The Gloomy Villainous Beauty Refuses to Believe in Fate

On his way to pick up the child from the Tang family who had gone missing as a little kid, Tang Yubai suddenly dreams that he is the sinister main villain in a tragic male-lead novel.

His role in the book is to spur the male lead's growth. First he becomes an obstacle in his path, then a stepping stone, paving the way for the tragic hero's rise to success.

In the end, the male lead steps over him to reach the pinnacle of success. Everyone who once showed the male lead kindness and helped him has a happy ending.

Everyone, that is, except Tang Yubai. He meets a miserable end and is eventually kicked out of the Tang Corporation.

Tang Yubai: "..." This is absurd! He's spent years working tooth and nail to take control of the Tang Corporation, and now he's supposed to hand it back? Why?

And when he realizes that the male lead who will kick him out of the Tang Corporation is the very child he's about to pick up, Tang Yubai can't help sneering. If he's destined to be the villain who opposes the male lead, then just watch how thoroughly he'll torment him.

But when he first meets Ji Yan, the boy is being chased and bullied by a group of people. The ringleader has a steamed bun underfoot and orders Ji Yan to pick it up and eat it.

Tang Yubai: "..."

Realizing that he'll eventually be just like these people, one of Ji Yan's targets for revenge, Tang Yubai flies into a rage. How dare they put him in the same category as these thugs!

They clearly have no idea what real bullying looks like!

So after helping the male lead beat the group up, Tang Yubai takes him home. Determined to defy fate and stick to his villain role, he sets out to make sure the male lead never forgets him

To torment the male lead, who has just started his senior year of high school, he buys him a stack of test-prep books nearly as tall as his shin. If he doesn't finish them, he has to eat a pound of walnut kernels.

To embarrass the male lead, he calls him into his room that very night to help soothe his own skin hunger, then clings to him like a body pillow all night long.

But later, Tang Yubai discovers that nothing has changed. Ji Yan still kicks him out of the Tang Corporation, and is even going to lock him in a room... Damn it, he's done! Tang Yubai breaks out in a cold sweat, finally realizing he can't keep courting disaster, and hurries to run away.

What Tang Yubai doesn't know is that after he runs away from the Tang household, the chain around Ji Yan's neck finally snaps...

Ji Yan was born with a miserable lot in life. More than anything, he has known other people's malice.

But somehow, things begin to change.

He doesn't finish his exam questions, so he eats a pound of shelled walnut kernels. It's no longer the same as having them forcibly stuffed down his throat until he can barely breathe. That night, he's called into a room and experiences being embraced for the first time. The feeling of their skin touching makes Ji Yan tremble all over.

The way that man looks at him makes the air around them grow hot. When those snow-white feet kick him and call him an idiot, Ji Yan's heart pounds wildly.

He begins to want the man to show him a different expression, to force him into his arms.

Later, Ji Yan really does it. He grips the man's pale ankle tightly and watches him curse, the corners of his eyes red, kicking Ji Yan in the chest. He can't help laughing.

■ A beautiful shou with skin hunger VS a mentally troubled gong who is incredibly good at enduring

■ The gong started school late and is already an adult in his senior year. The gong and shou are not related by blood

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Core theme: All roads lead to Rome, and there's always a way through every difficulty