After the Villain Pretends to Be a Good Person

[Please, don't collect this one (sob sob). If you're passing by, please add it to your collection!] [Main story complete; extras updated every Qingming Festival]

Tan Shaoze's life was ruled by his family's vendetta. To get revenge, he once infiltrated his enemy's ranks, determined to wipe them all out.

Then one day, he discovered a shocking secret: his entire life had been controlled by someone else.

He learned that someone named Duan Zining had written his every move. He also learned that the world he lived in was actually just a storybook, except with pictures, and he was clearly depicted in those pictures.

He also learned that although he had devoted himself to revenge, it would end with his entire family executed and his enemies laughing at him. In other words, his revenge would fail.

In this illustrated storybook, he was a villain through and through.

And a villain was destined to lose everything in the end.

He had wagered his whole life on revenge. He would not, and could not, accept a future in which he failed.

So he broke through the story and became a hypnotist in the real world.

This identity was very much to his advantage, because he could control Duan Bai.

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Genius painter Duan Zining (gong) VS revenge-driven villain Tan Shaoze (shou)

Theme: The people are the foundation of the realm