Why Is Senior Brother Like This?

Lin Juanshui lost her love-soul as a child. Her senior brother searched everywhere with her, but they never found it. Then one day, she did.

It turned out that the missing piece of her soul had fused with someone else. Bound by this connection, she took that disciple in as her student.

But her gentle and dependable senior brother watched as their quiet life together was disrupted. He also saw her give her trust so freely to someone she'd only just met, and pain gradually filled his eyes.

Xun Linshan began to compete for her attention, pretending to be weak and pleading for her sympathy.

Lin Juanshui didn't realize how he felt, nor did she know that love and appetite came from the same source. She only knew that she seemed to keep looking at him, feeling inexplicably hungry.

At first, she thought she was sick. Later, she couldn't help wondering:

Could people be eaten, too?

She didn't want to hurt anyone, so perhaps she could just take a little bite.

He willingly encouraged and tempted her. At first, they only held hands. Later, they grew so accustomed to being close that they seemed like one person.

But her appetite wasn't sated by biting him. Instead, it grew more intense, like drinking poison to quench her thirst, until one day, her love-soul returned...

Content warning: Slow burn; the heroine isn't a powerful, strong-willed type. She's rather wooden at first, while the hero is a crybaby who overthinks everything. Lots of everyday romance.