Sweet Romance + Feel-Good Story + Secret Crush + Time Loop
Sen Pi'en realized early on that she was living inside a huge, melodramatic xianxia novel, and that she was the all-purpose female supporting character. She was both the brainless supporting girl in a tragic master-disciple romance and the useless supporting girl in a talent-focused story, and might even end up as one of the nameless lackeys sucking up to the male lead... In short, Pi'en was a brick, used wherever she was needed. She realized she was being controlled: as soon as she got close to them, she lost all her thoughts and became a smooth-talking, useless sycophant. But today, she could actually say what she wanted to say. Whew, this feels amazing. I'm free! Though it seems the timing of her outburst might be a little off. Among all those male leads, one of them is her fellow disciple, Wu Chen. But right now she's holding out a flashy sword manual with a three-hundred-move windup and zero attack power, trying to curry favor with him.
Of all his fellow disciples, Wu Chen was most frustrated with his junior sister. She had still seemed full of promise when she was first chosen, so how had she become so utterly mediocre after a few years? He was practically beside himself with exasperation. But one day, his junior sister finally came around and brought him a sword manual. He was genuinely happy for their master, but after flipping through the manual, his anger returned.
Seeing her senior brother's expression grow more and more serious, Sen Pi'en wonders: Is it still in time to explain that these actions weren't what I really wanted?
A foul-mouthed NPC who is finally free to speak her mind and starts picking fights with everyone x a dad-like boyfriend who spends his time making peace wherever he goes
It's getting better and better!