[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-transmigration-the-villain-wants-a-happy-end-wit":3,"chapter-transmigration-the-villain-wants-a-happy-end-wit-transmigration-the-villain-wants-a-happy-end-wit-chapter-20":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Transmigration:The Villain Wants A Happy End Without His BeastHusbands",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1728193,2209,"Chapter 20: Within The Grounds","transmigration-the-villain-wants-a-happy-end-wit-chapter-20",20,"\u003Cp>Su Ningyan was certain he wasn’t the only one who had ever broken the academy rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Beast Academy was full of beasts who despised one another. He had read the book. They were all psychopaths, the lot of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tu Lanyin was the only anomaly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t remember reading about her at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had she appeared because he met Yan Wuhen too early?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan knelt in the center of a vast chamber accented in grey and black. Lantern light bathed the room in a muted glow, reflecting off polished stone and white fur patterns arranged like a miniature throne hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four tiger-beast guards stood around him, unmoving. Two more guarded the doors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan sighed quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He already knew who they were waiting for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He adjusted his posture, kneeling properly and keeping his gaze lowered. He avoided looking at the guards, though he could feel their sharp, curious, hostile eyes on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A coreless phoenix.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A first-year disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone who had stabbed his stepbrother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clan heir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They probably saw it as madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t know what Mingze had said to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan swallowed hard, nausea rising in his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was this even a thing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they weren’t related at all, maybe, just maybe, he could understand the twisted justification. Forbidden romance nonsense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Mingze?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn’t romance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was pure incestuous filth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doors opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavy footsteps echoed through the chamber as a tiger beast strode inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was dressed immaculately in grey and black. His ash-grey hair was streaked with darker highlights, white tiger ears tipped with black rising sharply from his head. A long striped tail swayed behind him, and his grey tiger eyes were cold and sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved to stand before the raised seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not sit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan had never felt so relieved in his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, he had thought Rong Yue would appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another male lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it was his younger brother. Rong Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as stern as the book had described. And just as good-looking. Still, Ningyan knew the descriptions never did them justice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in this world was far more ethereal, far more dangerously attractive in person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rong Chen looked down at Ningyan, frowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So this tiny, weak thing stabbed a clan heir?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Offense flashed openly across Ningyan’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards bowed deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Highness,\" one reported. \"We received the alert immediately after the incident. One of our own witnessed it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You mean Rong Chao?\" Rong Chen said slowly. \"He did mention there was a coreless weakling in his class.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze dragged over Ningyan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He looks... presentable,\" Rong Chen added, his voice cool. \"But punishment is still required, especially since Senior Brother is currently away handling matters back home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan’s chest tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And another brother...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind flickered back to the tiger beast who had been seated beside him during the first lesson. Purple robes. Golden hair. Silver eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t looked anything like Rong Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So,\" Rong Chen said abruptly, cutting through his thoughts. \"Do you have anything to say for yourself?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I tell you I was being bullied,\" he asked calmly, \"would you forgive me? Take away the punishment? Look the other way?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rong Chen burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bullied?\" he repeated, amused. \"Of course you were bullied. You’re small. Weak. You have no spiritual core. No manifested beast traits. You’re a phoenix by blood alone. No different from a human.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His smile thinned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don’t want to be bullied, then leave. This academy is not a place for weaklings like you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan let out a quiet breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trust me,\" he said. \"I want to leave. I really do. But I can’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rong Chen’s eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For your punishment,\" he said coldly, \"you will accompany us on a hunt outside the academy grounds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan’s eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" he blurted. \"I can’t. I can’t leave the academy grounds under any circumstances. Can’t you punish me within the—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slap came without warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rong Chen didn’t even bother channeling much spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan was flung to the floor, the impact sharp and brutal. Blood poured instantly from his nose, streaking down his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ears rang violently and then everything went black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Disgusting weakling,\" Rong Chen muttered, flexing his fingers, bones cracking softly. \"Thinks he can tell me what to do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards bowed their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rong Chen looked down at Ningyan’s unconscious body, blood staining the stone beneath him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...He’s beautiful, though,\" he added after a moment, blinking slowly. \"Brother will be proud I handled this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chamber doors slammed open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Footsteps rushed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rong Chao froze the moment he saw the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan lay unconscious on the floor, blood seeping from his nose and ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rong Chao’s eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother!\" he stepped forward sharply. \"He didn’t do anything. He was treated unfairly and acted in self-defense. It was either him or the fire serpent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rong Chen turned slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His glare was cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do I look like I care?\" he asked flatly. \"He broke the rules. So he will be punished.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He straightened, his presence pressing down on the chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are of the Divine Beast King’s bloodline,\" Rong Chen continued. \"The authority to punish within the Celestial Beast Academy belongs to us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rong Chao’s fists clenched at his sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it were Mingze who stabbed him,\" he asked tightly, \"would you have punished him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Rong Chen’s eyes darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you want to join him?\" he said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rong Chao stiffened. His jaw tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" he answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then get out of my sight,\" Rong Chen snarled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned sharply to the guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take him to the carriage,\" he ordered. \"We leave immediately. We should reach the Drift Forest before the sun goes down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Your Highness,\" the guards responded in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two of them seized Ningyan by the arms and dragged his unconscious body from the chamber without ceremony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rong Chao stood frozen, watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze burned into Rong Chen’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when the doors slammed shut did he exhale sharply, and storm out of the chamber furiously.\u003C\u002Fp>",1016,"2026-06-06T15:58:24.904Z",1,"novelbin.me","4fe46af3e7edd5438c5163240f35a1a0617d86cb2e0c6889fce2cb58170254c1","transmigration-the-villain-wants-a-happy-end-wit-chapter-21","transmigration-the-villain-wants-a-happy-end-wit-chapter-19",228,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftransmigration-the-villain-wants-a-happy-end-wit-cover.jpg"]