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Witty FL x Adorkable ML + a cute bun + a talking crochet fox
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September: Update every other day
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After the sudden death of her boyfriend, Leslie Song has been single-handedly raising her precious little daughter Calliope. It’s a difficult life, but it’s a happy one. A freak accident puts an end to that.

As Leslie lies dying on the road, watching Calliope breathe her last, she curses her helplessness. Calliope’s crochet fox seems to hear her. It opens its mouth and asks, “Do you want to see your daughter again? If so, follow me. Her soul has already left for another world.”

Leslie agrees. That’s the last thing she remembers before losing consciousness. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself—or rather, her soul—standing beside her unconscious body on a hospital bed.

“How is this supposed to help me find Calliope!” she exclaims.

“This is not your body. Your body is dead. This is my original host, Charlene Li,” explains the toy fox. “You can possess her body to find Calliope, but if you do, you must finish her uncompleted mission for her.”

“And what mission is that?”

“To marry the second most eligible CEO in the city.” 

‘This,’ Leslie concludes, ‘is a scam.’ But she has no other choice.

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Meanwhile, the second most eligible bachelor in the city, Calix Xu, is patting himself on the back for thwarting his grandmother’s attempts to marry him off. After exhausting all of his tricks and excuses, he has resorted to marrying the comatose daughter of the Li family. 

Calix smiles, pleased with himself, "Aren't I smart? Grandmother can do nothing now."

But… why is he seeing his newly-wedded wife hovering beside her own body?

Before he can react, his wife—the moving one—floats towards him.

"Husband! Help me find my child!"

“Your child?” Calix asks weakly before doing the only reasonable thing he can do in such a situation. 

He faints. 

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WSA 2024 entry!

Commissioned cover and character images by yuuri_e (Instagram)

Win My Husband Over to Find My Child

Calix returned to the car slightly before ten. His face flushed red, beading with sweat from the physical labor he did just now. But, he appeared as energetic as ever.

CEO Xu was a man with high stamina. Surely climbing the stairs of the small hill and cleaning the tombstones were not energy-consuming tasks for him.

"Your parents haven't come down, don't they??" asked Leslie once Calix closed the car door. Her eyes shifted from his side profile to the cemetery, "Are we leaving now?"

"Yes," Calix grinned. Pulling the seatbelt, he properly buckled it, "They'll come down soon. My parents are talking to some of our relatives."

Leslie hummed, had nothing to say about it. Still looking in the direction of the cemetery, she saw only a few people making their way down from the small hill.

Calix's laughter attracted Leslie's attention. Slightly confused, she stared at the young man's cheery countenance.

Shadows Lurked Beneath the Beaming Optimism