Shocking! The actress was dragged to the regent's bedchamber every night.

He was ruthless when he killed, but I just couldn't bring myself to hate him; I don't know why.

Does anyone else think he doesn't seem like a traditional villain? Although the novel doesn't include illustrations, the way he's portrayed doesn't seem like a treacherous official.

Yes, I feel like he has some hidden difficulties, something I didn't get in previous versions.

I've finally found my people! When I was watching, something felt off, and I thought it was just that I'm getting old and soft-hearted, but it turns out I'm not the only one who thinks this way.

[Did the author revise the outline? Yu Chen's style of doing things is clearly different in the early and later stages. He still did those ruthless things in the early stages, but the perspective from which they are described has changed.]

Su Wuli paused when she saw the words "revise outline" on her phone.

Why did this change occur?

Did the author really change it?

However, upon further reflection, something was amiss. Yu Chen had clearly stated that the original work had been revised.

Su Wuli couldn't figure it out, so she continued reading.

So, is the author trying to whitewash him?

Regardless of whether it's a whitewash or not, I just don't want him to die. When I watched it before, I thought he deserved to die, but now I feel it's too tragic.

[The description of slow slicing was so detailed. I used to find it satisfying, but now... I skipped it.]

[I strongly suggest the author change the ending; don't let him die. It's such a waste for a villain to die.]

[Ending changed +1! Even the villains are fleshed-out villains, much more three-dimensional than some of the protagonists.]

I guess the author himself couldn't bear to kill him off as he wrote the story; after all, he was a character he created, and he developed an attachment to him after writing him for so long.

Regardless of the author's intentions, I'm currently following this story solely for his sake; if he dies, I'm dropping it.

[Am I the first person to go from being a fan of the main character to a fan of the villain?]

You're not the first; there are tons of people here who are.

Do you think it's possible that he wasn't originally a villain? Or that they just had different stances?

What he did to the main characters was indeed ruthless, but from his perspective, he was simply trying to save his own life.

Given his situation, anyone in his position would be ruthless, right? Otherwise, they would have died long ago.

Upon seeing this, Su Wuli's heart couldn't help but clench.

Yes, given his situation, if he hadn't been ruthless, he would have...

In the past, authors always portrayed him as purely evil, and readers never understood why he would do such a thing.

But judging from these comments now, something seems to have changed.

is not it……

A thought began to spread through her mind.

So, the underlying motivation for this character is actually survival? Not being evil for the sake of being evil, but simply trying to stay alive.

Now that you put it that way, everything he did makes sense. He wasn't born evil; he was forced into it.

[If the author really changes the outline, please, please give him a happy ending. Just let him live; he doesn't necessarily have to win.]

[Just being alive is enough +1, even if it means retiring to the mountains, as long as I don't die.]

Su Wuli's finger stopped on the screen.

She read the comment over and over again.

Scrolling down a few more times, I saw some people agreeing, some analyzing, and some criticizing the author.

She looked down at her hands resting on her knees.

My fingers are trembling slightly.

I don't know if it's because of the cold or something else.

She clenched her hands into fists, her nails digging into her palms.

She didn't let go even when it hurt.

My hand paused on the screen for a moment, then continued swiping down.

The comments section is still flooded with messages, and I even saw someone post a screenshot.

The screenshot shows a passage from the novel's main text, which contains plot details about Yu Chen.

However, the description was clearly different from what she had seen before. Although it was the same event, Yu Chen's methods were obviously made to seem reasonable and justified.

Someone asked a question below the screenshot.

[What version is this? Why isn't this section on my bookshelf?]

[It seems to have been recently updated, but it was changed later. It was still there when I checked, but it disappeared after a few days.]

So it wasn't just my imagination? It really was changed?

[Has anyone taken more screenshots? I've only seen this chapter so far, and I'd like to see the rest.]

[I only took this screenshot because I thought it was well-written and saved it. I never expected it would be changed later.]

Su Wuli's thumb hovered above the screen, her heart pounding.

She was about to leave the comments section to read the main text when she was drawn to a comment marked with the "author" tag.

[I haven't edited the text. My account seems to be acting strangely lately, it might have been hacked. That content wasn't written by me, and I will restore the original version as soon as possible.]

The comments section exploded.

What? My account was hacked?

No wonder the plot suddenly changed; I thought the author was trying to whitewash the villain.

[Please revert it quickly. The original character settings cannot be messed up. Yu Chen is a villain to begin with; writing him as so sentimental would be strange.]

[Wow, that altered Yu Chen is just too charming! I'm actually a little reluctant to see him go...]

I'm reluctant to part with it. Although I know it wasn't written by the author, that version was really good.

Whether it's ghostwriting or account theft, could you please leave a copy of that version? I haven't finished reading it yet.

Wake up, that's not the original author's intention, it will be deleted sooner or later.

[It's been deleted. I just refreshed the page, and the chapter on my bookshelf has reverted to the original version.]

Su Wuli quickly left the comments section and opened the main text.

She flipped to the chapter where Yu Chen appeared, and found the section she remembered.

The passage explaining why he killed that person is gone, leaving only the dry statement, "The Regent ordered his execution."

She flipped through a few chapters, then a few chapters back.

The content in those screenshots has all been changed; Yu Chen has returned to being that pure, infuriating villain.

He kills without blinking an eye; his methods are ruthless.

There was no reason, no hardship.

Su Wuli dared not look up his ending.

Her finger hovered above the screen, just half an inch from the line of contents.

Su Wuli picked up her phone again and scrolled through the comments section from beginning to end.

Scroll from the first to the last, from the newest to the oldest.

Those words kept swirling in her mind.

My account has been hacked.

It wasn't written by the original author.

It will restore the original version.

Su Wuli stared at those few comments for a long time, her knuckles turning white as she pressed her fingers against the screen.

It's not that the world in the novel needs to be revised; it's that someone in reality has altered the content of the novel.

That corrector was not divine intervention, but a living, breathing human being.

Realizing this, the thought that had just popped into her head exploded in her mind.

She could also find someone to change Yu Chen's ending.

Su Wuli's hands trembled as she scrolled to the author's homepage.

Pen name: Qingqing Zijin.

There is no way to contact them.

The bio section only contains one sentence.

[I'm writing stories I enjoy; my reader group is full, so please don't disturb me.]

Su Wuli still stubbornly clicked into the reader group.

The group chat is full and you cannot join.

She stepped out and stared at the pen name for a few seconds.

I don't know who the author is, what they look like, or which city they're from.

All I know about him now is this pen name.