Has My Junior Disciple Turned Dark Today?

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Gentle, radiant, nurturing uke x initially sweet and innocent, later obsessive and scheming seme

Qiao Yiting died.

The good news is, he was reborn.

The bad news is, he was reborn as a cannon-fodder senior brother who meets a gruesome death in a book.

And the dirty little kid in front of him, bullied by everyone, is the future Demon Lord protagonist who will slaughter his way through the sect.

He charges in and swings his sword. "I don't care if you're the male or female lead. I know the plot, so I'm the one in charge!"

He thinks he can make a clean getaway, but when he opens his eyes:

He's back at the starting point of transmigrating into the book!

Fine, so I get a cheat, do I!? Then let's try things a different way.

Rather than sit around waiting for the Demon Lord to grind his bones to dust, he might as well raise him into his own loyal shield!

"From today on, you'll live with me. I'll teach you to read and write, and pass on everything I've learned about swordsmanship. How does that sound?"

He reaches out to the confused little child with a warm smile, while secretly plotting the perfect escape plan.

Once he'd raised the kid's favorability enough and the crucial moment when his junior brother was about to turn demonic was drawing near, Qiao Yiting was sure everything was going to plan. He broke through the formation in the dead of night and fled down the mountain.

Years later, when they meet again, he discovers that the pitiful little flower from back then really has turned evil!!!

But something seems to have gone wrong. Why does he insist on holding me while we sleep? Why does he have to...

"Junior Brother! You can't touch me there!"

After Zeng Youran joined the sect, no one looked after him. He suffered humiliation and torment until his Sixth Senior Brother came out of seclusion.

He thought this would be another annoying old-timer, but it turned out his Sixth Senior Brother was a good person.

He taught him to read and study, and even gave him a bamboo sword and clothes.

He would study hard and grow stronger. When he grew up, he would protect his Sixth Senior Brother too!

But why did Sixth Senior Brother still leave him behind and go down the mountain alone?!

Was it because he wasn't obedient? Or because he was too obedient?

Didn't he promise to stay with him forever?!

"Dear Senior Brother, you can't escape me."

Reader's Guide:

One-on-one, happy ending, both leads are virgins.

The following is the blurb for Has the Top Scholar Consummated His Marriage Today?

Innocent bookish uke x cross-dressing, scheming seme

Shen Zhiye's wife has three secrets:

One: he's a man.

Two: he isn't from this world.

Three: he's about to lose it!

At first, the two agree to live their own lives and stay out of each other's way. They pretend to be a couple in public, but leave each other alone in private.

But Shen Zhiye must have gotten something stuck in his head, because he starts sending him gifts in all sorts of ways every day.

Poems are one thing, but Shen Zhiye even gives him rouge and hairpins!

What is a grown man supposed to do with those?

Though the gifts really aren't very pretty... he still has to raise his voice and act meek and virtuous, praising them as if they were the finest things in the world. He's utterly exhausted!

As for Shen Zhiye, seeing his strange attitude and learning that he once loved someone, he thinks you can't force love. He picks up his brush and writes a divorce agreement, saying he'll help him find happiness.

But when a bandit's blade is at his throat, he finally stops pretending. He flips up his skirt and takes down everyone there!

As soon as the trouble is over, he grabs the divorce papers, corners his bookish husband on the bed, seizes Shen Zhiye by the wrist, and pulls his hand beneath his skirt.

"Dear husband, we still haven't consummated our marriage. Who said you could divorce me? Besides, some melons have to be tasted before you can tell if they're sweet."

Shen Zhiye blushes and struggles to pull his hand away, but his wife pins him down. The moment his fingertips touch, his face turns deathly pale.

Wait! This feeling... isn't right!

Theme: Life has no set definition. Everyone is the protagonist of their own life.