The Villain’s Face-Slapping CounterattackChapter 1

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Face-Slapping the Film Emperor and Empress (Entertainment Circle)

Zhou Xu lay at the bottom of the cliff with his leg broken, the fierce pain twisting his expression. But the situation in front of him was more severe; a group of wolves were staring at him.

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In the dark night, the eyes of the wolves faintly glowed green. They were monsters more terrifying than ghosts.

A wolf howled, the creepy and shrill sound echoing throughout the ravine. Xj3C1N

Dark clouds covered the moon.

Suddenly, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled.

The first bolt of lightning fell. The wolves began their attack, and Zhou Xu could only clench his hands tightly and endure the agony of being bitten and torn apart.

His flesh stripped from bone, the wolves’ teeth sinking into his body, the only thing Zhou Xu could do was grit his teeth. The anger in his heart had long taken root and sprouted. And at that moment, the tender bud that had been growing for so long blossomed into a tree called “hatred”.

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He wanted revenge, and he must find an opportunity even if he had to undergo the pain from his hundred deaths.

At that moment, Zhou Xu was fully devoured by the wolves, and his spirit entered a vast space.

After a moment of panic, Zhou Xu immediately examined the ring on his little finger.

Zhou Xu, who was extremely clever, was able to discover in a short time that the system was out of order. sbUORP

The fault was very small, but it was enough for Zhou Xu to seize the opportunity and turn the glitch into a major breakdown.

When Zhou Xu woke up again, the world had changed.

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He raised his hand and felt the ring on his little finger emitting a faint heat. Zhou Xu bowed his head and smiled, his eyes dark and cold. How wonderful, the system was now under his control. Zhou Xu was originally going to be promoted to the rank of military counselor of Noah Galaxy’s army division. His IQ was outstanding, surpassing everybody else. In fact, in regards to controlling the system, he did not exert much effort but firmly captured the fleeting opportunity.

Zhou Xu looked at the information from the ring, and his eyes narrowed slightly. Well, he was still the villain. He was supposed to die by drug overdose, but that was before. This time, Zhou Xu wanted to see who would toy with who, and who would die. QLjsfO

After tidying up his clothes, Zhou Xu sat up straight because the original owner of the body was, at the moment, about to audition for a role, which he (original) didn’t get. But, it could not have been any more simple for Zhou Xu. He only had to be his true self, because the role was for the most sinister and vicious villain in the play.

“Hehe, this is getting interesting,” Zhou Xu whispered, the corners of his mouth tilting up. He bowed his head, completely hiding his amusement.

Zhou Xu had originally been living in the Noah Galaxy. He had just been promoted to the Interstellar Military Division. But, when the Admiral had presented him an award, he was forcibly removed from his original world and bound to the “will not die in peace” system, playing as the villain in every world.

He was forced to cross a hundred worlds, which meant that he died a hundred times. Within those hundred times, his actions were restricted by the system, and so he was hacked to pieces, pierced by arrows, eaten alive, beheaded, mutilated, gang-raped to death…… QgZBLX

Zhou Xu, who was not a good man, sowed seeds of hatred within throughout his deaths. Now, Zhou Xu not only wanted to live a wonderful life, but also let those with the protagonist’s halo see that if their opponent’s IQ was online, their halo was actually useless.

The host was also called Zhou Xu, just like all the previous worlds. Here, he was the youngest son of Zhou Qiang, the chairman of the Zhou Group. However, Zhou Qiang was very opposed to Zhou Xu entering the entertainment circle. His thinking was very old-fashioned, and he thought the so-called actors were a joke.

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Zhou Xu had a brother named Zhou Yang. Although Zhou Yang also did not support Zhou Xu’s acting, he had always been concerned about Zhou Xu.

