Avoid the Protagonist!

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As tragedy befalls Xin Siyue, she soon finds herself transmigrated into a novel world as a character. To her disappointment, she became the villainess who obsessively chased after the male protagonist while scheming to tear apart his relationship with his beloved.

To avoid her death route, Xin Siyue carefully avoided the male and female protagonists at every turn. Instead, she went off on her own to enjoy life. But somewhere along the way, she made a mistake– the male protagonist took notice of her!

Xin Siyue’s eyes teared up as she was being kissed in Chen Sinan’s arms. ‘No! This wasn’t in the plot!’

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ATP
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crimsoniv0j
crimsoniv0j rated it
July 29, 2019
Status: c10
I've read up to chap 10 (✌tnx for the free chaps ?)

This novel is a new approach in transmigrated stories.

I'm getting tired with the ever predictable plots of transmigrated novels this days ?

Thankfully, this novel freed me from boredom!

I have high expectations on this one. Keep up the good work too, translator-sama ♥️
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magstralala
magstralala
March 22, 2020
Status: c91
The translation is flawless and I really like the MC. But the ML? He is one of those irredeemable jerk that think he's awesome. He is a complete a****le, a stalker with not boundaries and full of himself. He actively harass the female lead all story long and he is ruining her character by that.

But Kitty Jiu is an awesome translator so I will keep reading it until the end for her hard work.
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aas9999
aas9999 rated it
August 1, 2019
Status: Completed
This is sooo worth it to read!!! The beginning is full of humour and misunderstandings. Then you got swept into plot twist that kept you on edge. When the story starts to get sweet, there's an even greater plot twist!

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The transmigrated girl, Xin Xinyue is a levelheaded character and independent on her own. What she didn't expect was that ML, Chen Sinan truly falls in love with her. While she so desperately avoids him, he keeps tabs on her and even already planned their future together by designing a house for them both lol. So sweet! Even the former FL and another antagonist character can't come between them. The last arc's plot twist is so unexpected it's actually very heart-wrenching and tissue-inducing :')

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I'm just so glad they have a happy ending! <<less
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Riptide01
Riptide01
February 12, 2021
Status: c100
I’m not rating because I would give a really low rating but I don’t wanna do that since the translation quality is superb and I don’t want to sh*t on translator-sama’s hard work. So this review will be judging the actual work. Alright on to the review, and I’m gonna be brutally honest here, the ML is scum. I know I should’ve read the tags (Yandere, obsessive, etc) but I genuinely hate the stalker like ML so much. Man does he infuriates the heck out of me. I felt more... more>> fustrated towards a fictional character than my own boss and that saying something. He is downright borderline r*pey and basically harasses the MC 24/7. He won’t take “no” for an answer when she clearly wants him to stay away from her. God, I hate this so much, this is like some sort of twisted Stockholm Syndrome where the victim falls in love with their harasser/stalker. Just don’t read this if you want a real romance based on trust and righteousness. I can’t take this abuser narrative anymore, I’m out. <<less
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1Sami
1Sami rated it
January 5, 2021
Status: c250
I liked this in the beginning but now it just feels boring. The MC was tormented and abused by the ML in the original novel but she still got together with him. And that's after he harassed her constantly and her brother told her to stay away from him. And what aggravates me the most might be that there was a nice side character who had been showing up a lot. He had a crush on her, she was beginning to like him. But the ML forced a kiss on... more>> her in front of him and he gave up. And the MC fell in love. It just got very ridiculous after a while. <<less
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crystal magic
crystal magic rated it
July 29, 2019
Status: c4
Love the idea of this novel. The main character doesn’t have the memories of her new body and she doesn’t seam to be quick witted but more lovable then anything. Instead of trying to play a game that’s stacked in the other favour she is trying to avoid the game. I love it!!
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KatLyn97
KatLyn97 rated it
May 31, 2021
Status: c70
I really like the plot summary but I don't like how it's being presented in the story. The characters are so wierd. Like brain dead characters. Like stories for students. Reminds of that other cringy story.

The MC is so dumb. She's supposed to be a transmigrated adult person. But why is she so dumb? Can't she act as a reserved person?

