As the number one pill alchemist of the immortal world, Mu Chen had always believed that it was because he had single-mindedly focused on concocting pills that led to him to neglect disciplining his disciple. Which in turn, caused his disciple to be led astray by the seduction of devil cultivation, leading to the three realms to fall to disaster. ... more>>

After his rebirth, Mu Chen resolved to properly teach his disciple, give him the very best resources, earnestly love him, carry him close to his heart, teach him by way of example, and didn’t let him grow corrupt.

Sure enough, his disciple became more and more “intimate”. Every day his disciple even crawled into his bed, rubbing against his chest and clinging to his thigh. It was just that his expression isn’t exactly quite right…… <<less

Xie Shuci Transmigrated into an Unnamed Minor Villain in the Book... more>>

In the novel, on the path of growth of Protagonist Shou, he only managed to step on him before being chopped off by his knife.

Xie Shuci admonished himself, "Let's cherish life and stay away from the protagonist Shou!"

So the next day, he left that troubled place.

*

On the road, Xie Shuci found a badly injured young boy. Carrying a pocket full of miraculous medicines, he casually fed one to the boy.

However, the medicine, although effective, also had side effects.

When the boy woke up, not only did he lose his cultivation, but he also became deaf, mute, and blind.

Xie Shuci, "..."

So, there was another little companion beside him.

------

After transmigrating into the book, Xie Shuci had been living a decent life.

Despite having a little companion, the little companion barely had any presence.

The little companion couldn't speak or see, and Xie Shuci never avoided him while bathing or changing clothes.

Sometimes, he even performed a dance in a blissful manner while being naked in front of him.

This kind of life continued for several months.

Until one day someone told him that the little brat beside him was originally named Xiao Xun.

That's it, the protagonist Shou who chopped him up with a knife—Xiao Xun!

Xie Shuci, "..."

Wah-, what a joke.

That night, while everyone was asleep, Xie Shuci packed his bags and prepared to run away.

What? He has no conscience?

This was the protagonist Shou, who had severe psychological issues and an unpredictable personality! If Xie Shuci made him unhappy, his life would be forfeit! Anyway, whoever wanted to take responsibility could take it!

But just as Xie Shuci sneaked to the door, his body was trapped in place by an invisible force.

He stiffly turned his head and saw the little companion, who usually seemed weak and afraid to sleep alone, sitting by the bed. With a slight curl of his finger, Xie Shuci involuntarily walked step by step toward him.

"Xie Shuci, leaving me alone, where do you think you're going?"

The little companion leaned against the bed railing, his face pale, and his gaze sinister.

Sinister gaze...
Yes, his gaze was sinister.

This bastard, he wasn't blind at all!

Transmigrated Shou vs Rebirth Male Lead. <<less

Beta test is over!... more>>

The official server play is the real world!

A lot of things are hidden under the veil of the empire-building game ‘Elix’.

In this game, where the player becomes the ‘king’ and builds the country with the gods, the player’s character race is determined based on the aptitude test that is conducted before playing. Once you enter the game with the character that has been decided, the player has a helper god called ‘Daegong’. That was the beginning of the empire-building game, ‘Elix’.

Elix was a game of extreme difficulty, where the player’s empire would collapse due to riots, coups, assassinations, etc. if they were tyrannical, lazy, or ruthless in building their empire. They also failed due to the invasion of other players. Nevertheless, many people were fascinated and intoxicated by Elix. After six months, the news of the official service of the game was announced to the world. Many people were excited and expected. But that was not something to be excited about, expected, or waited for.

Yeah.

That was not something to be excited about.

[Preview]
“I’ll give you ten days.”

The hand that choked his neck was suffocating. His toes barely touched the ground. The words he heard before folding. Sehyun still couldn’t forget the expression that was full of hatred.

The forgiveness he begged for many times and the conversation he asked for many times were all trampled in front of the words of hatred. That’s why he decided to fold, and that’s why he couldn’t go that day. Afraid to face that expression again. Afraid to hear the words that he hates again.

“It would be better for you to come on your own feet. Before I cut off your limbs and take you away.” <<less

Abandoned by the Heavenly Gods, the forlorn Lord of Underworld dotes upon Prince Nashel, the posthumous child of the Queen Goddess.... more>>

Nonetheless, the now grown Nashel was plagued with complicated feelings toward the Lord who had (sexually) disciplined him.

