How To Survive as a Villain Novel

Xiao Yuan finds himself transmigrated into a novel as the homosexual Emperor who imprisons the Male Lead of a stallion novel—a dire and tragic situation. To survive this dangerous predicament, he must devise a strategy. However, he becomes increasingly frustrated with the cannon fodder characters who keep sending the Male Lead to his chambers, despite wanting to treat him poorly. Xiao Yuan discovers that pampering the Male Lead isn't wrong; rather, it allows him to bask in the protagonist's halo and improve his chances of survival. He desperately pleads with the other characters to stop abusing the Male Lead, not out of mercy, but out of self-preservation—he fears for his own life. This story chronicles a relationship that begins with the Shou caring for the Gong, before gradually reversing into the Gong caring for the Shou.