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Xie Jin has always been sickly, but he is also a workaholic. He worked himself to the bone until, at thirty-five, he finally achieved financial freedom. Yet the day before he could quit and enjoy life, he suddenly died from overwork.
In other words, all that money he earned went to waste.
His final thought before dying was: Damn it, I'm done with this! In my next life, I'm going to be a freeloader who does nothing but eat and wait to die!
After his death, he was bound to a Villain System and learned that his world was a novel. The protagonist was his archenemy at work, while he was merely a villain who stood in the protagonist's way.
The villain's fate had already been decided. No matter what he did, the world's consciousness would erase him at the age of thirty-five.
The System was enthusiastic: Host, because you worked so hard at being a villain, you were practically a model employee of the villain world! The Time-Space Bureau has decided to send you to other worlds to keep playing villains and make the villain business flourish! Come on, let's work ourselves to death and outdo everyone else!
Xie Jin: ...All right.
Still thinking about the savings in his account that he hadn't gotten the chance to spend, Xie Jin wanted an opportunity to be reborn. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and keep playing the villain, but this time he was wiser.
If the villain's fate was set in stone, why bother working hard? He might as well lie flat and wait to die.
So the illegitimate son in a wealthy-family novel gave up the inheritance, the regent in a political-intrigue novel retired to his hometown, the rebel leader in a science-fiction novel decided to spend his old age in prison, the brutal male insect in an insectoid novel couldn't be bothered to beat anyone up, and the hypocritical sect leader in a cultivation novel publicly announced his resignation...
Xie Jin was lying flat quite nicely, waiting for the world's consciousness to erase him while dragging his sickly body around. Unexpectedly, the protagonists panicked first.
They clutched Xie Jin's hand, their eyes bloodshot, and ground out, "Why didn't you tell me you didn't have much time left?!"
"You wanted me to feel guilty for the rest of my life, didn't you?! You heartless bastard!"
"You win... As long as you stay alive, I won't compete with you anymore. The company/court/empire/immortal sect... I'll hand it all over to you!"
Xie Jin: ???
No! Get away from me! You damn jobs!
Notes and content warnings:
1. Villain-focused quick transmigration, one-on-one romance. The love interest is the protagonist in every world, and is the same person.
2. A sickly, lazy, laid-back top who only wants to lie flat but is a workaholic at heart x a tsundere, loyal-dog bottom who seems cold on the outside but is warm inside and loves to overthink.
Theme: Dedication to one's work
