Forced to Become a Lovesick Fool, I Became the Villain

[Main story complete. Feel free to jump in. Bonus chapters will arrive slowly...]

One day, on his way home from work, Jiang Nan was hit by a runaway mini truck and died on the spot.

Maybe his luck had taken a sudden turn: he died, but not completely.

When he regained consciousness, he found himself inside a cheesy, melodramatic danmei novel.

Good news: he'd become the second male lead.

Bad news: unfortunately, he was a hopeless romantic, and his ending was a tragic death in a car accident.

Good news: he'd gained a superpower, an incredibly potent jinx.

Bad news: the jinx didn't just affect his enemies. It affected him too, attacking everyone indiscriminately all year round.

Faced with this absurd, utterly ridiculous plot, Jiang Nan lit a cigarette and fell into deep thought. It was some bizarre love polygon where "I love you, you love him, he loves him, he loves me." On top of that, the romantic rivals were business competitors and villains, all itching to rush in and ruin the protagonist top's life while trying to steal away the original owner's hopelessly devoted heart.

The Love-Struck Recovery System 312, responsible for helping him get the story back on track, kept broadcasting:

"Good news, good news! Host, all you have to do is complete the 'Stay Away from the Scumbag' plotline, and you can start your life over! You can go back to your old life!"

"Bad news, bad news... Before the plot breaks away from its original course, you have to keep up the hopeless-romantic persona! And be very, very careful what you say, because this superpower is incredibly destructive and extremely, extremely useful!"

In short, good things never come true, but bad things always do!

Jiang Nan: …? It's not like I particularly want to keep living. I'm tired. Let's just end it.JPG

His old habit of being unable to relax until his work was finished kicked in, and Jiang Nan reluctantly nudged the plot forward. The more he did, the more he felt that the original protagonist top was a complete lunatic.

As a sensible, experienced worker with a normal IQ and emotional intelligence, and a law-abiding citizen, Jiang Nan decisively joined the original villain's somewhat more normal group and tried to rescue the hopeless romantic...

Taking down the lunatic gang, protecting the public, and pursuing sustainable development: as a law-abiding citizen, he had no choice but to do his part!

Wait, what if... the villains were lunatics too?

Jiang Nan (smiling): Things are getting interesting.

312 (wiping sweat): Ahem, that's enough, that's enough. You really don't have to be so dedicated.

I told you to imitate them, not outdo them!

A bottom who is constantly split in two by the plot but stays strong / forced to seem calm and taciturn while cursing in his heart x A serious-minded background-character top who works hard and sticks to his villain principles / pretends to be proper while tricking his husband

※ The plot is often bizarre and absurd, with melodrama flying everywhere. Occasionally the story settles into a warm, everyday mood, only to suddenly veer off again (well... let's just say it walks along the edge of madness :)

※ Causing trouble is just for show; the comedy is serious.

※ Don't expect airtight logic! (Because melodrama itself makes no sense :)

※ A little romance is good for your physical and mental health.

Theme: Romance needs an anti-addiction mode too