My Senior Brother Is Just Too Honest

This novel is also known as My Senior Brother Is Really Too Devious, Uh, I Mean, Too Ruthless

Jiang Xuechao discovers that he has transmigrated into the world of a danmei xianxia romance novel. His senior brother, Su Yunzhi, is the hapless plot device in the story: the sect leader's only son, he is used by the villainous male supporting character, who takes his body and deceives his heart. He becomes a laughingstock throughout the sect, then his own father, the sect leader, flies into a rage and banishes him to the blacksmithing division, where he is sentenced to forge magical treasures for the sect for a thousand years as penance.

The villainous male supporting character in the novel is a heartless scumbag. Not only is he cold-blooded, calculating, and devious, he is also a lying dog of a man who secretly keeps a white moonlight on the side. Once his mission is complete, he leaves without a backward glance, betraying his senior brother's deep affection.

His senior brother waits and waits, but the bastard never comes back. His love and hatred grow so intense that he ends up tormented by inner demons, his cultivation sealed, unable to make any further progress. What a tragic fate.

The year Jiang Xuechao joins the sect is precisely his senior brother's thousandth year at the forge.

His senior brother has a cool, ethereal beauty and looks aloof, but he is actually a wonderful person. He even teaches in place of their master, speaks up for Jiang Xuechao, and accompanies him on adventures. His looks and character are exactly to Jiang Xuechao's taste.

Convinced that he has awakened memories of a past life, Jiang Xuechao resolves to warm his senior brother's heart with devoted love. He never hits back or talks back, and is utterly obedient and loyal. If his senior brother says east, he won't go west; if his senior brother says one, he won't say two. When his senior brother curses the scumbag, Jiang Xuechao doubles down, even wishing that the bastard would never come back.

He will win over his senior brother's heart, frozen for a thousand years, with his actions.

Then one day, by a stroke of fate, Jiang Xuechao discovers that...

The heartless bastard was actually him. =O!

It's over! QAQ

"Senior Brother, listen to me. It's a misunderstanding, absolutely a misunderstanding. It wasn't really like that..."

"Get lost."

A seemingly naive, scheming, clingy, deadly bottom vs. a mercurial, outwardly innocent but inwardly calculating, cold and deadly top

Reader's Guide:

1. The scum top is reborn as a bottom. One wrong choice in his past life leads to a long, painful road to redemption in this life. He'll do anything for love, even be the bottom.

2. A little angst makes love sweeter, and lots of sweetness makes life longer. Both sweet and savory, this isn't serious cultivation fiction. The story goes wherever the author feels like taking it. 1v1, happy ending.

3. It's really just a story about two old schemers, each trying to out-scheme the other. Anything can go wrong at any moment, so beware.

4. The author is frail and is currently trying to recover after being hit by circumstances beyond their control.

5. This novel is published exclusively on Jinjiang. Reposting is prohibited.

Next novel 1: Successfully Raising the Emperor, Then Faking My Death. Welcome to click into my author page and add it to your favorites =3=

Blurb, revised version:

Lin Fan spent ten years raising a little prince, rejected by the emperor, into a worthy heir to the throne.

Whether as the famously sickly reincarnation of the God of Literature or as a blade in someone else's hand, aimed at the throne, he felt he had done a fine job, with almost nothing to criticize.

There were plenty of rumors about him at court.

Some said he was a corrupt official at the emperor's side, others that he was Prince Shouyang's lover, and still others that he behaved improperly as he moved among the court officials.

No matter what the world speculated, he never defended himself.

Lin Fan made one mistake.

He thought that if he paid the price, he could regain his freedom and go see the childhood sweetheart he had been longing for.

The young emperor, newly enthroned, broke his promise.

Sheng Wenyu was born with a harmless, charming face. When he wanted to deceive someone, even those who knew him best couldn't tell whether he was lying.

"Would Your Tutor really be so cruel as to refuse to share even one meal with me?"

Lin Fan looked at Sheng Wenyu. They said a nephew resembled his uncle by a third, and for a moment, he seemed to see someone from his past. His heart softened.

He meant to take only a little, but got completely drunk.

All night, bodies danced like dragons and fish, until the first light of dawn.

"Your Tutor has been by my side for ten years. For the rest of my life, I want to spend many more decades with you."

After the young emperor ascended the throne, Lin Fan faked his death.

