The Villain Doesn't Follow the Plot

Zhong Yu is exceptionally gifted. Though he is the young master of the Zhong family, neither his father nor his mother loves him. After he supposedly causes the death of his betrothed, who was rumored to be “the greatest under heaven,” the clan leader casts him out and leaves him to fend for himself.

Zhong Yu knows the clan leader can’t afford to anger the other party. He assumes his parents have grown cold-hearted after years of cultivation. It isn’t until someone shows up at the door with a jade pendant that he realizes he has been occupying someone else’s place.

His parents, who always treated him coldly, cherish the real young master and readily hand over the family’s secret techniques and magical treasures. His distant, indifferent clan brothers fuss over the real young master and shower him with affection.

Just as he resigns himself to his fate, a voice suddenly speaks in his mind: Tsk, what a bunch of ungrateful, self-serving scoundrels. How dare they show their faces here!

After talking with the voice, Zhong Yu gradually understands. He is the great villain in a storybook, brought in as a foil to the real young master, hated and reviled by everyone.

The real young master is compassionate, while he is ruthless.

The real young master is upright and kind, while he takes the crooked path.

The real young master is cheerful and outgoing, while he is eccentric and sharp-tongued.

Zhong Yu has a sudden epiphany. Who cares about heroes and villains? He’ll be his own faction. It’s just that the voice in his mind is unbearably noisy.

“Chu Yi is amazing! That was such a clean kill. So cool!”

“Even the way he drinks tea is elegant. As expected of Chu Yi!”

At first, Zhong Yu doesn’t think much of it. Gradually, though, he realizes something is off. This person is far too good to him.

The top’s perspective:

Shen Helou has been in this world for years when one day he discovers he has transmigrated into a book. He feels deeply for the villain in the story. All he has to do is follow fate, take the villain and the protagonist as his disciples, and treat the villain a little better. But the moment he sees him, Shen Helou changes his mind.

Why be his master? He wants to be his husband.

Shen Helou figures he has to work even harder to protect the person he wants to protect. But his impure thoughts send him into qi deviation, and he drops dead in an instant, leaving his soul to wander between heaven and earth.

Watching his beloved Chu Yi grow disheartened, Shen Helou explodes with rage. Those shameless old fossils!

The man and the soul hit it off more and more as they talk.

Shen Helou at first: I want to see just how evil this villain is.

Shen Helou later: The villain? Who are you talking about? Who’s the villain? Our Chu Yi is clearly kindhearted, upright, selfless, tolerant, obedient, adorable, and beautiful...

*After leaving the Zhong family, the bottom changes his name. His birthday is the first day of the second lunar month.

*The top isn’t dead, but everyone thinks he is, including himself.

Theme: As long as you work hard and believe in the power of belief, you can become who you want to be