Why Is the Demonic Cult Leader Like This?

A sweet, romance-focused wuxia story.

A ditzy, sweet, and lively beauty who isn't very bright x a possessive, twisted, unpredictable true villain, the leader of a demonic cult

After retiring from the Lian Family Manor, Qiu Yan takes her generous reward money and sets off home to enjoy her life. But along the way, she is captured by people from the Bliss Hall.

The Bliss Hall is a notorious demonic cult in the martial world. Its followers are all ruthless and take pleasure in tormenting people.

Just when Qiu Yan is losing all hope, she spots an old acquaintance among the crowd of followers: a man in dark robes with a silver mask covering his face. She excitedly waves at him.

"The people here are so mean. I'm scared, Brother Yin, save me!"

The followers: ...Huh?! What do you expect our leader to do? This is ridiculous.

Ever since losing all hope and having his looks ruined, the leader of the demonic cult has grown more and more unpredictable and vicious, intent on amusing himself by tormenting everyone and everything.

Then one day, he sees a foolish old acquaintance waving at him, utterly convinced that he is a good person who will save her life.

He suddenly thinks that giving someone hope only to crush it with his own hands would be delightful, so on a whim, he plays the hero.

He gives her hope, all right. It's just that the part where he crushes it turns out to be a little difficult.

He tells her about the cult's various tortures, how a person's fingers can be cut off one by one. He traces her fingers with his sharp nails, miming the cuts, hoping to make her tremble.

After listening for a while, Qiu Yan suddenly interrupts him. "Are you scared?"

He pauses.

Qiu Yan says, "Otherwise, why are you touching my hand?"

The cult leader: "..."

Taking this as an admission, she clasps his hand in both of hers. "Your hand really is so cold. You must have been frightened. Let me warm it up for you."

Then she encloses his hand between her two little hands to warm it and looks up, waiting for his praise, certain that she's very clever.

"…"

The cult leader: I want to kill her every second of every day, but she's so stupid that I feel it would be beneath me to argue with someone like her.

A little scene

One day, the leader's mask accidentally falls off, revealing a hideously scarred face, burned by fire.

His expression immediately darkens. He wants to kill her to keep her quiet, but the next moment, she throws her arms around him.

He is utterly astonished. Since when did the brainless Qiu Yan learn to suck up to people to save her own skin? Her normal reaction should be to cover her eyes in fear.

"What are you doing?"

She clings tightly to him, resting her head on his shoulder. "If we stay like this, I'll never have to see your face!"

The cult leader: "…"

#What kind of mindset is it to want to kill her and kiss her at the same time?

Also known as "I Keep Curing His Possessive Obsession by Being an Idiot Without Meaning To" and "I Keep Dancing on the Cult Leader's Nerves Every Day, but Instead of Killing Me, He Gets Driven Crazy by Me"

Theme: Love and redemption