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I Refuse To Be The Villain
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Lu Yu’an, who had been missing since childhood, was finally found at the age of sixteen. He returned home with anticipation, only to discover that there was no longer a place for him in his own family. In his place was the well-behaved and sensible adopted son, Lu Yuning.

Lu Yu’an, who grew up in the slums, felt out of place in his own home and despised Lu Yuning for taking his position. He had hoped to reunite with his family. However, to his surprise, his father, who had promised to protect him for a lifetime, detested him and accused him of being narrow-minded and petty. His older brother, who had promised to take care of him, grew tired of him and labeled him as vain and selfish. Everyone favored Lu Yuning.

In the end, Lu Yu’an died alone on his sickbed, still unable to understand what was wrong with hating Lu Yuning. It was not until Lu Yu’an was reborn and discovered that he was just a cannon fodder character in a popular novel, and that Lu Yuning was the beloved protagonist, that he decided to quit. To his surprise, they regretted their treatment of him. Friends who had once looked down on him waited behind his classroom door with tear-filled eyes, begging for his forgiveness. His brother, who had always criticized him, ran through the pouring rain asking passersby if they had seen his younger brother. However, Lu Yu’an never turned back to look at them, not even for a moment.

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The All-Hated Guy Called It Quits
万人嫌他不干了
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Recommendations
I Woke up and Was Pregnant (2)
They Regretted it After Their Hearts Turned to Ashes (1)
After I Got Married, Those Who Betrayed Me Were Reborn (1)
Recommendation Lists
  1. Abandoned children yaoi
  2. soon to read (BL)
  3. BL reborn/time travel/etc
  4. BL I Intend to Read ONGOING
  5. BL (OK)

Latest Release

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07/07/23 Otaku translation c2
06/11/23 Otaku translation c1 part2
06/10/23 Otaku translation c1 part1
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Jwel
Jwel
June 12, 2023
Status: Completed
This is a nice yet vey heartbreaking story. Lots of chapters made me cry and im amaze on how strong willed MC is despite all the torture and heart ache he encountered as a kid.

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MC's experience as a kidnapped/trafficked child is very heartbreaking. His experience is very painful yet he never stopped being strong and always believe in his family. So when he realize that his father and brother preferred the adopted one, it pained him. They misunderstood him until He gave up hoping for them to love him.

Im so glad that MC met ML. ML believe in him and figure out that MC is strong willed yet have a very soft heart. Its also cute that when ML realize his feeling he is very conflicted cause of their age gap. But ML respect MC very much so he just supported MCs decision. MC was the first one to confess.

Im also happy that MC was given a second chance to be happy.

One character I adore is Qianqian.. He was originally the villain of the novel. In the original plot after MC died, Qianqian killed Lu Ying (the protagonist). When MC met Qianqian in the second life, he then realize that Qianqian became the villain cause he took revenge for MC. It was then revealed that Qian is one of the children MC protected while in the hands of the traffickers.

The dark side of the novel really makes me cry specially when MCs father investigated MCs past and found that many children were killed and tortured by the traffickers 😭😭

He even found a room full of blood and saw a star drawn by blood. He then realize that MC was tortured in that room and the star was what he taught MC when he is a child 😭😭

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Qwex
Qwex rated it
September 20, 2023
Status: c60
I tried, but I couldn't finish this novel.

This novel focuses on 2 things: "MC and art" and "MC and his blood related family".

This was fine by me in the beginning, but I can no longer ignore issues.

The first thing is very predictable. MC is a genious artist. That's it. Oh, author tried to tell us that he achived this success by constant practice, but at the same time, there was a long lost ancient chinese technique, and MC and his teacher invented it again. As in, MC (a literal child... more>> at that point) made a significant contribution into discovering a technique, that people, who worked their whole life in this field, failed to do. Sure, Jan.

So, not much excitement on this field.

Now, about family drama. It was all good and interesting, untill it became clear, that MC punishes his family for events of the previous life. It is understandable that, knowing what they are capable of, he doesn't want to be with them, but he has no self awareness about it.

