The Short-Lived Beauty Awakens

[Short-Lived Beauty vs. Max-Level Yandere Reborn] On her seventeenth birthday, the timid and useless Mo Wanyu discovers that she's a character in a book. She's a short-lived beauty in a novel about a Dragon-Slaying Protagonist, and the male lead who rises to the top is her big brother, Pei Xuan. Right now, he's at the lowest point in his life, and anyone can kick him while he's down. Unable to bear seeing him suffer such humiliation, Mo Wanyu summons the greatest courage of her life and decides to use her knowledge of the plot to give him a golden finger and help him grow stronger as soon as possible. - Pei Xuan is called off from his engagement. Overcoming her fear, she rushes out to stand in front of him. "D-Don't bully a young man just because he's poor!" But Pei Xuan's voice comes from behind her. "All right, I'll break off the engagement." Mo Wanyu: "???" Heavenly fire falls in the back mountains. Though she's afraid of the dark, she still tries to drag him along to find the treasure. But Pei Xuan leans against the doorway. "It's late. We're not going to the back mountains. Go to sleep." Mo Wanyu: "???" An expert arrives in town, but it's hard to tell whether he's good or evil. Though she's shy around strangers, she offers to go with Pei Xuan to seek a master and brave the dangers. But Pei Xuan refuses. "Stay with the clan. Even if you can't recover, you'll always have food to eat." Mo Wanyu: "???" The plot races ahead, and the enemies grow stronger, yet Pei Xuan is still staying in town and enjoying a slow life. Mo Wanyu is frantic with worry, unsure what to do. But when her day of death arrives and the whole city is about to be trampled, Pei Xuan, alone with his sword, slaughters his way through all directions. In his wake, not a single breath remains. She sits in his arms, staring blankly through the falling petals at his handsome face, backlit by the sun. As if sensing her gaze, Pei Xuan looks down and smiles at her. "Silly Xiaoyu, I stopped being the Dragon-Slaying Protagonist years ago." - Probably a short story that won't even reach 200,000 words. Theme: Enjoy the good things in ordinary life and treasure the people you love. That's how to find happiness.