After Her Substitute Faked Her Death, the Immortal Venerable Went Mad

Lu Lingze fell in love with someone.

That someone was Ye Hengwu, the young valley master of Starshine Valley. She treated Lu Lingze very well. She bought her the osmanthus candies she loved, taught her swordsmanship, answered her silly questions, and even made her a senior disciple.

Lu Lingze happily assumed her senior sister liked her too, so she confessed. The two of them got together without a hitch.

But one day, she discovered that all that sweetness might have been a lie.

Ye Hengwu's true junior sister was named Xiao Nian. Xiao Nian had gone missing as a child, and ever since then, Ye Hengwu had carried her disappearance like a burden. All those heartfelt calls of "Junior Sister," all the care and affection, were just Ye Hengwu trying to make up for missing Xiao Nian through Lu Lingze.

At that moment, Lu Lingze lost all hope and wanted only to leave.

... ...

Everyone at Starshine Valley knew that Lu Lingze was a little demon whom the young valley master, Ye Hengwu, had happened upon and brought home. They also knew that the little demon was hopelessly infatuated with Ye Hengwu, the very picture of devoted love.

They also knew that Lu Lingze might well be a stand-in for Ye Hengwu's former junior sister.

But they were all wrong. Ye Hengwu did like Lu Lingze, and she had never treated her as a stand-in for her former junior sister. She was simply naturally detached and did not want to make her love life public.

There was, however, one thing they had gotten right.

Ye Hengwu truly did not understand love. She merely thought that since Lingze liked her so much, she might as well play at romance with her for a while.

One day, she left the valley as usual. Before she went, Lu Lingze thoughtfully helped her pack. They talked and embraced just as they always did. But when Ye Hengwu returned, all that awaited her was an empty room.

Ye Hengwu thought Lu Lingze had only left to get some fresh air and would be back before long. But she waited and waited, and Lu Lingze never returned.

All she received was a breakup letter.

She went searching like a madwoman. The person who had always looked up at her with gentle affection now wore an expression she had never seen before. She pushed Ye Hengwu's hand away without the slightest hesitation, even willing to die right in front of her.

Watching Lu Lingze suddenly disappear before her eyes, Ye Hengwu finally realized that the little monster who used to gaze at her with shining eyes and say she loved her would never come back.

... ...

But Lu Lingze did not die.

Only after she "died" did she learn that everything that had happened had been a trial. She was not some nameless demon, but the youngest daughter of the Jiao Clan, the last of her kind yet to undergo a tribulation.

One day after passing her tribulation, she went to visit the human realm. With several people by her side, Lingze happened upon Starshine Valley.

The woman who had once stood aloof and solemn, like a flower atop a high peak, burst into tears at the very sight of her. She humbly offered her soft lips and whispered words of love she had never once uttered before.

"Lingze, I want to kiss you."

"Please let me kiss you."

* Both are each other's first and only, female-female romance, top's POV

* Hurting the younger woman is satisfying for a while, but then comes the long road of chasing her back.

Theme: Cherish the person by your side.