The Villainous Heartthrob Is Actually Me

Wu Ciyun was a bad seed from the moment she was born. During a famine, she sold her younger brother for half a steamed bun. When she was a servant, she killed her master, stole his identity, and entered the city to study. Disguised as a man, she passed the imperial exams and earned the emperor’s favor. When her country fell and her family was destroyed, she was the first to pledge allegiance to the enemy without a second thought. Everyone called her a thoroughly treacherous official and said that sooner or later, she would be spurned by all. But Wu Ciyun didn’t care. As the greatest villain in a story about rising through the ranks, this was only the beginning. In the future, she would frame a general and seize his military power, use her beauty to beguile a noble consort, manipulate a palace maid into poisoning the emperor, and scheme to kill loyal officials, climbing step by step to the peak of power. Just as she was full of ambition and eager to get started, the System suddenly sounded a little melancholy. Bad news: Before Wu Ciyun could even begin her grand plans, the author abandoned the story. Good news: An enthusiastic fan wrote a continuation. Bad news: The continuation is an all-character romance fanfic. [The beautiful and flirtatious noble consort sees Wu Ciyun, cool and aloof as an immortal, and her desire to break her grows stronger. She simply shoves her onto the bed...] [The cold and unfeeling heir discovers Wu Ciyun has been playing with his emotions. In a fit of rage, he locks her in a room...] [The gentle and refined Grand Tutor learns that Wu Ciyun is a woman disguised as a man. He can no longer suppress his feelings and threatens to make her...] [The arrogant and flamboyant general narrowly escapes Wu Ciyun’s schemes. Furious, he resolves to get his revenge, and spirits her away to his estate in the dead of night...] Wu Ciyun: Why do you keep stopping halfway through your sentences? System: Hehe. Wu Ciyun: ... Keep your hands off the villain! I’ll kill every last one of you sooner or later! A guide to reading this story: 1. The story is set in a purely fictional mash-up of dynasties, with no specific historical setting. If you need to, feel free to put your brain in storage before reading (the cat is a good cat, not a zombie, and won’t steal your food, so readers can relax!). 2. Every male character who has had an intimate relationship with the heroine is a virgin, both physically and emotionally. The heroine isn’t perfect and is a woman adored by everyone, not a man-eater (pay attention to this point). Readers who mind this, please don’t read. 3. If you want to summon the author while the story is being updated, call for the kitty in the comments. The cat will show up to reply promptly. Here’s the kitty’s new story, “No Flirting with the Darkened Heartthrob” Yuan Shuang graduated from a prestigious university with an excellent resume, but unfortunately she came from a poor family with no connections. She couldn’t pursue her ambitions and instead was relentlessly pursued and coerced by privileged elites. At their wedding, her aristocratic husband put a ring on her finger and promised, “If you’re willing to love me, I’ll do everything I can to give you a brilliant future.” Yuan Shuang agreed. Later, her husband’s aloof and chaste older brother, his gentle and flirtatious friend, and the arrogant rival he always complained about all told her the same thing. She agreed to each of them, too. Theme: Live a life that shines.