Because he wanted to become an actor, Zhou Xu was subsequently driven out of house by Zhou Qiang, and the father-son relationship was even severed. When he died, Zhou Xu didn’t know that his father had always cared about him. Zhou Qiang had even let his brother Zhou Yang send people to protect him and added money to his bank account. However, they did not notice that Zhou Xu had become addicted to drugs. At his death, Zhou Xu was only skin and bones. OL9IWA

The original Zhou Xu was very arrogant. With his excellent looks, he soon rose in the entertainment circle, but his acting skills were ordinary. Zhang Hanshu, the world’s protagonist, was an actor like Zhou Xu. They had similar styles, so they often clashed over roles. Zhou Xu was, of course, never able to snatch the leading role.

From the beginning of his career, the male master was watched over by Sun Yue, who was the film empress at that time. He gradually improved his acting skills with the help of the film empress, and eventually became the film emperor.

When Sun Yue discovered that Zhou Xu was gay, she detested the arrogant man who always got in the way, and so, she leaked the matter to the media, causing Zhou Xu’s acting career to suffer a huge blow.

She even found someone to lure Zhou Xu into taking drugs. In the end, on the day that the protagonist became the film emperor, Zhou Xu died from drug overdose. VslF25

Zhou Xu and Zhang Hanshu were the same, but had different endings.

Zhou Xu rolled the script in his hands into a cylinder, hit his palm with it once, and raised his head, his manner becoming arrogant.

Another person wanting to audition entered the small waiting room, causing it to become more crowded. This was the protagonist Zhang Hanshu.


In the original world’s storyline, this was not the first time that Zhou Xu and Zhang Hanshu met. The two had long been enemies, and so they found each other unpleasant to look at. But they restrained themselves and did not reveal anything. BukJ1I

If it was somebody else without outstanding ability, the best choice would certainly be to hold onto the protagonist’s thighs in order to change their fate, but Zhou Xu was not like that. He liked to fight with heaven and earth, and preferred to fight with people.

He never bothered or disliked such things like holding onto thighs, but he didn’t intend on jumping out of character. He would pretend to be the same villain, and let the villain face-slap the protagonist.

In fact, the original owner would not end up on the streets if he had not been too arrogant and domineering, but Zhou Xu liked this kind of character because in this way, he can be presumptuous and have an excuse.


After Zhang Hanshu entered, Zhou Xu snorted with a disdainful look that made anybody who saw uncomfortable. “Zhang Ge, you also came to audition. This is a role I will be getting, but I welcome you to try. However, if you can’t grab it, don’t cry.” GwfoIy

Zhang Hanshu slightly nodded to show that he was not angry or upset, and his face remained unfazed. He replied, “How will we determine who wins, through our skills?”

“Hahaha, yes, it depends on ability. But first let me say, if I win without the help of a film empress, wouldn’t it be embarrassing for you?”

Zhang Hanshu’s expression changed. He thought nobody knew that Sun Yue was teaching him acting skills, but clearly, Zhou Xu was the exception.

With a faint smile, Zhang Hanshu politely answered, “It’s not embarrassing, besides, we need to wait for the results to come out.” ohpsUI

“Hahaha, yes, let’s wait and see.” Zhou Xu said with a casual smile.

In the small waiting room, the atmosphere grew chilly. Others clearly heard the conversation between Zhou Xu and Zhang Hanshu, and because of this, most people had a very bad impression of Zhou Xu. Their impression of Zhang Hanshu was the opposite. Zhang Hanshu was mild and courteous, not vulgar. Even if he was provoked by ridicule, he bore it with grace.

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Zhou Xu was happy to see this result. This was what he wanted. It would be interesting when the results came out.

Zhang Hanshu sat quietly with his back straight and his black hair covering his forehead. His face was small and white, his eyes were big and bright, his nose was straight, and even his lips were perfect. oOaZp1

As expected, the protagonist’s looks were really good. The key was to be beautiful but not feminine. This kind of face would be very popular in the film and television circles.

