[{"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-78":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},1728337,2209,"Chapter 78: I Am Not A Hero (1)","transmigration-the-villain-wants-a-happy-end-wit-chapter-78",78,"\u003Cp>\"I... don’t know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qinghe let out a heavy sigh and handed the scroll to him. \"I suppose we’ll wait and find out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan accepted it. \"And if it’s a threat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qinghe’s lips twitched. \"Then Lan Meishan dies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan didn’t react. Not a flicker. Not a breath out of place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qinghe watched him closely, clearly gauging his response. Finding none, she turned away and added as she walked off, \"Give it to Wuhen. I have no interest in reading it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Lanyin stepped closer, smiling faintly. \"She likes you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan snorted. \"That’s her liking me? I still have nightmares of her trying to kill me back in Sunland.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lanyin’s gaze dropped briefly to the scroll in his grasp, then lifted back to his face. \"Lan Meishan is your friend, isn’t he?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan blinked rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that what they were supposed to be? Was whatever he had with Meishan meant to stay hidden?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because if he wanted to prevent Meishan from ever becoming a villain... he needed to stay visible. Present. Impossible to erase in his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" Ningyan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lanyin placed a hand on his shoulder. \"Then use that friendship. Find out what’s really going on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan almost told her that Meishan had already distanced himself from his clan, that he’d refused demon qi, that he’d been removed from the dirty work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll go find Wuhen,\" he said instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He checked the gardens. The courtyards. The outer halls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frowning, Ningyan tucked the scroll into his robes and headed for the dragon manor. After showing the guards his sigil, he was escorted directly to Yunyi’s chambers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, Shenzhen was already seated at the table, dark blue hair loose over his shoulders, dressed in informal robes. He lifted a cup to his lips then froze when he spotted Ningyan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yunyi followed his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A-Yan,\" she said warmly. \"You’re here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And late,\" Shenzhen added, waggling his brows. \"How did I arrive before you? Were you conoodling with Lan Meishan, hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan flushed. \"I wasn’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shenzhen rolled his eyes as Ningyan joined them at the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lan Meishan?\" Yunyi asked, curiosity flickering across her face as she set out dishes for Ningyan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s guiding a program,\" Ningyan replied smoothly. \"Something to help us move into second year without issues.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bowed slightly, smiling as she poured him a drink clearly not allowing him to lift a finger for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s amazing,\" Yunyi said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shenzhen chuckled. \"It is. Lan Meishan is really... something. That gentle air of his. I always tell Senior Brother to be more like him. To be calm, soft, like the wind. But my Senior Brother is far too arrogant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t think that’s a good idea,\" Yunyi said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shenzhen scoffed. \"I do it because it annoys him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did you join, though?\" Ningyan asked, popping a piece of spicy leafy green into his mouth. \"You’re already more than capable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to be more than capable,\" Shenzhen replied without hesitation. \"I want to go higher. There’s no such thing as too much strength.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan almost disagreed but stopped himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his current state, he couldn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed strength. Enough that no beast could ever wrap a hand around his neck again and think they could get away with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dinner ended soon after. Shenzhen excused himself, rubbing his stomach with a satisfied grin as he left. When a servant arrived to clear the empty dishes, Ningyan rose as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ayi, it’s getting very late. Thank you for the dinner,\" he said, turning to Yunyi only to pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was rummaging through her shelves, pulling books aside as if searching for something urgent. When she didn’t find it, she moved to the drawers instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan stepped closer. \"What are you looking for? I can help.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.. no, you can’t know what I’m—\" She stopped abruptly, then tugged out a small white marble jar. Her face lit up. \"I found it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan blinked. \"You—?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yunyi cut him off, flicking her wrist toward the entrance. A fiery orange light bloomed outward, spreading like translucent flame and sealing the chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now no one can hear us,\" she said, exhaling deeply as she turned back to him. \"Take this, A-Yan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan accepted the small jar carefully. \"What is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ever since you arrived, I’ve been thinking of ways to help you,\" Yunyi said quietly. \"But my knowledge of our kind is no greater than anyone else’s. I only know that we are scattered, hidden, divided. As for cultivation... I’ve always done it instinctively.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lowered her gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m still stuck at the sixth stage. It’s polished, stable but it isn’t enough.\" She looked up at him, eyes steady and resolute. \"I need you to surpass that. I need you to reach the seventh stage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice tightened slightly. \"And when you do, A-Yan... revive our kind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan’s eyes widened. \"Wait.. no, no. I mean, yes, I want to be strong, but I don’t think I can do something as huge as uniting a whole species of beasts, Ayi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yunyi looked at him with quiet pity. \"A-Yan...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\" He shook his head, words rushing out now. \"I just want to be strong enough to break this spirit mate chain. Strong enough to protect myself so I can live quietly on some mountain, far away from all of this.\" He stepped forward and took her hands, his grip earnest, almost desperate. \"You can come with me. I can take you away from here. I’ll protect you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yunyi’s expression softened but there wasn’t hope in her eyes. There was sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A-Yan,\" she said gently, \"peace isn’t possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It has to be!\" Ningyan’s voice sharpened. \"I’ve already gone through so much just to get where I am now. You can’t just tell me that the future I’m working toward doesn’t exist.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped back, pulling away from her touch. \"You can’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yunyi followed him, lifting her hand to his cheek. \"A-Yan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningyan froze, his violet eyes trembling as he stared at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand you more than you think,\" she whispered. \"I truly do. But what you want... you can grow stronger, yes. But you can’t—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knocked her hand away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\" His voice broke, raw and furious. \"I don’t want to hear this. I can’t throw away everything I’m fighting for because of phoenix beasts I’ve never even met. I’m not a hero. I can’t just—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain exploded across Ningyan’s cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head snapped to the side, heat blooming where skin met skin. He stood frozen, eyes blown wide, breath caught painfully in his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Did I just get slapped?\u003C\u002Fp>",1104,"2026-06-06T15:58:25.183Z",1,"novelbin.me","80cdc792a982dd85b5f82212d5199ac22cf3e6521a9994aaea1976477cd7937d","transmigration-the-villain-wants-a-happy-end-wit-chapter-187","transmigration-the-villain-wants-a-happy-end-wit-chapter-186",228,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftransmigration-the-villain-wants-a-happy-end-wit-cover.jpg"]