When the Saint Falls for the Villain

After dying unexpectedly in her previous life, Xi Yuliang finally realized that she was nothing but a saintly female supporting character in a novel. Her entire life had been meant to move the plot forward, and no one had ever truly loved her.

As she died for the female lead, she told her to live well.

The female lead did just that, living happily with the very person who had killed her.

"Yuliang was so kind. I know she wouldn't blame you. She'd be happier than anyone to see you turn over a new leaf."

Just like that, the female lead forgave the male lead on her behalf.

In the end, it was An Yanya, who had always hated her, who avenged her.

Unfortunately, An Yanya was only a villain, too.

After An Yanya turned the male and female leads' careers upside down, the story neared its end. Even though victory seemed certain, she still lost to the leads' plot armor.

At last, the female lead plunged a knife into An Yanya's heart, her expression cruel yet innocent.

"Do you know? Someone as kind as Yuliang could never like a vicious person like you. You're like a filthy bug on the ground. You'll never get close to her. You hurt me, and she'll hate you for it."

She saw An Yanya's hand slowly loosen around the dagger as blood kept flowing.

She wanted to say it wasn't like that, but she couldn't stop any of it.

In the end, the word "kindness" had trapped her.

She was the reason for the female lead's revenge, the catalyst for the story, and the source of its conflicts. Because she was kind, everyone remembered her.

But in the end, kindness became the reason she was forgotten.

She was killed a second time.

*

Given another life, Xi Yuliang no longer wants to be the so-called good person. She just wants to indulge herself.

An Yanya cares deeply for Xi Yuliang because she is so wonderful, the person An Yanya loves most. But her kindness isn't reserved for An Yanya alone. She's just as good to everyone.

So An Yanya makes up her mind: if she can't be Xi Yuliang's favorite, she'll be the one she hates most.

But one day, An Yanya realizes that Yuliang, who had grown distant from her long ago, always takes her side without question whenever she gets herself into trouble.

An Yanya holds a slender cigarette between her fingers and softly blows out a smoke ring.

They're so close that the wisps of smoke brush Xi Yuliang's cheek. An Yanya furrows her brow slightly and quietly steps farther away.

"I'm not a good person."

Xi Yuliang snatches the cigarette from her hand and imitates her.

"But I want to be bad with you."

An Yanya's heart skips half a beat. Today, her voice seems especially tender. But the smoke blurs her face, making her expression impossible to see...

An Yanya thinks: It's time to quit smoking.

*

One day.

After hearing that Xi Yuliang has someone she likes, Yanya, who had long since gone straight, gets completely drunk at a bar.

In a daze, she seems to see Xi Yuliang.

She thinks, I'm doomed. She's definitely going to scold me.

Xi Yuliang just strokes her head and gently coaxes her, as she always used to: "Yaya, let's go home."

With her lying on Xi Yuliang's back, her heart goes thump, thump, thump. Maybe the night breeze is too enchanting, or maybe she's too drunk.

Yanya works up the courage to poke Xi Yuliang's head and orders, "You can only like me, understand?"

"I understand."

Her voice disappears into the wind.

But the summer night, the blooming gardenias, and the noisy cicadas all hear her words.

Gentle, cunning older woman vs. tsundere, adorable little troublemaker

Theme: Anything is possible