The Right Way to Redeem a Villain

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Shen Lanxun, an author who had spent half his life failing to make it, transmigrated into the childhood of the protagonist in his own book: the tyrant. He witnessed all the tyrant's hardships, from growing up hungry and cold to being so famished he stuffed dirt from the ground into his mouth until his belly bulged, looking like a miserable stray dog as he was forced to endure beatings from others.

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In such an environment, it was only natural that the tyrant became a tyrant.

He squeezed the people dry just to build magnificent palaces. He had boundless talent, yet all he could think about was how to bring about his own destruction.

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[He is a being you created with your own hands. You must find a way to redeem him.]

As the one who had created the tyrant, Shen Lanxun knew all too well just how thoroughly rotten he was inside.

"R-Redem... redeem him?"

[Yes, redeem him.]

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Shen Lanxun picked up his pen again and wrote extensively about the tyrant, describing his tragic childhood and digging into the meaning behind every one of his sudden ideas. He tried to convince everyone that the tyrant was an exceptional ruler with unmatched talent and grand ambitions!

"Excellent. So this is what I am in your eyes." The person behind him raised an eyebrow, a playful smile on his lips. "Explain this: why do you know so much about my childhood?"

Shen Lanxun: "..." Help!!

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Jing Jue thought his arrival was an accident, a joke the world had played on him. Then someone suddenly told him that someone had come for his sake, determined to light a faint candle in his bleak life.

Theme: Don't judge whether someone is good or bad by appearances alone. You have to dig deep to discover what is truly in their heart.