After Reading Minds, I Discover the Brooding Demon Lord Is a Love-Struck Fool

Lu Zhixu transmigrates into a xianxia novel as a universally hated villainess. Her fellow disciples despise her, thinking she is beautiful but cruel. Even her childhood sweetheart and fiance says she is the perfect person to sacrifice to the demon in place of the heroine. After struggling in vain, Lu Zhixu is thrown into the Abyss and forced to complete a binding ritual with the demon. Xie Baiyu, the demon, is a fearsome presence dreaded by the cultivation world. A madman devoid of emotion, his true form is a colossal, terrifying inhuman monster. In human form, he is a cold, sinister boss who emotionlessly snaps his opponents’ necks. Lu Zhixu is bound to Xie Baiyu for years. Except on the special days when they will die if they are apart, Xie Baiyu hardly ever comes near her. He acts distant whenever he sees her and often leaves the Demon Palace. Lu Zhixu has the title of Demon Empress and nothing else. She thinks that after the villainess’s bride-stealing plot, and all this time together, the great demon must hate her to the core. When the contract ends, Lu Zhixu chooses to leave, but she dies as soon as she escapes the Abyss. * Lu Zhixu comes back to life one year before leaving the Abyss. The System suddenly appears: “Darling, please accept your golden finger.” Lu Zhixu puzzles over it for ages but can’t figure out what her golden finger is. Then the demon Xie Baiyu appears before her, his eyes cold and sinister. Suddenly, Lu Zhixu hears Xie Baiyu’s voice: “My wife is so cute today. I really want to hug her, but she’s so delicate, she’d definitely be scared of me QAQ. I can only wait for that one day each month. Why does time pass so slowly?” Lu Zhixu: “???” * After discovering that her golden finger is mind reading, Lu Zhixu realizes that the demon Xie Baiyu isn’t quite what she thought. It turns out that while she sleeps, the demon stands guard outside. “I want to look at my wife sleeping a little longer, but she’ll think I’m being forward. I can only hold back until that day.” When she eats, the demon thinks: “So my wife likes this meat dish. Next time, I’ll hunt more of this kind of demon beast.” When she goes for a walk, the demon thinks: “There are so many monsters here. Will my wife be scared...? Could my wife please never leave me? QAQ” Lu Zhixu: “...” * The demon Xie Baiyu was born in the Abyss and sealed there. He has never seen the warm sunlight and knows only slaughter. Then one day, he got a wife. The ferocious monster learns to draw in his thorn-covered claws. He begins to think about how not to scare his wife. Xie Baiyu knows that righteous cultivators want nothing to do with demons. What’s more, his wife has a fiance in the human realm, a childhood sweetheart who is an immortal lord. Xie Baiyu bears it all in silence, carefully keeping his distance from his wife. But the day their contract ends draws closer and closer, and he sees his wife getting ready to leave... Righteousness and evil cannot coexist. Xie Baiyu’s heart is bleeding. Should he kill his wife’s fiance, the immortal lord...? Then one day, things begin to change. His wife smiles at him more often. His wife praises him. His wife takes the initiative to hug him. His wife even takes him with her when she leaves the Abyss. QwQ, //// #My head is so itchy, a love-struck brain is growing #That cool demon bro turns out to be a big, love-struck puppy #230721 ####Preorder: My Stepsister Is a Cross-Dressing Jellyfish Monster On the day of her coming-of-age ceremony, Illyria remembers that she is the villainess in an otome game. She is the heroine’s stepsister: a weak, manipulative green tea who envies and targets the heroine. After a series of stupid mistakes, she is executed by the prince, one of the heroine’s suitors. To survive, Illyria starts trying to get along with her stepsister. When her sister’s skirt doesn’t fit, Illyria takes her measurements herself, more attentive than anyone. When her sister starts at the Imperial Magic Academy, Illyria stays by her side and protects her at every turn. When her sister comes down with a high fever, Illyria cares for her tenderly and never leaves her side. What’s more, to deepen their bond, every night Illyria carries a pillow into her sister’s bedroom. She tugs on her sister’s sleeve with a pitiful, helpless look, begging to sleep together, then nestles in her sister’s cool embrace. Just like that, Illyria and her stepsister, the heroine, really do grow closer. All she has to do now is wait for the heroine to get together with her love interest. When that happens, the game will end, and Illyria won’t have to worry about the force of the plot anymore. But Illyria packs her bags and waits and waits, yet no news ever comes of her sister falling in love. One night, as they sleep in each other’s arms again, Illyria anxiously asks her sister if she has someone she likes. Her stepsister’s eyes turn dark as she lifts Illyria’s chin. Cold lips press against hers. Illyria’s eyes fly open in shock. “You really are slow on the uptake.” “I’ve done this to you every night, and you never noticed.” Her stepsister’s voice is hoarse. A masculine outline appears on her face as moist jellyfish tentacles wind around Illyria. Illyria faints from fright. When she opens her eyes, she finds herself still in her stepsister’s arms and faints again. This is bad! It wasn’t a dream! She was supposed to be the heroine, so how did she turn into a jellyfish monster?! #Inhuman #Male lead cross-dresses as a woman #Western fantasy #The monster and the human are not related by blood Theme: Treat those around you with care, and keep kindness close