How to Survive As a Villain

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Xiao YuAn transmigrated into a novel as the homos*xual young Emperor imprisoning the Male Lead of a Stallion Novel.

This is indeed miserable, and sad.

Because of this, Xiao YuAn began to work hard to survive.

But!

“To those cannon fodders, even if you want to treat the Male Lead bad, can you stop sending him to my bed?” Xiao YuAn thinks that there’s nothing wrong in pampering the Male Lead, but that’s just because he wants to bathe in the Protagonist halo!

Xiao YuAn: “Don’t abuse the Male Lead ever again!!! You guys aren’t afraid of death, but I want to live!!!”

A story that starts out with the Shou taking care of the Gong, and then, the Gong takes care of the Shou.

Associated Names
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Chuanyue Cheng Fanpai Yao Ruhe Huoming
HSAV
This Villain Emperor's Gotta Charm the Male Lead to Survive! (manhua)
To Be or Not To Be (manhua)
Xuyên Thành Vai Ác Phải Sống Làm Sao
บทตัวร้ายช่างยากนัก
穿成囚禁男主的反派要如何活命
穿越成反派要如何活命
Related Series
The Rebirth Of The General Who Always Sees Himself As A Replacement (Same Franchise)
Recommendations
The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System (14)
After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine (10)
Transmigrating into a Mob Character to Rehabilitate the Villain Plan (5)
The Husky and His White Cat Shizun (4)
Pulling Together a Villain Reformation Strategy (4)
The Reader and Protagonist Definitely Have to Be in True Love (3)
Recommendation Lists
  1. wtr!!
  2. Read it
  3. Want to Read
  4. All BL Novels I've Read part (2)
  5. Chitau

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sikami
sikami rated it
May 5, 2021
Status: c190
Rating: 4.8

Almost perfect! This novel has got to be one of my favorites and is actually one of the reasons why I started to explore BL novels in the first place. It has a special place in my heart, especially since our MC Yan HeQing is – although somewhat a typical overbearing and OP character – just so different to me. Perhaps I feel this way because I was partially influenced by the manhua (the visuals are incredible and definitely helped me better enjoy the story!). Although our MC is... more>> somewhat dense first, he is straightforward about his feelings once he realizes them! Honestly, I have cried on so many occasions due to this novel. The wait for new chapters also kills me every single time. I just can't seem to get enough! Thank you to our translators for doing this.

Would I recommend it? Yes! It doesn't hurt to give it a try. However, if you're expecting some fast progress in romance, this slow-burn might kill you as it did me so proceed with caution! It is totally worth it though. Would also recommend trying the manhua <3 <<less
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AcezzMech
AcezzMech rated it
December 16, 2020
Status: --
MC is so dense, very s*upid. He has no sense of any authority despite being an emperor. I've never felt so frustrated by reading a novel before but this gets on my nerves. I'm dropping it byee...
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hisui298
hisui298 rated it
October 24, 2020
Status: c111
4.5/5

The angst was so well written I went back and reread it, , , , , , , , , ,

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this novel is literally misunderstandings galore but for some reason they're written so well I can't not love them, like XYA is so dumb but endearing and YHQ what can I even say, he's literally the sweetest person on earth to XYA and how he treats XYA and respects him (yes there is none of that r*pey non-con shit, at least so far I've read)

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so yes in conclusion if u can take the angst, honestly which I would only rate as a 5 on a scale of 1-10 but my angst tolerance is pretty high so uhhh idk probably much pain I just dont feel anymore. Anyways, the plot is well crafted too, like there's no "I'm here to glorify the main characters but other than that I'm useless" type of plot here.
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and if there's plot ya better bet its to make them suffer...... like the pure degree of characters who have kicked the bucket and ships which have sunk cuz of that just......, , , , , , , in one word pain.

