My Black Lotus Junior Brother Keeps Trying to Win Me Over

[Not in the best writing groove, return date unknown~ But I promise I won't abandon it ovo]

*Outwardly frail senior disciple sister vs. junior disciple brother who gets carried away with his own schemes

After realizing she is a doomed extra who dies early in the book, Wen Liao spends years pretending to be a delicate little flower, becoming a frail, quiet junior sister in her sect.

Her spiritual realm is low, she is sickly and weak, and monsters can scare her unconscious. If she accidentally hurts a villain, she cries with guilt; if someone bullies her, she is helpless to fight back. Everyone treats her like a fragile vase to be held in the palm of their hand.

They're afraid she'll get tired or out of breath, and afraid she'll suffer even the tiniest injury.

But one day, when the senior sister who is the heroine of the book takes pity on a group of killers who could take her life at any moment and decides to let them go, everyone sees Wen Liao beneath the moonlight, her skirt stained with blood and her crimson eyes sweeping coldly over them. The corpses in the pool of blood make a shocking sight. After wiping away the blood, she puts away her twin swords. She is nothing like the innocent, naive junior sister she usually pretends to be, yet she still smiles and says:

"Senior Sister was afraid of getting her hands dirty, so I had to take care of it for you."

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Pei Zhiheng is bound to a Romance System. Only by earning Wen Liao's affection can he increase his power.

So he pretends to be obedient and harmless, joins the sect as her junior brother, and carefully prepares his plan to win her over.

But his good-for-nothing senior sister is just so strange.

He gives her flowers: power -1

He clings to her and fawns over her: power -1

He takes a blow for her at a crucial moment: power -1

He fusses over her and tries every charming trick in the book: power -1, -1, -1

Pei Zhiheng coughs up blood, baffled: What on earth is going wrong?

Until one night, she catches him at a murder scene.

He hasn't even had time to hide the murderous look in his eyes when he realizes Wen Liao is behind him. He turns around in a panic, afraid his appearance will frighten her.

But what he sees is his usually frail senior sister with shining eyes, and several severed arms in her hands.

Power +10

Pei Zhiheng: ? So this is what you like?

#You should've said so. I wouldn't have needed to pretend.

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The senior disciples: Our junior sister and junior brother may be weak, but they're kindhearted and well-mannered. They couldn't possibly be the sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside types people talk about. What? The junior brother pulled someone's skullcap off, and the junior sister set someone's building on fire? Impossible. Absolutely impossible...

^ Two people pretending to be sweet compete in acting, then a bad cat and a bad dog stir up trouble

^ A sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside heroine who just wants to lie flat, act weak, and stay alive, but whose abilities won't let her, x a workaholic hero who's also sweet on the outside, dark on the inside, and only wants to stick close to her and gain power

^ He sets out to win her over, but ends up winning himself over instead

^ The romance and plot may be split fifty-fifty

^ A lightly ensemble cast, my take on fantasy, not a traditional cultivation world or power fantasy. A mountain of original worldbuilding, somewhat episodic monster hunting, lots of setup and foreshadowing, and some heartbreak

^ If you like it, please interact lots o3o

--- Archived 2023.7.9. Plagiarism will be pursued. Original blurb revised 2025.5.3

--- Upcoming story: She Gets Stronger After Being Bitten by a Zombie ---

If the apocalypse came, would you rather be a nobody trying to survive or a zombie killer?

Chu Wanxing holds out her arm for a zombie to bite.

She chooses to become a zombie.

But she discovers that being bitten doesn't kill her. It makes her stronger.

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For Chu Wanxing, the apocalypse merely blocks out the last glimmer of light in a world that had already plunged into darkness.

But later, someone tears through the darkness and pulls her into the light.

When everyone else keeps their distance, Feng Sheng is the only one who takes her hand:

"Let's not give up, okay?"

Chu Wanxing looks at him, suppresses the urge to bite him, and snaps a zombie's neck with one hand. "Okay. We won't give up."

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Before the apocalypse, Feng Sheng only wanted to protect Chu Wanxing, always careful not to hurt her.

After the apocalypse, he only wants to cherish her with his passionate love.

#I'll make the love I've hidden away for so long known to the world#

[Reading Guide]

1v1 romance, the hero's secret love for the heroine and her salvation

A pitiful heroine who has lost hope in the world x a sunny hero who believes in her

Theme: Start with loving life yourself