I really like the summary of the story. But I am against what's going on already. Although I'm still reading, I'm mostly skipping hoping that I'll see some redeeming factors... more>> in future chapters. My goodness give me back my interest. <<less
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Lilzz
Lilzz rated it
September 22, 2020
Status: c107
tr*sh novel, ML has no personality besides being rude, controlling and a jealous stalker. When the annoying FL who keeps following you stops liking you, what do you do? Thank the heavens or somehow start liking her because she's 'interesting' now?

There's not even a good reason to why he likes her when she does her upmost to ignore and avoid him. She doesn't do anything noteworthy for him to like him besides avoid him and tell everyone she doesn't want anything to do with him.

FL is also so bland, ML... more>> comes into your house "go away", ML talks to you "go away", ML brings you breakfast "go away". It gets old fast.

The romance is weak and unbelievable, characterization is very 1 sided and storyline is typical.

Dropped. <<less
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chibiphreek
chibiphreek
August 28, 2020
Status: c105
This is not a romance story. Like how another reviewer stated, this is a horror. The MC needs to call the f**king cops and send the ML straight to jail. Multiple times she has made it clear that she does not want to see him, talk to him, or even think about him, but he continuously stalks her, forces his presence upon her, and sexually assaults her.

I don't get why the people around them keep insisting on getting the MC and the ML together. It's pretty clear that the MC... more>> does not want to associated with the ML. She legit moves to a completely different city just to get away. My god... I couldn't stomach the story past chapter 100. I was really rooting for the MC since she's a go getter and pursuing her dreams. Knowing the ML and the MC will get together in the end...I wanted to puke.

To the readers out there, I just want to reiterate that the ML/MC interaction is NOT romantic. The ML is a rapist and should be convicted.

The stars are for the translators. They did a good job. <<less
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Tragically Rad
Tragically Rad rated it
February 10, 2020
Status: c107
First of all, thank you to the translator, the translation was done very well!!!

FL is great ML is not.
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The story started out promising and I like the FL... but not a fan of the shameless ML that constantly takes advantage of FL.

I know it's a common trope and it's usually tolerable if its just something small, not a recurring theme and FL actually kind of likes ML. However, FL clearly doesn't like ML and has been trying to run away for a long time.

Its not necessarily wrong for a guy to try to become closer with a girl even if she doesn't like him. However, ML should at least respect FL when she says no to him and not be forceful. It could have still been a great story if ML tried to win over the FL in the right way.

I wish FL would tell her parents and file a restraining order or something, even though the novel is trying to make it seem romantic ML is literally harassing, threatening and kidnapping her. In the novel its written as if its no big deal (and fortunately there is no r*pe yet, as of c107, unlike many others) but realistically if it was real life ML would be annoying and disgusting. The FL has better options.

It's disappointing because the novel is nice otherwise. Others who are not as sensitive to this trope may enjoy this novel.

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Wolve2k
Wolve2k rated it
July 31, 2021
Status: --
tr*sh don't read.

One of the few ML I really hat. Because FL told him to leave her alone and even moved cities he gets totally addicted to her.
- Forcing kisses on her
- Not letting her leave
- trapping her at every possibility
- half undressing in her apartment when the second ML comes just to show that she is already with him
- stealing her house key and waiting at night for her (WOW I think this tr*shy novel needs a r*pe tag badly)

Wow just wow, I... more>> had to stop reading that C109 because I couldn't take it anymore, is arrogant, assholish, immature, cant take a no, I think she should him 100 times to leave her alone, but you know no means yes. Beside that his "good" looking and rich there is noting, emotional his at the level of a 5 year old throwing tantrums every second.
I mean he would be perfect for a ML what gets killed off in middle of the book (there might be 3 people what would be sad if it happens lol) and a new one comes up and heals the FL. <<less
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Fictionaddiction
Fictionaddiction rated it
April 2, 2021
Status: c60
Alright I'ma summarize this story right now.

Girl gets transmigrated into a novel, where she's the villainess cannon fodder.

The OG villainess had her life ruined because she pursued the ML and tried to harm his gf.

... more>> So she decides to "Avoid him", but for some reason that turns everyone around her into match makers. Where his friends who used to avoid her for perstering them about his contact information are suddenly stalking her, asking why she doesn't pester them anymore.

