hearing the words “system,” Zhu Yu froze and paid even less attention to the disclaimer that followed.
Sys…
tem…?
Zhu Yu’s parched heart suddenly encountered the nourishment of a spiritual spring, and in an instant, it became active.
Heaven never blocks all roads!
System!
My system!
Why did you take so long to come!
Zhu Yu’s lips were trembling.
Although the suddenly appearing system might not be reliable, at this point, he had no other path to take.
So… let’s give it a shot!
Come on, little darling, let me see what you’ve got!
System!
Activate!