The abhorrence of his lascivious upbringing, and the craving to possess the immense power of the Lord of Underworld.

Nashel’s actions, which fluctuate between love and hate, eventually lead to major turmoil…

What will be the outcome of the tricky father-son relationship that develops with the demons under his control and the Heavenly Gods? <<less

When I opened my eyes, I was in an unfamiliar place.
In the midst of confusion, the mobile phone became the only milestone.
In order to regain my memory, I have to fill the targets’ affinity and achieve a special ending.... more>>

Because of that, I worked diligently, tangled up with the targets while increasing the affinity one by one.
At first glance, everything seemed to go smoothly.
Until I got a new notification…

『 Targets are assigned up to 5 favorability points.
From 6 — an ‘overheat’ state, the probability of facing an extreme ending is very high. 』

‘Just now… how many hearts were there?’
The moment I was about to check the system window, the sound of footsteps was getting closer.

『 A target has been detected nearby. 』

I had to run away now. But…

『 ▷ Affection: ♥♥♥♥ (They like you. They will try to find you wherever you are.) 』 <<less

Qin Duan thought he had long forgotten the taste of pain. But at the moment when his primordial spirit shattered, he still experienced an indescribable agony that made every pore tremble. This pain originated from within, as if countless knives were tearing him apart from his internal organs to his soul. Even his breath carried a sweet scent of blood.... more>>

Wide-eyed, Qin Duan looked up at the lingering heavenly tribulation and roiling dark clouds above him as his body rapidly plummeted downward. With his consciousness gradually fading, he knew he had failed to overcome the tribulation.

Having experienced ninety-eight thunder tribulations since cultivating the demonic path for over a thousand years, Qin Duan could not endure this final and ultimate tribulation. His train of thought was cut off, and the last scene in his mind was that final thunder tribulation striking directly at his remaining primordial spirit.

Thus, the world would no longer have the Demon Lord, Qin Duan.

After being reborn into the furnace cauldron, the Demon Lord discovered that those who had conspired against him were actually interested in him romantically... As a junior under a senior (1VN), he was always the submissive partner.

Happy Ending (HE) with no monogamous relationships.

The ice-cold beauty is the top and sworn enemy, with a ✓ in his route.

The wicked and sickly disciple is the second top, with a ✓ in his route.

The gentle and obsessed childhood friend is the third top. <<less

Shi An is the last Abyss Dragon in the world. Since he was bored, he decided to go into a deep sleep while hugging his treasures. After fifty thousand years of satisfying slumber, Shi An opened his eyes only to discover that he had become a weak human with short hands and legs.... more>>

He glanced down at his mysteriously downsized body and then lifted his head to look around his empty cave. “……” Where is my powerful and majestic body? My big tail? Most importantly, where are my treasures?!

After thousands of years of hard work, sleeping just once has sent me to square one.

***

In the year 2202, the conflicts between humans and monsters are becoming more and more intense. Although the monsters are strong, the fantastical species that used to rule the continent have all but disappeared.

Shi An, the Shi family’s youngest son, is Mage Academy’s infamous mage who has no magic power. Each student’s magic power is measured at the beginning of the school year. Shi An looked at the three destroyed magic detection equipment and innocently asked, “Eh? Are these equipment’s quality not very good?”

During actual combat training, low-ranked monsters fled before Shi An could get close. Shi An looked at their fleeing figures and innocently exclaimed, “Yay, lucky!”

Everyone else was speechless. “……?” I believe I am dreaming.

***

Mu Heng——human species’ strongest mage——is the only remaining human who bears the noble dragon slayer bloodline.

He coldly and arrogantly said, “Dragons? Extinction is their best outcome.”

A long time later, Mu Heng turned his head back to look at the dragon cub reclining on the piles of treasure. Mu Heng withdrew his gaze and leisurely asked, “Are there any other jobs? I want a well-paid one.”

Extinction is out of the question now. As a matter of fact, I can only earn more money so that I won’t get kicked out of bed at night. <<less

Ji Qingzhuo was socially anxious and clumsy, with nothing to offer except her appearance.... more>>

One day, after transmigrating, she bound a strategy system in order to save the world.

She had to capture Shen Rongyu, the black-bellied, beautiful senior brother in Xuan Yun Sect, to prevent him from destroying the cultivation world in the future.

