Mo Jiu died, and only after death did she discover she was the villainous second senior sister in a melodramatic novel.
In the novel, the heroine was her junior sister, gentle and tender as spring water, delicate and frail, and beloved by all.
The hero was her junior martial brother.
When she first met him, the young man knelt before a bluestone and begged for help. Moved by a flicker of pity, she chose him from among a thousand new disciples to become her junior brother.
The whole sect knew that the second senior sister of Purple Bamboo Peak was strict, decisive, and utterly merciless.
The disciples she guided and disciplined were all full of complaints.
And yet someone like her had fallen in love with her junior martial brother.
When the news got out, everyone laughed.
One was the stern, aloof second senior sister of Purple Bamboo Peak. The other was the gentle, lovable junior sister of Brightmoon Peak.
Even a fool knew which one to choose.
Sure enough, the male lead, the junior brother she'd personally helped rise to prominence, said:
"I'm sorry, Second Senior Sister. I'm deeply indebted to you, but the only person in my heart is..."
The second senior sister, cast in the role of a villain, fell to demonic cultivation overnight. She repeatedly tried to kill the heroine, and in the end was abandoned by everyone and died full of resentment.
The disciples she'd once guided all cheered.
*
Mo Jiu was reborn.
When a mission ran into trouble, someone said:
"Junior Sister, don't go. It's too dangerous. Let's report it to Senior Sister Mo Jiu. Her cultivation is high anyway, and she loves showing off, acting like she's so amazing."
As usual, everyone went to find Mo Jiu and babbled on about what had happened.
Mo Jiu picked at her ear. "Oh. What does that have to do with me?"
They choked. "We're fellow disciples. It's our duty to punish evil and uphold justice."
Mo Jiu said, "I'm not your only fellow disciple."
Everyone fell silent.
The second senior sister of Purple Bamboo Peak suddenly stopped leaving the mountain.
The people who counted on her to clean up their messes panicked.
Meanwhile, the junior brothers and sisters who used to complain that she was too strict went through their days without her.
The first day without Mo Jiu: Bliss.
The second day without Mo Jiu: Bliss.
The third day without her: "I recognize every character in this sword manual, so why can't I make sense of them together?" "I feel like there's something missing from this move."
The tenth day without her:
"Why is my cultivation getting worse instead of better?" "Aaaah! Have I gone into qi deviation? Somebody teach me!"
The nth day without Mo Jiu: A crowd of people wept at Purple Bamboo Peak, kneeling and reaching out to her like a scene from a melodrama.
"Second Senior Sister, sob, sob..."
Mo Jiu: Don't call me. I'm lazing around.
Doing nothing feels great for a while. Doing nothing forever feels great forever.
*
At the initiation ceremony for new disciples, Mo Jiu had the authority to accept disciples on behalf of her master. She glanced at the male lead, whose face was full of sincerity, then swished her robe and walked to the very end of the line, where a boy in black stood.
She studied the boy who looked like a little wolf cub and narrowed her eyes.
No one knew that this unremarkable disciple would become the greatest villain of all.
He would also be the one to appear beside Mo Jiu when she was at the end of her rope, barely clinging to life, and protect the last trace of her lifeline.
"You once saved me from demons, even though you've forgotten."
Mo Jiu thought it over. She'd saved too many people to remember them all.
So, looking at the boy's dumbfounded, dirt-smeared face, she smiled.
"Then, Junior Brother, I look forward to working with you."
Behind her, the male lead stared in disbelief, his face twisted almost beyond recognition.
Reborn, Mo Jiu became a happy slacker, intent only on looking after the little corner of Purple Bamboo Peak that belonged to her sect.
She never expected that once she started taking it easy, everyone would be looking to her with such longing. Overnight, she seemed to become the one person everyone cherished most.
Including the male lead she'd left behind in this life.
The villainous junior brother: Get lost!
* One-on-one romance, happy ending
Theme: Be content with your lot and enjoy life
