The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System (人渣反派自救系统) by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Xianxia, Transmigration | 81 + 20 Chapters

🪭 Premise 🎋

Shen Yuan is a modern day web novel nerd who was transmigrated into the novel he hates about a demon lord and his harem of women. Worse yet, he has become Shen Qingqiu, the scum villain who dies at the hands of the protagonist—his disciple, Luo Binghe. To avoid certain death, he has to use his knowledge of the novel to change his fate with a system that rewards and punishes him for everything he does. He soon realizes that he has more influence on Luo Binghe and this world than he thought as the story deviates beyond his expectations. How did the straight protagonist fall for him?

Recommended if you like:

• comedic, lighthearted writing
• modern elements/influences in a historical setting
• shorter stories with faster pace
• an unconventional love story featuring an emotionally unstable puppy with abandonment issues & his absolute wreck of a shizun who barely knows how to act the part
• many complex and entertaining characters
• a lot of introspection and meta on the nature of fictional works

Not recommended if you:

• aren't okay with teacher x student romance
• are squicked by dubcon (near the end of volume 3)
• hate miscommunication / internalized homophobia / unreliable narrators

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