Ji Qingzhuo had been single for twenty years, could she learn how to capture the villain?

Of course not.

She started acting clumsy and ignored the tasks given by the system.

While Shen Rongyu was practicing his swordplay, with snowflakes dancing in the air, she was supposed to stand beside him and applaud, showing her admiration for the senior brother.

Instead, she was busy eating pastries and accidentally fed the pastries to Shen Rongyu’s sword, a weapon that had taken countless lives.

After she left, Shen Rongyu raised his sword and shook it several times to make the pastry come out.

When Ji Qingzhuo accidentally discovered Shen Rongyu’s old injury after he got hurt, she was supposed to shed tears and show her care for him.

But she struggled for a long time without shedding a tear and could only dryly touch the wound, saying, “Senior brother, your tattoo looks really cool.”

Shen Rongyu was infuriated by her words and fell ill for three months.

Finally, she had a chance to have a heart-to-heart conversation with Shen Rongyu, where she should have taken their relationship further.

However, Ji Qingzhuo overslept and the next morning she went to Shen Rongyu with breakfast, asking if he wanted to eat together.

After waiting all night, Shen Rongyu, who was extremely tired, replied, “I’m not eating.”

In the end, the righteous sect was still overturned, and Shen Rongyu walked amidst bones and blood, covering her eyes with one hand to shield her from the gruesome sight.

Ji Qingzhuo was extremely nervous, wondering if it was her turn now. Her long eyelashes trembled restlessly in his palm.

Just as she was about to explain to the system about the aftermath, unexpectedly, Shen Rongyu leaned down, and his lips brushed against her ear.

In the darkness, his voice was deep and slightly obsessive.

“Ji Qingzhuo, at this point, when you’re capturing me, can you be a bit more serious?” <<less

[In this detached villa, there was once a vicious case.]... more>>

[Graduation season, the protagonist and his group meet to go on a self-guided tour in a remote mountain village, laughing and chatting all the way. And where they settled down is where the serial mu*ders happened in a remote place where there are constant rumours...]

[Waiting for them is a graduation party with no survivors.]

The old hapless guy who was innocently involved in the horror escape game, the well-known ghost-fearing up master* Huai Jiao, after reading the story brief given by the system, squeezed the horror movie standard mobile phone with low battery and no signal in his hand, and asked in a trembling voice: Then me, what is my setting?

System：[If you want to visit the haunted house at night, when you hear the strange noise, you will go over immediately, you will never commit the final blow after defeating the boss, your curiosity is bigger than life, and you will die in three minutes.]

Huai Jiao: (with tears in my eyes, will my appearance be as a cannon fodder?)

System: [It's just a little special beautiful cannon fodder.]

……

Huai Jiao felt that something was wrong with this unlucky game. The specific manifestation was that it should be in a well-known haunted house with a gloomy atmosphere.

At that moment, the young male NPC who was sitting beside him and staring straight at him asked him with a weird smile——

"Hey, have you ever kissed Xing Yue?"

Huai Jiao: "?"

It's an old horror movie.

* Up master, a term used to describe video uploaders <<less

Li Ruo Shui transmigrated to the book, the system wanted her to approach the gentle, caring, and spring-like smiling supporting male lead, Lu Zhi Yao.... more>>

She was ready to start acting when she was caught off guard by the gentle supporting male lead with a sword pointing at her.

Li Ruo Shui: ?

He approached slowly, with a smile on his lips and an excited tone: How do you know my name?

Looking at the blood on the corner of his robe, she felt that there was a need to redefine the meaning of gentleness.

On the first day of the strategy, Li Ruo Shui was thinking about how to survive.

On the second day of the strategy, she realized that he was actually a psycho, and continued to think about how to survive.

On the third day of the strategy, she found out that he was a psycho with a sensitive physical, and it seemed like it would not be difficult to survive. 

……

Not knowing how many days had passed after she started her strategy, she was caught. At first she thought she had to rely on herself, but she saw him stepped through the blood and stood in front of her, and his trembling hands caressed her side face in excitement. 

"They were all dead, no one could ever hurt you anymore."

Lu Zhi Yao’s mother fed on love all her life, insanely, he thought he was different, but then he realized he was wrong.

Once tainted with love, he could no longer endure the tastelessness of the past.

