I Want You To Be Widowed - Chapter 1

 Chapter 1

Transmigrating into the world of a yellow text, oh, the fate of this dog.

Yi Zhen looked at the crystal chandelier on the ceiling with an expressionless face, his body stiff as a corpse.

The mechanical chiming by his ear was still chattering without end.

［…… Since the male lead is a heartless and ungrateful person, then it makes sense that he would set his sights on his widowed sister-in-law. From this perspective, the character’s behavioral logic is not difficult to understand. And from the widowed sister-in-law’s point of view, this character’s personality is weak and indecisive……］

Yi Zhen replied with all his energy drained, “Big Brother, stop reciting.”

[......and it’s easy to sweat physically.] The voice stubbornly recited the next sentence, [He was unable to resist his domineering brother-in-law. No one around him could help him. He had only his body! His seductive body struggles for a path in the dark life. This highlights his inner sense of guilt and sin.]

Every word is full of twists and turns, zigs and zags.

Yi Zhen was about to collapse: “Big brother! Stop reading, I’m begging you, okay?” The electronic voice ignored him, however, stubbornly maintaining an emotionless tone as it continued to read aloud until the entire passage was finished, before pausing and saying in a cold voice: "Greetings, player, I am your guiding system, Tai'a."

“Older Brother,” Yi Zhen quickly corrected himself “I was wrong, alright? Just now, I should not have been disrespectful towards you, so can you let me go? I have an elderly parent and a child at home to tend to, I truly do not have the leisure to play your high-tech games here……”

Not everyone can comfortably wake up to find themselves lying on a luxurious bed that takes an eternity to get out of in the middle of the night, and Yi Zhen was no exception.

He slowly sat up, scanning his surroundings with a dreamlike mindset. Touching his face, then his body, he finally confirmed that this unfamiliar face wasn’t his own, and neither was this strange body.

“I’m not fully awake yet.” Yi Zhen threw back the covers, wanting to take a walk. “I’m still in a dream.” With a sudden clatter, he felt a tight pull around his ankle, as if it had been caught by something. Turning his head to look, Yi Zhen saw his now delicate and slender ankle ensnared by a gleaming golden chain. The chain slithered under the soft, lustrous brocade covers, winding its way to the foot of the bed where it looped around a post and was secured with a small, matching golden lock.

...Big golden chains, small golden locks.

What on earth is all this? Imprisonment, amnesia, a luxurious grand room – after five hundred years, how could there still be such a cliché opening scenario? Oh heavens, I pray you tell me, am I living inside some melodramatic novel?

Facing this situation and scenery, Yi Zhen finally started to panic. At the same time, he also heard a strange voice, without so much as a cough, that began to slowly narrate some worldly story right by his ear...

Yi Zhen then sat back down on the bed, greeting the eerie-sounding parents of his bloodline, as well as their own parents, with a rich blend of voice and emotion.

Reflecting on this, Yi Zhen suddenly became lost in thought for a moment.

With elders above and juniors below... huh? How curious and strange. What was his situation before? Why can he not recall anything about his past?

“I believe it’s utterly impossible,” Taiah’s tone remained flat, without a hint of fluctuation. “Arriving in the world of the book means to forget your past life. Everything from before is no longer related to you. With the spirit and soul of an ordinary human, you also cannot cross the barriers between worlds to return to your birthplace.”

“In the world of the book,” Yi Zhen caught a keyword, piecing together the so-called plot summary he had just heard, he began to tug at the dry, dead skin on his lips contemplatively, “So, what you’re saying is… I am currently inside a book? And this book is an erotic one?”

“Excellent,” said Tai’a. “You’ve finally grasped the essence. That’s precisely what I’m about to introduce to you next.”

Yi Zhen sat up in bed, looking uncertain. Floating before him was a book, its cover boldly emblazoned with the title “Desire to Break Through the Love Barrier: Uncle, Please Spare Me,” Yi Zhen frowned as he stared at it for a moment, and then, as if by its own volition, the book’s pages slowly began to turn, revealing lines of text one after another.

[e/n: Raw has ‘little uncle’, aka a male who is older than you but younger than your parents, not necessarily blood related etcetc]

Tai’a said, “Perhaps describing someone like you as an ‘invader of the world’ would be more direct, but according to the wishes of most, they prefer to be called ‘players’ or ‘transmigrators.’”

Yi Zhen hesitantly reached out, flipping through the pages of the book in a disorderly manner: “Are you saying that I’ve become someone who has traveled into a book, and you’re here to guide me?”

[I think that’s correct.]

“No way, I still don’t understand,” Yi Zhen skeptically scanned the void, trying to catch a monitor or a microphone, anything of the sort, then fixed it with his sharp gaze. “I’m someone who has transmigrated into a book, but then what? Why did I come here, and on what basis did you bring me here? Did I consent to this? This is a violation of human rights! Do you even understand what human rights are, you soulless robot!?*]

[e/n: raw said ‘you person from Detroit, which I THINK is a reference to Detroit become human? Lemme know]

Tai’a remained unmoved, his tone devoid of any ripples, yet somehow, Yi Zhen could detect a hint of mockery in his words: “You don’t actually believe that you still have the power to choose, do you, player? ‘You are the fish on the chopping block, while I am both the knife and cleaver.’ Do you really think you have any right to bargain?”

[人为刀俎，你为鱼肉 (rén wéi dāo zǔ, nǐ wèi yú ròu) - “Man is the butcher, and you are the fish,” implying a situation where someone is at the mercy of another, much like a fish at the mercy of a butcher. It signifies a power dynamic where one person has control over another’s fate.]

