Cool and aloof older shixiong, a capable caretaker who plays both dad and mom VS an arrogant, one-of-a-kind genius young shimei
Tu Yue was born of heaven and earth, the prophesied Child of Destiny. The only god took her as a disciple, and her shixiong Shen Changxu cared for her tenderly. She grew up surrounded by love and indulgence.
Her magical artifacts and spirit pills were even more precious than the sect leader's. Her shixiong personally saw to every detail of her life, making sure everything was just so: he tied up her hair, shaped her brows, did her laundry, cooked for her, and taught her propriety, morals, swordplay, and magic.
Whatever she wanted, she could have. Whatever she wanted to become, she could be.
She would always be happy.
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“Others may not know, but do you think I don't? The thousand-year-old Manjusha came for her. The omen was a false one. The true Child of Destiny is someone else.”
“...You've been falsifying Tu Yue's identity for fifteen years?”
It turned out that the happiness she had known was nothing but a reflection of flowers in a mirror and the moon in water. She was even burdened with a destined tribulation of love, and a prophecy said that the Demon God would cast her down from her place as the Child of Destiny when she turned seventeen.
All the happiness she had stolen by taking another's place would come back to haunt her a thousandfold. But she refused to believe it. Whatever she had gained was hers, real or not. She would be her own Child of Destiny.
[Monster-slaying and level-ups + saving the world and vanquishing evil + cozy daily life woven throughout + childhood friends and shixiong-shimei romance, bittersweet and full of playful tension + a touch of romantic rivalry + a supporting cast entangled in love and hate]
*One-on-one romance, both leads have no past relationships
*For readers who don't skim
*Meticulously researched, though the story also has plenty of creative liberties
*A detail lover's dream, with subtle clues and foreshadowing laid over a long arc
*A passion project, with a serious plot mixed with all kinds of personal kinks
Actually on Tomato, I haven't seen such writing in a long time. As soon as I entered the pit, the female advocates were ecstatic, I will taste it carefully [Bird Food Masterpiece]
Ugly [awkward laugh] [awkward laugh] [awkward laugh] [awkward laugh] [awkward laugh]
Very good! The writing is very smooth!