They keep sending the ML videos and words of her where she says she wants nothing to do with him.

They also keep mentioning to ML how weird it is that she isn't stalking him anymore and try all ways to make her get back to it. And urging the ML to say anything to her so she could be a stalker again.

This of course miraculously leads to the ML being curious about her and interested so he starts to follow her around.

ML still rejects and humiliates any other girl that dares to confess or even look at him. By harsh words or outright destroying her and her family.

Lessons to be learned: 1- The ML can only have eyes for the MC and he must be hard to get for other girls.

2- When a girl likes a guy she must never tell him and only avoid him otherwise.... she is the villainess. If she did start out hating him, then he pursues her. She must always remain aloof even if she falls for him herself otherwise she will not be cool.

3- ML can love MC for no good reason other than the fact that she isn't interested in him like "other uncool girls" <<less
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Nelle
Nelle rated it
January 11, 2021
Status: c89
I found myself with furrowed eyebrows several times while I was reading this novel. The title really summed up everything that has happened up to this chapter. ML is very irritating, unreasonable and conceited. Communication does not work on him at all! MC is being very straightforward and has drawn the line with him every time, but this freaking ML does not leave her alone.

At this point I don't even see this as a romance novel. What romantic setting? All I have read so far is ML harassing our MC... more>> and forcing her. The things he does warrant for a restraining order. It's also frustrating that nobody helps our MC. She's powerless because she's a dainty girl, but others add up to her problem. I especially find both families of the ML and MC to be frustrating. I just hate it.

Here are some snippets of chapters 87 and 88 from MC's POV:
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    • "Both of her hands were pressed against the back of the car seat and because he was so close to her, she had to adjust her breathing rhythm. She was angry and this felt unpleasant in every way."
    • "Chen Sinan's expression suddenly changed subtly, 'Serves you right that you only got this far during those years!' This was a direct verbal abuse! She worked so hard to get here. Did he know how many small steps she had to take? Did he know much hard work and effort she had put forth all this time? Although she still hasn't become the top host, how did she become an eyesore in his eyes? What right did he have to belittle the hard work she had put into her work?"
    • "... her phone was taken away by Chen Sinan before she was able to dial the number. Chen Sinan had taken large strides to walk around the car to grab it."
    • "How could it have looked to others when he suddenly told her to come to his apartment? She didn't know when the two of them became familiar with each other. They clearly hadn't spoke once in the past two years."
    • "She had no idea how to continue to communicate with him! This person was simply unfathomable. Why must he pester her endlessly?!"
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qirong
qirong rated it
July 15, 2020
Status: c120
The ML is so annoying.

That's just it, you can go "oh but the situations, oh but she did it too in the past" ; the fact is, the part I had to read with my own two damn eyes is him being an annoying piece of shit.

He has no reason to like the MC except that she is the first girl to ignore him. He admits this himself. The MC does give reasons that she could be into him but the words she describes him with simply don't match any... more>> of his actions in the text, it's as if she's describing a whole other character. In their interactions it seems the only thing she appreciates about him is that he is hot.

Everyone else is braindead and just assumes she obviously loves him/would love him, and fully ignore any of her attempts to say she doesn't. Every sidecharacter is either irrelevant and without any characteristic worth remembering or so annoying that they make reading their scenes unbearable. This is generally agreed upon in the comment section, where everyone reading seems to hate them all and be having a horrible time.

The plot advances with out-of-place, senseless clichés that are painful to read. I am NOT a picky reader and I love the basic scenes in romances, but here they are so disjointed and clumped together that it just becomes painful.

So, why did I read up to here and why am I dropping it now?

