Little Junior Sister, Keep Your Harem Plot Under Control

It was only when Xie Shuning died that she realized she was merely a love-struck supporting female character in a romance novel.

In the original story, she was the stand-in the male lead, an immortal lord, found after the female lead went missing. When the female lead returned, jealousy drove her into a qi deviation. She fell to the demonic path and was killed by the male lead with a single thrust of his sword.

Reborn, Xie Shuning recalled the fate others had imposed on her in her past life and silently drew the sword in her hand.

With no man in her heart, her sword becomes divine. To avoid a gruesome death, Xie Shuning decided to give up on romance and focus on becoming a great power in her field first.

What she didn't know was this:

The Demon Lord had come searching for the female lead under a hidden identity, but Xie Shuning took him for a useless junior brother. Whenever he faced danger, Xie Shuning would appear from the sky, sword pointed at his enemies. "Picking on a useless guy? Why not pick on me instead!"

The scheming Demon Lord silently withdrew the hand he'd been about to use to take someone's head.

A great demon, badly wounded while protecting the female lead, was mistaken by Xie Shuning for a cultivation ingredient. Whenever his internal injuries flared up, Xie Shuning would show up right on time to ask, "When are you going to die?"

The great demon, who valued his dignity as much as his life, was so furious he lived another day.

As for her sickly senior brother, strict and upright, known as the White-Robed Sword Immortal, Xie Shuning had wronged him in her past life. In this one, she secretly vowed to be a dutiful junior sister and respectfully look after him in his old age.

Xie Shuning had her life in this incarnation all mapped out, certain she had her face-slapping, hard-work-to-the-top story under control. That is, until later...

* The young Demon Lord bound her to his throne, the cold edge of a knife resting against her cheek. "If Senior Sister doesn't like me, why have you been so good to me?"

* The great merfolk demon cut out his own pearl, eyes red as he pleaded in a panic. "I don't want anything. I only want you!"

Xie Shuning: This is wrong! This isn't the story I wanted!

Realizing the plot had gone off the rails, Xie Shuning decided to run away for her own safety. But as she fled the battlefield of romantic entanglements, her senior brother caught her red-handed.

The sickly senior brother, coughing blood in the wind, raised his sword and sneered at her. "All right."

"Will you come to me, or should I come to you?"

* The male lead is the beautiful, strong, and tragic senior brother, a nurturing type.

A few words before you begin: 1. Please read rationally. If it's not to your taste, let's part on good terms. You're welcome back anytime.

2. Everything serves the plot and does not represent the author's real-life values.

3. This is not a female-led power-up story. Rational discussion is welcome, but personal attacks are not.

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