Raised by adoptive parents who constantly put him down and abused him, Shi Jinzhou learned how to pretend to be kind in front of others and conceal his own malicious thoughts.
At last, he reached eighteen and could leave that filthy home. Then a car accident forced him to take the place of his adoptive parents' son and die in his stead.
He opens his eyes, full of resentment, and discovers he's transmigrated into a clichéd xianxia novel as a sickly, universally disliked character who gets dizzy every few steps and coughs up blood every few more.
His master thinks he spends all day pretending to be sick and is lazy and useless.
His senior brother finds him too delicate, spoiled, and willful.
The famous sword cultivator of the immortal sect, his future cultivation partner, treats him with cold disdain.
Coughing, Shi Jinzhou checks the original story the System left him. When he sees that the original character, Shi Jinzhou, was abandoned by everyone and accepted his fate as a sacrificial offering, his heart turns to ashes. A surge of blood rises in his chest. "Damn, what an idiot!"
Shi Jinzhou was a naive sweetheart. He isn't.
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Something strange has been happening at Taixian Sect. The sickly wretch who used to embarrass himself and bring shame on the sect has lately become rather lovable...
Once he realizes he's done something wrong, the sickly wretch no longer makes a fuss. Instead, he apologizes to his eldest senior brother in a soft, sweet voice.
During sword-flying class, the sickly wretch falls off his flying sword. His little face is deathly pale, but he shakily gets back up, climbs aboard, and keeps practicing.
While hunting monsters, the sickly wretch is so frightened he can barely hold his sword. Tears fill his eyes, yet he stands resolutely in front of his junior sister to protect her.
This isn't some sickly wretch. He's a flawless jade, pure and fragile, someone who deserves to be cherished and protected by everyone.
Shi Jinzhou enjoys watching everyone dance in the palm of his hand. The only exception is his cultivation partner, who always wears the same utterly expressionless face.
Until one day, he accidentally enters his partner's secluded cultivation cave and gets pinned against the stone wall and thoroughly "worked over" while the other man, still caught in a nightmare, murmurs his name.
The next day, covered in marks, with an aching back and sore waist, Shi Jinzhou thinks: Damn, what kind of aloof beauty goes seventeen rounds in one night?!!!
Theme: Live well and treasure the present