The Villain Saves a Fallen Genius: System GB

System: Dear reader, we've assigned you the mission of saving fallen geniuses~

The villains: ?

#Wait, didn't I get cast as the villain?#

System: That's right, that's right. Let's see... This one lost their family, this one lost all their cultivation, this one is addicted to drugs, and this one has given up on life...

The villains: ??

#Even geniuses can end up like this?# Why should I save him?#

Some villains: I'm no bodhisattva. No thanks.

Some villains: I'm just going to take a look. I'll do things at my own pace.

Some villains: Sometimes people develop a certain fondness for being bodhisattvas. ( )

Some anonymous, heavily blurred and censored villains: I've obtained the true scriptures. Do not disturb.

[Go forth into the mortal world with love, through the Three Realms and Six Paths. Stay awhile, and believe not that this world rushes by too quickly.]

World break

*Winter

World One: A villainous mad scientist from an apocalypse setting × a fallen genius from an ancient setting

Chu Ziyun, the most gifted young general in the Liang dynasty, with an excellent family background and stunning looks, had lived freely and recklessly for over a decade. Then one careless mistake, and his own older brother framed him, leaving him bereaved of his family and condemned to slavery.

As if that weren't enough, he began his differentiation while escaping prison in a snowstorm.

On his first day waking up in the Princess's residence, Chu Ziyun felt an unfamiliar, sharp sting at the back of his neck and met the infamous Fifth Princess of Liang, known for her cruelty, violence, and arrogance.

...His virtue could wait. First, he needed to figure out how to use the Princess's influence to return to the northern border.

The woman who had marked him stood at a distance, looking at him like some kind of farm animal. Her gaze was hardly warmer than frost and snow.

They'd known each other for less than a moment when the woman handed him the Princess's residence token, the ultimate goal of his current plan.

The woman stated her rules concisely. Seeing that he seemed confused, she asked impatiently, “Understand?”

She was just giving it to him like that?

Well... if she wasn't the Fifth Princess...

Who was she?

“Liang Zhishu!” Chu Ziyun called her name, his voice edged with fear. “How can you... I can't do this. You can't treat me like this...”

The woman merely watched him in silence, her expression cool and unmoved, as if assessing something.

After a long pause, she spoke slowly. “You called me the wrong thing.”

Wasn't Liang Zhishu her name?

How had he said it wrong?

If that was wrong, what was he supposed to call her?

The woman caught the person who threw himself at her.

“...Wife.”

The beautiful person in her arms, as luminous as jade and soft with warmth, looped his arms around her shoulders and corrected his form of address. His voice was clear and gentle, his words sweetly plaintive, stirring a person's tender affection.

Chu Ziyun obediently pressed his cheek against hers, suppressing the thrill that rose in him at calling her that, and continued to beg for mercy. “I was wrong... I really know I was wrong... Just this once, please let me off this time...”

A light political intrigue story with a scent-marking setting, about desire turning to love, the clearheaded falling first, and the indifferent learning to love.

*Autumn

World Two: A villainous ghost king from a geomancy setting × a fallen genius from a cultivation setting

Ruan Nanjue: Senior brother, forget your senior sister and choose me, your junior sister, instead~

Xie Jinyi: ...

Xie Jinyi: Haven't I already chosen you? Whether you're my senior sister or junior sister, didn't you get what you wanted? Isn't this broken body of mine all your fault?

Ruan Nanjue: ...I was just acting.

Xie Jinyi: Get lost.

Ruan Nanjue: This might be hard to believe, but

Xie Jinyi: I don't believe it.

Ruan Nanjue: Darling, I haven't even said it yet. No matter what time period I'm from, I love you more than you think.

Xie Jinyi: I believe the crap you spout.

Ruan Nanjue: ...

Ruan Nanjue: Fine, fine.

Ruan Nanjue: Darling, let's set that aside for now. Could you... let me out of this little black room first?

A lively ensemble story with plenty of chaos, an older woman doting on a younger man who goes wild for her, a main plot full of showing off and tricking people, and a side plot about saving the cultivation world.

World Three: A villain from a modern-day wealthy family × a fallen genius from a school setting

More or less, a true household-intrigue expert stumbles into a low-level game, plays the fool while hiding her strength, and takes her “ally” for all she's worth.

#What does the top student study? How to climb into the bed of your unrelated stepsister?#

World Four: A villainous lord from a war-torn era × a fallen genius from a prosperous era

More or less, the “ancestor” returns from the dead, and the male lead forces the female lead to marry him from the start.

#Call me Ancestor, and I'll guarantee you a life of wealth and glory.#

Reader's Guide

1. A mutually strong, mutually faithful, pure romance with a happy ending, one-on-one. They're the old-fashioned sort who go straight from dating to marriage. The villainous female lead is older, and the fallen genius is the male lead.

2. The villain doesn't reform (highlighted: she's the top boss of her original world, with an abnormal mindset). The genius isn't necessarily a good person either. Each has their own mire and their own glory.

3. Love and hate run deep, but that doesn't get in the way of the sweet romance. Neither side is the only one suffering. Both have their own issues to face. I can't promise the plot is clever, but it will make sense.

4. In every world (highlighted), the female lead has no extra appendages. The male and female leads have normal biological structures. They each have their own kinks and their own ways of doing things. Lots of female-oriented gaze.

5. I'm a compulsive reviser who loves nitpicking word choices. The outline stays the same, but the sentences often change. Best read alongside the announcements and chapter comments.

Theme: Love earnestly, and cherish love.