It’s Hard Being the Bad Guy

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System: the bad guy’s job is to finish the plot and bully the main character. See that male lead in the corner? Go get ’em pikachu!

Wen Ai rolled up his sleeves: just watch! I’ll become his worst nightmare!

A long time later, Wen Ai trembled under the male lead, biting on the blanket and regretting his s*upid decisions.

Basically this is the story of a little shou trying to bully the male lead into crying pitifully.

But ended up being bullied by the male lead into crying pitifully.

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恶霸难当
惡霸難當[快穿]
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BeneathAHibiscusCanopysWarmth
BeneathAHibi
May 23, 2021
Status: c20
THIS WHOLE REVIEW IS A MASSIVE SPOILER.

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Arc 1 started off as pretty average, until the final chapters when the MC is put in what should be an extremely traumatic experience that he at first believed that the ML perpetrated. But, when the ML said that it was actually his father who did it, the MC just BELIEVED IT IMMEDIATELY. Although the audience knows it was really the father's initiative, how does it make sense for the MC, with how s*upidly convinced he is that the ML is out for revenge, to believe that?

And after then the ML just imprisons MC, and the MC at first tries to leave, but when the ML catches him, he never tries it again. Then when he finds out that the ML was stalking him this whole time abd had been tracking him through his phone, his anger is just superficial. Even when he finds out that his bestfriend/cousin (who is secretly in love with him, BTW) gifted him that phone KNOWING that the ML had bugged it, he just drops it off even when that cousin answers him vaguely.

This just doesn't make sense at all. The MC treats this world as his real world because he has no memories of his original one, how can he not be traumatized or angry at the stalking, kidnapping, s*xual assault, and confinement he experiences? It bothered me so much how the author seems to have written this while not knowing or deliberately ignoring how wrong his situation is.

The ML is simply unredeemable. I kind of liked him at the start, but then the final parts of the story kicked in. I understand his actions based on his character, and I also understand that he's a f*cking crazy as*hole who's more obsessed with the MC than in love with him. He doesn't really care if the MC is happy as long as he's with him. He only worries about MC's wellbeing when the solution to MC's problems is not to get away from him and have a healthy relationship with someone else.

To be honest, I feel like the cousin's secret love was just added so that he would have a reason to allow ML to stalk MC 'to protect him', no matter how little sense it makes.

I tried reading the second arc to see if it would be better, but then the ML there is just extremely annoying and will probably also sexually assault MC in the end, if the fact that he already unapologetically touches, smells, and intrudes on the MC's personal space in CHAPTER 1 of THIS ARC after only HAVING JUST MET HIM is anything to go by.

Those dark themes aren't really bad by themselves, but only when their psychological and physical consequences are acknowledged and they are presented in a realistic light, not in this bullsh*t manner when the plot treats it like hehe XD MC got mol*sted by the ML and it's fine because the ML is only doing this because he can't hold back the tremendous amount of love he feels for our MC lol.

This was more of a rant than a review, but that is why I dropped this and am giving this such a low rating. 1/5 for the plot and 2/5 for the entertainment. It's sad that Arc 1 was so cute at first, when the only irritating part of the plot was the useless and annoying system.

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awfulpink
awfulpink
Apr 09, 2021
Status: c31
to be honest this comes off as more of a horror story than love story to me lol. Male lead is super creepy and repeatedly sexually assaults' the MC and has kidnapped him in both the first and second arcs (which is in the tags along with stalking). Actions like knocking him out and feeling him up, sniffing his underwear, and keeping him captive with no escape really makes him feel like more of a villain than male lead to me. Storywise it's not super interesting or anything but I... more>> enjoyed MC & ml's cute school days in the first arc. I actually enjoy reading this more when looking at it as more like a thriller like story rather than love story, but the mc's iq and passiveness towards the situations that happens ruins it even in that view too. Wouldn't really reccomend ╮ (╯▽╰) ╭ <<less
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Ilyusha
Ilyusha
Feb 12, 2021
Status: Completed
If you like "Lovable Package" then you will surely also like this one.

The premise of the story is about our soft hearted MC constantly abusing the ML. Kiss kiss fall in love.

There are 6 arcs with 11 extras, each arc contains at least 15 chapters.