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hehe anyways also the characters are all portrayed very realistically and crafted as if they could be actually human, like there's no one who has a low af EQ, that would be literally considered paper cutter, among the main and sub-cast at least, lmaoo not to say the actual cannon fodder but honestly I'll give it to this author for the decently successful characterization,
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especially I love how they dealt with revealing that XYA wasn't actually the northern emperor which is a big pet peeve I have with some other novels like this, cuz sometimes the MCs just transmigrate into an absolute sh*t person, who treats the ML like actual dogsh*t before transmigration, and even if their temperament has changed it doesnt erase the fact that they've treated the ML like that before, so sometimes that trope made the ML's love seem unrealistic I guess, which was brilliantly subverted here with XYA revealing he's not actually the northern emperor

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Alright now that I've gotten that rant out fo the way its highkey like midnight and why am I writing this idk but anyways its a pretty good webnovel in the realm of webnevels and if ya wanna kill some time and also get emotionally invested in a few characters for the author to come break ur heart, , , read this and ya wont regret <<less
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qpzmal
qpzmal rated it
September 29, 2020
Status: Completed
Edit (I have finally finished) : To sum it up, this novel is a whole mf angstfest. Get your tissues ready. Also the tag "transmigration" really means transmigration.

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They transmigrate 4ish times in the whole novel. Also includes original world.

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First of all, let me just say that when you feel like the novel is coming to an end, IT'S NOT. There were so many instances where I thought, So this is it, they're going to be happy, I'm not going to cry anymore but then another problem bigger than the previous one pops up. Just let my babies be happy goddammit.

c99: Anyways, let's talk about the comedy and comedic undertone tags. I don't see how war, death, angst, and making me cry is funny. But other than that completely incorrect tag, I love this novel. Right now in the middle of the novel, every chapter is abusing my heart and I can't even see the screen since my eyes are welling up with tears. The characters are so lovable and I get attached way too easily so when they Attack on Titaned everyone... it hit my feels too hard.

Edit c137: Soooo fluffy. It gets lighter at this point, and the comedy is really pulling through. Their relationship is progressing and the MC is getting more brainless as the chapters go on.

Edit c162: f*ck it im crying. this is sad sad sad sad sad sad

Edit somewhere in the 180-190s: that is one big mf plot twist. wow. also im crying again

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the plot twist: So XYA died in front of YHQ... And woke up in the body of the person who looks like him, the king of the western kingdom, a year later. And the flute broke again for the third time.

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Politics and all that stuff really plays a huge part in this novel so if you just want light hearted stuff, leave.

And the extras are gold and very self indulgent.

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One of the few novels where the MC actually goes back to their original world, even though it was temporary

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so basically lighthearted > angst > comedy > tragedy > heartwarming > angst again wtf > happy

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and original world > novel > novel (in different body) > original (both of them) > novel (both of them)

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this is probably the most incomprehensible and random review i've ever written. <<less
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Prowln Jazz
Prowln Jazz rated it
September 15, 2020
Status: c94
This one is by far one of my favorites. I couldn't stop at c94 and had to continue with the MTL (which was a bit rough but passible).

I love the dynamics between the main characters and the torture my heart went through reading their hardships made it impossible for me to put the story down. I had to finish it asap.

I love that it is also a nice and quick read too.
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SilentM
SilentM rated it
July 19, 2020
Status: c68
It's been a while since MDZS, I have been this invested in a novel. The character development & storyline is very good till now. The writing style is refreshing & it made me laugh suddenly in unexpected moments.
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Yorokobiaaii
Yorokobiaaii rated it
May 22, 2020
Status: Completed
I love this novel as much as I love the Manhua. ? I can't stop reading it to the point that I read it even tho it's MTL trans (which is very unusual for me cause most of the time I couldn't handle the eng trans) , well, I don't have regrets for doing that but I'm still hoping that I'll be able to read it properly next time, so please guys! Finish it. ? We're waiting for your updates. ? Thanks! ?
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YukiTasha
YukiTasha rated it
December 22, 2019
Status: Completed
I cried so much reading this. So much heartbreaks.
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Fujoshi3
Fujoshi3 rated it
November 5, 2023
Status: Completed
I read the MANHUA. Then I go back and read the last 120 chapters and extras of the novel.

