Xue Chan hates her senior brother, Wei Xiaohuai.
Ever since she was a child, Xue Chan knew that she and Wei Xiaohuai were like fire and water. So once she grew up, she never attended the same events as him.
Wherever Wei Xiaohuai went, she stayed away.
When they went down the mountain on a mission, Xue Chan found herself assigned to the same team as him. A demon beast attacked, and she kindly warned him, only for Wei Xiaohuai to harshly scold her.
Unable to let it go, Xue Chan put a Gu poison into the tea he often drank.
Once the poison took effect, it would bring pain that gnawed at the heart and scorched the bones. When she saw him wake, Xue Chan gloated, "Now you're my lackey. Otherwise, you'll regret it."
Wei Xiaohuai gave a faint smile and agreed.
The Gu poison worked like a charm. Wei Xiaohuai did whatever she said, except that every so often, he would press against her and beg for the antidote.
She pushed him away like a little dog, impatiently saying, "Aren't you supposed to be aloof and noble? Don't get so close to me."
Wei Xiaohuai leaned beside her and chuckled. "What's the point of being aloof and noble?"
As time passed, Xue Chan grew tired of it and decided to cut ties with him once and for all.
The next month, Xue Chan noticed that everyone she met kept their heads down and didn't dare look at her.
The culprit was right behind her, following her like a shadow.
*
On the night they parted, Wei Xiaohuai sat alone in his room all night.
After leaving seclusion, Xue Chan joined a team and secretly ventured deep into a perilous secret realm without telling anyone.
A handsome young man with refined features joined the team at the back. He was skilled with a sword and knowledgeable, and Xue Chan took a liking to him, looking after him often.
They fell into a trap and tumbled together in the chaos. When they woke, their clothes were disheveled.
Xue Chan's mind exploded. "What did I do?!"
She was going mad. Then she turned around and went even crazier.
Why was her senior brother here?!
*
When Wei Xiaohuai was six, a new junior sister arrived. She was as adorable as a porcelain doll, and he liked her at first sight.
He scooped up a handful of snow, but it hit the little junior sister on the head. The doll-like girl cried so loudly that her wails echoed through the mountain forest.
As they spent day after day together, Wei Xiaohuai fell for her beyond his control.
His master said they were fellow disciples, important people in each other's lives, and should support one another.
Wei Xiaohuai thought that if his junior sister found a Dao companion someday, he could still be her senior brother and offer his congratulations.
But once that Gu worm took root, he could no longer be just her senior brother.
Core theme: How to maintain a relationship between two people