[Seeking Favorites for Upcoming Novel: A Substitute, Nothing More. Blurb Below]
Lu Ningning regained consciousness in a haze.
When she came to, all her cultivation was gone. Her head spun, her chest felt constricted, and her heart ached as if it were being torn apart.
After being reborn, her memories were missing. She only remembered that she had transmigrated, and had no recollection at all of how she died. For a time, she was lost and bewildered.
Fortunately, her fellow sect members worked together to pull her out of the darkness and back into the light.
It's wonderful to have so many people who care about her...
The old Lu Ningning had been diligent and hardworking, always willing to do her share. She had an adorable, clingy junior brother, a gentle and steady senior brother who was like an older brother to her, and a revered immortal master who had carefully nurtured her and placed great hopes in her... Everything had been so wonderful.
So where had things gone wrong? Why had she died?
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Recently, her junior brother had started acting strangely.
Late at night, when all was quiet, he would sneak into her room, just like the timid little boy who had been afraid of the dark as a child.
When Lu Ningning tried to send him away, he would hold tightly to her wrist and plead pitifully, "Senior Sister, don't you like me anymore? Please don't abandon me..."
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Her ever-fair and impartial senior brother deliberately lost a sparring match. Lu Ningning, now a weakling after being reborn, failed to guard herself, and drove her sword deep into the young man's abdomen.
Her senior brother, usually as clear and bright as the moon and a gentle breeze, went deathly pale. His thin lips curved into a faint smile as he pressed her hand against the gushing wound.
"Junior Sister Lu, I don't blame you, but you may have to take responsibility for me."
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And then there was her aloof, gravely ill master, whose presence was as lofty as a mountain. Under the pretext of protecting him during seclusion, he locked her away deep inside his cave abode.
In truth, he simply wouldn't let her get close to or socialize with any of the sect's disciples.
Lu Ningning: You all...?
#EveryoneGetsTheirComeuppance#
They are all responsible for the female lead's death.
The main cast includes a scheming junior brother, a seemingly gentle but secretly sinister senior brother, and an unpredictable, possessive master... Not one of them is normal.
One-on-one, with unrequited feelings. Once one heartbreak is done, it's on to the next. The female lead is focused on cultivation and leveling up! A melodramatic romance-focused story, not a strong-female-lead story. Lots of author-created settings, so don't take things too seriously.
Blurb written on 2021.11.20
Upcoming novel, A Substitute, Nothing More:
After her family was wiped out, Luo Ling was the only young orphan left of the Luo clan. Alone and helpless, she wandered from place to place.
Then the Fourth Prince of the imperial capital, a ruthless and obsessive terror, rescued the ragged little girl from the mire, cleaned her up, and took her in.
From the very first time she saw His Highness, Luo Ling made no effort to hide her vivid affection. She obeyed the Fourth Prince in everything and did whatever he asked, repeatedly venturing into danger for him. She would even give up her life for him.
Perhaps moved by her devotion, Xie Xuanzhi favored Luo Ling above all the beauties and fox spirits offered to him. He personally taught her music, chess, poetry, painting, reciting verses, admiring the moon, the Three Thousand Sword Arts, and mysterious spells.
The two were inseparable, and his favor made the other women hate Luo Ling to the point of gnashing their teeth. But only Luo Ling knew that the Fourth Prince had never even touched her finger at night.
The only reason he had saved her
was that her expression and tone of voice were so much like those of the beautiful imperial sister-in-law he had yearned for as a boy.
When the woman he truly loved finally appeared, Luo Ling was cast aside, just like everyone else. In truth, she was no different.
A substitute, nothing more.
There was not the slightest improper affection between them, only the relationship between master and servant.
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The lofty Fourth Prince only knew that little Luo Ling was kindhearted and utterly obedient, and that no one could match her devotion and love for him.
But how could he know...
Luo Ling schemed at every turn and went to great lengths to get close to him and please him, all for the sake of obtaining Xie Xuanzhi's eyes, which were nearly identical to her senior brother's.
She wanted to gouge the most handsome eyes from the young man's face and bring back the senior brother she loved most in her heart.
Luo Ling had never loved Xie Xuanzhi.