Plot: 5/5 Great plot with good pace, enough angst and comedy! Very rounded.

Characters: 5/5 All the side characters are great. Main characters are memorable and complement each other very well!! They’re all easy to like!

Relationships: 5/5 Aside from main couples, got several more side couples (and GL cp too!). They each have their own flavors but they all are supportive, healthy and very sincere towards each other! No dog blood shit! I... more>> love that! I want to read healthy romances where couples communicate, being sincere with each other, caring and supportive!

Highly recommended!! <<less
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pointoverture
pointoverture
October 20, 2023
Status: Completed
just finished, and IMO this is one fantastic, unique danmei

I see a lot of hate over the MC's character development and the misunderstandings. The annoyance towards the misunderstandings and miscommunication I can understand, because at times it can get a bit too much for me. But at the same time, the problems and mental blocks that the MC goes through make sense.

Honestly, the stand-out thing for me would probably be the characters and parts of the worldbuilding.

to start off with characters:

  • The MC at times is oddly flippant and eccentric. A number of people have complained about how, as an emperor, he acts frustratingly silly and doesn't use his power. But all of these complaints have very clear canon explanations you can interpret from just reading it. Ie. The emperor acts carefree and flippant bc he doesn't see these people as actual humans, but as novel characters and has a difficult time reconciling the two. He's extremely dedicated towards following the book he read bc
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    when he worked extremely hard to prevent deaths that would happen in the book and the fall of his kingdom, disasters and droughts, etc. Suddenly happen when they never did in the book. He has friends/people he cared for die when they never did in the book, and he blames it on himself and his actions. In the end, his kingdom still falls and he's just emotionally tired in every way possible. After this happens, he believes that no matter what he does, unexpected events will suddenly happen to keep in track with the book and that if he tries to change it, the consequences will reflect back on the people he cares for. So he's traumatized by his experiences, and instead dedicates himself to following the book

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  • His character development doesn't suddenly "get thrown down a cliff" like one reader describes. If you think of it realistically, the reason why MC acts the way he does is entirely understandable. It's a lot like the saying "once bitten, twice shy." I can only explain details in spoilers though.
  • AND there's this strange idea for one reader that the MC's "tragic backstory" is shoehorned in. For them, I need to ask if we even read the same book. The MC f*cking
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    committed su*cide in the first chapter and you can obviously see how he has a shitton of problems from just the way his su*cide is written--and that's on top of his younger brother, who very clearly hates him for some reason.

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    When was he ever portrayed as just a "relatable/nerdy webnovel reading character?" Since the first chapter (esp. In the first chapter), there have been a number of hints as to the MC's very dubious mental state.
  • the side characters are glorious. Practically none of them are shown to be completely evil and they aren't suddenly killed in painful and torturous ways for daring to do something against the MC/ML. Ie. Eunuch Zhao, who
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    essentially bullies the ML at the beginning. You first dislike him, and then you realize, hey, ofc this guy is paranoid about the ML. The ML is a prince from a country they just ruined, and ofc he would hate the Emperor/MC. You might not like that he's hurting the ML, but you can acknowledge that Eunuch Zhao's actions are understandable. In fact, he's shown in a rather positive light later on, as his goal (protecting his country) is revealed.

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  • There's also a concubine who
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    traps and tries to ruin ML at the beginning. And you're also like, hey he's a terrible person (when looking from the unreliable narrator MC's POV). And then you're shown his backstory of starting as an Imperial Guard, working hard and doing well in life, before suddenly being forced to become a concubine by the Emperor. As you'd expect, being a concubine was extremely difficult, and he nearly died just by virtue of the Emperor liking him. And then you realize that this poor guy is just doing what he can to climb up to the top and survive. My favorite his the fact that he isn't horribly tortured or punished or anything. The MC disbands the harem, gives him money, and gives him back his position. It's never going to change the fact that the guy was kinda r*ped/forced to become a concubine, but it's probably one of the best possible solutions.

