Currently polishing the chapters.
A dual-female-lead story. The world keeps shipping the wrong couples, while the two people at the heart of it hold fast to feelings they have yet to confess.
If it sounds like your kind of story, please add it to your reading list.
Two chapters a day starting August 10.
Warning: A slow-burn story with a lot of setup. The meaning reveals itself if you read closely. If you’re not patient with slow stories, this may not be for you.
A note: You can find my other completed novel, The Hairpin Record, in my author’s collection. It’s there to give you an idea of my current writing style. I hope you’ll check it out!
[Synopsis]
The only official pairing: Yun Shuhan, a cold-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside, powerful top × Zhu Xingyao, a clear-headed, quick-witted bottom
After transmigrating into a book, Zhu Xingyao gets bound to a matchmaking System with a few screws loose.
The System never does anything useful. It keeps tying red strings of fate between the aloof Daoist Lord Yun Shuhan and random people.
Overnight, the entire sect starts convincing themselves they’re in love with her.
The demon clan’s honored guest steps forward solemnly. “Daoist Lord, I’ve long admired you.”
An innocent senior sister who handles the paperwork gets caught in the crossfire, and everyone insists on pairing her up with Yun Shuhan.
The straightforward eldest senior sister picks up her pen and dutifully fills an entire page with Yun Shuhan’s “romantic history.”
The gossip-loving junior sister spreads the new ships throughout the sect, more enthusiastic than anyone.
The whole sect is in an uproar, everyone shipping Yun Shuhan with one admirer after another.
Only Zhu Xingyao sees clearly that she’s the sole unlucky fool in the whole affair.
Every day, she’s online putting out fires: cutting red strings, correcting rumors, smoothing things over, and fending off confessions.
Exhausted, she wants to quit. “System, do you have it in for me? My Daoist Lord isn’t interested in romance!”
But the outsiders are blind. All they see is a cool, aloof Daoist Lord admired by everyone, with admirers everywhere.
No one knows that beneath all the fake excitement,
Yun Shuhan always turns everyone away with cool detachment, yet indulges Zhu Xingyao without limit.
When anyone else gets an inch closer, frost settles in her eyes;
When Zhu Xingyao acts up in every imaginable way, Yun Shuhan blushes and gives in.
The world ships every fake romance under the sun, imagining passionate love and bitter rivalries everywhere.
Only the two of them know the truth
from beginning to end, the sect-wide romantic battlefield is nothing but a farcical misunderstanding caused by a System bug.
Amid the clamor at the sect gates and the rumors swirling across the mountain, she keeps all the tenderness and every racing heartbeat to herself, devoting them only to Zhu Xingyao, her heart utterly sincere.
[Cold-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside, powerful top × Clear-headed, devoted, quick-witted bottom]
[No pairings among the supporting cast besides the official couple Yun Shuhan × Zhu Xingyao|No catfights between women, no melodrama|A pure comedy of misunderstandings and romantic rivalry|Mutual pining and exclusive devotion]
[The whole world ships the wrong couple, while you and I share one true romance]
[Author’s Note]
This is an original work written entirely by me, with complete drafts retained and key versions registered for copyright protection. I am the sole copyright holder. Plagiarism, unauthorized adaptations, and commercial use are prohibited.
I wrote my early work when I was 21. Now, in 2026, I’m 28. Life experience brings changes in style and storytelling, and my old work cannot define my new writing. I welcome thoughtful discussion based on specific passages from the text. If you have doubts or criticisms, please cite the text. Personal impressions alone cannot be treated as definitive facts.
Theme: This story uses the false romances created by a System to explore the distance between appearances and genuine feelings.
No tired catfights between women. The conflict comes from a System bug and a lack of shared information, with no villainous antagonist.
Love is about choosing each other. They see and protect one another, breaking through the uproar together.
A deconstruction of the universally adored character trope: everyone’s admiration is an illusion. What matters is holding on to one sincere love amid all the noise.
The story also follows a powerful woman as she sheds her armor and faces herself, and an ordinary woman as she grows while keeping her head and staying true to her heart amid the chaos.
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I have five years of working experience as a grassroots auxiliary police officer. The resignation certificate with official seal can be used as evidence. The relevant materials are only subject to official verification by Jinjiang Platform and will not be released to the public. Life experience will reshape cognition and writing. Differences in new and old writing styles are part of the author's normal growth. Please do not make unsubstantiated assumptions based solely on early fragments of text.
Oh, it turns out that freezing can update new chapters. The update will continue that day. I misread it before and thought that the update was also locked haha 😆
After this appeal is processed and the restrictions are lifted, the update of this article will be accelerated, from the original two chapters per day to three chapters per day. Thank you to all readers for your patience and support.
Having a report does not mean that the content is true. The third-party AI detection tool submitted by the whistleblower states that the tool itself is only for auxiliary reference and cannot be used as a basis for finalizing the case. A complete set of original creative drafts, archival certificates, document iteration records and other evidence chains have been submitted to the editor simultaneously. Everything is subject to the official conclusion of manual review by the platform. Thank you for your patience.
This article has been maliciously reported for AI writing. A complete chain of evidence of creation has been submitted for appeal. The update will be resumed after the platform review and unfreeze. Thank you for your patience.
Pause the update first, and then update after thawing. I will refine the archived manuscript and save it later. After thawing, the replacement and saving will be updated regularly.
Some words in this chapter have been harmonized and added a slash after unfreezing.
Some chapters have missing words, which will be corrected later.
Thanks for reading. This article is an independent handwritten creation by an individual. The complete outline and paragraph drafts are retained, and the copyright certificate registration has been completed. The writing style will iterate with experience, and it is not rigorous to judge AI based on subjective feelings alone. If you have any questions about the text, you are welcome to cite specific fragments in the book for discussion. Empty subjective characterization cannot be used as a basis. I wish you a happy reading.