The Hated Female Side Character Falls for Her Background Character Senior Brother

After Yu Something-or-Other died, she discovered that the world she lived in was a xianxia romance about the tormented love between an immortal and a demon.

The heroine was her junior sister, a beloved favorite of Jianyi Peak who shared a passionate, agonizing romance with the Demon Lord. Yu Something-or-Other, meanwhile, was the sect's universally despised outcast: she had used her family connections to force her way into Jianyi Peak, had a reclusive personality and mediocre talent, and was jealous enough to hurt her junior sister again and again. In the end, her fellow disciples abandoned her, and she died a miserable death in a secret realm.

Yu Something-or-Other: Pah!

She was hated because she hadn't let the whole peak brainwash her into treating her junior sister like a precious treasure. Who was reclusive and jealous?

What she resented most was that she'd risked her life to save her fourth and fifth senior brothers, only for them to abandon her, a seriously injured person, and rush off at the heroine's request for help. They left her to be devoured by beasts.

What a joke!

Even ungrateful wretches have more conscience than those two.

When she regained consciousness, she was eighteen again, at the moment of choosing a peak and a master.

This time, she headed determinedly for Xiaoyao Peak.

Xiaoyao Peak had only one senior brother, and to Yu Something-or-Other, he was a marvel:

When the heroine stirred up trouble in the sect, he was away adventuring. When she was having a tortured romance with the Demon Lord, he was in seclusion at the sect. When she and the Demon Lord met on the battlefield and their love became agonizing, he was trapped in a secret realm. When she married the Demon Lord and they got their happy ending, he had already ascended.

Perfect. He missed every major plot point.

All she had to do was stick close to him, escape the story's plot, and ascend alongside him.

Goodbye, you lunatics of Jianyi Peak.

Later, the master and senior brothers who had once ignored her and accused her of being selfish, cold-blooded, and devoid of love for her fellow disciples all came to curry favor with her. It turned out they had all been reborn.

Master: When my state of mind was unsettled, you gave me a Clearheart Stone. I know you were being filial.

Yu Something-or-Other: I have a whole pile of those Clearheart Stones. I toss them around for fun.

She strung a dozen or so Clearheart Stones into a necklace and gave it to her dear senior brother.

First Senior Brother: When I was heartbroken and miserable, you gave me a leaf from a Worry-Free Tree. I know you were being kind.

Yu Something-or-Other: Oh, that was a strand of hair from Dixiou. It asked me to throw it away, so I tossed it to you.

Then she carved a big, adorable bear from Dixiou wood and gave it to her dear senior brother.

Fourth and Fifth Senior Brothers: You saved our lives in the secret realm. We know you have the greatest love for your fellow disciples.

Yu Something-or-Other: I was saving myself. If you'd died somewhere else, I wouldn't have spared you a glance.

Later, when the fourth and fifth senior brothers were hunted by demon beasts, Yu Something-or-Other walked past arm in arm with her dear senior brother and didn't spare them a glance, just as she had said.

Master and Senior Brothers One through Five: You must be so cold because we broke your heart in our past lives. But it's all right. We'll treat you well now.

Yu Something-or-Other: Please stay away from me!

Everyone at Jianyi Peak gets their comeuppance. The heroine never looks back, focusing on keeping her distance and living a sweet life with her senior brother.

Cover artwork: Zhong Qing (CG), Ranran Qi (lettering)

Theme: Love yourself and stay true to yourself