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as for worldbuilding

  • I love the portrayal of war. Reading everything that happens was pretty tragic
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    esp. When you get to all the casualties and Xie chungui's mental break. Damn, was that heartbreaking to read about

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  • this might also go into characters but I love how MC
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    takes the war so seriously. Or more specifically, how he realizes that he has hundreds of thousands of lives in his hands that he must take care of and actually works extremely hard because of that. His change from "these ppl are side characters" to "i need to do everything I can to help these people" was amazing. If there is another novel that has this MC also going through this change, i'd read it immediately. Honestly, it was wonderfully executed

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Soleane
Soleane rated it
May 29, 2023
Status: Completed
It's a solid story. Funny enough I enjoyed the angst way more than the rest of the story, that's a new one for me. I think the author's writing excelled in the angsty parts, I cried during several occasions. This novel is just misery all around to be honest, even the happy ending came at the cost of many lives and the brutality of war.

With that being said, I enjoyed the first half more than the second. I feel like it dropped in quality in the middle, then picked up... more>> for a bit again, then dropped again. To me the high point of this novel was the fall of the Northern Kingdom. That entire segment broke my heart to pieces. From then on it's a mixed bag by MC and ML meeting and then leaving and not communicating, drama, drama and drama, silly antics, and more drama. Some characters lost their purpose and don't appear much again, some characters that could be considered antagonistic that I was looking forward to actually see them being antagonistic end up not doing much, and some characters that appear out of nowhere that I don't care about end up being the "final boss" in an anticlimactic way. Lots of rushing but still weirdly dragged out by more drama that sometimes doesn't serve any purpose, and is just there for the sake of abusing the characters. Like as much as I enjoyed the angsty parts and thought they were well-written, there are also a LOT of occasions of MC or ML getting severely hurt or almost dying where it was just several chapters of angst and abuse and then back to normalcy.

By the end I didn't even blink at whatever new near death experience MC had because I was already used to it and knew nothing substantial would happen. A lot of these instances didn't really add anything meaningful to the story or progress much. They served for MC to abuse himself and eventually have a breakdown, but that one was already bound to happen eventually and didn't need like half a novel of misery and death and tragedy to justify it, to be honest. The final plot with the treacherous general is an example, I feel like he added nothing to the story since MC already escaped the one big point of this story (them being enemies and not being able to be together properly) by then, so I'm not sure what was the point of that whole final part.

Also some parts were a bit unrealistic, I've caught myself a few times thinking "this doesn't make sense", or "no one would actually do that in this scenario" but nothing serious.

MC is quite silly and the way the story is told kind of makes it seem like he doesn't take anything seriously with a few exceptions. He casually talks about transmigration and the novel and characters and no one really cares or questions it. He's not my favorite MC, sometimes his rambling got a little annoying to me, but I got nothing against him either. ML isn't unique either, but the both work well together.

All in all, even though I feel this novel could work well with half the chapters, I still enjoyed reading it. Although I complained a bit, none of them were story-breaking or anything. Felt a bit lackluster compared to my expectations after the first half, but that's it. <<less
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BoriCats
BoriCats rated it
March 26, 2023
Status: c120
Chapter 210 Review

This is the end of the main chapter and the rest are extras which I haven't read yet. The story is good and it has a good ending but trust me, this is the kind of book that will tear your heart apart going through the chapters. From my Chapter 120 review below, I mentioned the many misunderstanding this book has that will tear your hair out. But it ended from that chapters, things got cleared but the amount of pain and suffering this book will give to... more>> the characters in exchange for the misunderstanding tired me out.