Yi Zhen lowered his head and grabbed the thin chain with strength. He had no clue what sort of material the chain was made of. At first glance, it looked as though it would break if enough force was applied. However, the opposite was true—it was sturdier than it looked, and even cut into the skin around his hand as he tugged at it. He looked around, but could not see anything that looked hard enough to break the lock.

One who knows how to adapt to the times is a remarkable person, so he shut his mouth. Memoryless and trapped, his best bet for the moment was to listen to this ghost.

Tai’a said: [I think this is great. So next, please have the players accept the role cards for the current world, card, card, card...]

——It got stuck.

The synthetic human voice of the AI gave off an uncanny sense of interlacing. Sporadic bursts of static crackled throughout, emitting an ear-piercing hum that made Yi Zhen’s heart sink.

The fact of the matter was, at this particular moment, not only was he a stranger in a strange land, the one dependable thing he had was this system designed to guide him, but it could easily be classified as a supernatural phenomenon. What if it started acting strangely again...

Yi Zhen really didn’t dare to think anymore. He called out in a small voice: “Tai’a, elder brother? What’s going on, are you okay?”

After a long and suffocating silence, Yi Zhen couldn’t help but wipe away the sweat forming on his forehead. Was it just him, or was this lavishly decorated room getting hotter and drier? He stuck out his tongue and panted, swallowing hard.

I’m thirsty.

“What the heck is going on……” Yi Zhen started fanning himself with his hands without stopping; the heat came on extremely quickly. A second ago, he was still buried under the thick, soft blanket, and the next second he had manually shoved it off the bed. “Why did it suddenly get so hot? Is this a sauna?”

“Xiao Zhen.”

[Attention, player! The first plot point has been triggered!] Tai'a's voice overlapped with the male voice that suddenly came from mid-air. Yi Zhen looked up with shock on his face. A cerulean light display suddenly opened before him, showing a man's bust.

Wow, when did video calls become so advanced?

According to the normal person’s aesthetic, the man, who suddenly appeared before him and whose face he did not recognize, was undoubtedly handsome.

The man had deep facial features. His brow bone and nasal bridge were overly strong, and his alabaster-like skin made his eyelashes and eyebrows seem as black as carbon ink. But his most striking feature was his pair of deep-green eyes. Like a dark, cold pond, they seemed to lock in all the flickering reflections.

Yi Zhen’s gaze slowly moved down, finding him wearing a high-necked, skin-tight black shirt, the material of which reflected a fish-scale-like sheen, outlining his broad shoulders and narrow waist, looking...

... like someone who is not a good person.

Yan Zhen didn’t dare to speak presumptuously. The original text of that superbly written book was still clasped in his hands. He hadn’t had the time to delve deeply into it. He then thought about Tai’a’s warning, which stated that this was the first triggered plot point, so who was this man? Which major character in the book was he?

“Sister-in-law.” The man called out to him again.

Such a simple and unadorned form of address, standing in the Ivory Mountain Village, shouting at the top of one’s lungs, it is likely that Xie Dajiao would happily smile while holding a basket of local eggs, but for some reason, being called out in such a smiling manner by this man in front of him, Yi Zhen felt... he really called out the connotation, called out the meaning, called out the immorality, called out the fifty shades of grey.

……Wait a minute.

Yi Zhen suddenly looked up and wiped away a bead of sweat from his chin and said dazedly, “Are... Are you calling me?”

Is this sister-in-law … me?

The bad premonition increased.

The man seemed amused by his words, “If I not calling you, then who would I be calling?” Yi Zhen was dumbfounded. This... this isn't right! Don't want a male sister-in-law!

“The housekeeper said you’d gone silly, but I couldn’t quite bring myself to believe it…” A gentle smile lifted the corner of the man’s mouth as he examined Yi Zhen with concern, “that’s why I rushed to see you as soon as I got back.”

Look, what are you looking at? Not even a gift? Just a video call to watch from afar? Those who know might say you’re being overly cautious and insincere, those who don’t might think you’re living in a cyber world, sending me an online gift in the form of a code.

Yi Zhen endured the high temperature and muttered silently, At this time, he did regret a little. If he had known that he would meet the characters of this broken yellow book plot, he would have listened carefully when Tai A forcibly instilled the plot in him. It would have been better to have pain in his ears than to be blind now.

But, this man is calling him ‘older brother’s wife’ ... sounds familiar, he thinks Tai A did indeed read this plot out loud before, but it was too hot, his brain was fried ... he really can’t remember it!

“Then… Since you already seen me,” Yi Zhen took a break, “Can you help me…help me to unfasten the chain, and also…”

Just as he was about to ask for a favor, like bringing him some water and turning on the A/C, he heard the man chuckle and say, “Finally willing to ask? I thought our dear Xiao-jiejie would never stoop to asking me for help.”

His voice, his tone, all carried a gentle demeanor, as if spring breeze turning into soft rain - the utmost gentleness, but the words he uttered made Yi Zhen stunned, even his soon-to-untie tongue stuttered.

Did you put these chains on me? You’re not my husband, you asked me to call you brother-in-law, then aren’t you my... You...

Yi Zhen lowered his head, glancing at the title of the book. At that moment, Yi Zhen was stupefied.

But a sudden urge welled up within him like a wild stallion, raging like fire, making him want to let out a world-shaking roar—

——Protagonist, what are you laughing at! It turns out that the beast who defies human relations and forces his widowed sister-in-law is you!

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e/n:
I don't exactly plan on doing the whole book, if someone more reputable posts here that they plan to take it on then I'll go away~ , consider this a teaser. If you think the stuff I post is good enough, lemme know and I'll gather the courage to take it on for realz

Also, I love how I got like 4 different titles

"A Thousand Crimson Days" was a fun one
"The Man Who Escaped From Haitang City " and "To Have You Alone" are also interesting