A naturally frail, ruthless, selfish powerful official vs. a beautiful, formidable young emperor who knows how to play the victim

Next novel 3: After Transmigrating into a Sickly, Beautiful Husband (Historical)

Blurb:

After Ming Zhao transmigrates into a book, he discovers that he has become a frail, beautiful child bridegroom. He has spent years observing mourning rites, and is now over eighteen and still unmarried.

His fiance is younger than him, has just passed the county-level imperial exam, and is about to die at the hands of the protagonist's awful relatives, becoming a minor cannon-fodder character barely mentioned in the book.

His fiance's family also has two little children. In the original story, after losing his fiance, Ming Zhao and the children are bullied by their clanspeople and eventually die in a plot to wipe out their family, adding three more names to the ranks of cannon fodder.

If Ming Zhao wants to survive, he can't let his bargain-bin husband die too soon.

Even if he's not the husband his fiance dreams of, at the very least, he needs to wait until Ming Zhao has a secure place to live before dying.

"You're so cold and heartless toward me. No matter how much I pour my heart out, I can't move you. I've thought it through. I'll do as you wish. Once you finish the imperial exams, we'll go our separate ways."

Ming Zhao spits blood and weeps pitifully, all the while secretly delighted.

He waits and waits until his fiance finally finishes the imperial exams. Ming Zhao can't even wait for the results to be posted. He grabs the small bundle he packed long ago, slings it over his shoulder, opens the door, and leaves...

"Congratulations, young master! Your husband has placed third in the palace examination! The reward will arrive shortly. Hurry and prepare to receive the imperial decree and give thanks!"

Ming Zhao: "..."

The newly appointed third-place laureate gazes at him with a distant look. "Are you really in such a hurry to leave that you won't even have a celebratory drink with me?"

That night, taking advantage of being drunk, Ming Zhao clings to the laureate and sobs until his face is streaked with tears. "I don't want this either, but the person you love isn't me. If I stay, I'll only become a resentful husband, sob sob sob..."

The laureate's eyes darken. "That must be a misunderstanding. Look, it's getting late. Shouldn't we get married?"

A frail, beautiful bottom vs. a scheming, calculating top

New project for 2026: Bright Moon, Ten Thousand Miles (Civil and Military Officials)

Zhou Li once set Yan Fang up, and Yan Fang hurt Zhou Li in return. Without some unforeseen incident, they should have had nothing more to do with each other for the rest of their lives.

But Zhou Li offended someone and was reassigned to a border city as an official.

On the way to take up his post, Zhou Li receives a secret order to go alone to the enemy border and rescue someone. When he arrives, he finds an old acquaintance. He curses his bad luck, but with danger closing in, he has no choice but to team up with Yan Fang and put on an act.

One is the eldest son of the Left Chancellor's family, newly appointed county deputy in the border city;

the other is a young general from a military family, a veteran commandant who has been held back at the frontier for three years.

They share a knot in their hearts, yet each has his own private agenda. Far from home, they are both lovers and rivals, and they cooperate with each other. As they spend time together, they gradually come to understand one another, slowly going from hostility to mutual attraction.

The Great Phoenix: "You're going to burn the bridge after crossing it and cut all ties with me?"

The Dog: "You and I were never meant to be on the same path."

The Great Phoenix: "What if I insist?"

The Dog: "You are no suitable partner, and I'm no worthy match. Wouldn't it be better if we were just colleagues?"

Zhou Li smiled and cursed, "To hell with your colleagues."

Yan Fang suddenly notices that the officials and commoners in the border commandery look at him differently. They used to greet him with cheerful smiles and call him Young General Yan. Now they regard him with scrutiny and contempt.

"You really can't judge a person by their looks. I never imagined he was that kind of person..."

"The eldest young master loved him so deeply, and this is how he was repaid. What a shame..."

"They say scholars are usually the ones who betray their lovers. Looks like Young General Yan is no better..."

"Exactly. What kind of man is he?"

Yan Fang watches the culprit enter his home, his handsome face glowing with delight as he smiles smugly.

He closes his eyes. Fine, then. Neither of us is going to have an easy time!

The next day, Zhou Li goes to the government office with tooth marks all over his neck, smiling without a trace of warmth.

A proud, haughty queen bottom vs. a patient, guilt-ridden wolfhound top

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Theme: You can't judge by appearances, and you can't measure a person's thoughts.