Why are all the heroines falling for me, the villain?

Why are all the heroines falling for me, the villain?

Author: Kazama Ruri 15

Summary:

If one day you were transported into a dating sim, and you were the protagonist in a chaotic love triangle, would you still find building a harem enjoyable? (Gathering women, knives in hand): "We're asking you, answer us!" Li Zhu (nodding frantically): "...Awesome!" Along the way, Li Zhu's mindset was roughly as follows: "I'm done for, when will this stupid game ever end?!" "Oh no, I've become a villainous supporting character!" "Damn it, I've become the protagonist's stand-in..."

The first chapter contains three sentences that made a woman shed eighteen tears for me.

The rooftop of the teaching building.

A man and a woman faced each other. The girl looked shy, her captivating eyes brimming with alluring charm, while the boy wore a serious expression.

He was on high alert, and instinctively prepared to rush out the door at the first opportunity.

'Why did this nobody suddenly drop the pretense, and call me to the rooftop so early? Could it be… murder to cover it up?! That sinister smile, with his hands behind his back, that must be the murder weapon!'

Just as Li Zhu was lost in thought, the inconspicuous Sakurai Yuko spoke up.

"Li Zhu, you are the first person besides my parents to care for me so much during this time. Without realizing it, I find that I seem to have fallen in love with you!"

Please accept this letter!

The girl had shoulder-length black hair and exquisitely beautiful features, especially her delicate and lovely peach blossom eyes, which were as charming as if they contained ripples of water. Underneath her red and white school uniform was a slender and graceful body, and her knee-length pleated skirt could not hide her long, thin white stockings—no, her slender white thighs. Just standing there quietly, she seemed to shine like the morning sun.

'Huh? What's going on??'

Li Zhu's little head was filled with big question marks. Why did he suddenly confess his feelings?

This beautiful young woman, with seven parts shyness and three parts nervousness on her face, bowed at a ninety-degree angle, her eyes tightly closed, and her hands tremblingly extended forward to present the pink-covered love letter hidden behind her back.

Oh right, you wouldn't randomly see a hatchet or anything like that in a dating sim, what a load of rubbish! Li Zhu knows this game inside and out, it's utterly awful!

A love letter, thankfully not a controlled knife, Li Zhu breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm sorry, Sakurai-san is a good person, but I have no interest in dating. My concern for you before was just out of friendship. Please don't overthink it." Although she had a lot on her mind, Riyu answered calmly.

The boy, named Li Zhu, was wearing a standard red school uniform jacket, a white shirt, and black trousers. He was slender and handsome, with large, thick, non-prescription glasses on his face, and his bangs, which were longer than his eyebrows, looked deliberately messy.

Although the glasses and bangs covered most of his face, he didn't look sloppy or greasy at all; instead, he exuded a cool and unrestrained charm.

With a little grooming, it might just amaze countless people.

Unfortunately, the beautiful young woman's heartfelt confession was met with a heartless rejection.

Li Zhu, expressionless, turned and left without even glancing at the beautiful girl slumped on the ground behind her, her tears soaking into the lonely love letter lying on the ground.

In short, I can make women shed eighteen tears for me.

'Faced with a confession from such a beautiful girl? Of course, a decisive rejection! The female lead confessing to a supporting character? Does she want me to die even faster? But does this mean my role in this minor storyline is over? Am I finally free?'

Li Zhu couldn't help but think that as a villainous supporting character in the game, he dreamed of having that kind of stable, salty sense of security.

As Li Zhu descended the stairs, the huge weight in her heart finally lifted slightly, and her steps toward the classroom became lighter.

Upon entering the classroom, she skillfully took the last seat, near the wall and window. Her deskmate, who had arrived earlier, greeted her.

Good morning, Li. You seem rather cheerful today?

"Good morning, Kazama-kun. Did I show any joy? Well, maybe it's because I just solved something that's been bothering me for a long time this morning."

……

Three months ago.

Li Zhu inexplicably transmigrated into the MMORPG he couldn't beat on his computer, and what panicked him the most was that he had transmigrated into a minor villainous character in the game.

This is a big problem.

Because Li Zhu remembered that this game wasn't some innocent and beautiful Mary Sue game for minors; it was a dark and brutal game for adults, with an extremely melodramatic plot and an extremely difficult level to complete.

Li Zhu doubted several times that the game had no ending.

Putting aside the distant issues, the main point is that no matter how the game's plot unfolds, a few supporting characters always have to die in the end. In fact, even the protagonist can die if they're not careful. Li Zhu died more than ten times while playing through a certain part of the story, and later she even encountered a dead end...

In short, the game's plot is incredibly difficult and torturous, and to make matters worse, you end up as a villainous supporting character. This is an extremely high-risk profession; one wrong move and you'll be killed by the plot, dying a horrible death.

Sigh, what a worry.

Faced with such survival pressure, Li Zhu can only do her best to see if she can change the predetermined fate of some supporting characters.