In fact, all of examples, given to us, the readers, of family "wronging" MC are because they misunderstood him. These misunderstandings are created by MC himself. In fact, this is a reccuring theme in this novel: MC is a "sin keeper", he silently covers truth so his father and bother can live in peace. Oh, so kind, oh, so selfless, are you weeping yet? (Sarcasm). I call it what it is: a victim complex.

Like, MC openly hates his adopted bother and often asks his family to kick him out. He does that for a reason:

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When he was a child, he was forced to beg in streets. He saw his father with a new child (adopted brother), but the father passed him without recognozing him.

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But does MC say anything? No, he doesn't.

Like, when the adopted brother was having an asthma attack behind MC's door and was smashing things to attract his attention. MC did not come to help. He didn't hear anything because he is deaf on one ear. But does MC say anything? No, he doesn't.

So from the family POV we have a person, who openly hates his adopted brother for no reason to the point of wishing him death. By MC's logic they should've ~*~beleived him~*~ no explanation needed. I'm sorry, but I'm with the family on this one.

This novel suffers from a common problem of novels, published as they are written: retcon.

Like, about MC's artistic abilities: MC's family actually found MC a teacher, but this teacher told everyone that his drawings are nothing but childish scribbles. I think (I didn't care enough to remember) it was explained with MC's teacher having a unique style, not mainstream. But every other person recognized MC's talent, so no idea what was with that teacher.

Another example is about what happened to MC when he was five. How he was lost.

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At first we were told that he just fell into water by himself.

Then we were told that he wanted to retrieve his brother's basketball ball, that fell into water. MC never told this to anyone, because he didn't want his brother to feel guilty (MC iS a sIn KeEpEr). But then he revealed it in a most dramatic moment, to invoke guilt in his brother.

BUT THEN we were told that he actually was drowned by his father's former friend as an act of revenge. MC never told this to anyone, because he didn't want his father to feel guilty (MC iS a sIn KeEpEr). But then he revealed it in a most dramatic moment, to invoke guilt in his father.

The author squized every drop of blood from thig dog, didn't they?

How does second and third version coexists? I have no idea, and by that point didn't care.

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About romance. 60 chapters of 77, the romance is nonexistent. The only thing we have is ML's inner conflict of "He is a child, I am despicable". Given that MC is 17 years old and ML being an adult, the only thing I can say is "Yes, he is, and, yes, you are".

In conclusion: read only if you love family dog blood drama. <<less
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Give.Me.A.Piece.Of.Cake
Give.Me.A.Piece.Of.Cake rated it
July 12, 2023
Status: Completed
One of the BEST rebirth story I have read. There were many chapters I cried for the MC experiences. This is a story with little side romance for ML and mainly focused on character development of the MC toward his familial love.

The characters in this story are very 3D unlike other rebirth story. The MC is very human; he has flaws and weaknesses. He hated the original MC who replaced him. This is understandable as his father and brother no longer love him and only love the adoptive brother. He... more>> was kidnapped and tortured for five years while his family moved on with a new adoptive son to replace him. Only a saint can love and live with your replacement so I find the MC very human in this sense. I love the MC. I can relate to him.

The adoptive brother (og MC) is also not a brainless villain. He knew his position and always tried to give way for the MC as long as the MC NEVER takes 'what belong to him' (in this case it's the MC biological father and brother). He is a unique villain because he truly believe he has never done anything wrong. However, he has done a lot of wrong things except he just know how to seek the best position for himself to make him look innocent. Here are a few examples (spoiler) :

