When the Female Side Character in a Xianxia Novel Gets Trapped in an Infinite Restart

Sang Ju has a rather unreliable golden finger, namely: Whenever her heart goes pit-a-pat for her third senior brother, the great villain, her life goes *plop* and she gets forcibly logged out, then has to reload her save. And so... When she first joined the sect, her third senior brother slew a vicious beast. Its foul blood splashed all over Sang Ju, and her heart contracted involuntarily from fear... *Plop.* She reloaded, and time returned to the moment her third senior brother was fighting the beast. The beast impaled him straight through with its demonic horn. At the sect's monthly exam, her third senior brother was the proctor. Looking at his grim, debt-collector face, Sang Ju's hand trembled and she ruined her spirit talisman. Terrified, she reloaded. That day, she repeated the same monthly exam nine times before barely passing. She got hungry in the middle of the night and went looking for food. By chance, she witnessed a love triangle from hell between her eldest senior brother, second senior sister, and third senior brother. So awkward she could've curled her toes into the floor, she reloaded on the spot. That night, the love triangle from hell played out thirty-three times, and her third senior brother was forced to get his heart broken thirty-three times. The next day, her third senior brother stared at her resentfully throughout breakfast, sporting dark circles under his eyes. Sang Ju's food tasted like wax. She couldn't shake the feeling that her third senior brother had discovered her little secret. Later, on their wedding night, Sang Ju begged her third senior brother weakly, "Please, let me go. I really don't want to reload again. I'm dying. I can't take it." Her third senior brother asked in confusion, "What does it mean to reload?" Sang Ju turned around and saw the young man smiling brightly, a sly glint in his eyes. Sang Ju: That damn jerk must have known about her golden finger all along. Sob. * He Lan Xue also has a little secret he plans to take to his grave: For the sake of reuniting with her this time, he has died 387 times. Reading guide: 1. An Eastern fantasy academy story, slow-paced, with an ensemble cast. 2. My own mountain of headcanon and my personal take on fantasy. Theme: Time is eternal, but love never changes.