The Villain Just Want to Be a Slacker [Transmigration]

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The day after the locks were changed, Gao Shu returned empty-handed.

On his way back, Gao Shu finally realized something: he had been fooled.

The whole "taking a year off and then picking up new projects" was a lie!

The scripts and schedules he had carefully prepared were for projects a year down the line, yet Ye Zixi wouldn't even look at them. Not only that, but as soon as Gao Shu left, Ye Zixi would immediately toss them into the trash!

Even the cleaning lady mentioned that by the next morning, there wasn't a trace of the scripts anywhere in the villa!

Originally, Gao Shu had planned to have a proper conversation with Ye Zixi today.

But who would've thought that Ye Zixi would go as far as to change the locks overnight?

Was this a sign that Gao Shu, as his manager, would be blacklisted next?

A strong sense of impending unemployment crept into Gao Shu's mind.

This couldn't go on any longer.

It was clear as day that Ye Zixi wanted to retire and had no intention of signing any contracts.

It had already been a month since Ye Zixi wrapped up filming. Even if he rested each part of his body one day at a time—his brain one day, his hands the next—every part should be fully recovered by now!

If things continued like this, Gao Shu feared he'd be forced to switch careers.

No, he needed to figure out a solution!

Meanwhile, Ye Zixi had just finished the last episode of Attack on Titan and couldn't believe it.

[Attack on Titan: A Japanese manga and anime series about humanity's fight for survival against giant, man-eating creatures called Titans. The story follows Eren Yeager and his friends as they uncover dark secrets about their world while battling the Titans.]

That's it? It's over?

What was on the other side of the ocean? And what did Eren mean by saying that killing all the enemies across the sea would bring freedom?

Why couldn't Eren just explain things more clearly?

And why was this still an unfinished anime?

For the first time, Ye Zixi experienced the pain of following a series that wasn't complete. He felt a pang of frustration.

He rolled over in bed, brooding for a while before slowly getting up. After plugging in his tablet to charge, he logged into his Weibo account for the first time in nearly a month and posted a new status:

@Ye Zixi: "Any recommendations for good anime? Shonen preferred."

[Shonen: A genre of Japanese manga and anime aimed at young male audiences, featuring action, adventure, and coming-of-age themes.]

Within seconds, the post's comments exploded, surpassing ten thousand in no time.

Ye Zixi was momentarily stunned, but quickly understood why.

Since posting his last Weibo about retiring, Ye Zixi had gone completely silent, not logging into Weibo or posting anything.

At first, his fans didn't take that retirement post seriously. They thought he was just venting and brushed it off.

But as time passed, they began to worry.

One week without a post could be chalked up to being busy.

But two weeks? Three? A whole month?