Cool, aloof girl x gentle, moon-bright male mentor (Blurb updated on 2026.3.12 and screenshot uploaded to social media; tentatively scheduled to begin in 2027.)
Bai Lingshuang never wanted to mention the name she used to have.
When she was fourteen, her own mother made her stand in the street and sell herself, just to earn money to feed the useless men in their household.
Xie Yunyang happened to pass by and saved her. Right in front of her, he personally tore up that filthy contract of sale.
From then on, his elegant, handsome figure never left her heart.
She was so stubborn that, rather than let him send her to another sect to learn martial arts, she leapt alone from a cliff on the peak of Kunlun Mountain.
Xie Yunyang had no choice but to take her as his disciple.
In today’s martial world, the Broken-Sky Saber Shen Xingyao stands at its head. His daughter, Zhang Yunzhou, became famous at a young age and opened her doors wide, bringing the three inherited schools of martial arts to new heights. Only the Cold Moon Sword line has dwindled, and it still bears the mystery of an unsolved case.
At eighteen, Xie Yunyang took up the burden from his aged master, and from then on carried the fortunes of his sect on his shoulders.
But he never expected that simply acting out of a sense of chivalry, just as he had when he saved the girl who had nearly been violated, would somehow leave him with a disciple. From then on, the two of them depended on each other.
Who could have guessed that five years later, this stubborn little girl would tell him she loved her?
Bonus scene:
“To you, I am your teacher, your older brother, and your father. How could you have these kinds of feelings for me?”
Xie Yunyang’s words sounded more like he was trying to convince himself.
Bai Lingshuang’s gaze turned cold.
“Then remember this: it’s not that Brother Yun doesn’t want me. I’m the one who never wants Brother Yun again.”
Reader’s guide: Both leads are each other’s only romantic partners. The male lead is impeccably chaste; there is no abuse of the female lead and she is never submissive. The protagonists are not descendants or disciples of the original leads, just a brand-new story set in the same world (think of the relationship between the three protagonists of Gu Jian: Baili Tusu, Le Wuyi, and Bei Luo; they have absolutely no connection).
Theme: A daughter should stand on her own.