He could not stop his greed, so he had to bend and beg.

“I love you, can you please love me a little more?” <<less

He got a beautiful toy to play with during the boring summer.... more>>

That summer was the hottest since the young Emperor Iskandar ascended the throne.

The servants of the summer palace were frightened to serve him as he had his first summer vacation as an emperor.

An arrogant monarch, a ruthless oppressor, a cruel and beautiful disaster.

This is because the words of the new emperor are as brilliant as and as sharp as iron.

A new toy came into his eyes.

It was around the time when he got tired of hunting in the summer forest and even luxurious entertainment.

Senita.

It's like a sordid maid with charcoal black on her apron.

She was a bold woman who dared not avoid the emperor's gaze.

She talks about old memories with distant eyes and was also a dreamer who gave great meaning to trivial things.

So it was good. She looked interesting.

He thought it would be okay to play with that poor woman throughout this hot and boring summer.

Because he wanted to, Iskandar did so.

Everything was so easy. Because he was a man of great ability to screw up. <<less

Doomed to be a cannon fodder?... more>>

For Ruan Jiaojiao, there is no such thing!

After all, she was born heartless and shameless.

Hmm… the male lead looks good, and the second male lead isn’t bad either.

Alright, I want both! Hand over your beautiful bodies! <<less

Ding Yi transmigrated into an awful abusive book. Her original self was a supporting female character who the villain boiled alive in a soup cauldron to threaten the escaping female lead.... more>>

The heck?! She didn’t even have a name, being a cannon fodder!

Ding Yi’s face was covered with blood and tears. She looked at the scrawny little villain next to her leg.

#Showing care towards people with mental illness is everyone’s responsibility#

#Learn more about the Little Devil Lord’s villain development system#

The miserable Ding Yi carried the heavy burden of raising the little villain.

During the day, she earned money to support the family. At night, she gave spiritual counselling, trying hard to fill the little villain’s heart with love.

The fine young man had just grown up. Ding Yi revealed an old mother’s kind of smile, leaving quietly and hiding her merits and reputation.

She never expected that fate still laid a dirty trick on her.

Ding Yi: “……??!”

Don’t give the role of the female lead to me! I! Am!! Afraid!!!

The gloomy young man hugged the trembling girl. He had a wan smile and the tone of his whisper was horrifyingly tender: “Why are you running? Forming an agreement with the devil, you should know that you can’t run away no matter however many lifetimes.”

Ding Yi cried out.

The villain– he, he, he’s still a human-eating devil! <<less

He regressed to the first day of confinement.... more>>

4 years ago, Kwon Jae-jin, an ordinary person, appeared as the only guide for the S-class esper Seo Eui-woo.

Seo Eui-woo kidnapped him and demanded that he be guided without consent.

"Shall we check now? I wonder if you are a guide that matches me or not."

"Hurts, it hurts, ah, ngh! Ugh...... Stop......!"

"See, you can do guiding on me......."

Seo Eui-woo's crazy behavior, which seemed ruthless at first glance, had a good reason, and after 4 years that felt like war, Jae-jin eventually understood and accepted Seo Eui-woo.

Not only that, he was taken in by Seo Eui-woo's persistent love offensive and their relationship developed romantically!

They lived happily ever after......!

......It would've been great if it had ended with such a happy ending.

One sunny day, a gate in the yard burst, and Kwon Jae-jin got caught in it. He died with his limbs torn to pieces.

BAD ENDING.

That was the story of Kwon Jae-jin's first life before returning to this point. <<less

Yu Hwai, marked by a terminal illness, unexpectedly reincarnates into the BL novel he read in his final days. His new life is not as a hero, but as ‘Yu Hwai’, the notorious villain known for tormenting the protagonist, Kang Hyundo. Determined to steer clear of entanglements and lead a normal life, Hwai finds his plans upended by Hyundo‘s relentless and intense affection. Despite his efforts, Hwai’s world inexorably intertwines with Hyundo‘s. But their growing closeness is shattered by a mysterious traffic accident, leading Hwai to a haunting premonition of his own demise, a casualty of his cursed fate.... more>>

Waking from a long unconsciousness, Hwai faces a startling reality: nine years have slipped by. What lies ahead in this altered world, where past and future collide? <<less

Emperor Alec lost his wife Afrosa.... more>>

He did not simply punish those responsible for her death, but also went so far as to burn down the castle and kill himself. However, he woke up and found himself in the past.

