I Came Back After Wronging the Paranoid Villain

My next novel, Days and Nights Spent with Evil Spirits Against My Will, is now open for collection! -- Shen Shu accidentally discovers that he is living inside a book. His childhood friend, Gu Yan, is a gifted and ruthless villain who will fall hopelessly in love with the protagonist, grow possessive and mad, and ultimately die at the hands of the two protagonists. Shen Shu is merely a minor cannon-fodder character who appears as a puppet. After failing to bend the plot to his will, Shen Shu decides that, to stay alive, he will dutifully accompany Gu Yan through his youth, then escape before the story begins. Five years later, now able to protect himself, Shen Shu returns to their hometown for a reason, only to run into Gu Yan, who should have been a force to be reckoned with in the world of puppet masters. The once reserved, proud, composed, and disciplined Gu Yan pouts, his eyes quickly filling with tears. He says pitifully, "Shushu, why did you take so long to come back? I missed you so much!" Only later does Shen Shu understand that, after losing his memory, Gu Yan stayed behind in those youthful days and cast aside his pointless reserve. He fulfilled his promises to the young Shen Shu over and over, until his Shushu finally returned. One morning, Shen Shu wakes up, rubs his sore lower back, and goes to settle the score with Gu Yan, who has suddenly returned to normal. He turns and sees the same gloomy, possessive villain from last night wrapped in a blanket, looking ready to cry. "Shushu, y-you have to take responsibility for me!" Shen Shu: ... The villain he raised himself is someone he'll keep doting on, even when he cries. Might as well make the best of it. What else can they do, get divorced? -- My upcoming novel, Days and Nights Spent with Evil Spirits Against My Will, is open for collection. XOXO! Ning Xingruan returns to his hometown to pay respects to his ancestors and accidentally wanders into a mountainside villa. After returning to the village the next day, he starts having strange, erotic dreams. In them, he becomes entangled in an intimate affair with the long-haired young man with the beautiful face who lives in the villa. After a series of strange dreams, Ning Xingruan is coaxed and tempted by the young man into a blissful relationship. However, the villagers' eerie whispers, his childhood friend's pitying gaze, and his boyfriend's body that never warms up make Ning Xingruan increasingly suspicious. Then he sees an antique portrait of his boyfriend, enshrined in the ancestral hall. Terrified, he runs away. Back in the familiar city, Ning Xingruan assumes that his harrowing experience of half a month was just a dream. But the familiar intimacy from his dreams, the ancient jade on his desk, and the bloodstained letter tucked into a book leave him in constant fear. In the end, he decides to seek help. The young exorcist smiles and promises to drive the evil spirit away for him. Ning Xingruan obediently changes into the bright red clothes the exorcist has prepared. He lies down in the middle of an intricate ritual circle, and the buttons of his red shirt are undone. The exorcist draws talismans with a brush, dots of cinnabar blooming across Ning Xingruan's pale chest. In his daze, Ning Xingruan thinks he sees the exorcist's pupils twist and turn red. "Master, why are your eyes red?" "Because I'm happy... my darling." A formerly possessive evil spirit who later dotes on his wife without restraint, seme A sweet and soft beauty, uke Theme: Fate is in our own hands. As long as we keep moving forward with all our strength, we can break free of our constraints and reach the destination we desire