I Really Wasn't Trying to Seduce My Sword Venerable Senior Brother!

[A copycat junior sister who turns her indignation into motivation x the aloof Sword Venerable senior brother, who secretly loves getting carried away with his own assumptions]

1.

Su Yang envied her bright, blameless senior brother, Zong Lang. She envied him deeply.

As a junior sister of the Tianshu Sword Sect, she had practiced swordsmanship diligently for years, yet remained an unnoticed nobody.

By contrast, Zong Lang had reached the pinnacle with a single sword, bursting onto the cultivation world's scene. His elders hailed him as a young genius of the sword path. He was the untouchable ideal in countless people's hearts, with admirers wherever he went and the natural aura of a wildly popular protagonist.

Su Yang was so jealous her teeth ached. One day, she happened to hear a senior sister in the library say, "Surpassing someone often begins with imitation."

Su Yang's perspective opened right up.

That's right! She could become a copycat, imitate Zong Lang, become Zong Lang, and then surpass him!

With enough hard work, even an iron pestle can be ground into a needle.

Changing who you are on the inside is hard, but you can start by imitating someone's behavior!

And so, she began secretly observing Zong Lang, frequently matching his clothes, sword forms, daily routine, and assigned missions...

People throughout the sect started gossiping, and rumors flew everywhere. But Su Yang was delighted, because everyone was mentioning her and Zong Lang in the same sentence. She was one step closer to surpassing him.

2.

Zong Lang was a career-minded man who devoted himself to sword practice, cool and desireless, untouched by worldly concerns.

So when he heard there was a junior sister from the outer court imitating his every move and repeatedly contriving to run into him, he didn't give it a second thought.

But a junior brother told him, "The little junior sister must be madly in love with you and doing this on purpose to get your attention. Even if you don't feel the same, at least give her a glance when you see her. That's the polite thing to do."

After hearing that sort of thing so often, Zong Lang gradually began paying attention to her, giving her the occasional cool glance at most.

One time, while carrying out a mission down the mountain, he noticed the junior sister trailing behind him like a little shadow, clutching a small notebook and peeking at him while constantly scribbling.

Zong Lang thought she was strange, so he took another look. Then another. One glance wasn't enough.

Suddenly, he found her interesting and asked what she was writing.

Her face flushed red, and she stubbornly refused to show him the notebook.

Later, Zong Lang happened to see the junior sister's notebook.

It recorded his sword techniques, eating habits, likes and dislikes, daily schedule, and the places he often went... It had everything.

The junior sister had written down every detail about him, clear as day.

He even noticed during a battle that the tassel on her sword was exactly like his.

Zong Lang thought, His junior brother was right. The little junior sister really is madly in love with him.

3.

After returning from a mission down the mountain, Su Yang suddenly noticed that her usually cool and distant senior brother had started approaching her of his own accord, offering to practice cultivation and swordsmanship together.

Su Yang had no idea when her senior brother had become so approachable, but getting physically closer would make it easier to imitate and learn from him!

Su Yang happily took the bait.

Her senior brother took her everywhere, teaching her swordsmanship step by step and sharing the best learning resources with her.

They went everywhere together, and even ate and slept together.

With Zong Lang's help, Su Yang made rapid progress. At the latest swordsmanship trial, she nearly managed to fight Zong Lang to a draw, right in front of everyone!

Su Yang was overjoyed. Her senior sister's advice really had worked. Imitation could create miracles!

She just needed to keep at it. Let's go!

4.

On the important day when everyone chose a cultivation partner, Zong Lang saw the junior sister ask him nervously if he was free that night. She wanted to invite him to the woods.

Zong Lang thought the little junior sister could no longer hide her feelings and was definitely planning to confess to him.

He pretended to agree reluctantly, but in truth, he arrived at the woods a full hour early to wait.

That night, the junior sister came to him, cheeks flushed as she stared at his clothes. Her hands twisted nervously beneath her sleeves. "Senior Brother, actually, I wanted to... I wanted to..."

Seeing her stammer and dither, Zong Lang waited nearly half an hour without hearing the rest. At last, he said bluntly:

"Yes."

Su Yang: "Really? You can?"

Zong Lang nodded calmly. "You can be my cultivation partner."

Su Yang: "Aaaah, no! I actually wanted to ask if I could get a link to the moon-white robe you're wearing today. It's so pretty! I want to look for the same one online."

Zong Lang: "...?"

Thesis: Love life