“I will change it all one by one.”

For your sake.

Because God brought me back to life in order to have you once more.

Alec, who wanted to create a new future where he would not lose his wife and child again. However, his love for them gradually turned into a blind obsession.

“What’s wrong? Why are you acting like this?”

“Same for you.”

“What did I do?”

“What’s wrong with you too?”

“…….”

“You’re mine. Because you’re my wife. If anyone treats you like some b*tch they stole from me, I will rip out their intestines and chew off their bones.”

On the other hand, Afrosa constantly felt unfamiliar with her husband’s changed personality.

Until one day, she had a strange dream which confused her…

‘My husband is not the same. If I don’t run away, I will meet the same end as before.’

The unfamiliar woman standing next to her husband… Her own shabby silhouette…

Sickened by the vividness of the vision as if it were all reality, she could no longer stand to look at her husband.

Is this all actually a dream? <<less

You have the power to arouse me like no other, a true aphrodisiac that elevates me to blissful heights. Yet, you also have the ability to lead me astray, like a venomous poison slowly dragging me towards the depths of despair.... more>>

It's important to understand that my sole desire, from the very start until the very end, is you.

If we had crossed paths under different circumstances, and if you did not possess such lofty aspirations, and if I had been nothing more than an average princess, would the conclusion to our story have been dissimilar?

He asked: Chang Huan, what do you want?

What does he desire from a princess, a mu*derer, and a spouse? Though I am uncertain about the meaning of love, I cannot deny my fondness for him. His caress and passionate demeanor are pleasant to me, for I yearn for substance and vitality. However, I ponder whether my sentiments for him constitute genuine love.

Cold otaku and female killer x the unreadable master. 1V1, heart-breaking, the plot is the main content, the meat is a supplement, slow warm up type, the meat is in the middle and late part. <<less

Ai Wei, both beautiful and smart, is the most beloved daughter of the Marquis. However, God punishes her unfortunate love for her illegimate brother, Ai Xian, by throwing her back into ancient Egypt using a strange serpentine bracelet that is engraved with a three-thousand-year-old love oath.... more>>

In ancient Egypt is Ramesses II, the great regent prince and the heir to the throne. When he meets her, everything begins to change, including his fate. <<less

Ling Zhen transmigrated as a female cannon-fodder in a dog blood novel.... more>>

The female partner had plastic surgery done for the novel’s male lead, and then divorced her husband. The ex-husband blackened in the later stages of her life, becoming a big villain in the novel.

And she, for betraying her husband, and angering the only relative he had, was finally retaliated by the blacked-out boss, and is killed in a mental hospital. Orz

Fortunately! She transmigrated just in time and the big guy hasn’t turned black yet.

So Ling Zhen turned into a healing little fairy, sang sweet songs and danced fairy dances, touched her head and cooked lovingly.

Appease his violent mood, change his paranoid thoughts, reform his antisocial behavior – at last! Transformed a black bomb into a good young man with a docile temperament and a positive attitude!

The potential safety hazard was completely eliminated, and Ling Zhen finally dared to leave with confidence, so she took out the divorce letter that year.

The next second, heaven and earth changed color, and the superficially good villain will be suddenly! instantly! blackened!

Ling Zhen was so frightened that she cried, “A-Anything else? QAQ”

Wei Xi suppressed his emotions disguising them with a smile, while the underneath of his eyes filled with real madness: “Yes, there is.”

Stay with me forever and don’t run away.

—————

Wei Xi is sick. He has always known of the misery, paranoia, and possessiveness in his bones.

His little fairy thought she had cured him.

Actually…not really.

After possessing her, his sickness, worsened. <<less

After transmigrating into a novel near its end, she found herself inhabiting the body of a supporting character: Margaret Colin Eilish,the ill-fated younger sister of a villainess destined to meet her demise within two months. And while frequently visiting her incarcerated new older sister, she coincidentally interacted with the other villains imprisoned there … ... more>>

"Didn't you get better?"

"...What?"

In this prison where she often went to see her sister, the villains of the novel started paying attention to her.

"I'm asking if your illness wasn’t just for show. Answer me, Margaret Eilish."

