Rejecting the Senior Sister's Confession 99 Times

In her past life, Mingzhu was a stone spirit who had yet to take human form. She had never experienced much hardship. The only truly tragic thing that happened to her was when a child tossed her stone body off a cliff, bringing her stone’s life to an abrupt end.

After being reborn as the senior disciple of Xuanwu Sect, she suffered the torment of ghostly fire. Then she discovered that the neighboring sect had a handsome, refined junior disciple surnamed Wu. Simply being near him eased her pain. As it turned out, a piece of her former stone body was embedded in his heart!

So, in broad daylight and in front of a crowd, the dignified daughter of Xuanwu Sect’s sect leader pressed herself against Junior Brother Wu’s chest and asked in a clear, bright voice, “Can I have your heart?”

Her junior sister came running at the sound of her voice and slapped down a book titled The Exclusive Ninety-Nine Ways to Win a Husband. Beating her chest with confidence, she said, “Senior Sister, you’re in luck!”

And so, under her junior sister’s guidance, Mingzhu began her quest to win his heart.

Her junior sister said, “The first step to winning his heart is to make a good impression...”

Mingzhu slathered on a thick layer of makeup. Once she was sure she looked dazzlingly colorful and peerlessly beautiful, she let her hair down and crept into his room in the middle of the night, determined to leave him with an unforgettable first impression.

Her junior sister said, “The second step to winning his heart is through his stomach...”

Mingzhu rolled up her sleeves and got to work. Unfortunately, she mistook “chicken manure” for seasoning, and the innocent person who ate it vomited until they were in agony.

Her junior sister said, “The third step to winning his heart is to help him when he needs it...”

On a dark, windy night, Mingzhu followed Junior Brother Wu’s instructions and went to rescue someone. She felt her way into a pitch-black cave in the forbidden area behind the mountain. Amid a dense array of chains and magical seals, she spilled a drop of her hot blood.

In a flood of eerie red light, she saw a tall figure in a black robe trailing to the ground, covered in blood, escape from the seal. The man’s eyes were covered with white gauze, and a trace of sickly amusement appeared on his icy face.

“Well done.”

*

Mei Xuanyan had been sealed in an underground cave for a thousand years. He had lain low in the Four Symbols Sect using a puppet clone, enduring humiliation and biding his time until the day he could break free and take his revenge.

His enemy’s daughter had come back from the dead, fallen for him at first sight, and pursued him relentlessly. He had never taken her seriously.

For every wrong, there would be revenge; blood for blood.

But at some point, he began to care about her in secret.

Her pursuit was pure and passionate, and she was sweetly innocent. Mei Xuanyan knew he shouldn’t, but on the very day he broke his seal and got his revenge, he still couldn’t stop himself from wanting to take her and flee far away.

He had thought everything would work out as he wished.

It was only when she continued to recognize nothing but his puppet clone, and even refused to spend the rest of her life with him, that he began to sense something was wrong.

She glared at him and accused him. “We agreed that I’d help break your seal and you’d give me your heart. Why are you going back on your word?”

Mei Xuanyan, who had finally made up his mind and given her his heart: ?

Reading Guide

1. The “heart” she wants is not that kind of heart. A slow-burn growth story.

2. The heroine is an absurdly naive sweetheart at first, but becomes a goddess of war later!

3. Though it focuses on romance, the plot takes up more space in the middle and later sections. If you only like romance, this may not be for you (fidgeting).

Core message: Break free of prejudice