Every Day, I Try to Convince the Villain to Be Good

Zhuang Wan transmigrated into the body of a beggar with a mission to stop the villain from turning evil. At the time, the villain wasn’t the former crown prince. He was just a good-for-nothing who made a living selling chicken coops and was regularly bullied by local thugs. Zhuang Wan thought the villain was so useless that she was perfectly satisfied! So she decided to brainwash him into becoming an ordinary person and keep him useless forever. When the villain wanted to join the army, she scoffed. “You can barely lift a chicken, so you’d be cannon fodder on the battlefield. Better to sell chicken coops like a good boy and live to a ripe old age than die young.” When the villain won military honors for killing the enemy, she dismissed it. “You were just lucky enough to kill a few nobodies. You won’t be so lucky next time. Keep your head down from now on. Going home alive is what matters.” When the villain rose to the rank of great general, she tried to reason with him. “Everyone at court is as cunning as they come. You’re all brawn and no brains, so how will you survive in such a cutthroat political world? You’d be better off laying down your arms and going home.” When the villain took an interest in the heroine, she shot him down without mercy. “You think being a simp will get you everything you want? Remember, women only slow you down when you’re drawing your blade...” In the end, the villain still turned evil. Zhuang Wan was at a loss. Had the brainwashing stopped working, or was she doing it wrong? She decided to try one last time. “You may have an army at your command now, but you’re still outnumbered and alone. How can you hope to restore your kingdom? Why not let go of your hatred and find a peaceful place where we can live out our days?” The villain took her hand. “All right!” “You agreed awfully quickly.” “Because you... have already slowed me down when I draw my blade...”