Does Crying Really Make a Villain Good?

1.

Shen Ruimian was on the verge of death when she bound herself to a Villain System. All she had to do was play the evil main villain in a no-CP revenge novel and get her villainy score to 100%.

Then, if the protagonist's group killed her at the end, she could come back to life.

When she first arrived in this other world, she drew the [Novice Healer] identity card, along with the debuff [Cries Whenever Injured].

Debuff details: The Host automatically loses varying amounts of villainy points depending on when she cries.

2.

Early on, Shen Ruimian struggled with her missions. Her cultivation was too weak, and whenever she tried to act fierce, she came off as coquettish. So she found another way.

Two orphaned twins lying in the snow. Save them!

But she couldn't carry both twins, so she had to choose one. Shen Ruimian randomly picked the cleaner, prettier younger brother.

The extreme cold injured her hands, and the debuff activated on the way back: [Villainy -1%].

Shen Ruimian immediately turned back and, in tears, stabbed the child she'd abandoned. [Villainy +1%].

The older brother opened his eyes in pain. The last thing his sticky gaze saw was the girl's retreating figure.

A trapped beast in the forest. Set it free!

The young beast grew attached to its benefactor and wanted to follow her everywhere. Shen Ruimian only wanted it for its intelligence, and knew that hurting its feelings would pay off, so she killed it.

As it died, the beast used all its strength to bite her wrist. Shen Ruimian shook off its sharp teeth as tears streamed down her face.

[Villainy -2%, +3%]

A wicked ghost in the mortal world. Help it!

She treated its injuries and avenged it, defying her sect to befriend the ugly ghost.

After a long effort to change its ways, the ghost finally regained its sanity. Shen Ruimian breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and embraced it. The merit-giving glow that came with her healer identity made the ghost's soul vanish.

Before dying, the ghost released a surge of resentful energy and scratched the corner of her eye. Blood and tears dripped onto its collarbone.

[Villainy -3%, +6%]

...After helping countless humans, spirits, and monsters, Shen Ruimian finally bought her golden finger: [Max-Level Healer Identity Card].

3.

Shen Ruimian earned the [Healing the World] achievement. In everyone's eyes, she was a truly kind and benevolent healer immortal.

The day she joined the protagonist's group, Shen Ruimian noticed that the sinister great demon among its minor members had been staring at her.

She looked back, and he smiled gently, his peach-blossom features dazzling and seductive.

The System immediately chimed: [Villainy -1%, +2%]

The great demon attacked Shen Ruimian, and she didn't dodge.

Blood at her lips, tears in her bright eyes, Shen Ruimian looked at the great demon and suddenly recognized him as the young beast from long ago.

4.

After the great demon appeared, more and more "old acquaintances" started showing up around Shen Ruimian.

Without exception, they hated her to the core. They took advantage of her injuries to imprison her, persecuted the protagonist she was close to, and stopped her from fulfilling her duty to treat the injured, forcing her to become an irresponsible healer "against her will."

But the protagonist's group soon fought back.

As Shen Ruimian was rescued, she realized that she might not get another lucky break like this. So she looked at the humans, spirits, and monsters who hated her so much that they couldn't look away, their gazes dark and damp.

She put on an act and let two tears fall.

She saw her enemies freeze, then curl their lips in a strange smile, full of bloodlust and possessiveness.

"Mianmian, we'll meet again."

[Content warning for elements that were fun to write but might be dealbreakers]

1. Mianmian lacks normal social skills, so there may be scenes like "being held hands or hugged proves that someone needs me" and "if kissing a sad friend will comfort them, what's the harm?"

2. Mianmian will never be exposed! No matter how many bad things she does, even if she's caught in the act, people will force a filter onto it: "She must have her reasons" or "She didn't mean to, she was forced to"... That's the kind of filter this white lotus with a dark heart, irresistible to everyone, gets. So satisfying!

3. Mianmian's stance leans toward chaotic neutral. Both sides, righteous and demonic, desperately want her.

Theme: Flourishing growth