Aren't You the Villain? (Female-Dominated World)

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Yu Yunji transmigrates into a book, becoming a cannon-fodder villain who is on the verge of death. On the very day she arrives, she marries the biggest villain in the story as her husband.

She and Gu Qi are the greatest obstacle facing the protagonists.

Looking at the villain smirking before her, Yu Yunji thinks: I’m not smiling because I’m naturally not fond of smiling.

To stay alive, she avoids every situation that could threaten her life and reaches an agreement with her villainous husband.

The villain likes her elder sister, so she gives him up to her without a fuss.

But when she decides to take a concubine, the villain, who spends every day making trouble and threatening to kill himself, comes at her with a knife.

Gu Qi seems to have changed a little.

Forced to marry Yu Yunji, a spoiled wastrel, in place of his younger stepbrother, Gu Qi hates her and vows to bring them all down.

He is prepared to fight to the death, but Yu Yunji puts fresh charcoal in his hand warmer and often turns back to check how he is feeling.

Gu Qi: ... I can’t figure her out, but maybe she’s not that bad?

Everyone knows that the current emperor has a jealous husband, who made a scene at his wedding and became notorious throughout the capital.

At night, Gu Qi’s red gauze robe is dampened by water dripping from his hair. He lifts his phoenix eyes to look at her. “Wife, don’t you like this?”

Yu Yunji retreats several steps. “No, wait a minute. Aren’t you the villain?”

Please read warning 6 carefully.

Content warnings:

1. The male lead is extremely difficult, unstable, and deranged in the early story, skulking through the shadows.

2. Male pregnancy and scenes of the male lead suffering. The more deranged he is early on, the more pathetic he’ll be later.

3. The male lead becomes a clingy, love-struck little darling later on. His chastity and lovesickness are his best dowry.

4. The “elder sister” mentioned in the blurb is the male lead’s emotional anchor. Later, there will be a chasing-your-wife-to-the-crematorium arc, with the man pursuing the woman.

5. Written for my own enjoyment. The dynasty is fictional.

6. Please be gentle when leaving comments. There’s no need to tell me if you drop the story. If anything in the plot makes you uncomfortable, please stop reading. Thank you.

Important! If you can’t accept any of the above, please don’t force yourself to read it!

★ Adoptive Mother (Women’s World):

The first time Shen Yuanrou saw Pei Ji, he was still an infant in swaddling clothes. No matter how much she disliked children, she couldn’t resist her friend’s enthusiasm and became the baby boy’s adoptive mother.

After more than ten years navigating the political world, she heard news of the Pei family again thirteen years later. The family was no longer all-powerful, and Xuzhou had changed beyond recognition.

That year, however, a young man who claimed to be her adopted son came to call at her residence.

The young man had a handsome, stubborn face, and his eyes, so much like her friend’s, made her feel as if she had returned to the past. “...Adoptive Mother.”

“Make yourself at home,” Shen Yuanrou said, raising her eyes to assess the boy, slender as a bamboo stalk. Then she added, “I’ll find you a good marriage.”

Pei Ji is afraid of her. She has put down rebels and killed corrupt officials. Power has left its mark on her, making her impossible to defy.

But he has nowhere else to go, and his adoptive mother says she’ll find him a good match.

Pei Ji doesn’t want to live under someone else’s roof. At first, he looks forward to that marriage, but as time passes, the thought gradually changes. He wants to stay by his adoptive mother’s side.

Before the emperor arranges a marriage for her, Pei Ji is still a well-behaved and considerate child.

Then one day, Pei Ji comes back from the palace and falls gravely ill.

She knows someone has given the child a hard time, so after court she goes to visit him. Then she sits by his bed, supporting her chin as she dozes.

After a soft rustling, a young man’s burning, tender lips land on hers, tentative yet lingering.

“Look at me. I can serve you well, too, Adoptive Mother,” Shen Yuanrou hears him murmur.

A powerful official as the adoptive-mother heroine, age 33, and the male lead, age 17.

Story theme: Don’t be sad. Someone will love you.