Master, I Really Wasn't Trying to Seduce You

[I won't be updating daily. I've been swamped with three overtime shifts and don't know when I'll be able to update, so I haven't asked for leave. I'll be back once things calm down.] A dull, unaware heroine who unknowingly lures people in VS a gentle Master who talks himself into falling for her - Ling Yin is a mortal, but she grew up in an immortal sect. Her senior brother is her childhood friend. He's naturally unlucky and always gets into trouble because of his kind heart, but he puts her first in everything. Her Master is strict and distant with her, yet he raised her himself and took care of every little thing. She thought she would simply live out her life like that, growing old and eventually dying. Until one day... Her senior brother brought disaster upon himself by saving a woman. Her Master, who had raised the two of them, had his immortal bones ripped out and died in the calamity as well. When Ling Yin opened her eyes again, she had returned to the moment her senior brother had just brought that woman up the mountain. Her unlucky senior brother stood outside her door, calling for her to change his bandages. Ling Yin: ... Ling Yin glanced at him calmly, walked past him, and turned to push open her Master's door. * Jiang Jinyi had been alone for ten thousand years and had taken only two disciples in his life. One was Ling Yin, a mortal girl he had found at the foot of the mountain. The other was Xie Huaiji, born with an evil bone and sent to him to have the corrupt energy purified. The two children grew up relying on each other, becoming the closest companions in the world. But after Xie Huaiji brought a girl up the mountain, Jiang Jinyi noticed something: Ling Yin, who used to cling to her senior brother, no longer snuck off crying to find Xie Huaiji after being punished for failing to master a cultivation technique. Instead, she ran into his room in tears time and again. Ling Yin came to see him more and more often, and she asked him to indulge her more and more. She even told him solemnly, "I like Master more than I like Senior Brother. So whether it's cultivation techniques or food and clothing, I should have better things than Senior Brother, and Master should treat me better too." He rubbed Ling Yin's head and smiled warmly. "All right. I'll give you the best." He assumed the girl's arrival had caused a rift between the two of them, and thought he should find time to ask about it. But he never expected that one day... After Ling Yin had finished arranging his hair as usual, she acted out of character and leaned against his shoulder. She caught a strand of his silver hair, speaking softly and affectionately, almost as if she were murmuring in her sleep. "Master, I hate Senior Brother. Can you kick him out of the sect?" Ling Yin looked at him with an earnestness he had never seen before. "I only want to be with you, Master." - Later on... Ling Yin: Master and I are family. Doesn't that mean we should be close? - [Please note] * Master is the male lead. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's only partners. * The heroine is naturally alluring without realizing it. The male lead is a white-haired, doting father figure who talks himself into falling for her. * The heroine will become very powerful later on, and cultivating won't be too difficult for her. * The heroine will always choose the male lead, and he will always choose her too. * The story mainly focuses on romance, which makes up 80 percent of it. It's a light, sweet story with no angst or misunderstandings, and the heroine is very clingy with the male lead. * The author's plot logic is a weak point. Everything in the plot serves the romance, so don't expect too much. If it's not for you, please stop reading. Thank you! 23.11.23 Coming soon: My Love Rival Is Actually Myself - [Heroine's Story] Jiang Wuying likes her senior brother, the sword-fighting genius who is as radiant as the moon. Song Jiangbai, courtesy name Mingyi, senior disciple of the Sword Pavilion and the foremost sword cultivator of the Celestial Rank. He lives up to his name: bright, elegant, and graceful as the moon, with a noble, jade-like bearing. Suitors flock to him in droves, and Jiang Wuying is only one of them. To get her senior brother's attention, she tried everything, including confessing to him when they were alone. Even when he turned her down, Jiang Wuying was no different from his other suitors. She thought her unrequited love would end there, but that very night, Song Jiangbai burst into her room covered in blood. While tending to his wounds, she asked him again, "Senior Brother, have you thought about what I asked you this afternoon?" Song Jiangbai: "What?" Jiang Wuying: "I mean... that thing. Do you want to be with me?" Their eyes met. For the first time, Song Jiangbai nodded. [Male Lead's Story] Song Jiangbai was a spirit born from corrupt energy. He suffered endless humiliation before the Sword Pavilion's leader took him in. The leader gave him the courtesy name Mingyi, hoping he would act with reason and propriety. He spent his life following the teachings of those two characters, forsaking love and devoting himself to cultivation. In the end, his sect betrayed him, took away his courtesy name, and left him condemned by everyone and fallen into demonic cultivation. When he opened his eyes again, Song Jiangbai had returned to the past, three hundred years before Jiang Wuying had confessed to him. But only when he saw an identical "him" with his own eyes did he understand: he hadn't been reborn. He had returned to the past, to a past where another "him" already existed. The Song Mingyi of the past was still as cold and aloof as ever, keeping everyone at a distance. When Jiang Wuying confessed to him, Song Mingyi tried to talk her out of it, but failed. In the end, he could only pretend to pull his sleeve free and say expressionlessly, "I have no such plans for now." Song Jiangbai stared silently at his former self for a moment. A mocking smile tugged at his lips. ... What a pretentious bastard. - Jiang Wuying thought her senior brother had been acting strangely lately. His personality had grown gloomy and vicious. He did terrible things, sneered whenever anyone mentioned an elder of the sect, and often couldn't conceal the murderous intent in his eyes. His attitude toward her was strange too. Sometimes he was incredibly close to her, and other times he was cold and distant. When Jiang Wuying went down the mountain to train, Song Jiangbai would forcibly scoop her up and hold her whenever she got tired. Jiang Wuying: "Senior Brother, what if someone sees us?" Song Jiangbai narrowed his eyes dangerously, leaned close to her ear, and demanded in a low voice, "What, am I someone you have to hide?" But when she finally worked up the courage to take her senior brother's hand in full view of everyone, he would jerk away and say coldly, "Junior Sister, please behave with propriety." Jiang Wuying: ... Huh? * Jiang Wuying: Confused. Is this some kind of kink of Senior Brother's? Song Jiangbai: This is ridiculous. I really was so pretentious back then. # Dating behind your own back, then plotting to overthrow the entire sect behind your own back too +v+ # I can't stand my former self, but I'm jealous of him [Please note] * A righteous, refined, proper man VS a real demon man driven mad by the sect's rules * The story is mainly told from the heroine's perspective. The leads are in love with each other. * Both a good and a bad male lead exist; they will merge into one later. * The two male leads share sensations, so when one is hurt, the other is hurt too. * The heroine gives equal attention to both (just kidding, the good male lead is pretending to be proper). * A sweet story with a small ensemble cast. My take on cultivation fantasy, with a 7:3 ratio of romance to plot. Theme: Only strength can protect the people you love