Xie Yunzhi was born into a prestigious family and had a face everyone praised. He was kindhearted, gentle, and sincere with others, and was universally known as a warm and wonderful senior brother.
Yet this very person died at the height of his youth, becoming the moonlight the members of the immortal sect would never forget.
"You live in a novel, and you're the only obstacle on the path to the main couple getting together."
"Your master used a forbidden technique to save you, nearly losing all his cultivation in the process."
"Your junior brother went berserk because of you, plunging the world into chaos."
The Heavenly Dao said, "I'll help you live again. Go back and properly guide your junior brother, persuade your master not to do anything reckless, and help the main couple get together sooner. And remember, this time you must avoid whatever caused your death!"
Xie Yunzhi opened his eyes again, back at age eighteen, with six months left to live.
The problem was, he'd forgotten how he died. How was he supposed to avoid it?
As Xie Yunzhi searched for the cause of his death, he also took the opportunity to guide the junior brother who would one day go berserk.
His junior brother often stayed with him until late at night, and the words he said most often were, "Senior Brother, let me stay here tonight."
Xie Yunzhi always agreed to let him stay.
When his master learned that the junior brother kept running over to see him, he told Xie Yunzhi to move into Zunhua Hall and live with him, personally guiding him every day. Xie Yunzhi found it very hard to get used to.
Xie Yunzhi remembered his duties and planned to seek out the main couple to have a proper talk with them. After all, he didn't want to be an obstacle in anyone's romance.
His intentions were good, but the more he tried to bring them together, the worse things got. One time, he nearly ended up in the shou protagonist's bed, and finally fled with marks all over his neck.
When his junior brother found out he'd become entangled with the main couple, he came to see him early one morning with a dark expression. He not only complained that Xie Yunzhi was getting too close to other people, but also confessed his feelings and told him how much he wanted him.
"Senior Brother, I'm dark, despicable, and shameless. I'm not as good as you think. If it weren't for getting close to you, I wouldn't have stayed here at all!"
Xie Yunzhi was utterly dumbfounded.
After saying all that, his junior brother ran off, leaving him alone to quietly process it all.
Night fell.
Xie Yunzhi awoke in a side chamber of Zunhua Hall and saw his master sitting beside the bed, gently caressing his cheek.
When his master saw him wake, he hooked a finger beneath Xie Yunzhi's collar and asked in a cool voice, "Who did this?"
Xie Yunzhi met his master's gaze. It seemed strangely familiar, but he couldn't remember where he'd seen it before.
It wasn't until several days later, when he saw the gong protagonist come looking for him at the foot of the mountain, that he realized his master, his junior brother, and both protagonists all looked at him in exactly the same way!
All gongs are virgins. The "main couple" have no romantic tension at any point in this story.
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