Pause the Villain Arc, Buy My Wife Ice Cream First

Su Li is a disposable character with only one scene in a certain novel. When she doesn't appear, she stays up in the mountains; when she does, she's part of the bad guys' atmosphere squad. She only has two lines: "Kill them" and "Take it."

This shallow, one-dimensional character is bound by a bugged redemption System for a villain who has turned evil, then thrown into another domineering CEO angst novel.

System: Your mission is to redeem the villain with love and stop him from turning evil.

Su Li: So who am I killing?

System: We're doomed. Two gods of murder in one place, and this mission will fall apart in less than a day.

But as it turned out, Su Li completed the mission.

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Only after Qi Yan died did he learn that he was the villain who served as a stepping stone for the romance between the male and female leads in an angst novel.

Reborn, he went all out, crawling through the shadows and determined to turn the world into a complete mess.

But as he crawled along, he discovered that his wife in name only was crawling even faster than he was.

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At first, Qi Yan only couldn't stand it and tried to warn her:

He just crossed the crosswalk against a red light. There's no need to kill him, is there?

It's just a five-yuan ice cream. There's no need to rob anyone, is there?

I only bumped into you by accident. There's no need to chop off my hand, is there?

(Note: No actual laws are broken.)

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But after warning her again and again, it turned into this:

We've got civics class this morning. When I get back, I'll check that you've memorized the code of civic ethics. It's cold today, so wear more layers.

When you get into a conflict with someone, remember to call me first, then recite the criminal code. Why are you eating spicy strips you stole again?

Don't look at your phone so much before bed. And even if there's thunder, you can't crawl into my bed... Don't be cute... Fine, you can get in, but don't move around.

Taking care of Su Li was so exhausting that Qi Yan, tired as a dog, had long since forgotten what it meant to be a villain.

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Still, every now and then, he did feel like being bad.

One day, Su Li suddenly mentioned that a male celebrity who had recently become wildly popular was handsome.

Qi Yan crushed the peanuts he had shelled for Su Li. "He doesn't know how to dress properly. This one can be killed."

Su Li's cheeks were stuffed full of peanuts. She blinked at him. "But, hubby, didn't you say murder is against the criminal code?"

Qi Yan crushed another peanut. "Who taught you to call me hubby?"

Su Li kept chewing. "That celebrity's fans like him a lot, so they call him hubby. I like you a lot, so I call you hubby. Isn't that right?"

Qi Yan: That's so damn right. Who said that celebrity was no good? He's great.

"Good. Keep it up." As he spoke, Qi Yan silently crushed a third peanut. His ears turned bright red, and at last he said the word he'd wanted to say for ages: "Wifey."

[A villain crawling through the shadows, bent on conquering the world, becomes a doting dad just to teach his wife well (not really) * an innocent, naive cutie who only knows how to take things and kill, but gets taught to be a good girl]

Notes: 1. The male lead is a villain who has turned evil, a villain who has turned evil, a villain who has turned evil. At the beginning, he's the type who crawls through the shadows and hates everyone. He'll gradually be won over and become the perfect doting dad, so please give little Qi about fifteen chapters to grow.

2. The story is told from the female lead's perspective. She's a sweet, innocent little ray of sunshine, transported from ancient times to the modern day. Even though she doesn't know anything at first, she's absolutely clever and learns incredibly fast. She's not good at social maneuvering, but our little Li is so straightforward and sincere that she'll win over the whole world.

3. Family, romance, friendship, and career all flourish. Our little Li deserves all the love in the world.

Theme: Love and justice