I finished reading it and now they're happy but you can say that the means was so such a big loss that it outweigh whatever good endings it has. Why? Because they suffered a lot that it even convinced me that the author of this story is a masochist, who loves torturing the characters. It was so bleak and you can feel the pain and suffering each of the characters experienced. You can't even be angry with the villains because they have reasons why they are doing things that may harm the MC, but that does not mean you can't feel their sufferings. This book clearly depicts the reality and sad truth of war. There is no good ones (character) and bad ones here, they're all driven by reasons beyond their control. What made me downplay the happy ending was the fact that they have been happy before but after that there are always suffering. You can't convince me that they will be happy afterwards because there was a cycle here. At first after they suffered there was happy and innocent moment, then it got downhill, then after the MC lives a secluded but livable life then it was destroyed again, they both suffered but they got past it, they were happy, then they went to the battlefield (the ml's home kingdom) then the MC was forced to do something that gives them so much pain, after a year they reunited and they were tested again.

You can see the amount of struggles they experienced after they experience happiness. In the end, they didn't get peace of mind but more mental and psychological burden instead. What made it worse is that Im not confident that they can save themselves seeing from the amount of record they have that both ML and MC were powerless with the problems the world gives to them. They always sacrifice a piece of themselves every time they get past this challenges, if you can even call it passing the challenges. I have no confidence for the ML to save the MC and vice versa. They either both has to sacrifice themselves to save each other.

What I hated about this arrangements is that they seem not to think of solutions out of the box. I can understand this as they were shackled with responsibilities and such. But for someone who experience trauma and sufferings before, what I wanted after is a peace of mind and a safe place where I can heal myself. That's the normal thing to do for someone who tries to survive from their past. They stay away from the source of pain. But this story with the sadistic author was not doing this. From the start, they can all run away and they will suffer less but they never did that. They were given options afterward and I thought they learnt from it but they still don't, they put themselves in situation where they will be hurt again and again. They lack self-preservation.

What I am vexed most is how the source of their suffering failed to convince me with how it justify their experience. The MC knows that war is bad and it will only create sufferings and death but he got the nerve to always have the motivation in his head the the ML was destined to rule and unite the four kingdoms and even have the audacity to orally motivate the ML with this. He was straight minded with this mindset that he was not able to see that there are other ways to live life than having glory and power. He grieves war and suffered from the guilt brought by the results of war but Im angry that he can't seem to learn from it and urge the ML to dominate the whole kingdoms in the name of 'uniting' it.

The ML was at fault too. He can choose to run away and live with the MC peacefully but he seems to also like having power and glory. He admits it, he want both the love of MC and the four kingdoms. But the goal was to make the MC and the ML live happily and betting for a kingdom that will restrict your freedom and brought hardships and pain to the both of them is very s*upid. I hope the readers learned a lesson from this book, sets your standard low and learn to prioritize your well being. Be not like the characters here in this book, they have screw loose in their head literally. Yes I'm insulting them.

Chapter 120 Review

I have to cut my reading halfway to say that this book has a lot of frustrating misunderstanding! Gosh blood will come out of your throat the amount of misunderstanding this book will give you. But sadly you cant still stop yourself from reading it.

The book is good. It was not apparent in the first chapters and you may think that this will have a light and comedic undertone but trust me the amount of suffering, angst, pain, and torture the main characters experience in this book will shock you. You can never see that until you reach chapter 60. You thought it will be just a palace romance intrigue with pampering but boy, how it roll downhill real fast and how the light vibe turn dark and repressive.

Well technically its a good book but full of heartaches.

This is the kind of book that you only read once and you wont read it again. That will be torture then. <<less
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calebet
calebet rated it
January 7, 2023
Status: c32
I totally agree with some comments. The whole story is shallow and irritating. How come MC acting like spoil kids and idiot. He thought himself as 3rd person perspective. There is no detail except how to match ML with Princess all the time. What happen to Courts, Country politic, Palace and Kingship. I think writer is just 3years old and just randomly create the story as BL fan and don't have writer knowledge. Totally disappointed and drop it. Can't bear it anymore.
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daedaedae
daedaedae rated it
September 29, 2022
Status: --
ah! Well written! The autjor really balances the emotional weight needed for the story to work. And the misunderstanding and feel like a drag. The side characters feel like real people and some villains even you cannot truly hate because the reasons behind their actions are justified.

the MC is so dumb but in an endearing kind of way and his chemistry with the ML is really good.

i laughed a lot and sobbed a lot.