He was nothing more than a substitute for her senior brother.
Note: There will be plot twists!
Romance-focused / melodramatic / double substitutes / old-school innocent romance / sweet and angsty. A very melodramatic one-on-one romance. Both leads are each other's first and only, and there is a happy ending!
Theme: Stay true to yourself and strive to keep living.
I Learned I Was the Villain's Stepmom Only After Winning Him Over
Twenty Days of Extreme Survival on a Haunted Dating Show
After Winning Over the Evil Fiend, I Tore Up the Cannon Fodder Script
The Seventh Year of Marriage
The Sword That Fell in Love with the Heartless Immortal Lord
The Taoist Priest Ruined My Love Luck
Just a Substitute
Transmigrated into the Sword Cultivator's Beloved White Moonlight
Speaking of which, the person named Xie is really burning hzc, right? It seems that the injured ones are all female protagonists. Is it my imagination? The only time was forced by the heroine, and the other time was simply because he was so stupid that he didn't deal with anything and caused problems... Don't tell me what Xie did. "Hey, don't worry, don't worry about whether I'm hurt or not. Anyway, it hurts your body and my heart. Although I'm of no use at all, I brought you a lot of trouble. I don't have the IQ to solve the problem. I regard my own selfish desires as more important than your safety, and I can't protect you at all." You, at best, do something to bully the weak and fear the strong so that you can live. It looks like you have a high status and cultivation. In fact, anyone except ordinary disciples can manipulate me, but I am a good boy who has you in my heart." It feels a bit ex. Even if you are not the male protagonist, it is bad luck to be entangled with this thing. It is to the point where you have to wash your hands at least three times if you are touched by this thing to prevent the stupid White Lotus virus from infecting you.
... The most important role of the person named Xie so far is to bring trouble. No one really thinks that it is a good thing to be promoted to the inner sect without strength and backing. Failure to keep up with the progress is a trivial matter. Even if Miss Wang does not cause trouble, if there are any tasks assigned according to the average strength of the inner sect, don't change it from sending points to questions. It's a proposition to be sent. The person named Xie knows that there may be danger. The Wang family is powerful, and the spies may be everywhere. He can still take the heroine around every day, and he is encountered by a fellow sect. If nothing happens, he will be sorry to God. There is a sudden problem in his whereabouts. I don't suspect that you have something to suspect someone, and do you really think that the surveillance will only be on the surface? Once you take care of your own servants, everything will be fine? I have a lot of troubles that involve others... Don't tell me that the biggest resistance that Xie can do is to complain in his heart... If you want to resist, there are many ways, but you do it knowing that it may bring danger to the other party... Xie has abnormal brain development and never thought that he would still have a grudge against the heroine for these things.
The one with the surname Xie is so useless. Since the contract does not bind even the thoughts of resistance, there are still loopholes to exploit. There must be some kind of mind-controlling spell in the world of immortality. You can simply use magic to make yourself think that life or death is the same for the Wang and Xie families, and then set a code to dispel the spell. Or you can cast an illusion on yourself, and regard the Wang family as your enemy, and you can just do some weeding. Think of yourself as a member of the Wang family, erase the memory of the illusion you cast on yourself, and then release the hypnosis. Ms. Wang also asked Xie to go over to start the formation instead of directly opening the formation. Xie would automatically fly over to block the knife. This shows that this contract probably requires perception to work. Since perception is needed, then just deceive your own perception. This has been going on for so many years. I almost thought Xie was enjoying it.
The heroine is so miserable, it's not a cool novel, ugh
Thanks to the exemption, fortunately, all three of them deserved it.
It looks good, but the heroine is really unlucky. There are three people lying on the bed. Fortunately, the senior brother has some conscience.
This idea is quite big. Fortunately, I wasn't with those three. It was so suffocating.
Haha, I knew it! If it were me, I would have to find a way to kill all three of them one by one.
I may be crazy, thinking that as the heroine I can become stronger and kill them all, just like clearing the virus and loading the file again.
The writing is very good, but the main theme of abuse has been out of the environment for too long... I am still very grateful to the author for having the heart to write a story like this. Best wishes for the next article.