Yun Qiulu is the apple of the Changxuan Sect leader's eye, born with an immortal physique. Unfortunately, she's spoiled, playful, and has no interest in cultivation. She's a total weakling.
One day, she sneaks away from the sect and happens to find an injured male cultivator. In a rare display of kindness, she escorts him to the Medicine Valley to recover. Ahem, it's definitely not because he's handsome!
What Yun Qiulu doesn't know is that the man she's escorting is actually the supreme ruler of the Demon Realm, the dreaded Demon Lord Xie Wuyou.
Xie Wuyou pretends to be weak. With Yun Qiulu escorting him, he makes it to the Medicine Valley through the cultivation world, where he has plenty of enemies, and heals his wounds.
On the day he leaves the valley, several demonic cultivators arrive to take him back to the Demon Realm.
Xie Wuyou expects to see shock, regret, or fury on Yun Qiulu's face. Instead, she doesn't seem to realize what's going on at all, and appears to have misunderstood something.
“I-I-I have a good heart, so I'll give you half a quarter-hour to escape!”
Yun Qiulu puts on a brave front. Though her cultivation is weak and she's absolutely terrified, she draws her sword with tears in her eyes and threatens the demonic cultivators, all to protect the “frail” Xie Wuyou in her heart.
“Otherwise, I'll kill you all with this one strike!”
Xie Wuyou: “...”
She really is an idiot, but a cute one.
At the Demon Lord's secret telepathic instruction, the demonic cultivators are utterly baffled, but improvise a new script and abduct them both to the Demon Realm.
By day, Xie Wuyou is the pitiful captive from an immortal sect, locked up alongside Yun Qiulu and occasionally dragged off to “do hard labor.”
At night, Xie Wuyou is the moody Demon Lord, his face hidden behind a silver mask, and he occasionally teases Yun Qiulu for fun.
Until one day, he slips up and the little fool recognizes him.
Yun Qiulu is so mad that she refuses to speak to Xie Wuyou for days. When she gets fed up with his attempts to appease her, she simply returns to the Changxuan Sect.
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The Changxuan Sect hears that Yun Qiulu has fallen into the Demon Lord's hands. Everyone is frantic, and they prepare to join forces with the other immortal sects to storm the Demon Realm.
Unexpectedly, she comes back on her own, reportedly with the Demon Lord following behind her.
As the sect gates open, the sect leader rushes out with his sword, only to freeze in place.
The arrogant Demon Lord is holding osmanthus cakes and meekly coaxing the fuming Yun Qiulu.
“I was wrong. Don't ignore me anymore.”
“I made your favorite osmanthus cakes with my own hands.”
“How about you stab me? I promise I'll die.”
[Reading Guide]
1. A spoiled, silly sweetheart who cries at the drop of a hat x a scheming jerk of a Demon Lord who loves putting on an act.
2. A short, sweet practice story, written for fun. Don't overthink it, and I hope everyone has a happy day! If it's not to your taste, please stop reading and cut your losses.
3. Please don't mention other authors' works in my comments, and especially don't mention my work in other authors' comments.
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