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Rating varies between 3-4 due to quality differences across multiple arcs.Letian (MC) is Chen Liguo ver. 2, only more shameless, salacious, and callous.When he is 'punished' with the task of matching the FL with someone better than him (a high spec supporting male lead), he slacks off and basically vows to live the life of a rice worm. How? Well, Letian gets together with the male lead (usually via seduction), then he provokes ML's possessive tendencies again and again until ML imprisons and 'forces' MC to stay by his side.In the view of a bystander, it would be considered r*pe and dub-con, but... it's actually totally consensual on MC's part. He very much enjoys being locked in a little black room and being ravished day in and out. In fact, you really end up pitying the male leads in some arcs when they fall for MC because the MC only uses them as a tool man.Most of the angst in this novel comes from MC's forced 'death' in 7 days upon task completion. Letian can't live out his life in any of the worlds; not that he cares much. However, the majority of the story is hilarious, because MC drops the chain and exposes his cloven foot at inopportune times. This often diffuses the angst, and you end up laughing through what should have been an angsty set up for face slapping later on. As there is no real punishment for acting OOC, MC superficially acts in character in some arcs, and his apathy really shows.All in all, it's a much lighter read with comedic undertones compared to scum ab*se/dog blood novels like "Strategy to Capture That Scum Gong" or even "Perfect Destiny" - because unlike the MC here, Chen Liguo from PD has to act in character no matter what he is actually thinking.Stopped reading at ARC11 because it started to drag on with repetitive themes - yandere ML x heartless MC. May come back to finish later to see if there is character development.
