After Seeking the Hand of the Trinket Heroine’s Mother

Lu Zhaoyue transmigrated into a book. The original host was the young sect leader of the Demon Sect. With such powerful connections, she should have had a smooth life. But because she had a grudge against the Chosen One, she opposed him at every turn, constantly competing with him for resources and love interests. In the end, not only was her sect wiped out because of her, but she was also reduced to ashes. The original host learned what fate had in store and ran away, while unlucky Lu Zhaoyue was pulled into her place. The good news was that she had a year left before her death. The bad news was that she was already acting out the very plot that would lead to the original host’s death: she and the Chosen One were both asking for the heroine’s hand in marriage. Lu Zhaoyue touched her neck, looked at the betrothal gifts she had laid out, then at the male lead glaring at her. At her wit’s end, she had a sudden inspiration and went to the heroine’s beautiful mother. “I’ve been in love with you for a long time, Madam. Please marry me!” Lu Zhaoyue thought she was just trying to get out of the immediate predicament. She never expected the beautiful mother to actually accept. Even more surprisingly, the Chosen One had long considered the beautiful mother, who had no spiritual roots, a burden. He coaxed the heroine away that very night, leaving the beautiful mother in Lu Zhaoyue’s care. Lu Zhaoyue considered herself a good person and couldn’t bring herself to abandon a beautiful woman who couldn’t cultivate deep in the mountains. Looking at the beautiful mother’s tear-filled eyes, she told her the truth: she was a woman. “You have no daughter by your side now, Madam. Why not take me in as your daughter? I’ll take care of you for the rest of my life.” Lu Zhaoyue thought that since the beautiful mother couldn’t cultivate, she would live at most a hundred years. She had no idea the woman was hiding her true strength. Though she had no spiritual roots and couldn’t cultivate, she possessed a body filled with yin and baleful energy, making her a prime candidate for demonic cultivation. Lu Zhaoyue also never expected her personality to become more and more improper, like a demonic cultivator’s. They kept crossing the line and sharing a bed. The beautiful mother could still call her Zha’er in a perfectly ordinary tone. Lu Zhaoyue watched helplessly as the beautiful mother panted softly in her arms night after night, her body covered in faint, tightly packed kiss marks. Then she held up portrait after portrait and asked what kind of stepmother Lu Zhaoyue wanted. Feeling both angry and jealous, Lu Zhaoyue said, “You have no husband by your side now, Mother. Why not marry me instead? I’m better than all of them.” The beautiful mother gazed at her gently, neither agreeing nor refusing. Lu Zhaoyue cried out anxiously, “Mother! Why won’t you say yes?” The beautiful mother blushed to the roots of her hair and shot her a reproachful look. “Zha’er, how much longer are you going to call me Mother? Are you going to take back what you said about marrying me again?” Reading guide: 1. The top is a demon cultivator, exceptionally gifted, a younger man who changes his mind about his one true love × an older woman who indulges him in everything. 2. The original heroine is adopted, not the biological daughter. 2025/10/16 Theme: Lying is a bad habit