[Book Transmigration] I Am the Cold, Aloof Senior Brother's Inner Demon

--The senior disciple brought back a mortal woman.

The entire Yunxiao Sect erupted in an uproar.

Junior Disciple A: Oh my god, is our aloof senior brother, the one who has cut himself off from worldly desires, finally coming around?

--Rumor had it the woman had been forcibly abducted and brought back to the sect by the senior brother.

Junior Sister B: Nonsense! Senior Brother is a paragon of virtue, an immortal descended to earth. How could he ever force a woman into anything?

Everyone in the sect was outraged, convinced that someone was deliberately smearing their senior brother's good name. They vowed to find the rumor-monger and clear his name!

But when they saw the mortal woman slap the senior brother and yell that she wanted to go home, while he coaxed her in a meek voice and refused to let go even when he was punished with lightning strikes...

The junior disciples: Our faces hurt.

*

Luo Shuangjian is a minor actress, so obscure she can't even be called a C-lister. Through her own hard work, she manages to land a minor female role in an adaptation of a huge male-oriented novel.

One day, she finds a man. He's lost his memory and can't even recognize his own parents, yet he stubbornly follows her home.

After living together for over half a year, she and the man become a couple.

One day, the man suddenly disappears without a trace.

She shrugs, figures it was a romance that simply ran its course, and throws herself back into her acting career.

A year later, the man suddenly reappears and takes her into his world without a word: a cultivation realm where humans, demons, and devils coexist.

Only then does she learn that the man is the Yunxiao Sect leader's chief disciple, a once-in-a-century cultivation genius.

--Isn't that exactly the character of the male lead in the novel adaptation she's filming?

Just as she's worrying over this, a System shows up.

[Ding! Compatible soul fluctuations detected. Soul anchor located. Beginning binding...]

[Binding successful]

[Main quest: Win over Lu Jinghan, the male lead of One Sword Stuns the Frost. Current favorability: 100]

[Host, don't lose heart. As long as we put in the effort, stay steady, and take it one step at a time, we'll soon raise the male lead's favorability to... Huh?]

[It's... already maxed out?]

Luo Shuangjian: ...

This thing seems unreliable. She wants a refund.

*

Luo Shuangjian pulls out the protective dagger he gave her and holds it to his neck. "Lu Jinghan, let me go home."

The man's hand tightens suddenly around her waist. He doesn't seem to care that the blade cuts into his skin. His gaze remains gentle as he looks at her. "All right."

But deep in his eyes, hidden beneath a false gentleness, lies a terrifying darkness and obsession. The message there is crystal clear: Not a chance.

Reader's guide:

1. The male lead spends the whole story pursuing his wife. Whether there'll be a groveling arc is uncertain, but there will definitely be a love rivalry.

2. The heroine only wants to go home. Men will only slow her down.

3. The heroine's golden finger System is only for self-protection. She slowly improves and figures things out as she goes.

Theme: Be careful with romance. Don't pick up strange men.