Zhou Xu was different. His face was too white and his lips were as red as blood. He had beautiful seductive peach blossom eyes. When he squinted, he gave off an enchanting and breathtaking feeling. He was also a little thin. His shoulders were not very broad, his chest was not very thick, and even his waist was a little too thin. In fact, this kind of figure was really unfortunate, because most of the protagonists were not the “pretty” type, and even simple men were broader than Zhou Xuxi.

People of his stature usually played the main lead’s classmate, younger brother, servant, and the like. However, Zhou Xu was not worried at all, because no matter what the rules were, there would always be exceptions, and he would be the exception.

“Next, Zhang Hanshu.” 3RGdZA

“That’s me. Hello.” Zhang Hanshu got up and was taken into another room.

There were three interviewers. The protagonist was said to have already been confirmed, and they were now choosing the first villain.

This was a police movie, and the protagonist was, of course, a policeman. They were interviewing for the most important villain, a ruthless and cruel killer.

The murderer’s profession was a doctor. During the day he was an angel, but when the night came, he became a demon, a contrast that made the film a topic of conversation. kcvrhd

Everyone was given the script, but it was impossible to have everybody go through all of the lines in the interview, so the interview was all about the same topic: how to eat after murdering people. The only line was “Delicious.”

When Zhang Hanshu heard the request, it was clear he understood, and he said, “May I start now?”

The interviewer nodded in agreement. Zhang Hanshi sat down at the table provided and began his wonderful performance.

His face was expressionless and his eyes were cold. After sitting down, he looked to the side, as if there was a body that he had disposed of. ajJsyh

With a sneer, he picked up his glass of water to drink, then tilted his head, his bangs covering one of his eyes. The sinister look from his other eye was even more shocking.

Then he lowered his head, picked up the knife and fork, and cut the non-existent food on the plate. He then put a piece in his mouth, pretending to eat, but his movements were frightening and terrible from beginning to end, as if he was a wolf who could kill his prey at any time and was waiting for the opportunity.

At that moment, Zhang Hanshu once again forked a piece of meat and looked at it. He smiled slightly.

His gaze was like a knife, as if the meat in front of him was the one he was going to kill. He put it in his mouth and said, “Delicious.” FjidGQ

“Clap clap clap clap…” The three interviewers applauded together. Zhang Hanshu’s performance was excellent. His expression and actions were perfect. He had vividly expressed the sinister murderer.

Zhang Hanshu was a little shy. He bowed to the three who applauded and said respectfully, “Thank you.”

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“It was a good performance, wait for our notice.” The person who spoke was very excited. If it wasn’t possible to announce the results immediately, he really wanted to take Zhang Hanshu directly into the group and shoot.

At this time, Han Zikui, who was far away in another country, looked at the people on the screen with a faint smile. This was the person strongly recommended by the assistant director and the film queen Sun Yue? It seems a little interesting. isUpCK


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Arc 1 and 2 are translated by a mix of MTLs and dictionaries! 


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46 comments

  1. Villain against protagonist! I love this type of stories and our Zhou Xu seems very interesting. I can’t wait to get my hands on a next chapter.
    Thank you for picking it up and your hard work ^_^

    • i think it will be better if the villain character in script do a calm face, expressionless, then say “Delicious”. i like cold villain then fiery and like making fuss character.

      thank you for the chapter

      • oh im sorry. i misclick it. im really sorry

        • not really. The truly scary ones are the ones who act like an a angel and know how to properly manipulate people. Even if you exposed them for being a cold hearted murder, they will drive all our neighbors and friends and family against you. And when they hurt someone, they hurt them with a “kind” smile and “innocent” eyes (even if what they are doing is not “kind” or “innocent” at all).

  2. Thank you for translating. Looking forward for more update 😁

  3. Oooh a villain face slapping story! 👀 And the first world is entertainment circle! Can’t wait to see MC’s audition.

    Thanks for the chapter!

