I Transmigrated and Played a Scheming Villain

Ye Qiuchen, the greatest swordsman under heaven, has grown tired of the conflicts of the martial world and decides to sink his sword and retire in seclusion. But just as he seals his treasured sword beneath a lake, a strange celestial phenomenon transports him to modern society. To make ends meet, he has no choice but to pick up his sword again and become a... martial arts stunt double. His retirement takes an unusual turn, with clocking in on time, starting work, collecting his boxed lunch, and clocking out promptly each day. Then he picks up a mischievous, clingy disciple on a film set and accidentally plays a scheming villain. After that, everything changes. He becomes famous, and even gains fans. And those fans actually want to lock him and his disciple together forever! Ye Qiuchen, who never goes online and has no idea what “lock them together forever” means: ? * Agreeing to play a twisted, scheming villain, Ye Qiuchen dons an elaborate black robe and grips a gleaming longsword, transforming into a great demon lord returned from the abyss. With just a few scenes, he becomes everyone’s beloved tragic favorite. After the show airs, he and his disciple, Shen Xiaxing, win over audiences with their outstanding acting. Viewers: A twisted, scheming demon lord x a playful, mischievous little darling? This is so good, ahhhhh! * While the show is airing, an audio outtake is released. Ye Qiuchen: Spread your legs. Wider. Shen Xiaxing: Sob, Master, it hurts so much. I can’t do it. Viewers: ? Viewers: ?? Viewers: Ahhhhh, can we really hear this without paying? Shen Xiaxing quickly explains: Master was teaching me how to hold a horse stance. Later, Shen Xiaxing chats with fans during a livestream. Off camera, Ye Qiuchen gently asks, “Do your legs still hurt?” Shen Xiaxing’s face turns bright red. Fans: ? Fans: Hehehe, don’t tell us this was from holding a horse stance too. Reserved, aloof, and mature gong x playful, clingy, naturally sweet shou 1v1, happy ending P.S. No fandom involvement, no celebrity worship, and no real-life inspirations. Content warning: There will be a story within the story. Its main content is the show in which the gong plays a scheming villain. The script is interspersed with descriptions of the filming process, and the couple in the script is also the shou. This makes up about 25% of the story. (This estimate is based on the chapters that include the story-within-a-story content, so around 23 chapters will involve the script. Almost all of these chapters, except for a handful, about two or three, intersperse the script with descriptions of filming.) Please subscribe at your discretion, dear readers, and thank you! Coming soon: “Transmigrated into a Harem Showdown as a Slacker” Gu Shanting, dubbed the entertainment industry’s ultimate top by his fans, transmigrates into a book. He ends up in a top-centered harem rivalry story as one of the cannon-fodder bottoms caught in the fray. According to the plot, the main gong will soon torment him in body and spirit. In the end, to help the main gong get his way, Gu Shanting will drag the other cannon-fodder rivals into a sea of flames, where they will all burn to ashes. It will be a genuine funeral pyre in every sense of the word. This ridiculous, life-threatening plotline... Let whoever wants to follow it do so. He won’t. He’s going to slack off and stay away from the showdown that will end in a fiery funeral. Unfortunately, he transmigrates a little too late. Unable to afford the breach-of-contract fee, he has no choice but to join a travel livestream variety show featuring the main gong and all the other cannon-fodder rivals. To avoid being burned alive, he not only turns himself into a slacker but also encourages the other rivals to slack off with him. The guiding principle: no competition, no showdown. When viewers see a group of handsome men in all shapes and styles lounging around Gu Shanting and basking in the sun together, all cozy and harmonious, they react: Viewers: Holy crap, what kind of unparalleled master of control is this? But some observant viewers notice that Shen Ningqing, the top movie star, is the only handsome man missing from the group around Gu Shanting. Viewers speculate: Gu Shanting can’t handle Shen Ningqing. During a show challenge, Gu Shanting and Shen Ningqing are paired together. Just as the viewers expected, they really don’t get along. Shen Ningqing especially never even looks at Gu Shanting, and at a crucial moment in the challenge, he even turns red and walks away. Just as everyone assumes they can’t stand each other, a sharp-eyed viewer notices that the “hickey marks” on the necks of Gu Shanting and Shen Ningqing, who have unfortunately been assigned to the same room, are perfectly symmetrical. Those “hickey marks” don’t look like they came from a fight. They clearly came from each other’s “bites.” Hoping to draw attention, the show’s production team stirs things up during the livestream and asks, “Which of you is the top?” Gu Shanting and Shen Ningqing glance at each other and answer in unison: “Me.” Later, Gu Shanting says, “Looks like we have the same role.” Shen Ningqing murmurs, “We haven’t tried it yet. How do you know for sure we have the same role?” Gu Shanting raises an eyebrow and smiles. “All right, then. Let’s find out.” E-type, top-of-the-industry gong who wants to slack off x socially anxious, aloof I-type movie-star shou P.S. They do not switch roles. 1v1, happy ending. Coming soon: “Where’s the Beauty Trap You Promised?” On the day Fu Shixu officially takes over the company, he accidentally hits his head. While unconscious, he dreams that he is the villain in a novel, and that his father’s trusted aide, Fang Shuyu, who never got along with him, deliberately got close to him and tried to win him over as an act of revenge. After a series of beauty traps, Fu Shixu falls for him and becomes a hopeless romantic, handing over the entire family business that generations of the Fu family worked hard to build. He also dies a gruesome death. When he wakes from the dream, he opens his eyes to find Fang Shuyu sitting beside his hospital bed, staring at his phone with a strange smile. Why is Fang Shuyu holding his phone upside down? Could he be looking at some kind of encrypted file? Fu Shixu decides to stay calm and watch from the sidelines. He wants to see what kind of beauty trap could turn him into a hopeless romantic. Later, he discovers that Fang Shuyu often scribbles in a notebook behind his back, even during meetings. The way he looks at Fu Shixu grows increasingly strange, yet he never makes a move with any beauty trap. Then, after a business banquet, a drunk Fang Shuyu breaks from his usual cool and dignified demeanor and kisses him forcefully. Fu Shixu looks at Fang Shuyu, who has taken advantage of him and then collapsed on the bed, pretending to be unconscious. He gives a cold snort. “What, are you finally willing to use your beauty trap?” * Fang Shuyu has been feeling a little nervous lately. Whenever he slacks off to draw his little smutty comic, his boss watches him with a strange look. He carefully hides his little hobby. Then one day, he drinks too much, kisses someone, and even gets a feel of the other man’s pectoral muscles. After taking advantage of him, Fang Shuyu collapses on the bed and pretends to be unconscious. To his surprise, the other man leans down and whispers in his ear, “What, are you finally willing to use your beauty trap?” Fang Shuyu: Beauty trap? What beauty trap? 1v1, happy ending. Theme: Hard work always pays off.