The Other Person Retracted a Clown

b has no particular talents, except for being incredibly unlucky. He has been adrift and alone since childhood. Just as he embarks on the path to immortality, his master dies, and he is expelled from the sect.

At his lowest point, b meets someone who saves him.

That person is willing to teach him skills and take him into the sect. He is always good to b and never expects anything in return. b thinks he is the best master in the world.

But his master's nature is too kind. He carries many painful memories he does not wish to share with outsiders. He has cared about many people and been hurt deeply by many of them. Time and again, b tries to soothe his master's pain, but his master refuses to talk about it.

For the first time in his life, b tastes the agony of jealousy, and it keeps him awake all night.

So what if his master has a lot of old flames? Now b is the only one by his master's side. No matter what, his master belongs to him! To him alone!

To win his master's heart (crossed out) and make him see no one else, b tries everything he can think of: acting cute, pretending to be pitiful, competing for his master's affection, speaking in a coy, passive-aggressive way, pretending to turn evil... He pulls out every trick in the book.

But his master is too innocent. No matter what tricks b tries, he only gets one response: Huh?

b is so angry and frustrated. The more naive and sweet his master is, the more he thinks the people who hurt him are all despicable!

Then one day, someone takes advantage of his master's seclusion to force their way into his cave. b rushes over, only to hear his master's voice float out of the cave:

"You're the twenty-eighth disciple I've met in this life who threatened to kill himself with a sword unless I accepted him."

b: ?

The intruder is stunned too. Then his master continues:

"I've taken in 107 unfortunate children, 35 disciples have told me they want to become my partner instead, I've been killed to prove the Dao 13 times, 19 disciples have turned evil, I've cultivated the ruthless, pure, slaughter, and demonic paths, and countless people have tried to shatter my Dao heart..."

The intruder asks, "And... what happened in the end?"

His master says, "I'm dealing with the 108th one right now."

Disciple number 108, b: ...

What am I supposed to do when I thought my master was an innocent sweetheart, but it turns out I'm the innocent sweetheart?

Can I still take it back?

[World-weary master who is incredibly hard to win over, the bottom × devoted puppy who acts sweet and cute, only to have all his tricks seen through, the top]

[Younger love interest, with a bit of a cultivation-leveling storyline]

The name was picked at random. Blurb saved on 2023.8.27.

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