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  1. When an ML is this annoying there is usually a point where he starts paying his dues and you see him suffer. I love that part of novels, so I was reading for that. Recently out of nowhere and with minimum effort done by the author to make it make sense, the MC suddenly realized she was wrong and should give him a chance. Now their relationship is steadily improving without any of the suffering I read this far for. It's also not as if the author doesn't know the ML is hated, there is legit an author's note about how he is the "most popular /s" character since all the readers want to see him suffering so bad. Yet she didn't do any of them the basic service of showing that suffering.
  2. He pursues her despite her having horrible nightmares (legit crying and sweating and begging out loud for him to stop) about him which he witnessed. It is clear in every way that he doesn't care whether she likes him or not; if she doesn't now she will in the future, or at least she will bend down and suck his dick. He pressures her on all fronts, including making it so even her bosses count on this relationship when she is still terrified of him. I was waiting for a point where he stepped back even for a bit and it somehow became clear that she would be with him because she chose to, and not because he is more powerful than her and doesn't see her as a person with equal choice. I didn't expect him to really back off, just a little step back, half a chapter, one paragraph, one sentence, that made this not feel like a horror novel. As I said, we are at the 'relationship improving' phase. It never happened, and from what I've seen if she didn't succumb it'd just keep going unless she killed herself to escape.
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Anyways, the second reason is tied to the first since it would be part of him suffering. The first reason really is the key one.

In conclusion, dropped. <<less
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asinensis
asinensis rated it
July 12, 2020
Status: c100
Completely shameless ML who despite being CEO of two companies has the lowest EQ I've seen. MC is the only normal person in the novel. Everyone else is your typical NPC with no personalities or backstory besides servicing the plot. I'm giving high rating for the translators, they did such a good job. However, this story just isn't for me. I dropped it after ML shamelessly tried to pursue the MC for the hundredth time.
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Ejsama
Ejsama rated it
December 1, 2019
Status: Completed
I skimmed through the rest. 101-114. Wasn't interested on reading other chara's side stories but anways.

I still think novel ML is an a$$ but I guess he has his good points. He's just an awkward person. I finally liked him as the story went on.

FL, my goodness. Her back story is tragic. The antagonist's hatred went to her even tho it wasnt her fault! There's so much twists and turns.

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before all this sht happend. The father of FL derailed and had a woman outside and a daughter which is the antagonist. Mother of FL knew this but stayed for FL. Scum dad abused them but she still stayed. Antagonist, Shi Shi thought her scum dad loved his legal family more than her which caused her mother to be depressed and died. Shi Shi hated FL so much she wrote a book and the novel antagonist is the FL name. Finished? NOpE

Shi Shi is a very timid girl. She secretly liked neighbour called Chen Junxiang. He is the inspiration of Chen Sinan. I believe the novel's protagonist Sheng something is someone ShiShi wants to be. Confident, smart, and beautiful. But she isn't so she never had the courage to talk to Chen Junxiang despite being neighbours. She made this whole story because of it. Shi Shi is Sheng something, Chen Junxian is Chen Sinan and Xia Siyue is Xia Siyue. (this is my guess)

ShiShi died before FL. She was stabbed in her own home. Her books got burned and her blood went to the book she wrote which caused her to be transported to her own book. Ok now that she's in her book, she being s*upid pushed novel XSY and viola, reality FL occupied XSY. And the story continues. But does it? Nope. ShiShi is insane. I believe she thinks she's the god of the world. She told Sheng girl about this whole novel when Sheng girl was at rock bottom. ML and FL got together. ShiShi got arrested for trying to kill FL because FL is disrupting the flow. Which she really does. Sheng girl was kind of spectical and she went and told ML anyways. But does he give a sht? Nope. ML loves FL and FL told him her past life.

Fast forwars to delivery date, FL went to deep sleep and went back to her original world. Turns out she didn't die and her mother sold everything to keep her alive. FL tried to search for the book but turns out it was recalled (didn't get the reason). So she investigated and found ShiShi's old home. At this point she doesn't know they're half sisters. A grandma saw her and told her about ShiShi. The 5ws until Chen Junxiang came in her view. She mistook him for ML but he's not. She was sad for a bit then went on in life. CJ thought she was weird but he kept seeing her. She became a dancer cuz of her memories. She still searching for the book. Fast forward, her mom passes away. CJ keeps being aware of her but knows she's not looking at him. Just his face. He told her that he has ShiShi's book. She sent one to him. FL read it and it turned out to be different. It became about her lifetime in the book. She also found a love letter which we find about how ShiShi met CJ. FL finally decides what to do and that was the last time CJ sae her. Fast forward, earthquake came and killed FL for trying to rescue. CJ is devestated. She died before he confessed which broke him. ShiShi in the novel comitted su*cide before FL woke up thinking she won. World stayed the same, ML didn't give up and waited and waited. She woke up and lived happily every after.

