Miaojiang Gu Witch Simulator

Also known as "The Villains Are Right Beside Me."

This story has little in common with a simulator and is closer to a traditional System. You don't need to have played the game or read the original works to follow along. There are many changes and original details, so I don't recommend treating the source material as a guide. (wwww)

*The cover uses a purchased template.

Ting Ruoyao transmigrated twice. First, she went to the Tang dynasty and obtained the Indestructible Bright Lord's Glazed Body technique. Now she's in the Ming dynasty, with a Gu Maiden Simulator attached to her.

[You are an orphan girl. You have been adopted.]

[You unlocked a character: Older Brother.]

[He was in danger, and you rescued him with 0 points of intelligence. His affection for you has risen to 90.]

[Your older brother is 18 years old.]

[You gave him a selection of high-quality snakes, bugs, rats, and insects for practicing Gu arts. He seems very happy.]

[You have grown up.]

[You joined the Five Poisons Sect. Your talent for Gu arts is 0, but your enormous health bar makes up for it. You resisted the Gu insects' poison with your incredible defense and became an utterly ordinary little genius at Gu arts.]

[You triggered the quest: The Corpse Puppet Calamity. People from the Central Plains have slandered the Five Poisons Sect. Will you investigate in the Central Plains and clear the sect's name?]

[Yes/No]

[You chose Yes.]

[You arrived in the Central Plains.]

[The road ahead is dangerous. Choose your teammates:

A. A famous hero, a handsome man with four eyebrows and a cheerful personality

B. A refined, blind young master, son of a wealthy merchant and friend of the man with four eyebrows

C. The world's greatest thief, with peerless lightness skills and a friend of the man with four eyebrows

D. A peerless monk, as beautiful as a woman and full of compassion

E. Your newly reunited older brother, physically frail but with a level of lv???]

...Only then did Ting Ruoyao realize that something was very wrong.

Because... she had heard of all the names behind A, B, and C.

Oh no! She had transmigrated into a novel!

[You think the protagonists of novels are magnets for trouble. You try to avoid A's protagonist group.]

[Evading them failed.]

[A, B, C, D, and E joined your party.]

[During your adventure, you met F. Like B, F is blind, refined, and handsome.]

[F joined your party.]

Ting Ruoyao was relieved.

The peerless monk and her two blind teammates were excellent companions. They were powerful and, unlike the protagonist group, wouldn't bring trouble with them.

And her older brother was considerate and reliable, an unparalleled powerhouse. Perfect in every way!

That was what she thought, anyway.

Until...

With a great battle looming...

[F requested to forge a Bonding Gu with you.]

Ting Ruoyao thought that when fighting monsters, she should stay focused. Whatever a Bonding Gu was, getting distracted and wiping out the party would be bad.

Result:

[You rejected teammate F's request to forge a Bonding Gu.]

[Your teammates A, B, and C died in an unfortunate accident.]

?!?! Wait, was there some kind of connection between those two things?!

Ting Ruoyao was shocked, bewildered, and utterly baffled.

After reloading, she noticed all the little details she'd overlooked, and then... her pupils shook with horror.

She cautiously took her older brother by the wrist and stepped back. "A-Ge, I'm going to tell you something. Don't panic."

What should she do when half her teammates seem to be villains? Help! Help! Help!

A-Ge solemnly clasped her hand in return. "Yaoyao, I already know. There's... something wrong with them all."

The villainous teammates: ??? What a phony.

*

One night.

Her hand rested on warm skin, and heavy breathing was clearly audible in the darkness. A-Ge's loose hair brushed the back of her hand, tickling her.

Something was very wrong with him.

Ting Ruoyao took a deep breath. All right, there was something wrong with her A-Ge too.

At least he wasn't a villain. He just had a little kink. She could handle that... Hmm?

...Wait, what?!

[Reading notes and potential triggers]:

1. Most male leads and male supporting characters are villains. The male lead's character is unusual, so read at your own risk if this is your thing.

2. A crossover of wuxia works and Jian Wang 3 fanfiction, but the plot doesn't involve the game. The story also differs greatly from the original novels, which make up only a small part of it.

3. This story contains a huge amount of original plot. The original plot, timeline, characterizations, and anything else may be freely altered as needed at any time.

4. Some character descriptions reference the original works, but they may still be heavily altered as needed. No adaptations are used as references.

That's all.

---- Coming soon: "Can I See Your Tentacles?" Please add it to your reading list!

One-line premise: That's not what I meant!

A sweet-talking streamer accused of clickbait by everyone x an innocent, lovestruck tentacle monster who keeps jumping to conclusions

Theme: Love can bring people back from the brink