Even the Author Can't Go Out of Character

[Signed for publication in simplified Chinese. Follow Jinjiang writer Fusang Zhiwo on Weibo for publication updates.] Song Zhizhi was a little-known online novelist. One of the defining features of her work was how miserable she made her villains. Jiang Ying, the villain in her new book, had it worst of all: a tragic fate, rejected by the world. He turned evil and massacred a city, forcing everyone to submit through bloodshed and slaughter, until the righteous protagonist finally defeated him. One day, Song Zhizhi wrote a scene where Jiang Ying, utterly despairing, covered the entire city in a formation, as the ground beneath his feet sank into an abyss. The next instant, she vanished from in front of her keyboard. Jiang Ying had never known the warmth of human kindness. The world had bullied, humiliated, and abandoned him, so he abandoned it in turn. A spell of world-destruction engulfed the land. Jiang Ying believed that fate was to blame for his dark life. He thought, Then I'll destroy the one responsible, too. If Heaven wrongs me, I'll destroy Heaven. And then... A woman appeared before him, holding milk tea in one hand and fried chicken in the other, dressed in pink pajamas with a bunny hood... Song Zhizhi. Song Zhizhi took a long sip of her milk tea and looked at Jiang Ying, who was as handsome as a celestial being but as terrifying as a demon. She was about to become cannon fodder in the destruction of the world. But as a romance novelist, Song Zhizhi's romance-addled brain conjured up countless scenes from redemption stories. She pulled out her phone and continued writing the scene in her writing app. "That day, the world was on the verge of collapse." "Jiang Ying fell in love with Song Zhizhi." A warning flashed across the app in red. [Warning: Characterization deviation!!!] [The out-of-character keyword "love" has been automatically removed.] ★Upcoming novel: I Accidentally Won Over the Male Lead's Uncle. Please add it to your reading list. Visit my author page to see the blurb: Mingming was a snake demon who had survived since ancient times. To obtain a treasure that would break through the limits of her cultivation, she bound herself to a capture System. The System gave her information about her target, then fell asleep. Following the portrait, Mingming successfully found the male lead. She dragged the male lead out of an abyss in the wilderness, saved him from his grave injuries, and kept him company as he cultivated. Whenever she felt like it, she wrapped her cold tail around him to show her affection. In this way, they spent a century together in the desolate wilds. Mingming thought winning him over had been easy. The male lead was already devoted to her, waiting for her to take human form so they could spend their lives together. But! Just as Mingming was about to complete her transformation, finish the System's mission, and claim her reward, the System woke up. It solemnly informed her that she'd pursued the wrong person. The unlucky man in the abyss only looked like the male lead. Mingming ran off that very day, returned to her lair, and fell asleep in an egg. When she awoke, she had a human body. With the System's guidance, she found the real male lead. The real male lead was much harder to deal with than the last unlucky man. Not only did he have a white moonlight, he also came from the most conservative and xenophobic clan in the immortal realm. Rumor had it that the clan head despised demons and forbade them from coming anywhere near his territory. According to the plot, Mingming would be badly injured while saving the white moonlight, then taken back to the clan by the male lead, who would make her bear the pressure from his family in the white moonlight's place. "Please resist temptation from here on, because in the story, the male lead's uncle, the clan head who despises demons, will offer you five million spirit stones to leave him," the System warned Mingming. Determined to cultivate, Mingming nodded and went to meet the clan head. The night was lovely. The clan head, with a face seven-tenths like the male lead's, gazed at her with the cold indifference of someone who had cut off all ties to love, making him intimidating to behold. He coldly tossed five million spirit stones at Mingming. Mingming: ? He looks so familiar. "Demons are treacherous and cannot be trusted. I don't want to see any demons in my territory. Take these five million spirit stones and leave him..." Mingming realized this was the unlucky man she'd saved. She turned to leave, but it was the night of the full moon. And so, while staring into the unlucky man's eyes, she transformed back into her original form right in front of him Σ( ° △ °|||)︴ Theme: Defying the will of Heaven