This Villain Is Surprisingly Easy to Raise

After a car accident, Xie Qiushu unexpectedly binds himself to the Villain Redemption System. If he wants to survive, he has to redeem the villainous alpha, Luan Yu.

The System says, "The villain Luan Yu is a certified lunatic, with a corruption level of fifty percent! So, Host, be extra careful!"

Xie Qiushu takes the warning to heart and stays on high alert.

He expects to meet a sociopathic little monster, but... who is this adorable curly-haired child with a sweet smile and a face like a porcelain doll?

Still stunned, he hears the little Luan Yu blink his big, watery eyes and ask, "Uncle, are you the new little daddy Father brought home?"

Xie Qiushu feels his heart melt on the spot. So even a wicked villain has a phase where he's just too precious not to love.

Xie Qiushu raises him for nine years, thinking he has finally turned the big villain into a wholesome, upright young man.

He even thinks the villain has presented as the beta he wanted, rather than an alpha ruled by pheromones, like a beast.

Until he pushes open the bedroom door and catches the boy stealing his intimate clothing, building a nest on the bed, and doing all sorts of filthy things beneath the covers. The pheromones of an alpha in heat are impossible to hide.

Caught in the act, Luan Yu looks flustered, yet excited. His gaze locks onto Xie Qiushu like a predator fixing on its prey. "Uncle, you're home. I missed you so much."

With his faith shattered, Xie Qiushu immediately has the System blur Luan Yu's memories of him, then turns and returns to the real world.

But the System's alarms go wild: the villain's corruption level is about to max out!

Xie Qiushu has no choice but to return to the novel's world, five years later, to set the plot back on course.

Still refusing to believe it, he goes to find Luan Yu. Luan Yu is just as well-behaved and polite as ever, even offering a cup of hot water to Xie Qiushu, a stranger caught in the rain.

Xie Qiushu drinks it gratefully, then collapses, dizzy.

When he wakes again, he is tied to Luan Yu's bed.

"When did you remember?" Xie Qiushu asks, his voice trembling.

By then, Luan Yu has taken control of the Luan family and risen to an untouchable position as its CEO. He slowly approaches, his alpha pheromones on the verge of becoming uncontrollable, helplessly and obsessively wanting to leave his mark on the one he loves.

"Uncle likes good boys, doesn't he? I pretended to be one all these years, kept it up for so long... So why did you still leave me?"

His voice is full of sorrow, but then he suddenly smiles. "It doesn't matter. You won't be able to escape me anymore."

At a gathering with friends, Xie Qiushu has tried several times to leave early. At last, a friend demands to know, "Are you hiding someone at home? Why are you in such a hurry to get back?"

Xie Qiushu guiltily looks away. "He's in heat. I have to take care of him."

Before his friend can figure out why someone in his twenties needs his dad to look after him, Xie Qiushu has already fled.

As soon as he gets home, someone pulls him into an embrace. The tall alpha whines into his ear, sounding both aggrieved and impatient. "What took you so long?"

Even grown-up alphas like hearing praise. His eyes redden as he sniffles and asks, "Am I really good?"

On the verge of losing all sense of propriety, Xie Qiushu opens his mouth and, dazed, gives him what he wants. "Ah... You're the best, baby..."

A charming, nurturing, gentle beta bottom with an irresistible allure x a possessive, gloomy, affection-starved, mad-dog alpha top

[Reader Advisory]

1. One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads sexually and romantically inexperienced. The bottom has a bit of an irresistible-allure trait, but only the top is interested in him.

2. The younger top is eight years younger. The story explains the changes in the bottom's age as the plot unfolds.

3. Everyone punished in the story deserves it, but the top really is a lunatic.

4. The leads are neither foster family nor related by blood.

5. The characters' values do not represent the author's.

*Trope recorded on August 14, 2025

Coming soon: My Favorite Is the God of Wealth

Shen Guiyi is the God of Poverty in Heaven. He can make others poor, but he himself is so broke he has worn the same pair of torn underpants for three years.

Even the neighboring Star of Misfortune has gotten rich selling brooms, while Shen Guiyi has to watch an ad to get free toilet paper in a public restroom.

At last, Shen Guiyi lets wickedness get the better of him and makes a decision that violates the heavenly laws.

The heavenly laws forbid immortals from worshipping the God of Wealth, so he uses a clone to register a secret account in the mortal world. He becomes Liang Tingyan's biggest fan. Liang is both the God of Wealth and a movie star, and Shen Guiyi earns merit from fans' devotion to Liang by creating videos and photos.

He adds the merit to his God of Wealth buff and subtracts his God of Poverty buff, converting the result into money. Shen Guiyi goes from destitute to merely poor. His fan content is so good that Liang Tingyan notices him, and the two become acquainted.

Then, by chance, Shen Guiyi discovers that the movie star Liang Tingyan isn't as glamorous as he appears.

He sees Liang Tingyan living in the most dilapidated house in the mortal world, using a rusty enamel mug, and wearing slippers with a broken sole. Even a senior citizen who makes a living scavenging takes pity on him and forces a few plastic bottles on him as they pass.

Shen Guiyi's eyes widen. "How is he..." As poor as me?

He is immediately ashamed of secretly borrowing Liang's luck.

His conscience compels him to use both his earnings and what little savings he has to support Liang Tingyan's endorsements, promote his materials, and rally fans for his movies.

When Liang Tingyan is maliciously smeared and caught up in a career-ending scandal, and his home is forcibly demolished, Shen Guiyi doesn't hesitate to take him in. He sleeps on the floor so Liang can have the bed.

On the narrow single bed that creaks with every move, Liang Tingyan holds Shen Guiyi tightly and gazes at him with eyes that look tender even when he looks at a dog. His voice low, he says, "Thank you. I really don't know what I would have done without you. You're all I have."

"It's no big deal. We're bros!" Shen Guiyi says generously. "But you don't have to put your hand on my butt. Are you afraid I'll roll off?"

A smile appears on Liang Tingyan's handsome face. "Yes."

Shen Guiyi takes that smile as a sign of Liang's approval of their friendship.

But later, after he somehow ends up dating Liang Tingyan, he realizes that the hell was the signal that Liang wanted to get into his pants.

Seeing the man elegantly choosing a condom in front of a luxurious bed, Shen Guiyi is horrified. "Holy crap, you want to sleep with me... Wait, this thousand-square-meter mansion is yours?! Then what were all those days I spent feeling guilty for?"

Liang Tingyan smiles and leans closer. "They mean you have a conscience."

[A foul-mouthed but kind and generous straight-guy bottom x a seemingly refined but actually debauched, scheming tea-green top]

Theme: Cultivate a sound set of values