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this was amazing.

even the extra chapters, which I usually dislike, actually adds to the story. <<less
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bluedrop
bluedrop
August 24, 2022
Status: --
Not rating it because it wouldn't be fair since it sounds like a great book. I guess it's just not for me 😅 I was mid-way the 3rd chapter when things started to seem a bit too familiar until I realized I must have read it before (this happens to me a lot lol so I started leaving reviews and ratings on NU so I could keep track of things I've read, liked, disliked, loved, and hated and things I would like to reread).

I hadn't left a rating and I... more>> was enjoying it so far by chapter 10 (which is my usual DNF point) so I thought I must have read it waaay back when.

Welp. I kept getting deja vu and losing enjoyment until I reached a certain point that really gave me the feeling that said "ah I think I had dropped this before" so I came back here to check the reviews to see if the feeling was right. Yep. It's not for me. I like the crack-like way MC deals with things in the beginning and hadn't even gotten to the tragedy part yet as mentioned in the spoilers. But I got major ick and TBH my To Read list is way too long and life is too short to tough it out with a story I know I won't enjoy.

Maybe I'll come back to this someday 🤷🏻‍♀️ <<less
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Fr0nk
Fr0nk rated it
July 19, 2022
Status: Completed
I really loved this novel even if it's really hard to read at times. It's very heavy emotionally, but at the same time I feel like that just adds to why this novel is so great. It's extremely angsty which is something to take note of, but it's so well written! You feel the character's powerlessness and desperation. It is an isekai, which I tend to stay away from because I don't like when the MC only tries to follow the plot and constantly thinks of leaving this world, but... more>> in this one, it takes a while but eventually the MC realises that he doesn't see the people around him as mere novel characters anymore and actually decides to fight against fate. You even forget it was transmigration to begin with when you get to the later chapters.

There is a manhua adaptation for those wondering, and it's okay I guess it doesn't change too many things from the original. <<less
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sungodnika
sungodnika
June 5, 2022
Status: --
miscommunications, tradegy in transmigration definitely leave a wound to you just like this novel. The story flow of the story was like needing a candy and eating then suddenly you'll feel your teeth hurts, pangs your heart. Interesting!

this is on another level, but I love it! It's actually my first danmei, and the one who pull me into this hell hole and I'm not complaining
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c0c0ly
c0c0ly rated it
April 29, 2022
Status: c27
So far reading this into ch 27. I feel exhausted by the MC s*upidity. As a supposedly "President of a company", his level of thinking is like a middle schooler village boy, or a s*upid boy, , with mental age of 15.

Just reading his thought and his act make me the reader feeling extremely exhausted. His character not line up with his background. Its will be better if his background not a President, but a middle schooler, a low class boy, or a nerd boy instead.

So annoying to read this... more>> far. <<less
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En-Jay99
En-Jay99 rated it
April 16, 2022
Status: Completed
5/5 no complaints.

Don't get the random low ratings but there is nothing more annoying than reviews complaining about 'character development' and completely missing the point. Even the author points it out in notes.

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'oOh why is Xiao YuAn so stuuupid?'

Bro did you miss the part where his his trauma is explained? Do you think that an A-okay person would just commit su*cide? His actions may not make sense to you but they made sense for someone who since childhood thought self-sacrifice in such a way is an acceptable option.

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Anyway, I read the manhua first but this was funny and easy to read so I ended up reading the whole story again. Very sweet couple and no dub-con whatsoever.

