Why Is My Nemesis Secretly in Love with Me? [GB]

[Fragile Junior Sister x Sharp-Tongued, Straight-Laced Senior Brother]

Ming Yan fought her nemesis to the death. Her enemy fell off a cliff and died, leaving no body behind. A trusted disciple stabbed Ming Yan in the back, and she died without a whole corpse.

After Ming Yan's death, a rumor spread throughout the sect and beyond:

The sect's grandmaster, Dongfang Ming Yan, had spent most of her life at odds with her nemesis, Ji Minghe. Yet after Ji Minghe fell to his death, she leaped off the same cliff to join him, choosing to die for love.

They had loathed each other in life and never got along, yet in death they became the subject of a romantic tale of two lovers who would never be parted, even beyond the grave.

Ming Yan died, but not quite. When she opened her eyes again, fifty years had passed.

Her reborn body was so weak she couldn't carry anything on her shoulders or lift a thing with her hands. She even needed someone to support her when she walked.

After fighting tooth and nail to return to her sect, Ming Yan went from being its grandmaster to its junior sister, with max-level spiritual power trapped in a frail body too weak to bear it.

The whole sect treasured her, afraid she might get even the slightest bump or bruise.

Only her senior brother had a tongue as sharp as poison, always ready to mock her.

Ming Yan couldn't even lift her sword.

Her senior brother said, "Junior Sister, it's just a sword. You only need to crook a finger."

The first time Ming Yan used her spiritual power, she sent herself sprawling face-first onto the ground.

Her senior brother said, "Junior Sister, max-level spiritual power isn't meant to be used on yourself."

During the sect's ranking assessment, Ming Yan's sword sliced off a strand of her master's hair.

Her senior brother said, "Junior Sister, Master is getting on in years. He can't take a fright like that."

Ming Yan was furious. She had never offended her senior brother, yet he picked on her at every turn. Just like that old nemesis of hers, he had a terrible personality and was impossible to like.

One day, pushed to her limit, Ming Yan cornered him against a wall.

Her senior brother's breathing hitched and his eyes darted away. His usually sharp tongue seemed to have gone mute, and he couldn't utter another nasty word.

Ming Yan was secretly delighted, convinced she'd figured out how to handle him.

From then on, whenever her senior brother said something nasty, Ming Yan would immediately move in to touch his lips and feel his chest. She even repeated the trick of pinning him to the wall, going so far as to do things even more brazen.

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Ji Minghe came back from the dead, only to hear people spreading scandalous rumors about him. They claimed he and his old nemesis had been lovers, passionately devoted and unable to bear being apart, and that after his death, the other had even taken their own life for him.

Utter nonsense.

He'd spent most of his life pursuing Dongfang Ming Yan, and she had never once looked at him properly. How could anyone claim she'd died for love?

Holding back his tears, Ji Minghe joined the sect his nemesis had once belonged to and became its universally admired senior brother, all to uncover the truth about his past life.

The truth is often hard to accept. It was an indisputable fact that Dongfang Ming Yan had fallen to her death. With all his hopes and plans dashed, Ji Minghe lost heart and began preparing for the end.

Then one day, a delicate junior sister who couldn't even take care of herself arrived at the sect. Ji Minghe sensed something familiar about her. She was none other than his nemesis, Dongfang Ming Yan, the woman rumored to have died for him.

Ji Minghe's heart raced and his steps faltered. He was afraid she was only a hallucination brought on by how much he missed her. Summoning his courage, he approached her and nearly burst into tears on the spot.

Dongfang Ming Yan, thank goodness you're alive.

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Bonus Scene:

After his identity was exposed, Ming Yan poked Ji Minghe in the chest. Looking at his evasive eyes, she smiled and said, "So you've had a crush on me for ages."

Ji Minghe said, "Yes. That's why I said nasty things to make you angry, stole your sword during the Immortal Sects' Assembly, and argued with you when someone confessed to you, just to embarrass you. I only wanted to get your attention."

Reader's Guide:

◎ The heroine has normal female anatomy, with no extra equipment.

◎ Both leads are reborn. They really are nemeses, the kind who would actually fight each other.

◎ Both are virgins. One-on-one romance. Happy ending.

(Blurb written on 2025/01/30, revised on 2025/09/10.)

Theme: Everyone has a talent they can put to use.