The Villain System Wants Me to Make a Comeback as a Slacker [Ancient to Modern]

The disgraced Crown Prince Song Qingzhi was a man of peerless talent and looks, and he was also a skilled fighter. But after transmigrating to the modern world, he ended up as a washed-up C-list celebrity with a scandal-ridden reputation and only three years to live.

Song Qingzhi: What a perfect start. Time to lie flat.

But after he started slacking off, one strange thing after another began to happen. First, a System that claimed to be essential for every villain came knocking: "System has detected that your career is going nowhere, your love life is a failure, your family life is unhappy, and your life is in danger. You deserve the Villain System."

Song Qingzhi: ? Being a villain takes brains, and unfortunately, I don't have any.

Then a handsome man, covered in injuries, collapsed at his doorstep and claimed to be his newlywed husband.

His new husband, Gu Linyu, was handsome and rich. There was just one problem: he kept stealing Song Qingzhi's blanket in the middle of the night!

*The System was furious when it was turned away, so it got angry for a moment and forcibly bound Song Qingzhi to the Villain System.

It also said that the man Song Qingzhi had picked up, Gu Linyu, was his target. He was the legendary Child of Fortune, and Song Qingzhi's task was to...

Song Qingzhi: Take his place?

Villain System: Your task is to make him yours!

[Fall in love with Gu Linyu, lifespan +1]

Song Qingzhi: If loving his money counts as love, then my love runs very deep.

[Appear on a variety show with Gu Linyu, lifespan +1]

Song Qingzhi: Damn it, System, who signed us up for a dating show?

[Divorce Gu Linyu...]

Song Qingzhi: Sorry, everyone. We're glued together now. We can't get divorced.

*At first, netizens lamented that Song Qingzhi was an uneducated celebrity who knew nothing. Then, on a travel-and-romance variety show, he identified genuine antiques at a glance and traced their origins.

Netizens: That little nobody must have spent a month memorizing a script!

But on the journey that followed, a landscape painting he casually sketched sold for an astronomical price, and his masterful chess skills proved unbeatable.

Netizens: Has Song Qingzhi been possessed or something?

Later on, the trending topics included #LightnessSkillsOnTheDatingShow#

#SongQingzhiBreaksARobbersBladeWithHisBareHands#

#GuCouldHaveDiedAtAnyTimeAndItWouldHaveBeenAMiracle#

#OnMyWifeWhoIsAnExpertInAllEighteenMartialArtsAndHerLifeOfLyingFlat#

The topics set the internet ablaze, but Song Qingzhi could only sulk at home. He couldn't understand it. He had tried every trick in the book, so why hadn't he successfully won over Gu Linyu?

Gu Linyu, who had just received an eye-roll from his wife, secretly cut off the System before it could finish speaking: That's because the System, yours truly, has been bought off by him!

*From the gong's perspective: Hundreds of years ago, Gu Linyu descended to the mortal realm to undergo a tribulation. Song Qingzhi had him utterly smitten, but after Song Qingzhi won his heart, he dumped him without a word.

Gu Linyu's heart shattered into a million pieces. He wanted to confront Song Qingzhi, but the man vanished without a trace. It took hundreds of years for Gu Linyu to finally find the heartless liar. This time, he was going to make Song Qingzhi taste what it felt like to be abandoned.

Song Qingzhi: What was that? Speak up, I can't hear you.

Gu Linyu: I said, Qingqing, you know I can't live without you. I've been yours since my last life.

Please note:

1. The shou transmigrates from ancient times to the modern day, but there isn't much ancient-era plot.

2. Their feelings are mutual, and the story is still sweet and doting.

3. The shou isn't a jerk. This will be explained later in the story.

A hidden, sharp-tongued, sweet-faced black-hearted shou (Song Qingzhi) & an all-powerful, devoted dog-like gong (Gu Linyu)

[Blurb revised on August 24, 2024, screenshot saved]

Theme: Chase your dreams bravely and have no regrets.