Wen Qingli was the eldest daughter of a moderately wealthy family. She was quite content with her comfortable, leisurely life, even if it wasn't particularly rich or grand.
One day, she suddenly awakened to the fact that she was a cannon-fodder female supporting character in a novel. The arrogant, overpowered male lead, Su Xian, would eventually become her father's disciple. In the end, he would bring about her family's ruin, and she would be tortured to death while fleeing.
The story had only just reached the point where Su Xian joined her father's sect. Wen Qingli decided to get rid of this menace while there was still time.
Her father asked her to deliver pills to Su Xian. She secretly replaced every elixir in the bottle with deadly poison, then sent her even lazier senior brother to deliver it.
Her senior brother gazed into the void and, instead of refusing, readily agreed. But he looked at her with a complicated expression.
"A Li, you should respect the truest impulses in your heart."
Wen Qingli: What impulse? The impulse to rid the world of a menace?
During the sect's tournament, Wen Qingli got distracted thinking about her next assassination attempt and lost to her longtime rival, who was always at odds with her.
But instead of mocking her, her rival looked at her with a gloomy, displeased expression.
"Can't you take your mind off him for once?"
Wen Qingli: Had her murderous intentions finally been discovered?
Then one day, she saw a bunch of semi-transparent words drifting across the sky.
[How did Lili know Su Xian has a special constitution, and that taking ordinary pills would send him into cultivation deviation? She's so thoughtful, specially swapping them for pills suited to his constitution. I'm actually crying!]
[Whenever Lili wants to show Su Xian she cares about him, she gets embarrassed and has her senior brother go in her place. Even he can't help encouraging her!]
[The little expressions Lili makes when she's conflicted are so cute~]
To put a stop to these completely absurd misunderstandings, Wen Qingli immediately brought a group of people to surround Su Xian's courtyard. She went out of her way to bully him, just to show those words what was what.
[Lili is trying so hard to get Su Xian's attention! She's usually so lazy.]
[I can confirm. In nine out of ten scenes, she's in bed. The one exception is her on the way to jump into bed.]
Her expression stiffened. She immediately ran back to her cave dwelling, honed her sword with a murderous glint in her eyes, and swore to practice properly and get rid of Su Xian, this huge nuisance, as soon as possible.
[Look how hard she's working! I will always be moved by this kind of love, where someone strives to improve themselves for the person they like!]
Wen Qingli: ...There's no clearing my name now.
She failed to notice that, day after day, Su Xian's gaze grew stranger and stranger.
When the story reached the massacre of the Wen clan, Wen Qingli still hadn't put her plan into action. She waited in terrified suspense for her fate to arrive, only to see the demon Yin Su Xian tear off the secret identity of the Wen clan's eldest disciple, "Su Xian," and break through his seal.
As everyone watched in horrified suspense, the handsome demon in black robes strode toward the Wen clan's mountain gate, murderous intent radiating from him, and pulled the stunned girl into his arms.
"Lili," he said softly. "I love you too."
The comments said she wanted his true form to ride in on auspicious clouds of five colors and marry her.
Wen Qingli: ...?
Where was that overpowered male lead? How had he turned into the villainous demon lord?
[Fake "overpowered male lead," actually a demon lord and the ultimate powerhouse gong x fake slacker, actually an "evil" rich and beautiful female lead who doesn't want to be outdone]
Tips:
※ 1v1, happy ending, both leads are each other's first.
※ More to come if I think of anything.
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Theme: Charge forward bravely