Genius, cunning heroine x hypocritical, insecure male lead
Xu Guanhe had a perfect senior brother, Shen Qingxu, who was as pure as a bright moon and as pristine as ice and jade.
Shen Qingxu treated her wonderfully. He bought her pastries, went to night markets with her, and gave her a very expensive sword tassel to hang on her sword every day. He was so attentive that even their fellow disciples wondered whether their senior brother liked her.
Of course, that was impossible. Xu Guanhe knew exactly where she stood. The odds of someone as otherworldly as him falling in love with her were about the same as a meteor hitting the Earth.
Most importantly, Shen Qingxu's eyes held none of that vulgar desire.
After giving it a lot of thought, she resolved to become someone worthy of him. Xu Guanhe devoted herself to training until she reached the Nascent Soul stage, then went to confess to him, brimming with excitement. She had barely opened her mouth in front of Shen Qingxu when she suddenly heard a strange inner voice.
I work so hard to seduce her. Why is Junior Sister still cultivating so quickly?
The sect's number one is turning into air and floating away.
Can this talent freak get out already...
Xu Guanhe was so shocked by the cruel truth that she froze on the spot, staring wide-eyed in disbelief. Tentatively, she called out, "Senior Brother."
The harsher Shen Qingxu's complaints became, the more his smile warmed like a spring breeze. "Guanhe, what is it?"
Oh, nothing. Just a young girl's heart shattering into pieces.
The senior brother she'd admired for so long turned out to be a two-faced scumbag. Xu Guanhe turned her heartache into a desire for revenge. She decided to make Shen Qingxu taste what it was like to be toyed with.
Later, on some day in some month of some year...
A certain master of pretense was tied to a bed, his clothes in tatters and his sparkling eyes glistening with tears. Xu Guanhe looked down at him and gripped his chin, speaking contemptuously into his ear. "Dear Senior Brother, cultivation isn't the only way to come in first. Dual cultivation works, too."
"From the Golden Core stage to the Nascent Soul stage, how many days do you think we'll be staying here?"
Shen Qingxu bit his lip in despair, tears of regret welling in his eyes. He never should have provoked this lunatic.
Shen Qingxu lacked both talent and insight, so he had to work twice as hard. He got up earlier than a chicken and went to bed later than a dog, day after day, year after year. It took him ten years to reach the Golden Core stage.
He thought hard work could really make up for the gap between him and a genius.
That was until Shen Qingxu met Xu Guanhe, a genius who had reached the Golden Core stage after just one year in the sect.
There was a world of difference between a swan and an ugly duckling. Blinded by jealousy, Shen Qingxu approached Xu Guanhe with ill intentions.
He thought maliciously: If only she would get drunk on pleasure and waste time instead of cultivating.
But little by little, things began to change. When Shen Qingxu looked into the girl's eyes, so full of genuine affection for him, he couldn't bring himself to do anything.
He pretended to be the Shen Qingxu Xu Guanhe imagined and was reluctant to take off that mask. Maybe he was afraid she would hate who he really was.
Until Xu Guanhe took it off herself.
It's common knowledge that Shen Qingxu likes Xu Guanhe. It's just that neither of them believes it.
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Theme: He lost both his wife and his army
