#A spy within a spy within a spy. The consequence of one spy loving her is that she ends up with a whole lot of spies loving her#
[Sweet, sunny Amman with dimples x villains on both sides] [Light, sweet romance]
After Shen Yingman died, a transmigration-into-a-book System came to her. It promised to help her come back to life if she entered a xianxia world and completed a mission.
Shen Yingman thought it was a sure win. All she had to do was play "the useless, foolish supporting female character who holds back the villain faction". She could do that!
Tyrant is a power-leveling cultivation fantasy.
The male lead is Ren Ruliu, the foremost figure of the immortal sects. He's peerlessly handsome, fair in his dealings, and elegant and composed.
The main villain is the Demon Lord of the demon sect, and Shen Yingman's master, He Yan.
The immortals and demons are sworn enemies, and the entire million-character novel revolves around their bloody conflict.
After Shen Yingman transmigrates into the book, just as the System said, she becomes the weakest junior sister in the villain faction.
The System's instructions still ring in her ears: "Do whatever it takes to hold everyone back. Be a loyal, steadfast troublemaker. Anger the villains, provoke the righteous, and the sooner you die, the better your next life will be!"
O_o
Her master falls ill, so Shen Yingman brings him some unbearably bitter medicine.
At last, her master frowns and drinks half the bowl. She quickly tops it up.
He Yan: ...?
Shen Yingman gazes at him blankly. "G-good stuff deserves seconds."
He Yan: .
Besides her outwardly frail master, Shen Yingman discovers that she also has a dashing senior sister and a sinister senior brother to contend with.
Her senior sister tells her to pass over a knife while killing someone. Shen Yingman trembles at the sight of organs scattered across the ground. The knife slips from her hand and lands right on her senior sister's shoe.
Her senior sister endures the pain: ...
Shen Yingman is on the verge of tears. "Senior Sister, I-I told you, I'm really scared..."
Her senior brother holds an important meeting about attacking the immortal sects, carefully explaining the points to keep in mind. Shen Yingman nods off, her head bobbing.
Her senior brother flies into a rage. "Shen! Ying! Man!"
Shen Yingman jolts awake. "What? What happened?"
He looks at his clueless junior sister, whose eye has a red mark from being poked by a calligraphy brush.
Her senior brother swallows his anger. "...Nothing. Go play somewhere else."
The sad thing is, no matter how tirelessly she tries to cause trouble, she still can't stop her sect from completing its important mission of capturing the male lead and taking him to the demon sect.
Considering Shen Yingman's outstanding abilities (?), the organization assigns her the important task of bringing him meals.
Seeing the male lead, still gentle and refined despite his suffering in the dungeon, Shen Yingman has tears in her eyes the entire time she delivers his food, worried that she might fail her mission.
She turns around and tearfully pleads with her teammates too. "Can't we spare him? We already got what we wanted, didn't we?"
Her master, sitting in a wheelchair, gives her a cool glance.
Her senior sister covers her mouth and scolds her for being indecisive.
Her senior brother mocks her for not knowing friend from foe.
Shen Yingman: QAQ It's over. I've really messed up the mission.
The next day, on the day of the execution, the righteous factions join forces and storm the demon sect's lair. Her master is still gravely injured, her senior brother's fate is unknown, and her senior sister is a spy for the righteous side (Huh?).
With the entire demon sect seemingly reduced to just her, Shen Yingman makes a run for it.
Who knew she would run out of strength and fall into a river along the way?
Ren Ruliu arrives and meets her drenched, almond-shaped eyes.
He raises his sword, its point right at her nose.
Shen Yingman looks up at the sky. "All right, dying from being stupid is still dying, and getting killed by the male lead is still dying. So be it. Better to die early and be reborn sooner."
She closes her eyes, ready for anything.
But after a long while, she feels no pain. She cautiously opens one eye and sees the male lead watching her with a cool expression. After a moment, he suddenly says, "Come with me. You're a good person."
Shen Yingman: Wow... (in that tone)
In the end, she is taken back to the righteous side.
As she eats, drinks, and acts foolishly among the righteous, Shen Yingman suddenly discovers that they also have spies from the demon sect.
Spy: I will make the demon sect rise again!
Shen Yingman: That's fine, but please don't look at me like that. Are you still counting on me?
But the demon sect rises again all the same.
What Shen Yingman doesn't expect, though, is that the demon sect's 2.0 version seems a little off.
Her lame master is back on his feet, her sinister senior brother has gone mad, and her upright senior sister has turned to the demonic path. The whole family pulls together to attack the male lead's immortal sect, under the banner: "Save our junior sister!"
Shen Yingman: o_O
That night, Ren Ruliu doesn't sleep. He gazes intently at the sleeping girl's delicate face, his fingers tracing her slender neck. "Amman..."
[Blurb saved on 2023/9/21]
Theme: I love all the bittersweet flavors, but sweet is my favorite