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  1. OG MC (villain adoptive brother) refused to cure his asthma because he like to use that to make people feel bad for him and take his side. By being sick, friends and his adoptive father and brother would always take his side. He knew this and always intentionally never bring his medicine and always throw away his medicine to make it seems like MC is attacking him whenever he has an asthma attack.
  2. He helped his real father and brother drugged and killed his adoptive father. Although he found out later that the drug he was giving his adoptive father would kill him so he switch the drug, he did not do it because of good intention but only did it because he knew that if that adoptive father die he would be suspected. He also never told his adoptive brother this because he was afraid they would disowned him. He is someone who used a lot of money and wanted to keep his adoptive family because they are rich, not because he love them.
  3. He helped his real father and brother killed his adoptive brother by giving the GPS tracker in a charm to his adoptive brother so they can create a car crash accident to kill the adoptive brother. He claim to be innocent and did not know that the charm has GPS tracker but he lied. Why did I know that he lied? Because he knew his real father switched his adoptive father medicine to kill him but hide the truth so there is no way he would not know there is something wrong with the charm since the charm was given to him by his real father to give to his adoptive family.
  4. If you read the extras, you will get the real ending in the original book where the og MC help his real father and brother steal his adoptive family wealth and then threw the adoptive family away when they became poor. He pretended to be innocent and said that he found his real family so he left his adoptive family but the real reason was because his adoptive family became poor and he didn't want them anymore.
  5. There was also the part where he stole MC painting and pretended the painting was his and lied about it. The sad thing was that when it was exposed, MC real father and brother still sided with the adoptive brother instead of MC. The villain (adoptive bro/og mc) has all the love from his real and adoptive family while MC only have the love from ML and his family.

All in all, I supported MC leaving his real family. There were time when it was sad for his real brother and father but I think that was probably the dead mom teaching them a lesson. They don't deserved MC love since MC gave them many chances and they always gave up MC for the adoptive son. Later they only regretted it because they were ashamed of themselves and wanted to take MC back to get rid of their guilt. I still do not believe they love the MC that much.

Good thing is that villain (og mc) was finally disowned in the end from his assistance of killing his adoptive family. He was given a chunk of money to live by himself by his adoptive family but he wasted all the money and was finally sold off.

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I am amazed the original gong had little importance in this book, lol. He only appears in one scene in the whole story. <<less
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Rainne00
Rainne00 rated it
August 23, 2023
Status: Completed
When you are constantly disappointed by the people you love from a young age, you eventually stop hoping and your love might even reach to hate and it's difficult to be indifferent to them because love and hate are the two sides of the same coin. Another review was talking about how the MC didn't communicate with his family and hating on the adopted kid but I don't think that review was fair ... more>>
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because the MC was kidnapped, abused and made to beg for money on the streets for years. He was clinging onto the hope that his dad would save him and when he finally saw his dad he was elated and grabbed onto him only to be brushed away in disgust while his dad went away carrying another child. As for the adopted kid, he threw away meds he was supposed to be taking on daily basis and the MC could see him doing it from his room and this is not the only thing that kid does that leads to the MC not liking him. The reason why the MC doesn't like him is not only because the adopted kid took what was his, its mainly because the MC is the only one who could clearly see how toxic the adopted kid was being. Like yeah that kid has his insecurities and all but that's no way to take advantage of other people's love towards you.

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Expecting the MC to communicate with his family who only look at what they want to see and expecting him to not hate on the adopted kid is equivalent to asking him to be a saint. The review also stated that the title is ironic and yes the MC does come off as an extreme person but that's because of his past experiences and personally I think it's his defence mechanism. He himself is actually a nice person and overall I really like this novel a lot and I would definitely recommend others to check if out too. <<less
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periperi
periperi rated it
June 15, 2023
Status: Completed
4 stars

This is definitely all about the family drama and some twists.

As with stories of swapped birth, this had a similar vibe where I found it kind of hard to put total blame on the other child (in this case it's the adopted child who technically took MC's place). It's just a story and he gave off total white lotus vibes but I just kind of felt a little bad for him. Because sometimes, it felt a bit like circumstances.
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But I totally agree with MC on why he doesn't like the white lotus. On how it seemed like he places important responsibilities i.e. His emergency meds on others rather than take ownership for himself.

