After her death, Qi Shuangyan was bound to the Villainess Redemption System. She would transmigrate into different novels and become their notorious villainesses. To clear each world, she had to raise the heroine's affection level above 80.
The System advised her to win the heroine over with tenderness and try to earn her forgiveness as soon as possible.
Qi Shuangyan thought it over. Win her over?
That's what a simp would do.
She was a villainess, after all.
World One: Tough, aloof Alpha-disguised-as-Omega heroine x Arrogant, domineering villainess
Qi Shuangyan transmigrated into the eldest daughter of the Qi family, a pampered girl who became a twisted villainess after being mocked for being an E-rank Omega.
The System told Qi Shuangyan, [The heroine is your classmate. She comes from a poor family and has a tough personality. Just because her rank is higher than yours, you became jealous and bullied her for years.]
[But what you don't know is that the heroine isn't an ordinary Omega. She's an SS-rank Alpha, and the long-lost biological daughter of the richest man in the country.]
When Qi Shuangyan arrived, the heroine was being forced to her knees by her lackeys, who held her down by the shoulders. Her lips were pressed into a tight line, and she glared at Qi Shuangyan with cold, dark eyes.
The System: [Host, according to my calculations, if you help the heroine to her feet and offer a sincere apology now, there's a 50% chance she'll forgive you.]
Qi Shuangyan did the exact opposite. Not only did she refuse to tell them to let the heroine go, she lifted the heroine's chin with one finger and looked her over from above.
"I've changed my mind."
"From now on, we'll play by different rules."
Her slender, jade-like fingers pressed against Ji Qingxian's lips, icy cold. She treated her like a lifeless doll, with careless arrogance.
Ji Qingxian's body stiffened at once.
At first, Ji Qingxian thought nothing of Qi Shuangyan's so-called game. She assumed the young lady had merely found a new way to humiliate her.
But later, she was the one carefully hiding her identity as an Alpha, terrified that Qi Shuangyan would realize something was wrong.
Because Qi Shuangyan had said she didn't like Alphas.
#How can a love twisted by hatred not be love#
World Two: Once-untouchable heroine brought low by bankruptcy vs. Gloomy, yandere villainess
In this world, Qi Shuangyan is the president of the Qi Group. Her poor health has kept her sick for years, leaving her gloomy, obsessive, and utterly without compassion.
The System: [Host, this villainess is deeply calculating and stops at nothing. The heroine's family went bankrupt because of her.]
The heroine, Xie Shixu, first lost her parents, then saw her company go bankrupt. In her despair, she even considered taking her own life.
The System: [Fortunately, you were there, Host. Even after the heroine fell on hard times, you refused to leave her alone. You bullied and humiliated her again and again, until a fierce desire for revenge took root in her heart. After lying low for two years, she successfully took everything from you.]
When Qi Shuangyan arrived, the Xie family had already gone bankrupt because of her schemes. Having lost all hope, Xie Shixu was living on the streets, ready to die.
Guided by the System, Qi Shuangyan found Xie Shixu.
It was raining hard that night. Heavy darkness pressed down from above, and the cold wind drove the raindrops against them, bringing a bone-deep chill.
Qi Shuangyan stood beneath her umbrella, looking down at Xie Shixu through the downpour.
The System advised her: [Host, if you help the heroine now and give her a chance to rebuild her life, her loyal nature means she may well forgive you for what you've done.]
Help her?
Qi Shuangyan smiled. "Do you know who made her what she is now?"
"I did."
When she saw Qi Shuangyan in the pouring rain, Xie Shixu didn't react. She assumed Qi Shuangyan had come to see just how pathetic she'd become.
She never expected Qi Shuangyan to take her away.
Locked up in Jinglan Garden with no way to escape and no way to die, left at Qi Shuangyan's mercy to be toyed with and humiliated, Xie Shixu finally began to feel a burning resentment.
She pretended to endure it as she carefully plotted every step, all so she could one day take everything from Qi Shuangyan and make her suffer the way she had.
But Xie Shixu never expected that before she could seize the Qi Group, she would see Qi Shuangyan collapse in front of her, coughing up blood.
Holding Qi Shuangyan's gradually cooling body, she felt not joy or relief, but endless panic and heartache.
Only then did Xie Shixu finally realize: she hated Qi Shuangyan, but not because Qi Shuangyan bullied her again and again. She hated that Qi Shuangyan kept kissing her, yet never truly saw her.
She hated that Qi Shuangyan didn't love her enough.
#How to turn your nemesis into your wife#Enemies-to-lovers#
World Three: Taciturn, stoic heroine who serves as a hidden guard vs. Outwardly noble and upright, inwardly ruthless villainess
Qi Shuangyan is the third princess of the Great Zhao Kingdom. Her birth father is out of favor with the Empress, so she too has to tread carefully.
To protect herself, Qi Shuangyan has to pretend to be noble and above the struggle for power. In secret, however, she has trained a group of hidden guards, ready to seize the throne at any moment.
The System: [The heroine, Yun Zhao, is one of your hidden guards. She was an orphan living on the streets, but you had her dragged into the hidden guard camp, where she has lived each day not knowing whether she'll see the next, with a blade at her throat.]
[But what you don't know is that Yun Zhao is the daughter of the Empress's one true love. She was forced to grow up among the common people because of the vicious palace power struggles.]
[Since you never treated your hidden guards like people, you've punished Yun Zhao many times, and she's hated you for a long time. Once she recovers her identity as a princess, you'll be the first person she takes revenge on.]
The System advised Qi Shuangyan to raise Yun Zhao's affection before she reclaimed her identity, so she wouldn't end up deposed and confined.
Qi Shuangyan lowered her gaze to the woman kneeling at her feet. Her lips were pale, and her body was covered in wounds. Qi Shuangyan's gaze lingered on her stoic, restrained features. "Raise her affection?"
What did a villainess need affection for?
All she needed was Yun Zhao's hatred.
Yun Zhao hated the Third Princess.
She hated how the princess lorded over everyone and did as she pleased, as if people of low status like them didn't exist.
Even more, she hated the countless times the princess had punished and degraded her.
After another failed mission, Yun Zhao heard Qi Shuangyan coldly call her a useless failure. Qi Shuangyan held a long whip, and Yun Zhao's cheek still burned with pain.
She gritted her teeth and didn't make a sound.
She thought, one day, she would make Qi Shuangyan pay for all of this.
And eventually, she did.
Layers of gauzy curtains hung in the room, a delicate fragrance drifting through the air. The woman who had always been proud and aloof now lay limp on a soft couch.
After regaining her identity, Yun Zhao stared at Qi Shuangyan for a long while. At last, she knelt at Qi Shuangyan's feet, just as she had in the past, and forcibly guided her hand to her own cheek.
"Sister, do you still think I'm a useless failure?"
So, can you look at me a little more now?
#What do you do when you accidentally drive the heroine insane#Still the Host's little dog, even as a yandere#
Other worlds to be decided
Theme: Strive toward your goals and never turn back.