  4. Seems interesting, thank you~ ❤
    I hope the MC stays the villain – for now, I’m fed up with those “small, cute, and everyone wants to protect them” protagonists.

  5. Thank you for translating! I love this kind of MC, so I’m really looking forward to Zhou Xu’s adventures.

  6. Seems really entertaining 😂 is that that ML I see…

  7. Similar premise to QWFOD, can’t wait to read more! Thanks for the chapter~!

  8. Hello, I’m a bambam from Indonesia. I am interested in this novel and want to translate this into Indonesian. Can I use your translation as a source?
    And thank you for your hard work!

    • Hello, sorry for the late reply. Yes, you can use my translation as your source as long as you give credit to me 🙂

  9. This MC is really interesting and I like his mind set, no need to hug the big thigh!

    Give the protagonist a big face slap!

    Ooh I spy with my little eye, is that the ML I see?

    Thanks for picking this up! 💕

  10. Right these MC go through so much torture when reliving and dying so horribly a thousand times , we barely see the top of the iceberg and only see his confident attitude. I feel really bad now for this guy and qwtfod mc..
    I hope for a happy, fluffy journey for Zhou xu !

  11. Anyone here want to watch a villain eat after murdering? Watch the TV series Hannibal. Played by Mads Mikkelsen (he makes a way too hot Hannibal), prepping, cooking and eating his victims.

  12. Thank you for picking this up. It seems to be interesting. Looking forward to next chapter. 🙂

  13. I love this already! 😍😍😍😍

    HZK is our ML?

  14. Hello, I loved this novel and sorry for the daring but I would like to translate and adapt it to a specific couple but in Spanish, I would like to have your focus.

    Sorry if you do not understand, my English is not very good.

    😍😍😍

  15. So exciting! BL world-hopping is the best!

    Looking forward to our MC babe acting. Ah, I can already see that it will definitely be a slap in the face to protogonist.🤭

    Ooh… And who is HZK? Our ML? 😏

    Thanks for the chapter!

  16. and even simple men were broader than Zhou Xuxi. <– Zhou Xu

    This is really your first time translating? Dear amethesa, let me tell you, if this was truly your first translated chapter, then you are simply incredible. I had the.. honor?… to read other novel which were even said to have been edited, but their quality is worse than yours. So, let me start with my first comment on your translation containing a big “Thank you for being awesome!”

  17. Wow. That was really a great first chapter. I just can’t help but think of QWTFOTD while reading this. But let’s see, let’s see.

    The translation was really great. Great work. Thanks so much 😊

  18. A intelligent and resentful Villain that seeks revenge! I hope he can achieve his goals! After reading I’m disgusted by the “heroine”

    Thank you for the translation of the chapter!

  19. Zhou Xu’s circumstances are similar to Zhou YunSheng from Quickly Wear the Face of the Devil. Originating from an interstellar world, binding to a system, becoming a villain every time, dying a horrible death every world, having exceptional IQs, controlling the system, and then face-slapping the protagonists.

  20. Mr Han is our ML thus. Looking forward to it. 😁

  21. I’ve always liked quick transmigration books like qwfod where villains and cannon fodder get to actually properly fight the protagonist and those irritating protagonist’s hallow..really looking forward to this book, and can someone recommend similar QT novels to me? Pretty Please?

  22. Hi, name’s Blue Lion, From Brazil, me and my gothic girl friend (Dark Witch/ Darkie ) are a lovely couple who are trying to start translating novels to Portuguese in order to expand accessibility to art, actually someone tried this before but they just vanished. We would like to contact you about translating your stuff, so we could have somewhere to begin, i pretty much love a lot of your stuff and would really like to have this translated to my native language, you know? we will be waiting for response. We hope it to be positive.

    O(≧∇≦)O

    With ❤️, Blu and Darkie.

  23. I really despise “gang-rape” or anything related to rape even if it didn’t show, as long as the story said it happened, it makes me wanna hack those btches to smithereens, but I like how the story’s going.