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About Xia Qiao

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my fav character didn't get a good ending. He didn't end up with Fl, nor Fl's friend who liked him but a btch who his mother likes. I'm really sad about it : (

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This story will piss you off until the story goes. I find FL a strong character. She isn't smart but her self love kept her going. She works hard and tried many things that she was never able to do because of her restrictions past life. Chen Sinan's actions got better every year goes by so its worth to read. We know that Chen Sinan isn't really into Sheng girl but f so much misunderstanding s and overbearingness. Thanks for reading my Ted talk. <<less
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mmem
mmem rated it
November 7, 2019
Status: c54
This story is exhausting.

Majority of the chapters have to do with characters gossiping and misunderstanding situations. The MC doesn't help the situation either because while she constantly has to defend herself saying she's not interested in the ML anymore she also uses him liking someone as an excuse or rejects someone by saying she only likes ML and wants nothing to do with anyone who knows him. Basically she's misleading to characters who already view her in a bias way.

I'm glad she eventually transfers away from her college, between the... more>> gossip and harassment it was pretty toxic, I just wish she wasn't so obsessed with the novels ending because of how she treats the ML as a result, he really doesn't deserve how she treats him. Though it's because of this that he seems to fall for her...

Not sure how I feel about the ML. He's a pretty cold guy who's focused and could potentially be a future workaholic, while MC's attitude is what leads him to like her I really don't believe he deserves all the hate she gives him. The novel's FL hasn't shown up yet, but what's been shown depicts an unbalanced relationship with the FL liking him way more than he likes her.

In the end I like the idea of this story but I need a break. The ups and downs are exhausting. The constant arguing is exhausting. Going to hold off reading the rest of the story until it's fully translated. <<less
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xchronicles
xchronicles rated it
October 16, 2019
Status: c38
Dropped at chapter 38. I mean the original 38th chapter not the translator's 38th.

✔The Female Lead's atittude at the beginning is okay but it gets annoying later on when she kept denying the male lead because she's fvckng afraid she'll be killed by the male lead like what happened in the novel.

Why don't she think why did it happen it the first place? It's because in the novel, the original killed the ML's child. Why would she be afraid if she won't follow the story line! So forced!

It's nearly 3... more>> years since her transmigration and yet she still thinks everyone is just an 'NPC'. ✔Male Lead. Your generic male lead. Can't handle it when the girl who originally chased him stopped and ended up falling in love with her *rolls eye*

✔Plot. Your very usual romance + transmigration. I'd like to rate it 3 but that would be too bias because it's still an OKAY romance. So 4/5 <<less
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Aster Anemone
Aster Anemone rated it
September 26, 2019
Status: Completed
Well executed, steady pace mostly (sometimes in the second half story seemed to be dragging - with all the dog food). I am glad to see transmigration playing an important role, as in some stories it is totally ignored element even though it is included.

Spoiler

In the beginning MC (accidentally) goes in the book and comes back to her world only to go back in the book again (and it cost her life to go back in the book)... which marks a happy ending :)

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Fungiball
Fungiball rated it
May 20, 2021
Status: Completed
I am really glad to find, read, and finish this novel. At first I was doubtful when reading a lot of reviews that rated this novel quite bad. Luckily I tried to read first few chapters and wow this novel is actually one of my cup of tea. It's really good not gonna lie. ML can be very stubborn but he is very gentle toward FL. He is not a two-timer or a jerk, he is just unresponsive and passive which leads to misunderstanding with the OG FL. After reading... more>> all of the chapters in a single day, I can safely declared that this one is gem for me. It's satisfying to read and the translations was done very well (thanks a lot to kitty jiu for translating this novel). So 10/10 for me.
If you are reading this review and feel indecisive wether to read or not, I suggest you to read the first few chapters to find out wether it's to your liking or not. I know that this kind of story might not be everyone's cup of tea because one's preference might be different from the others. And this conclude that low rating doesn't always justify wether the book is good or not. So just try it and maybe this one will be one of your gem. <<less
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