My System Is Bound to the Villain

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P.S. The story begins with the redemption of a villain, then turns into a groveling pursuit of the heroine. If you're wondering whether the heroine loves the hero, take a look at the theme of my work!

Here are two blurbs, a lighthearted version and a slightly angsty version. Hope you like them!

Blurb One (Lighthearted Version):

"Bad Luck" by Bai Xianyi

In elementary school,

bad luck was a packet of instant noodle seasoning.

This packet had none,

and that packet had none either.

In middle school,

bad luck was a rectangular lottery ticket.

It won,

but you still had to pay extra.

In high school,

bad luck was a sweet fruit candy.

One careless moment,

and it choked you to death.

After transmigrating into a book,

bad luck was a tiny System.

It said it had bound itself to the wrong person,

then bound itself to the villain.

After the System tricked Bai Xianyi, she had no choice but to roll up her sleeves and get to work.

Right now, she was perched on the wall of the future great villain's home, trying her hardest to climb over.

This was her forty-eighth attempt to "run into" Ji Huai at his residence, through sheer force of will.

Who could blame her? Ji Huai was a shut-in.

Who could blame her? She had to make contact with Ji Huai to receive the System's transmigration tasks.

Who could blame her? She could only truly gain a new life by completing those tasks.

When did Ji Huai make the wall around his house higher? It's so much harder to climb than before...

Ji Huai stood in a corner of the courtyard, watching Bai Xianyi huff and puff as she climbed the wall.

He felt at a loss. Being shunned, ignored, and abandoned was the norm in his life.

But the girl kept coming to him, again and again, with an emotion in her eyes he couldn't understand, forcing her way into his dark corner.

Like the warm winter sun, she frightened him a little; he was afraid of being burned. But he longed too much for that warmth.

Ji Huai stepped out of the shadows and reached out to catch the girl as she fell from the wall.

Soft, warm, sweet. Once he held her, she would be his.

The System, watching from the side: "This is bad. What a huge misunderstanding..."

Blurb Two (Slightly Angsty Version):

Everyone in the capital knew that the youngest daughter of the new Minister of Rites was head over heels for the Prince of Fengde. One was a "little nun" raised in a temple, and the other was an "invisible nobody" sent away as a hostage when he was young. They were a perfect match, two broken pots with their lids.

Bai Xianyi, the "little nun" caught in the capital's gossip storm, was overwhelmed. She had to clear away every obstacle in the way of the male and female leads' love, find excuses to get close to the future great villain, and stay clearheaded amid the Bai family's overwhelming affection. After all, once she completed her task, she was going to retire. She couldn't let herself get attached here.

After plenty of practice, she had it all under control. Now she only had to wait for the male and female leads to marry, and then she could retire.

But once again, the unreliable System showed just how unreliable it was.

As Bai Xianyi happily prepared for the leads' wedding, Ji Huai cornered her in a corner of the great hall. His eyes red, he asked, "It said you only approached me for the sake of someone else's love. Is that true?"

Bai Xianyi's eyes widened.

"The thing in my head told me you were terrified of me, the great villain, and couldn't wait to get a new life?" Ji Huai's question was filled with pain. Then he glanced at the red silk decorations around them, his heart sinking into an abyss. His voice turned cold. "It looks so festive in here. What a shame we won't be using it."

Bai Xianyi tried to explain, but he covered her mouth.

"You don't need to lie to me anymore. I won't let you get your way." Ji Huai gently stroked Bai Xianyi's face, then his tone shifted, soft and tender. "I'll make you stay. They won't be using their red silk, but I bought red silk for the Prince of Fengde's residence. I wonder if you'll like it? Hate me all you want. As long as Ye Xin'er's love falls apart, you won't be able to leave, will you?"

Bai Xianyi's eyes shook with shock, but her short legs couldn't catch up with Ji Huai as he galloped away. After that, she was turned away when she went to see him, he wouldn't read her letters, and when she tried to corner him, she couldn't compete with his martial arts. Before she could say a word, he was gone.

Bai Xianyi could only watch helplessly as Ji Huai turned dark early because of her, making the original novel's leads' romance even more tortuous than it had been in the original story. Unable to find help, she could only keep running around for the two of them.

Ji Huai tormented everyone in this way.

"She'll die." At last, after being tricked into revealing information and locked deep inside Ji Huai's consciousness, the System broke through its confinement. Seeing the story return to its original track and race down the road of heartbreak, the System was horrified. "Ji Huai, you have to stop. You'll kill her. She can only truly gain a life of her own by completing her task."

Then Ji Huai sat on the roof of Bai Xianyi's home all night, before walking toward the novel's ending, where he was pierced by ten thousand arrows.

Theme: Only sincerity can be repaid with sincerity