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Arc 1: second generation MC x mafia boss and company president ML

Arc 2: omega verse, xianxia

Arc 3: brother x brother

Arc 4: village bully MC x silly demon lord ML

Arc 5: sugar daddy MC x little artist ML

Arc 6: wuxia, wastewood MC x twin ML

All arcs ends in HE!

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BL_Addicted
BL_Addicted
Jul 08, 2021
Status: v1
I just started to read it. It's pretty good. So sweet and cute. This's my cup of tea. You should try to read first. You shouldn't trust the comment section entirely. We have different tastes. So, maybe it's not their favorite but yours.
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srrrahim
srrrahim
Jan 24, 2022
Status: Completed
I always love all kind of novel that this translator group choose to translate. Never disappoint me 💕

MC has amnesia, so we as a reader, and MC, doesn't know his real identity

He is supposed to be the bad guy, but...

arc 1 [ School Bully (MC) x Future Mafia Leader (ML) ]

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At the beginning, I laugh so hard when I see him acting as an awkward bad guy 😂. But later, I slowly realize that MC has feelings toward ml. Who doesn't love being pampered by a sexy hot as chili oil as ML??

The OG FL is not an annoying girl too.. she is a kind girl. The 2nd male lead in this arc is so pitiful imo. He is guarding MC for ml, just because he can't be with mc! What a s*upid brainless 2nd male lead. No wonder you are the 2nd male lead. You don't have a fighting spirit 🤣

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Arc 2 supposed to be the crazy doctor who torture ML (MC) x the young master of one of the big clan that fallen and captured by MC (ML)

Well, , MC is more softhearted here than the 1st arc. He looks like a tsundere doctor instead of a fierce crazy doctor 😂

I think it's 4/5 so far, because I don't really like the good ending (died by old age) in each arc. I think if the author write a sad tragic ending in each arc, it will be more powerful, and will make it more heartbreaking. What a waste of plot

EDIT

After reading the ending + extra chapters, I still think it's around 3, 5 - 4 stars. It is an ok novel for me. The plot in each arcs are good, but I still think the ending is kinda weird and looks like the author made it up in the middle of writing this novel

Read it just for fun, don't read it using your brain, or even expecting anything too heartbreaking or warmhearting

Just read it for the cuteness of the heroine in each arcs and for the silly 2nd male lead in each arcs <<less
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7starkiller99
7starkiller9
Nov 14, 2021
Status: Completed
Novel not recommended to read.

Another crummy ML forcing himself on MC sorta novel (yes I know it’s Mc’s shyness and that they’re a couple before but it’s not any less problematic).

As other people have stated, the author just ends it all by having it be Mc’s evil jilted mother making MC and ML see illusions.

What makes this epically s*upid is that MC has a system that helps him against the mother and that he can cultivate in the illusion to become strong enough to defeat her. Yes, the her that... more>> is supposedly too powerful to defeat made an illusion where she would be easily defeated.

Anyway it’s your typical brainless plot of ML loving MC despite no memories and instant love. Some sad bits but nothing meaningful ever. Lots of forced relationship. Dumb plot line where MC and ML instantly love each other.

-300bil/10 Not worth reading. <<less
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Evalanche
Evalanche
Oct 30, 2021
Status: Completed
The novel is okay. It's not deep and you can read it for fun.

In all their lives, MC was spoiled by ML. ML always fell in love with him first and never got angry with him when MC tried to bully him, instead ML wanted to bully him in bed.

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All reincarnations were only an illusion made by MC's mother, who was hurt and abandoned by his s*um father. The mother is a nine-tailed cat who used dark means to pull several people into illusions to gain more power by... more>> destroying other people's relationships. So if the MC tried to seriously bully ML, they won't be able to destroy the illusion. Fortunately, it's a happy ending.

In the real world, it's like a mix of modern and demons/monsters. There are humans and monsters, ML is a human and MC is a monster. In this world, the spiritual qi* is thin so the monsters are not really powerful, they're just like humans who can tranform to animals. The ML in reality is just an ordinary man with no protagonist halo, he ain't rich and powerful. However, he's still the same man who spoils MC.

