Senior Brother, Why Is Your Mouth So Hard?

Completed! Please check out my upcoming story too, mwah (*/ω\*)

[Opens His Eyes to His Senior Brother] x [Sarcastic, Stubborn, and Desperate to Keep Up Appearances]

[Airhead] x [Grump]

After their sect was wiped out overnight, Xu Qinglai escaped by sacrificing his sword bones and became the great demon Wu Wang.

The day he sensed his sword bones again, a thin layer of snow lay cold against the ground.

A young woman clutched the broken bones, lying on the ground on the verge of death, covered in blood, her face almost buried in the snow.

He looked down at her lazily. Her dim eyes suddenly lit up. "Senior Brother!"

Senior Brother?

He didn't remember ever having a junior sister.

During the days they were forced to travel together, Xu Qinglai watched coldly as she went out of her way to please him, waiting for this game of make-believe to end so he could take back his sword bones.

When she deftly and indifferently snapped a demon's neck, then excitedly hurried over to claim credit,

The wind stirred her hair. Her eyes curved into a smile, black and bright. Xu Qinglai didn't take the sword from her hand. Instead, he brushed her disheveled hair behind her ear

She was reckless and had no regard for her own life, presumptuously jumping in front of him and making up a connection between them. The only time she was even remotely easy on the eyes was when she smiled.

"You're filthy." He snatched his hand back as if shocked by electricity and turned his face away. "Didn't your senior brother teach you to tie your hair back before fighting?"

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw her standing there, dumbfounded. With a stiff expression, he took out a hairpin. "Come here."

Whatever. She was so stupid she couldn't even recognize people correctly. He was doing this only to get his sword bones back.

So, on the night they were trapped together, he pretended not to know what was happening and let the poison spread through his body, leaving him with no choice but to seek comfort from her.

But he clearly hadn't considered what he would do if she regretted it.

Nor had he considered what he would do when the day came to fulfill the promise he'd once made to carry her on his back when she got married.

Short skit:

Tian Xing: Senior Brother, Senior Brother, what's wrong? Are you hurt? Does it hurt?

Xu Qinglai: (swallowing the blood in his mouth) Do you think I'm some useless Qi Refining cultivator?

Tian Xing: Oh...

Xu Qinglai: (sarcastically) Why are you worrying about me? Why aren't you worrying about your fiancé? Look how pitiful he is without your concern.

Tian Xing: (believing him) Okay, I'll go right now.

Xu Qinglai: Jiang Tianxing!

Reader's Guide:

1. The main story is told from the heroine's perspective. She has a fiancé and a childhood friend who is practically one, but the hero is her senior brother. Their innocent senior-and-junior-sister bond turns into something else. Flashback warning.

2. A simplified cultivation ranking: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Out of Body.

3. I really like the heroine's name, and it inspired this story. I didn't just pick it at random. ●v●

Upcoming: After Failing to Prove the Dao Through My Husband

[Warm on the Outside, Cold on the Inside, and Doesn't Understand Love] x [A Pure-Love Puppy Who's Head Over Heels]

In her previous life, Yin Yu detested Chi Li.

She despised his low cultivation, resented him for using his past kindness to demand repayment, and hated him even more for framing the man she loved.

Later, she killed her husband to prove the Dao, running him through the heart with her sword.

But when she truly stood at the pinnacle of the immortal sect, revered by thousands, she realized that the loneliness of immortality was nothing compared to the lamp he had lit for her on a freezing night all those years ago.

Luckily, Yin Yu was reborn.

She decided to treat Chi Li a little better in this life.

After being reborn, Yin Yu returned to the day her master wanted to arrange a betrothal between her and Chi Li.

She thought to herself that there was still time. She would treat him well, trust and protect him, and make up for her past mistakes and regrets.

But no matter how hard she thought about it, Yin Yu couldn't understand why Chi Li, who used to cling to her, was now so cold toward her, and why he had refused the marriage arrangement.

It wasn't until her beloved, just like in her previous life, stunned everyone with a single sword strike and smilingly gave her a peach blossom

That night, Yin Yu awoke from a dream and found a figure curled up beside her bed.

In the moonlight, Chi Li was carefully tugging at the edge of her sleeve.

He suppressed a whimper like a puppy, his tears soaking a small patch of her blanket. "A-Yu, look at me. Could you be kind to me?"

Chi Li had poured out his heart and shed blood, spending hundreds of years and exhausting every scheme before finally finding Yin Yu's reincarnation and coming to her.

He loved Yin Yu. He wanted to become her family.

But Yin Yu didn't love him, and no matter how much he tried to warm her heart, it stayed cold.

Chi Li was so sad he shed countless little pearls. Reborn in this life, he decided never to smile at Yin Yu again.

Reader's Guide:

1. Both leads are reborn. A bittersweet romance, with a pure-love puppy who still keeps convincing himself of things.

2. There is a second male lead, and the story includes a misunderstanding trope. Flashback warning.

Theme: Everyone is the protagonist of their own story.