The Vase Role

Mu Yanbai transmigrates into a book, becoming the youngest, most beautiful, most unhinged, and earliest-killed sect leader in the history of the Demonic Cult.

He diligently plays the role of a universally hated villain, even following the original plot and dying so thoroughly that not a trace of him remains.

Then he opens his eyes and discovers he's been reborn ten years earlier.

Mu Yanbai, who's both transmigrated into a book and been reborn: "…"

After a life with no great highs and nothing but one disastrous low after another, he somehow figures things out on his own and suddenly lets go.

In his last life, he busted his back chasing KPIs, only to find it wasn't worth a thing.

This life... he might as well lie flat, give up, and stick to his role as a pretty face.

He thinks he can't escape his destined fate, so he wants to enjoy himself while he can, before he's condemned by thousands and ruined beyond redemption.

Who knew that on the day he'd been assassinated and begun his descent into darkness in his last life, the plot would suddenly go off the rails

His father, whom he can't stand and who can't stand him: "He's my son. Who dares touch him?!"

His rival, with whom he's locked in a fight to the death: "He's my dear friend. Who dares touch him?!"

His senior brother, whose path of righteousness puts him at odds with Mu Yanbai's wicked ways: "He's my wife. Who dares touch him?!"

The trembling assassin: "...I'm so moved?"

Mu Yanbai: ???

What Mu Yanbai doesn't know is that the original male lead, his noble and virtuous senior brother, has also been reborn.

The young head disciple of the Sword Sect wears the composed, impeccable face of a gentleman as he calmly watches his junior brother become the center of everyone's attention after being reborn, like a universally adored charmer.

Only Chu Chen knows how much dark, burning possessiveness boils beneath his composed facade.

He's the only person in the book who has gained self-awareness. His madness is quiet but carved into his very bones. He made a deal with the main System because he wants to keep that person imprisoned in his arms for all eternity.

But that person doesn't belong in this world.

What's more, after being reborn, that person only wants to enjoy himself while he can and eat and wait for death. Beneath his lovely, obedient, glassy eyes, he wants for nothing.

So Chu Chen has no choice but to wear the gentlest of masks, slowly reel him in, slowly spoil him, and bit by bit work his way into the other's long-cold heart.

Then he'll show his true colors and, before paying the price of his bargain,

make him his and his alone.

"Even if a moth flies into the flames and dies in their glow, its life was not lived in vain."

# A light, sweet story. Transmigrate into a book, both leads reborn, 1v1, happy ending.

# There's a System, and it gets subjected to a steady stream of lovey-dovey affection (X

Content warning: I'm truly grateful for everyone's support, but this is an early work with quite a few issues, so read at your own risk if you're checking it out. (Here's a little rabbit Yan Yan for everyone to pet. Once you've had a pet, please don't read it anymore!!!)

One more content warning:

This is a sweet story about a doting seme and a lazy uke. A sweet story! The seme's possessiveness toward the uke does come up several times, but on the surface he's still very gentle and polite, and extremely restrained. His possessiveness is an emotion he keeps trying to suppress. There's nothing like forced... anything! I personally think it's one of his most appealing traits, so please don't give me a low rating over it. I'll fall to pieces, QAQ.

Another content warning:

Thanks for reading this story, but the writing is rough, so read at your own risk!

Theme: No matter when or where you are, always turn your heart toward the light.