The Cross-Dressing Big Shot Trope

An ordinary disciple with maxed-out combat skills x a frail, seemingly innocent cross-dressing schemer

Blurb:

(Third-person narration)

My name is Xu Yu, and I'm an ordinary disciple in an immortal sect.

I have extraordinary talent, yet somehow I got it into my head that all I wanted was to laze around and sweep the floors.

That was until I awakened to the fact that the world I lived in was an angst-filled romance novel.

Xie Fuyu, the gentle young sect leader whom I've always had a soft spot for, is the female lead of this story.

She's been frail since childhood and is fated to die young. In an effort to find a chance at survival, she spent years scheming to take the life-saving blood from the male lead, whom she'd raised by her side since childhood.

After dying, the male lead returns as a vengeful ghost, intent on forcing her into a relationship and imprisoning her.

And the first step in his revenge is to possess innocent sweepers like us...

To hell with sweeping. I worked my fingers to the bone for this job, not so some ghost could possess me!

Our female lead only took your life, and you still dare come back for revenge?

I threw down my broom, reduced the ghost male lead who was waiting to possess someone to ashes, and eloped with the clever, pitiful, utterly tragic female lead.

I told her, "Don't be afraid. I'll protect you from now on."

"You know what I've done. You're not afraid of me? You don't think I'm wicked?" The beauty bit her lip and looked at me with teary eyes.

I sighed, my gaze full of affection. "What has Miss done wrong? She only wants to stay alive."

She smiled through her tears, took my hand and pressed it to her chest, and said she liked me best.

I was just about to tell her I liked her too when I realized that something felt wrong under my hand...

Wait, Miss, where are your breasts?!

I refused to believe it and felt again. Flat! No matter how I touched, it was flat!

"She" gazed at me, cheeks flushed, eyes besotted and excited. "Do you want me to offer myself to you now?"

I felt like my head was about to explode.

Where was my soft, sweet female lead???

What's the point of protecting a man?!

I cursed inwardly and planned to leave once Xie Fuyu took her medicine and fell asleep.

The door suddenly locked.

I turned around. Xie Fuyu's face was flushed, and her body fell into my arms like a candle flickering in the evening breeze. She gazed at me with dazed eyes and said, "Xiao Yu, I'm in poor health. I might die after tonight, but you don't need to hold back for my sake. Since I'm willing to repay you, I'll make sure you enjoy yourself."

Out of the corner of my eye, I stared in disbelief at the empty medicine bottle that had rolled onto the floor. It was that much-hyped aphrodisiac from the Hehuan Sect, the one that would kill you if you didn't have sex after taking it.

Wait, you're in poor health, and you drank the whole bottle???

[Reading Guide]

Xu Yu already had a soft spot for the original female lead and saw everything she did through rose-colored glasses, the way a best friend can do no wrong. That's why Xu Yu spoils her without question.

The original male lead is killed because his revenge involves possessing innocent people in order to get back at the "female lead."

Please be aware that there is swearing, and apologies in advance.

Theme: To be added