The Cruel Beauty Only Wants to Be a Villain

Nian Yuan was born with a wicked disposition. After retiring from the Transmigration Bureau one day, he discovers that he’s actually the universally hated villain in a novel. The male lead, Chu Chi, was born arrogant and will one day use his Yunyàng Sword to eradicate every evil spirit under heaven, wipe out his enemies’ noble clan, and unite the Nine Provinces. According to the plot, Chu Chi will also pierce Nian Yuan through the heart with an arrow. So Nian Yuan makes up his mind: once he’s had his fill of being a villain, he’ll fake his death and run away. But… Something’s not right with this villain business. Nian Yuan slaps the male lead to make things difficult for him, but instead of a hateful glare from Chu Chi, a slightly damp kiss lands in the middle of his palm. Chu Chi’s gaze is full of obsession and love. “Master smells so good.” Nian Yuan: …Why does he get the feeling the male lead is enjoying this? He deliberately humiliates the male lead by making him act like a dog, keeping him on a silver chain around his neck day and night and arrogantly ordering him to serve at all hours. But instead of Chu Chi fighting back, Nian Yuan is met with a jealous, fiery advance when he takes the chain off… …and Chu Chi’s mad threats to bite Nian Yuan’s other dogs to death if Nian Yuan ever abandons him. Nian Yuan: . Even the legitimate prince, who’s all noble and unyielding in the original and goes on to pacify the realm, is acting strange. Instead of rescuing the male lead from Nian Yuan, he keeps taking sly digs at Nian Yuan and accusing Chu Chi of being a greedy “bad dog.” Everyone who should be scolding Nian Yuan for mistreating Chu Chi ends up feeling sorry for how hard Nian Yuan has it, lining up to offer to be his dog… Nian Yuan: ? #My villain career seems to have hit a major snag * When the time is right, Nian Yuan successfully gets himself killed and fakes his death as planned. In the book, after he dies, the people despise him, and the male lead dismembers his corpse. But… His death turns from something the people despise into an obsession and a source of regret for countless people. The dismemberment becomes a thought that eats away at them and burns their hearts. Someone kisses his pale, striking face through the ice coffin. Someone else coughs blood day and night, nearly going mad. The first time they meet after he fakes his death, Nian Yuan is putting on an act, drinking with a beauty. Iron-armored cavalry surrounds the tavern, and beneath the ranks of armor hangs a terrifying silence. The dull thud of Chu Chi’s iron boots draws closer, each step painfully loud. Nian Yuan wipes away his smile and straightens, ready to draw his sword and meet him. But what awaits him isn’t a silver sword, nor the torture he imagined. It’s a silver chain that will keep him trapped in bed day and night… …and the male lead’s eyes, red as a stray dog’s. Content warning: imprisonment Upcoming: Pursuing Scumbag Tops in Three Books at Once The Quick Transmigration Bureau falls into chaos, and Song Mian, one of its “Top Ten Employees,” is assigned three extremely difficult missions to win over scumbag tops all at once. Scumbag Top A is the all-powerful head of a top financial conglomerate in the Federation. He gets the Marriage Before Love script: after a marriage contract is signed, he ignores Song Mian, who pursues him for ten years before he finally turns around. Scumbag Top B is the supreme ruler of the Empire. His story follows the “caged bird” trope. Song Mian is tormented in body and soul, but he never falls for him. Scumbag Top C is a ruthless, coldhearted interstellar warlord who commands countless troops. He treats Song Mian like a pawn from start to finish, and Song Mian ultimately meets an unhappy end. Each of the scumbag tops is arrogant and rebellious, but luckily Song Mian’s time-management skills are perfect. He’s just about to reach his goals, surviving in the narrow gaps between his missions, when disaster strikes… The worldlines start merging! * Song Mian carefully prepares 999 roses for Scumbag Top A. With his pretty lips full of sweet talk, he chases after A every day, chanting, “Honey, I love you most.” A assumes Song Mian loves him deeply, but when he opens a love letter, his face turns livid: it’s signed with Scumbag Top B’s name… The aloof and self-possessed Scumbag Top C finally agrees to meet Song Mian. He expects his lovesick little sweetheart to be so moved his big, round eyes fill with tears, but instead he comes face-to-face with Song Mian, who keeps declaring, “I’ll marry no one but you in this life,” while holding hands with Scumbag Top B… Scumbag Top B is enjoying Song Mian’s tender attentions when he suddenly receives a brazenly flirtatious text his little caged bird sent to Scumbag Top A… Song Mian: …This is bad. This is really bad. #Heaven is out to get Song Mian! * Song Mian uses every trick he knows to smooth things over and somehow manages to fool all three targets. But what’s worse, the three worlds successfully merge, and the three scumbag tops finally meet at a banquet. Someone is the first to brag about the little sweetheart at home who loves him enough to die for him… and the plain engagement ring on his finger. And so… They discover with gritted teeth that the plain rings on their fingers were bought wholesale by their sweetheart, and the love letters confessing his feelings were written by AI at his sweetheart’s request. And the sweet little sweetheart who kept insisting he’d give up his life to marry them has more than one person he’s marrying! The tops are all inexperienced in love, and the top has split personalities. A self-indulgent work based on my personal tastes, with plenty of chaotic, jealous confrontations. Theme: Love needs no reason.