In her previous life, Ye Wanqing was bullied by her fellow disciples because of her plain looks. She never once knew what it felt like to be someone's favorite.
In the end, the senior sister she loved betrayed her, running her through the heart with a single sword thrust.
When she woke again, she had returned to the night she and her master were cornered at a cliff's edge by powerful orthodox cultivators.
Remembering how her master had pushed her forward to take a blade for her in her previous life, she decided to strike first and shoved her master off the cliff.
But she was dragged down with her, too, and badly injured.
Fortunately, her master had lost her memory.
Ye Wanqing lied to her master, telling her they were a pair of star-crossed lovers who had eloped. She coaxed her master into serving her tea, doing her laundry, and cooking for her.
They lived in seclusion from the world, while Ye Wanqing planned to kill her master and silence her once she recovered.
But just when the day she'd been waiting for finally came, her senior sister showed up with a group of people.
Her senior sister said furiously, "Master, your junior sister lied to you like this. How are you going to punish her?"
Her master gazed at her fondly. "I can't blame her. Wanqing is just a little childish."
Ye Wanqing sneered to herself. So her master hadn't just lost her memory, she'd lost her mind, too.
Shen Shuang transmigrated into a book and became the villainous master whom the protagonist, after reforming his ways, would use to prove his Dao.
The moment she opened her eyes, her little disciple was dragging her off a cliff.
In the original story, her little disciple was hopelessly in love with the protagonist's senior sister, but after being rejected, she met a tragic end.
Shen Shuang couldn't accept Ye Wanqing's fate.
She was brilliant, and if she hadn't been blinded by love, she wouldn't have ended up that way.
So Shen Shuang decided to protect Ye Wanqing.
She pretended to have lost her memory. Even when Ye Wanqing told her they were lovers, she didn't bat an eye.
She thought that if she poured her heart and soul into her little disciple, the girl would feel some gratitude toward her.
But on the very night they returned to their sect, Ye Wanqing climbed into her bed.
Shen Shuang scolded her in exasperation. "You're looking for your senior sister, aren't you? You went into the wrong room. She's next door!"
Beneath her white mask, Ye Wanqing's eyes flickered. "I'm looking for you, Master. I heard Grandmaster passed down a secret art of dual cultivation. Teach it to me, Master?"
By morning, Shen Shuang was biting her pillow, on the verge of tears.
She really was a fool.
She should have known being a master was a high-risk occupation.
It wasn't enough to feed and pamper her disciple. She had to share her bed, too!
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Theme: True love above all.