The reason why MC acts like a child is that he was just born when ML found him. After a year (?), he became an adult and was able to transform into a human. So he's basically a baby that needs to be spoiled and cared for and the ML loves to do that, even excessively.

Anyways, if you can't wait for future chapters. You can read the MTL, it's easy to read. <<less
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karwasama
karwasama
Mar 28, 2021
Status: c70
It's... very okay, I guess.

Not horrible, not fantastic. It's your basic transmigration story with a MC who's supposed to act as a villain to the ML but fails immediately every time, and a ML who falls in love immediately with the MC as soon as he meets him. Honestly, it was annoying how little commitment the MC had to his role. Like, in the first arc there is a half-hearted attempt but no follow through. In the second arc, there's even less of an attempt, and soon after that I... more>> forget that the MC is even suppose to be antagonistic to the ML.

There's also no direct consequence for failing to play his role properly. The fact that there's no risk factors just sort of makes the whole theme of the novel (you know, being the god damn bad guy) feel pointless and really unsatisfactory. Like, you need something, you know? For example, I Really Am A Slag Shou (a novel with a similar premise) said from the beginning that every lifetime the MC stays with the ML, he loses a year in his original body. There was a set of rules there, but here it sort of feels like just anything goes (with each failed mission the only thing that happens is the MC losing his memory of that world, but I don't really consider that as like, a punishment because through the power of "love" the MC can still remember enough to be sad over his past lovers).

Some fun parts I did like about this novel, however, are:

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  • MC gets kidnapped by the ML's father, dressed up in lingerie, and dumped on the ML's bed LOL (Arc One)
  • Fully written out ABO pa pa pa for you smut enjoyers (Arc Two)
  • Really cute childhood fluff.... ignoring the fact that they're adopted brothers... (Arc Three)
  • A mentally regressed ML acting silly with MC, calling him 'sweetie' instead of his name (Arc Four)
  • Somewhat funny bit where a teenage son of a rich family MC (literally only 16 in this world) tries to "keep" the ML, who's a wannabe singer (Arc Five)
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I honestly got bored 3/4 of the way through and gave up. Again, it's not horribly written or anything, but the plot just wasn't going anywhere and there was not even a semblance of progress. The MC and ML's characterizations were meh and forget about the side characters (every arc there's a second ML who shows up for five seconds to induce "jealousy" and then disappears). I rate it a solid 3.0/5.0 stars. <<less
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Lovefood77
Lovefood77
Mar 27, 2025
Status: --
*Spoiler alert*

I love this story, I came for the Yandare ML and the fluff (Smut) and I'm fully satisfied with it. Most people will not like the story for the r*ap so ya it is in the story, I will not complain about it since it said in the tag there will be, so for does who are Sensitive to that type of content dont read and complain about it later.

As for the story it was simple written and easy to understand, I love how the ML isn't a cold... more>> dud in every world but have different persona in each world, the first world he was more shy and less talkative but int the second world he was more talkative and chased after the MC more openly,

I'm currently at the end of the 3 arc and kinda found it sad that the MC losses his memory of the each time hr fails the mission.

My poor boy tried to write it down but could and had to lose his memory 😭

1 arc- mafia boss

2 arc - omegavers

3 arc - adopted brother x brother

4 arc - ??? <<less
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mahoutofu
mahoutofu
Jan 28, 2025
Status: c19
Wtf is up with the first arc 😭😭😭 im so mad it started off so cute!!!! 😭😭
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MC gets kidnapped, blindfolded, sexually harassed (made to wear some lingerie or like a sexy underwear??) By the ML's father? And MC just glosses over that extremely traumatic situation???? I was expecting MC to get mad and for ML to do some groveling and get mad at the people that treated MC so roughly or something but no it just gets glossed over?? 😭😭😭 Bro literally got a sack thrown over his head and then got treated roughly by some randos??? And he did NOTHING about it???

Tbh I dont mind the stalking and other yandere-ness but its only fun if MC ACKNOWLEDGES ML's freak here it all just got glossed over and ignored??

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SpicaGG
SpicaGG
Feb 19, 2021
Status: Completed
it was just alright.I feel like the plot is not strong enuf and theres no clear directions of where the story is going.
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