The Comments Tell Me Not to Fall Too Hard for My Painted-Skin Ghost Brother

The On-Screen Comments Told Me Not to Love Her Too Much

I'm an obscure minor official in Luojing City. My life should have been as calm as still water, but one day I was bound to a livestream System that shares my daily life.

I don't mind, but are they sure they want to watch the everyday life of an unknown government clerk? The System ought to bind itself to those noble clans instead. Watching them sit around making elegant conversation with fly whisks in hand, hold court in grand halls, go everywhere surrounded by attendants, and toss fruit into carriages would be much more exciting.

But if we're talking about something unusual, there is one unusual person by my side: my older brother. He often assumes different appearances to attend gatherings of famous men and befriend them. They have no idea he's a painted-skin demon who has lived for a very long time. He's also the one who picked me up and brought me home.

My relationship with my older brother can't really be called close. His moods are unpredictable. Sometimes he thinks I'm dull and boring, and sometimes he praises me for having a clear mind. One moment he's cold and distant, and the next he's clinging to me and telling me not to leave him. I'm used to it and have always been tolerant of him.

Recently, the on-screen comments have been telling me not to love my older brother too much. They seem to have misunderstood something. He's a painted-skin demon who doesn't even have a stable appearance. Sometimes he wears two or three different skins in a single day. If I really fell in love with him, wouldn't that make me seem frivolous and fickle?

To clear up the misunderstanding, I became even more distant toward my older brother. Even at home, I spent my time in the study reading and handling official business. I don't love him too much. I simply respect him.

Unexpectedly, one day, after getting drunk, my older brother hugged me and asked if I thought he was ugly, and if I had fallen for someone else.

Me: "..." (It seems my older brother said something extraordinary.)

★ This work has been archived.

★ The character design on the cover is from: Juan Siji, by Nicholas Ergou.

Theme: Cherish the present