Fortunately, Li Zhu still remembers some of the game's plot, so he can use this information gap to secretly plan or avoid danger in advance. After all, if he can't afford to offend them, can't he at least avoid them?

Finally, through his tireless efforts, the original plot changed, and he successfully survived his death day.

This proves that the world line doesn't correct itself, and everything can change! I can survive!

Just as Li Zhu was feeling happy, Xiao Touming confessed his feelings to him.

……

Although the plot has now veered off course in an unpredictable direction, Li Zhu doesn't care about the consequences; as long as she's alive, she doesn't care what else she wants.

……

During Chinese class, Li Zhu looked out the window, constantly recalling her confession from earlier that morning.

Why did she confess her feelings to me?

Yuko Sakurai, one of the female protagonists and an inconspicuous student in the class, surprisingly dropped her pretense and confessed her feelings to him, a supporting character.

She suddenly pulled this stunt, leaving Li Zhu completely dumbfounded.

Isn't this a troublemaker? Luckily, it was a private confession. If it had been a public confession, Li Zhu would have been targeted by countless people.

"What are you after if you're with a supporting character like me? What will the main character be then? You'll steal his woman, cheat on him, and I'll be lying dead in some kind of reservoir in the academy!"

Thankfully, Li Zhu decisively refused. Now, the more she thinks about it, the more frightened she becomes. It's true that one slip and you could lose your life.

……

In the original story, the original owner was a top high school student in the game. As a villainous supporting character in the storyline where he was not a big shot, he was set up as a gloomy and perverted stalker. After accidentally discovering the true appearance of Sakurai Yuko, he was amazed by her beauty and began to harass this super beautiful girl who was disguised as a nobody.

After a long and fruitless pursuit, he, who had always been exceptionally talented, could not bear the sting of being ruthlessly rejected. His twisted mind led him to plan a kidnapping and drugging incident.

Finally, as one of the female protagonists, Sakurai Yuko's protagonist aura kicked in, and the male protagonist arrived to save her. After the truth was revealed, this high-achieving student also jumped from the window and was smashed to pieces on the spot.

To this, all Li Zhu can say is, not only has he never been in a relationship and doesn't know how to pursue a girlfriend, but his methods are also so despicable. Stalking, drugging, and kidnapping—is that something a normal person would do? This kind of pervert should just die!

Um, am I insulting myself by saying this?

However, this nobody is actually quite pretty after shedding her disguise, even prettier than the CG I saw on the computer. No wonder the original owner went to such lengths... Pshaw, what am I thinking? That's the protagonist's harem! I need to get as far away from her as possible.

……

Riku's school, Ouran High School, has a junior high school, a senior high school, and a university. As the high school with the strongest academic atmosphere, the best learning conditions, and the most luxurious campus facilities in the country, its students are all top students in the country. It is also known as the cradle of national politics.

That's what the game describes it as; in short, this is definitely a prestigious school for the elite.

Li Zhu didn't feel anything while playing the game, but now that she's experienced it firsthand...

It's no wonder that this campus was jointly funded by several major conglomerates. The campus is incredibly luxurious, spacious, and magnificent yet exquisitely designed. The campus boasts excellent entertainment facilities, and the living conditions are top-notch, with the majority of students being children of elite families who have received elite education and have been promoted from the junior high school. A smaller number of students are top students from all over the country who entered the campus through the high school entrance examination.

For top students like Li Zhu who were admitted based on their abilities, the school offers significant benefits, such as basic tuition and fees waivers, substantial scholarships based on academic performance, and grants, fully addressing the predicament of families who cannot afford the expenses of a prestigious school.

But now is not the time for Li Zhu to think about these things. No matter how good the school is, you have to be alive to enjoy it.

So as early as a month ago.

Li Zhu then went to the school principal and requested to withdraw from the school, hoping to escape all danger once and for all. However, the principal did not give him an immediate answer; instead, he questioned him...

“Li, why did you suddenly decide to drop out of school? Is it because the atmosphere here makes you uncomfortable? Or is there another reason? Tell me, and I will definitely help you solve it.”

Li Zhu thought to herself, 'Would you believe me if I told you that staying here would be mortally dangerous?'

“Thank you for your kindness, Principal. It’s not the school’s fault. My withdrawal is my personal reason. My home is far from the school. I can only go home to see my mother once a semester during the long holidays. As you know, I am from a single-parent family. My mother raised me alone, which was extremely difficult. So I thought I would find a school closer to home so that I can visit and take care of my mother more often.”

"What a filial and good child."

"How about this, come back to me in a week, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer then."

"Thank you, Principal."

"You're welcome. One of the purposes of establishing this school is to help students. Go back to class now."

……

A week later.

Pear Blossom was dumbfounded.

"No, do you rich people think you can do whatever you want just because you have money?"

'Um.'

Who would have thought that the principal's response would be to take Li Zhu's mother to a residential area very close to the school and settle her down, and even arrange a job for her. Moreover, the principal emphasized that this was completely free, so there was no need to worry, and it would be more convenient for the mother and son to see each other in the future.

