Unorthodox Ways

[An alluring, arrogant, ruthless, black-hearted female demon × an aloof, solitary, stubborn, hardheaded, lovesick male tsundere]

(Translation: an evil-path, low-quality beauty (not really) × a high-quality handsome man from a righteous sect)

-Marketing-account blurb-

Shocking! His junior sister, the white moonlight who died a gruesome death five years ago, has suddenly come back to life, turned evil, and become a demoness who slaughters innocent people!

Outrageous! The demoness shamelessly seduces Nangong Ji, the number-one handsome man of the righteous sect, known as the "Gentleman of Silent Frost"!

The gentleman Nangong Ji is entangled with the notorious beauty and temptress Yu Yan. Is this a distortion of a gentleman's humanity, or the collapse of the righteous sect's moral standards?!

-Regular blurb-

Five years ago, his junior sister died a horrible death in an accident. Nangong Ji was utterly heartbroken, his hopes and dreams consumed by grief. He had planned to win the crown at the sect's grand gathering and then propose to her. But by the time he won, they had already been separated by life and death. Someone told him, "If no body has been found, you can't say she's dead. There may still be a chance." Those words became the only thought he could cling to, even though he knew the odds were infinitely close to zero.

Five years later, a demoness suddenly began stirring up trouble. Rumor had it she was cruel and merciless, with countless lives on her hands. The righteous sect concerned itself only with vanquishing demons, not with such disputes, but Nangong Ji happened to cross paths with her while traveling down the mountain and decided to investigate. To his shock, the bloodthirsty demoness was none other than his junior sister, who had been dead for five years!

Now she had changed her name and identity, and seemed like a completely different person from the girl she'd been five years ago. She wielded a sinister, bizarre martial art that was terrifyingly powerful. His once-innocent, sweet, and adorable junior sister had become a bewitching, alluring, ruthless "temptress" and "demoness." But Nangong Ji was certain she was still the same person. It could be no one else!

Nangong Ji didn't know why she'd become this way, but the moment he saw her, he swore to himself: This time, I won't fail you again!

He would take her back to their sect, make her admit her wrongdoing, help her earn the sect's forgiveness, and set her back on the righteous path.

He meant well, but she wanted none of it. "Who said I'd go back with you? Stop flattering yourself!"

"Oh? If you don't want to come back with me, why do you keep following me around?"

"That's because..." Yu Yan gritted her teeth, holding back the rest. She had already said the words to herself countless times: Because you're a faithless bastard too. Sooner or later, I'll skin you alive, tear you apart, and grind your bones to dust!

One is a taciturn, excessively reserved "bottle gourd," while the other is an arrogant, defiant "flower of the other shore." If they can't open their hearts and clear up their misunderstandings, there's no way these two will ever get together. Their misunderstandings will only deepen. Yet both are stubborn and neither likes to explain themselves. They let their misunderstandings pile up, with others fanning the flames, and even though they love each other, they keep getting caught up in one fight after another.

At last, he shouted in exasperation, "Yu Yan, let's see whether you kill me with your own hands or I tie you up and take you back!"

She gave up trying to salvage the situation, too. "Fine! I'm not afraid of you bringing your whole sect to fight me. Let's see how long you can hold out. If you can't kill me with your own hands, I'll slaughter everyone on Xuanjing Mountain one day!"

"You...!" Nangong Ji couldn't believe that the girl who had once been so innocent and kind would threaten to slaughter her own sect...

Note: This is a cultivation story, but since no one has become immortal yet, it remains in the martial world for now.

· 1v1, mutually exclusive, somewhat slow-burn

· The perspective is listed as unclear because the narration alternates between the male and female leads.

· The female lead formally appears in Chapter 9 (Part 8); she appears in memories earlier.

-Ultimate nonsense blurb- (Read with caution. Absolutely do not imagine music.)

[Ji] Fake dancing, fake wine, fake friends, fake love, fake feelings, fake tenderness.

You lured me into your room, then slipped away in the middle of the night.

[Yan] I didn't want to sneak out at night. I was afraid I'd lose control and attack you.

You're weak and I'm strong. Beating you is like beating a dog.

[Ji] If I dared come into your room, why would I fear your evil tricks?

Before you can make a move, I'll carry you back home.

[Yan] You're clearly a fool, coming to my door and asking for a beating.

Do you know how strong I am? I'll beat you till you're crawling on the ground.

Theme: Since ancient times, duty and affection have been hard to reconcile, and good and evil cannot coexist.