The man's words, in this dangerously close atmosphere, were out of her expectations. Caught off guard, she looked at him from a safe distance.
Get a hold of yourself, Margaret.

Nothing good would come out from revealing her fake illness in front of the guards.

Then, He whispered in the middle of her confusion.

"... Tell me the truth. I'll listen to you calmly." <<less

For some reason, Shao Qian devoured half of the system that tried to devour his soul after tricking him into completing missions in worlds where he was horribly humiliated.... more>>

Since he didn't feel like returning to his original world anymore, he decided to return to the worlds of which he had the coordinates and retaliate against them!

But…….

Why is it that every world seems not quite right?

Could it be the method he used to cross through the worlds was wrong?

Why is the female lead completely ignored by the male lead who, for some reason, is currently sticking to him like glue? <<less

Gu Yuanbai transmigrated into a BL novel as a weak, sickly emperor who barely had any sense of presence in the plot. The novel was a story of the struggle to gain the political power and love between the future regent and the first beauty in the capital, and he was supposed to serve just as a backdrop board.... more>>

Gu-wildly ambitious-Yuanbai: Don’t make me laugh.

He was the emperor—why would he let go of his power instead of expanding the national borders and leaving his name in the annals of history?

*

Xue Yuan, the son of the current supreme general and the future regent, hiding a burning ambition, accompanied his father into the palace for the first time. That day, he looked up, hidden among the crowd of courtiers, and caught a glimpse of the young emperor’s face.

Naturally rebellious, he sneered, thinking contemptuously that the little emperor looked prettier than the palace ladies. With this too-beautiful appearance and weak body, how was he planning to rule the country?

By making people take pity on his frailty? <<less

When I opened my eyes, it was a white ferret beastman. And not just any ferret, but one who had been abandoned in the wild, unable even to transform into a human.... more>>

Just when I thought I was alone in this life, I happened to be caught by the black lion while raiding the black lion family's warehouse.

"Choo, choo! Chi-! (I'm a carnivore, too! I'm going to bite everything, lion or whatever)

I may have nipped at his front paw in my final resistance.

"Should I keep you?"

Becoming black lion’s pet ferret was a problem in itself.

"Are you good? You can ask without being shy."

“You promised to hit me alone.”

Is black lion's mental state a little off? It won't work. I'll have to escape soon!

Unfortunately, escape was not as easy as I had hoped. While being raised obediently as a black lion's pet, I kept an eye out for a chance to escape.

"Yeah. Let's hear it. Explain. Why on earth did you imprint it on it?"

“It’s cute.”

Not only did I get imprinted without even knowing it,

"Formally admit her to the family, not as a pet, but as your wife."

In an instant, I went from being a lowly pet to becoming the black lion’s family's daughter-in-law?! <<less

Question: What is it like to be romantically pursued by the main subject of a very conventional scary urban legend?... more>>

Yao Ye, the only normal person inside a bizarre horror story: I am going crazy.

When you’re going about your day as usual and suddenly find out that the guy who had a crush on you that you ignored has become a ghost lingering behind you late at night…

When you suddenly find out that your boyfriend is a monster in human skin…

When you hear about a netizen committing su*cide because of an online relationship breakup and suddenly find out that it was you who dumped him…

When you’re stranded on a deserted island and suddenly find out that your dead childhood friend has become a bandage-wearing weirdo hunting down intruders on the island…

When you suddenly find out that your lover is not human.

—It loves you to the bone, and you can’t escape it.

In the end, their karma is inextricably tangled together.

This is a story that turns an eerie urban legend into a romantic drama. <<less

Kang Tae-Seo's behavior of putting his cheeks down on my shoulders was natural enough to feel the heat. Then, as the hot breath penetrated the school uniform fabric and reached the skin, I felt goosebumps.... more>>

The guy whose eyes were shining like he was trying to catch someone just now is rubbing his cheek as if he were a big cat.

In my heart, I wanted to throw a fist and kick him, but in reality, I couldn't move at all and just swallowed the resentment, wondering if this punk was crazy.

"Sigh... you have a sweet scent."

Nevertheless, I wouldn’t accept the Alpha, who has a sweet voice as if he would seduce an Omega.

"It's because I was making dalgona."

I've never made it, but I'll break the mood in a second.

"What is that..."

He's the son of a chaebol family.

Anyway, he was an unpleasant bourgeois bastard. <<less