Morbid Beauty

孤九缘Apr 2023

3.0

Word count: 167K words
Chapters: 90

Summary

Waking up, Xu Roulang finds herself trapped in a game, forced to win over a yandere afflicted with paranoid personality disorder. Imprisoned and watched, every part of her unfolds beneath Lu Yinghuai's scorching gaze. After several reloads, the game collapses entirely and the world ends. Back in reality, Xu Roulang thinks she is finally free—until that man comes knocking again, saying: Xu Roulang, you are my love unto death. But who can tell her that Lu Yinghuai is also a game mission-taker?! Until later, every word he wrote, even the river of his life, was bound to Xu Roulang. And she had long since answered his morbid devotion: "Lu Yinghuai, I have died at your hands again and again, and again and again come back to you..."

Editor's review

Taking game conquest and the yandere archetype as its entry point, this book builds a suspenseful romance structure nested layer upon layer. Xu Roulang is forced into a game to win over Lu Yinghuai, a character with paranoid personality disorder; the imprisonment and surveillance create intense pressure, while the repeated reloads until the world's collapse tightly interlock game mechanics with emotional entanglement. The real turning point comes when the male lead follows her into reality and is revealed to be a game mission-taker as well—a twist that breaks the one-sided conquest dynamic and gives their morbid devotion a two-way explanation. The author sums up the emotional core with "I have died at your hands again and again, and again and again come back to you," and the prose carries strong dramatic tension. Suited to readers who like high-stakes, dark romance in one immersive sitting; with dense reversals, fragmented reading can easily lose the thread.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Romance readers drawn to yandere characters and obsessive personality portrayals
Readers interested in game-conquest and reload mechanics
Those who prefer high-stakes plots, dark style, and dense reversals
Readers comfortable with high-pressure emotional writing such as imprisonment and surveillance

Not a good fit for

Readers uncomfortable with controlling-relationship portrayals such as imprisonment and surveillance
Those who prefer light, sweet, pressure-free reading
Readers unaccustomed to game-mechanics nested narratives or who find the setup complex

Reading tips

Clarify the two-layer structure of game world and real world before entering the plot; it will read more clearly.
Watch for details that change after each reload—these differences are often foreshadowing for the ending.
At the reveal of the male lead's identity, look back at his earlier words and actions to re-appreciate the two-way mission-taker design.
Reading in one continuous sitting is recommended; the reversals rely on earlier set-ups, and intermittent reading can miss clues.

版权信息
第一章【一周目】血腥玫瑰
第二章插翅难飞
第三章监视
第四章储物室
第五章打开它
第六章少女
第七章复制品
第八章残忍
第九章怕不怕
第十章疯狂的迷恋
第十一章划下的玫瑰
第十二章优雅的疯子
第十三章晚餐
第十四章特定房间
第十五章救不了你
第十六章自导自演
第十七章第一封情诗
第十八章伺机而动
第十九章砰砰
第二十章拉她下水
第二十一章厌世
第二十二章病名为她
第二十三章【二周目】深渊蔷薇
第二十四章我怕疼
第二十五章娇娇
第二十六章小公主
第二十七章在一起
第二十八章母亲
第二十九章黑色本子
第三十章好看吗
第三十一章玩个游戏
第三十二章一伙的
第三十三章赛洛西宾
第三十四章舒不舒服
第三十五章禁锢的爱
第三十六章她快死了
第三十七章新礼物
第三十八章几近窒息
第三十九章我会爱你
第四十章生日礼物
第四十一章蔷薇刺青
第四十二章继续爱我
第四十三章独属于他
第四十四章谁也躲不过
第四十五章布偶
第四十六章你笑一笑
第四十七章【二周目番外】别墅探险
第四十八章【三周目】欲望鸢尾
第四十九章童童
第五十章小白猫
第五十一章恶鬼
第五十二章带我走
第五十三章做我的猫
第五十四章卖给我
第五十五章娇气
第五十六章早点回来
第五十七章别想拿一分钱
第五十八章爱他很多年
第五十九章他的过往
第六十章无所谓了
第六十一章珍藏我
第六十二章童年结束
第六十三章慈善公益
第六十四章上门闹事
第六十五章离开你
第六十六章登对
第六十七章被骗
第六十八章实验
第六十九章出现bug
第七十章数据失常
第七十一章噩梦重现
第七十二章【四周目】虔吻荼蘼
第七十三章你不是她
第七十四章把我当做她
第七十五章审核出事
第七十六章笔记本
第七十七章地板下
第七十八章至死不渝的爱人
第七十九章字迹鉴定
第八十章去找他
第八十一章被绑架
第八十二章我爱他
第八十三章病态的爱
第八十四章他们在晚霞的高空中接吻
第八十五章番外一：陆先生的粒子论
第八十六章番外二：恶龙与公主
第八十七章番外三：母校演讲
第八十八章番外四：浪漫惊喜
【作品番外】摘录合集

FAQ

Is the romance one-sided conquest or mutual?

It is not one-sided. Later in the story, Lu Yinghuai is revealed to be a game mission-taker as well, and the morbid devotion between them is mutual. Xu Roulang dying at his hands again and again and coming back to him again and again is precisely the embodiment of this mutual entanglement.

What is the relationship between the game world and the real world?

Xu Roulang is first required in the game to win over Lu Yinghuai, experiencing imprisonment, surveillance, and multiple reloads, before returning to reality after the game collapses. But Lu Yinghuai then appears in reality, showing that game and reality are not fully separate—the two worlds are linked through their mission-taker identities.

Does the yandere setup make the reading experience very oppressive?

The work does contain high-pressure plot elements such as imprisonment and surveillance, with a strong sense of oppression. But after the game's collapse and the identity reveal, the story shifts toward mutual emotional response, bringing release through reversal within the oppression. Those sensitive to controlling-relationship portrayals should choose carefully.

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孤九缘 Author

Gu Jiuyuan is an author about whom limited public information is available. Within the library's records, only one work can be confirmed: The Sickly and the Gorgeous (Bingtai Qili). This work is commonly classified as youth literature, which offers an initial clue to the author's writing direction: it may focus on the emotional ups and downs, psychological changes, and interpersonal relationships of young people as they grow up, and it tends to present youthful stories with a certain sense of conflict or contrast in a delicate style. The juxtaposition of "sickly" and "gorgeous" in the title suggests that the work may seek tension between aesthetics and emotion, touching on less bright themes while retaining a pursuit of beauty. Because the author's real name, nationality, dates of birth and death, and writing career cannot be verified, a full assessment of their style and literary influence remains difficult. Readers can only begin with The Sickly and the Gorgeous to appreciate its distinctive expression within youth literature.