Rivals-to-lovers couple | The (fake) martial aunt who treats her target like her boss x the scheming, gloomy (fake) martial nephew
Mu Li never expected to transmigrate into a book, let alone a cultivation novel.
All she wanted was to find a feel-good novel to read after work and soothe her battered soul as a corporate drone.
It was only after seeing the heartfelt recommendations in the comments that Mu Li added the book to her collection.
The problem was, she transmigrated into the book before she even opened it. This was like a clichéd plot coming to life.
What terrible luck. Truly terrible luck.
The good news was that she had become an NPC in Lingyun Sect named Mu Li, and her mission was... to lie flat!
The bad news was that her corporate-drone instincts made her go OOC.
A cold, mechanical voice sounded: "You must accept a punishment."
Huh? A punishment? What kind?
"Your punishment is to win over the male lead."
"Who is the male lead?"
"The male lead is... is... System error... Please act as soon as possible, or you will face another punishment."
How was she supposed to win over the male lead when she didn't even know who he was?!
Shen Yingzhou thought his bargain-bin martial aunt had a screw loose.
At first, she bossed him around and put on the airs of an elder.
Then, for some reason, her attitude changed. She smiled ingratiatingly and spoke with exaggerated politeness, like the big yellow dog in the sect when it saw a meaty bone.
He had wanted to get rid of this nuisance, but things kept slipping further and further out of his control.
When his true identity was exposed and the sects pointed their swords at him, his martial aunt, who usually ran fastest when danger appeared, stepped in front of him and declared firmly, "I've spent every day with my martial nephew. He is absolutely not the great demon you claim he is."
She tugged at Shen Yingzhou's sleeve. "Say something!"
Shen Yingzhou smiled calmly. "What should I say?"
"Say you aren't..." Mu Li shuddered. "What they said can't be true, can it?"
Shen Yingzhou leaned close to her ear. "What do you think, Martial Aunt?"
And so, his martial aunt, who had just been so firm in her stance, fled back to Lingyun Sect that very night.
Swords pointed at Lingyun Sect, a familiar figure lurked at the very back, sneaking glances this way.
"I can spare you all, but I have one condition."
His gaze settled on the figure in yellow. The moment their eyes met, he saw Mu Li's body tremble, just as he had hoped.
Shen Yingzhou smiled silently.
"Stop hiding, Martial Aunt. I can see you."
P.S.
1. The leads get a happy ending, and both are each other's one and only.
2. This is not a younger-man-older-woman romance. He is actually older, but the male lead has a junior generation in the sect.
3. This is not traditional cultivation. The worldbuilding is unconventional.
4. To give everyone a good reading experience, the entire novel will be written in advance. The release date is undecided.
Theme: One is never too late to begin, and one should never be lazy.