Read if you want comedy and angst mixed in an easy to read novel. <<less
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trash_generalist
trash_generalist rated it
April 10, 2022
Status: Completed
(REVIEW EDITED After 2nd Reread on 01/24/2023)

Summary: This is a story about a man (the MC, Xiao YuAn) who ended up transmigrating into the body of a fatuous emperor from the novel he has just read. In the original novel, the original owner of the body had been a cannon fodder who tried to get the protagonist (who is also the ML, Yan Heqing) to join his harem. He wasn't a good emperor, and his ending was a bad one. The MC kind of acts arbitrarily after transmigration.... more>> Basically, he thinks it's all a play and constantly involves himself, both accidentally and purposefully, to change the plot. He didn't really have a goal outside of surviving at first, and the story proceeds to be easy going and care free for a while. However, in the end, reality comes knocking, making him realize that he was walking to an even more tragic journey than the original owner.

ANYWAY... If you like abusive romance, then this is not a bad read? XD It sounds horrible when put that way, but it's true. It's the kind of story that's both frustrating and heartbreaking. Making you want to tear down the script (and the author while you're at it) at the pure abuse, all while reading obsessively to find out how it ends. Like this, I guess you can say that the story is quite good at keeping the reader's engaged, even if the content may not necessarily be the best. In my old review, I gave it a 3/5 rating. I've decided to adjust it to a 3.65/5. Just enough to round up to four stars. I think it's worth it. Even if it's not my kind of read (I don't usually like abusive stories).

CHARACTERS:

There are lots of notable characters in this story. I thought it was interesting that they almost all share the same theme of "star crossed lovers." And that the author gives some happy endings and bad endings. Leaving a lot of room for exploration. All in all, the characters themselves may be pretty simple and 2D, they're definitely not the most realistic. But I think their attachment to the theme makes them interesting to read at least.

MC: Xiao YuAn!

He's a CEO of a company that recently discovered that he had a terminal illness. His personality is very similar to WWX in his MXY form. Always smiling and carefree despite his dark past. He transmigrates into a historical (non-fantasy) stallion web novel he finished reading after killing himself. The role he receives is the Emperor of the Northern Kingdoms! Who is rich, tr*sh, and a shameless cut sleeve.

ML: Yan HeQing

He's the Protagonist of the web novel that Xiao YuAn read. The fallen prince of the Southern Kingdoms, who was being imprisoned at the Northern Kingdom Palace. In the original novel, he had a white moonlight — the Emperor of the Northern Kingdom's sister! Xiao YuAn tries to set them up but ends up earnings this stoic man's attention instead.

PLOT:

The plot starts off very similar to SVSSS. MC transmigrates into a web novel and tries his best to survive by hugging the protagonist's thighs. It ends up being quite dark though. There are lots of Major and Minor Character Deaths. There's no overarching plot here, outside of the war and enmity between the Northern and Southern Kingdoms. The main driving force of the story then is its characters. And the main theme is similar to Romeo and Juliet. From the very beginning, the ML and MC belonged to two different factions with innumerable hatred for each other. And, because of this, they could never be together. Perhaps, if the MC was a little smarter, and they suffered from less repeated misunderstandings throughout the course of the story, they could have had a HE. But from the very beginning, the MC had gone about it the wrong way, which resulted in a tragic story that was tempered by the comedic undertone and the fantasy HE at the end.

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MY OPINION (Old Review) :

A solid 3/5! It's not bad. But not a favorite. It has the same vibe as your average dog blood drama. One that you know is not the best but you can't help but keep watching anyway. Like a fast-food novel LOLOL. My favorite parts of the story? Hmmm, I think that there were a lot of strong characters in this novel. Like? They stood out! The overarching themes were also a very unique, mature take. And, I like the banter between the MC and the ML! They were quite cute! And the development of their relationship felt very natural as a result.

As for what I disliked??? It would have to be the fact that the story relied primarily on misunderstandings and sudden out-of-nowhere conflicts in order to develop. It made the story feel cheap.

All in all? A good read. It staved me over for a while, so I'm grateful! One that I may reread, but it will be a while yet before I do so. OH and this story has a manhua that I didn't finish reading. So I might read that first before rereading the novel. The development there is a little scrambled. But I think the story is similar. It had over 110 chapters when I wrote this review. <<less
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