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So while I'm all for the family drama and face slapping, it's just a tiny bit harder to read in this book.
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MC's family s**ked but I'm not too sure if they were horrible to the point of no return. MC had the right and should cut them off at the end. But it's like, they just crumbled after that in a not too satisfying way because I almost want them to be a bit worse to deserve that ending.

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I really liked the romance line of the book. Especially with how nice ML is. He's definitely just a supporting role here than a dual main character.
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ML realises his feelings first but he sets clear boundaries with their positions. Even after MC confesses, he gives them time.

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Overall, it's not a long read, I'll be off to find others.
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Copper coin
Copper coin rated it
June 22, 2023
Status: Completed
This is one of my cups of tea, when I read in my spare time. The early part of the novel made my eyes wet ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ.

I think this is still pretty good (although it leaves a weird/bitter aftertaste, for me), it's just a matter of whether this is the type of story you like.

Just try it first, if it doesn't suit you, just drop it without giving one star.

Pretty good read (⁠☞⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠) ⁠☞
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rokiroki
rokiroki
June 12, 2023
Status: c60
This novel feels similar to I Woke Up and Was Pregnant, in that MC has a father and older brother who treat him badly but regret it later on; but in this novel, his family just don't give him much of a chance because the adopted son has been with them so much longer.

Rather than the romance, I kept reading for the family drama and angst - there's so many things that MC's father and brother have misunderstandings about, but the reveal was extremely satisfying. I don't have many opinions... more>> about ML, but it was because he was so accepting of MC that MC fell in love.

Overall, a pretty good read! <<less
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Wintercreeper
Wintercreeper rated it
July 8, 2023
Status: --
I tried to like this but just can’t, the writer has a very strange perception of what’s right and wrong, as well as of people.

“I refuse to be the villain” is quite ironic, MC is in fact a villain and does everything in his power to act like one.

He blames whatever goes wrong in his life on the book-MC, his adoptive brother, while the boy never did anything. He’s too timid and s*upid to consciously cause any harm to anyone, he doesn’t want to either, quite the opposite, he does... more>> his best to please everyone and keep the family together.

It’s MC who tries to make his adoptive brother’s life hell, demands his family to choose between them, because his brother “stole everything from him”.
Dude was 10, dude had no say in being adopted, and immediately gave back whatever MC wanted.
He did nothing wrong, ever.

Would all be fine if MC is meant to be an envious jerk, like I thought at first, but the writer ultimately turned the whole family into villains and paints MC as the victim.
MC doesn’t communicate with his family, constantly causes trouble, demands and never gives anything back, and bullies the adoptive brother.
Sorry, but how on earth is he a victim?
Why is the blame with his family, even for stuff they didn’t even know?
When, again, MC could have solved it by simply speaking to them?

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Like his family accusing him of not saving the adoptive brother, several times, when it happened because MC is deaf on one ear.
He never told them he’s deaf, never clarified it, but somehow the family is at fault for thinking badly of him.
Or they are blamed for stuff that happened while he was held hostage, the father once met him but walked away without helping.
The father didn’t recognise that the 10+ years old kid is MC, and MC didn’t say anything when they met, but somehow the father is at fault.

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This happens countless times throughout the novel. Everyone else is in the wrong, always, and MC never is.

Trauma doesn’t give you a free pass to be a jerk, bully others, expect people to read your mind, or be abusive. Which MC is, massively even.
He even admitted that he doesn’t want to change. He knows he’s wrong but consciously decides to stay a jerk.

At the end the family has been (mentally) ruined by him and basically everyone around him treats him like the victim, some even approve of his behaviour, including being an envious a-hole.

What the hell did I just read and in which reality does it make sense?

Maybe I’m too old for the novel but it seems to be one of those written by an angry teen not mature enough to see their own wrongdoings and trying desperately to justify their behaviour by seeing themselves as the victim of their cruel family.

You reap what you sow. Easy as that.

Would have been a 4 stars novel if MC was meant to be a nasty person, but turning his family into the villains and blaming everything on them while absolving MC of any responsibility is just off putting. <<less
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