The Family of Time Travel Has an Ugly Wife

Before time travel, Shan Yu was the pampered heir of a wealthy family, enjoying a life of privilege. A staunch heterosexual, he never envisioned a future where he would cohabitate with another man, let alone care for a wife described as sallow, thin, ragged, and bearing a striking blood-red birthmark. This wife, inexplicably pleading for forgiveness at his feet, thrusts Shan Yu into an unexpected role. Branded by society as a ne'er-do-well—a man of vice who gambles, drinks, and mistreats his wife—Shan Yu must navigate his new reality. His initial priorities are survival, earning money, and improving their living conditions. He also endeavors to nurse his wife back to health, all while playing the part of a husband. However, Shan Yu questions his own identity and the nature of their relationship, wondering if their arrangement is merely about mutual survival. As his wife's appearance improves under his care, Shan Yu grapples with her transformation and his own evolving feelings, realizing this is the story of a straight man who time-travels and ultimately bends to his circumstances.