The Villainous Beauty's Guide to Mischief

Yin Yu, the black sheep of a wealthy family.

Cruel by nature, suspicious, and jealous. Even his exquisite, beautiful features seemed to fade beneath the ugliness of his character.

In the Yin family, he was the despised illegitimate son.

At school, he was the foolish student teachers looked down on.

He should have quietly and obediently lived out his life.

But when he looked at his own dazzling face, and at his brother throwing his weight around at home, resentment took root in him.

Why should he be born without anyone fawning over him? Why should that idiot, inferior to him in every way, be the one everyone cherished and protected?

Wasn't he the one who deserved to be adored? Wasn't he the one who deserved to be protected and doted on?

Nothing about his life was good enough for him.

They said that was just how the world worked: some people were born cherished, while he was born to be trampled underfoot.

Looking into the hideously ugly eyes of those people, Yin Yu swore he would never let them get away with it.

So he sought out Xie Qing.

The person who had been the center of everyone's attention since birth.

The moment he first noticed Xie Qing, intense hatred welled up inside him.

It was also the first time he realized that there really were people in this world who had it so good, whose lives went so smoothly.

Why couldn't he be one of them?

Carrying all that resentment and indignation, he approached Xie Qing with a head full of schemes.

Whenever he wanted to act but couldn't, he coaxed Xie Qing into doing it for him.

Whenever he wanted to hurt someone but couldn't, he sent Xie Qing after them.

At the same time, he constantly drew nourishment from Xie Qing in the form of respect and affection.

Yin Yu never thought he would truly fall for Xie Qing.

He thought that once Xie Qing had given him enough, once he was satisfied, he could simply kick him aside.

So, once Xie Qing had served his purpose, he dumped him without a second thought.

But only when Xie Qing was truly gone from his side did he realize that he might not be able to let him go.

At the entrance to a dim courtyard, he lowered his eyes, wondering how to play the victim and win Xie Qing back. Suddenly, he heard a soft sigh behind him, and then found himself wrapped in a warm embrace.

Holding him, Xie Qing said in the gentlest voice, "It's all right. I'll never be angry with you."

My name is Xie Qing.

Actually, I noticed Yin Yu a long time ago.

He's a very unusual person.

He sleeps in class, hits people at banquets, ignores his own father, glares at his own brother, and can fly into a rage at any moment.

By their definition, he's a bona fide piece of trash.

But I'd seen him somewhere else, too.

It was at a Zhao family banquet. Traffic was backed up, and the car window happened to face a tiny bookstore.

The shop was shabby and had very few books. It looked like it wouldn't stay open much longer. Yin Yu was inside reading in a white shirt, so quiet and so cute.

By the time I arrived, I learned that he'd just held his own brother underwater in a fountain.

That incident made the banquet very tense. After it ended, the Zhao and Yin families discussed the matter for a long time.

Meanwhile, that little menace had found a nice place to hide.

I've been watching Yin Yu for a long time, and I've noticed some strange things.

He seems to dislike everyone, especially me.

I don't know why, but I don't dislike him.

The first time he came to me, honestly, I was thrilled, but a little sad, too.

I knew he wanted to use me, to get me to do things he couldn't do himself.

And I knew he didn't like me at all.

But it didn't matter. I was willing.

I would help him.

As time went by, I thought that after doing so much for him, he would eventually come to like me, or at least soften toward me.

But things didn't seem to be going as I'd hoped.

Just as I happily brought him a gift, he dumped me.

That day, I really thought I'd never be able to forgive Yin Yu.

But when I saw him standing dazed outside the courtyard through the car window, I couldn't hold back.

I knew what he'd done was wrong, and that I should make him suffer a little.

But I just couldn't bring myself to do it.

He's still so young, and no one ever taught him any better.

So what if he's a little bad? It's not like I can't afford to keep him.

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