A Redemption Guide for the Villain Boss

[The full text is 60% locked behind anti-piracy protection. For more extras, see the author's column notes, though there aren't many. Thank you, dears, for your support~] Reader's guide: 1. Primarily from the top's perspective! The top's perspective! Xie Zheng is the top! 2. Slow burn, not a wish-fulfillment story. The romance comes much later. Also known as: Trying to make you die of impatience. 3. Lots of perspectives from both leads, and even some side-character perspectives. The narrative jumps around everywhere. 4. Some ensemble cast elements. Side characters get a lot of page time, and there are two side couples. If that's not your thing, please skip. 5. Some controversial side characters and potentially upsetting plot developments. Everyone reacts differently, so you don't have to buy the whole story at once. If anything bothers you while reading, please stop in time. Sending love~ 6. Feel free to point out things that need warning. Let's discuss peacefully, and everyone will be happy ^_^ Blurb: Xie Zheng was suddenly pulled into a book called Seeking the Dao. System: Though you stand face to face, fate keeps you strangers; fate brings you together across worlds! Congratulations, Host Xie Zheng, you've been bound to the Villain Boss Redemption System. I'm your guide, 011~ System: To stop the boss from turning evil and destroying the world, you must return to his childhood, bring him light and love, and become his salvation. System: Please proceed to your first stop and rescue the little boss, who's about to be sold to a depraved demon cultivator and suffer terribly~ Xie Zheng: ... Xie Zheng: So I just have to stop the boss from destroying the world? I'll kill him. System: ...Sorry, but to keep the world's destiny stable, you can't do that. Xie Zheng: Then I'll raise him into a good-for-nothing. System: ??? * Fu Pianlou was born with a different-colored left eye. A demon lived inside it. The demon told him this was his eleventh life. In every life, someone found him when he was thirteen, obeying his every whim and pampering him beyond measure. Because they needed to complete a “mission.” He was determined to find proof that the other person was only pretending, so he could cast aside his last lingering attachment and turn evil without a second thought. But then Rescued from human traffickers. Fu Pianlou: Here he is, just as expected. Next he'll gently tell me, “It's all right now,” to win my trust. I'm not falling for it! Xie Zheng: “I have your indenture. Remember to behave.” Fu Pianlou: ? Sharing meals and lodging, enduring hardship together. Fu Pianlou: He's deliberately pretending to be poor, hoping I'll let my guard down and grow attached? What a clever move! That night, his companion even ran a knife back and forth beside his neck, a strange, cold light glittering in his eyes. After a long sigh, he said, “Too bad I can't just kill him...” Fu Pianlou: ?! Unable to take it any longer, he confronted him. Fu Pianlou: “I know you have something called a System. You're only being nice to me because of a mission!” Xie Zheng impatiently pulled out a little ball of fluff. “It's right here. Talk to each other. Leave me out of it.” 011 and Fu Pianlou: ! Taken to become a disciple and cultivate immortality, then separated because their spiritual roots were worlds apart. Fu Pianlou: Fine! You think I'm a nuisance and don't want me anymore, is that it? I'm turning evil!!! Xie Zheng, who had mixed spiritual roots, said nothing. A month later, he chased Fu Pianlou, who had heavenly spiritual roots, all over the place with a bamboo switch. Only then did he leisurely clasp his hands behind his back and say: “Remember to call me Senior Brother.” Fu Pianlou: ... Wait, what? Weren't you supposed to obey my every whim and pamper me to bits??? * He once chased the sun and swallowed the sea. He once rode his sword eastward until he was completely exhausted. He once took refuge in Buddhism, kept silent, and forgot what came before and after, seeking only peace of mind. Adorned with gold and jade, he could shape the world with one hand. Laughing and cursing as he pleased, no one could restrain him. He slaughtered countless people, yet also saved the common folk from disaster. Whether others loved or hated him, what did it matter to him? But what, exactly, was he? A villain written into a storybook? A puppet manipulated by others onstage? A dog who, if shown the slightest kindness, would treasure it, feel overwhelmed with gratitude, and work tirelessly without complaint? Fu Pianlou had once hated everything intensely, himself included. Until that person appeared before him, held out a hand, and said in an even tone, “Fu Pianlou, let's go.” So, half-believing and stumbling, he went to him And at last, saw the world for what it was. *An unbothered, trouble-averse top who transmigrates into a book x a delusional, obsessive villain bottom Theme: Love can heal old wounds and help us move toward the future.