I Tried to Win Over the Protagonist, but the Unhinged Villain Forced Me to Marry Him

Pei Zhixu transmigrates into a book.

Before she even gets to meet the protagonist, she's treated as a "plaything" and bound up tightly in the middle of the night, then delivered to Min Yuwei, the book's most unhinged villainess.

Three days later, Pei Zhixu is gloating over Min Yuwei being targeted for revenge when she unexpectedly comes across her on a highway in the middle of the night, horribly disfigured in a car accident and clinging to life.

Softheartedly taking her home, Pei Zhixu had intended for them to go their separate ways. But the other woman has amnesia and refuses to leave her alone.

Thinking that having another free housekeeper wouldn't be so bad, Pei Zhixu lies and says she's Min Shuyi's stepsister, keeping her around.

But Pei Zhixu never expected that although Min Yuwei has lost her memories, she's still as arrogant, domineering, and clever as ever. She hands over every penny she earns, while Pei Zhixu has to work like an ox and horse to serve her every day.

She swallows her anger while secretly working on her missions.

When Min Yuwei learns she's pursuing Min Shuyi, she volunteers to help. But only a few days later, she says, "I don't think she's good enough for you, and she's nowhere near as good as me. Why don't the two of us get together instead?"

Pei Zhixu is horrified. "You're my stepsister! Don't say something so outrageous it could make Mom rise from her grave in anger!"

Min Yuwei spreads her hands. "It's not as if we're related by blood."

Later, Pei Zhixu learns that Min Yuwei's bipolar disorder caused a hormone imbalance, which made her develop feelings for her. Relieved, she immediately arranges treatment.

With the mission nearly complete, Pei Zhixu and the System celebrate prematurely with champagne. Suddenly, the door is kicked open.

The recovered villainess glares at her, her eyes sinister. Her bipolar disorder is completely out of control.

Pei Zhixu shuts her eyes and prepares to die, thinking that even if she survives, she'll take a serious beating. The next moment, a pair of trembling hands gently cradle her face.

"Pei Zhixu, was it fun messing with me?"

The once untouchable villainess has shed all her thorns. Her eyes are red-rimmed. "Compared to Min Shuyi, where exactly do I fall short? Whatever she can give you, I'll give you twice as much. Stop looking at Min Shuyi. Look at me, okay?"

Pei Zhixu trembles and says she doesn't want anything.

The villainess immediately changes her tune:

"Get your things together and come marry me tomorrow to make amends, or don't blame me for showing no mercy. If I'm unhappy, the whole Pei family will pay for it."

Advance preview: The Mad, Beautiful Tyrant Regrets Her Choices

Xie Yinzhou transmigrates into a cutthroat troupe that devours people whole, becoming the troupe master's despicable, shameless, and vile daughter.

The original owner forced herself on Sheng Mingyuan, a fallen princess, then sold her off to gamble once she was bored.

By the time the entire troupe was buried alive and she herself was tortured to death by a thousand cuts, she still had no idea what kind of person she had provoked.

The first thing Xie Yinzhou sees after transmigrating is Sheng Mingyuan, whose clothes she has torn apart. She wants to die. Sheng Mingyuan already hates everyone, and there are only fifteen days left before she buries Xie Yinzhou alive.

To survive, Xie Yinzhou grits her teeth and takes on the original owner's mess, barely holding on thanks to an unreliable card-drawing System.

When Sheng Mingyuan is freezing, Xie Yinzhou draws a single-person down comforter in the middle of the icy wilderness and rushes to cover her with it.

When Sheng Mingyuan is so hungry she's dizzy, Xie Yinzhou draws a durian, making her gag and tear up from the smell.

When the troupe master wants to kill Sheng Mingyuan, Xie Yinzhou can't fight him, so she tricks Xie Juncai, saying Sheng Mingyuan should first bear the Xie family a grandson who can pass the imperial examinations.

That gets them through the crisis.

Everything is going in a better direction, and Xie Yinzhou thinks she's found a way to survive.

But Xie Juncai is far too determined to have a grandson who passes the imperial examinations.

One dose of a knockout drug later, their relationship has been reset to "buried alive."

Seeing Sheng Mingyuan sitting by the bed, crying silently, Xie Yinzhou has no choice but to fake her death to escape.

On the night Sheng Mingyuan's fiancee arrives to rescue her, Xie Yinzhou performs one final act and disappears for good.

She isn't sure if she went too far with that performance, but when she comes back to life, posters bearing her face have been put up everywhere.

A reward of ten thousand gold is promised to anyone who finds her and delivers her to Sheng Mingyuan.

She just doesn't understand why the posters now identify her as Sheng Mingyuan's beloved princess consort.

Theme: Cherish the person in front of you.