Li Zhu wanted to decline, but the principal smiled and said that he would invite his mother over for tea sometime. Li Zhu didn't know if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the principal was threatening him with his mother...

As expected, she can't leave. The core of the game's plot revolves around the students of Ouran High School. If the villainous supporting characters escape, how will those melodramatic plots proceed? So it's probably impossible for Rihanna to leave the school halfway through.

Fortunately, Li Zhu had made two preparations. He was the villainous supporting character in the minor character's storyline, so as long as he took good care of the minor character and didn't let her suffer any grievances, he could help the two of them get in touch when the main characters came, and then he could retire gracefully and never have to risk his life again. He could live a carefree life for three years and leave this dangerous place.

It can only be said that ideals are very beautiful, but reality is very harsh. He never expected that after he survived, that nobody would suddenly confess his feelings to him, which caught him off guard.

"The plot isn't supposed to go like this. I just can't figure it out. Oh well, I'll just have to take it one step at a time."

Li Zhu, who hadn't listened to a word in the entire Chinese class, was completely oblivious to the terrifying look in her Chinese teacher's eyes. With her hands behind her head, she let out a long sigh.

Chapter Two: The Daily Life of a Supporting Character

"Come to my office after school," the Chinese teacher said coldly, adjusting her glasses as she walked over to Li Zhu and tapped on the desk.

"Ah... yes."

Li Zhu snapped out of her daze and looked up to see her Chinese teacher with an icy expression. She hurriedly lowered her hands from behind her head, looked down, and replied somewhat embarrassedly.

All the students' curious eyes were on him. Seeing Li Zhu's embarrassed appearance, a burst of lively laughter came from Class D of the first year of high school.

After class.

"Pear, so you can daydream in class too?" Kaoru Kazama, who sits next to her, asked with a hint of teasing.

"I was lost in thought just now," Li Zhu said with a wry smile.

"Well done, Li Zhu. You dare to skip your Chinese teacher's class now. You've really made something of yourself."

A tall, slightly burly figure suddenly grabbed her throat from behind, exuding a strong masculine aura. Li Zhu didn't even need to look to know who it was.

Kira, sitting in the last seat near the door, was originally a sports recruit from the same junior high school as Riku. This guy is not just good at sports. Riku remembers that Kira's name has never fallen out of the top three in their school during junior high, which is why Ouran High School specially recruited him.

He excels in both academics and sports, making him a rare genius outside of Ouran High School, but he appears rather mediocre within the school.

"Your neck is going to break, let go first." The original owner was a bookworm and a pervert. He only knew how to study and didn't understand anything else. He didn't like sports, so his body was not as good as that of an average high school student.

"hey-hey"

Kira scratched his head, standing there like a goofy gorilla.

Good morning, Kazama-kun.

"Good morning, Kira-kun," Kaoru Kazama replied politely.

Kira greeted Riku's deskmate, and then the three of them chatted about some recent events on campus. In fact, Kira did most of the talking because their seniors in the sports club liked to talk about interesting things on campus after each training session, and they were much more informed than Riku and Kazama Kaoru, those two bookworms.

While chatting, Li Zhu glanced intentionally or unintentionally at the empty window seat in the third row from the back, which was the seat of the relatively unknown Sakurai Yuko.

"Taked leave? Where did this nobody go? I wonder if he's going to cause trouble again? So what if he failed to confess? There are plenty of fish in the sea, why is he so hung up on me?"

But then Li Zhu thought to herself, "She's the female lead. She'll be saved by the main character, so she won't die. What am I worried about?"

As a supporting character, I not only have to be careful with my words and actions when I'm around her, but I also have to be extremely cautious when I secretly help her when I go out, for fear of being discovered. Does this nobody really think that her disguise is very successful? She's so stupid and clumsy, all she does is whine all day long. I don't know how many lewd beasts with ulterior motives are watching her, but she doesn't even realize it. Do you know the pain Li Zhu felt in protecting her?

Li Zhu grew angrier the more she thought about it. "Is this all the insignificant person I know? How dare she confess to me? If I could, I would kneel down and beg her to get out of my life right now!"

"What's wrong, Pear-kun? Why do you suddenly look so angry?" Kaoru Kazama asked with concern.

"It's nothing, I just remembered some sad things."

Li Zhu waved her hand to indicate that she was fine. Just then, the class bell rang, and Ji Lianghe reluctantly returned to his seat. No matter how much "gossip" he had in his belly, he had to finish class first.

After school at noon, I went to the Chinese teacher's office and got a scolding. The afternoon quickly passed by in boring lessons.

When the supporting characters don't interact with the main characters, their daily lives are simple and ordinary, no different from those of ordinary high school students.

Li Zhu had played this game, so she was particularly moved by the lives of the supporting characters outside the main storyline. It's possible that a few words from the game's narration could determine the fate of these supporting characters.

While playing the game, he didn't even know who was in the protagonist's class. Apart from the protagonist and important supporting characters, no one else had a face in the game's CG.