My Senior Brother Has Been Secretly in Love With Me for Years

Liu Luchi noticed that lately, her senior brother kept avoiding her and wouldn't look her in the eye. Sometimes, after their eyes met, he would secretly spit blood.

Worried about his health, she climbed in through his window in the middle of the night, intending to have a late-night chat and cheer him up. But then she heard her senior brother crying out her name in his sleep, each call seeming to come from the depths of his bleeding heart.

Liu Luchi was startled. After a moment's thought, she suddenly understood: Though falling in love with me is only natural, her senior brother... he actually loved her this deeply!

It was a little surprising, to be honest.

But then again, her senior brother was handsome, cooked well, and looked pretty delicious himself.

Becoming Dao companions with him seemed like a pretty good idea, too.

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Li Fuhua was the eldest disciple of the Venerable Daoist Zhengyuan, the youngest sword champion in the history of the Sword Tempering Trials, and the rising star of the Twelve Sects of Kunshan. Before Liu Luchi appeared, his life had shone as brilliantly as the summer sun.

But all the glory and brilliance of his life came to an abrupt end the year Liu Luchi joined the sect.

Li Fuhua established his Foundation at ten, while Liu Luchi was only brought back to Kunshan at fifteen to learn how to wield a sword.

Li Fuhua became sword champion at nineteen. Liu Luchi won the same honor at seventeen.

Li Fuhua was twenty when he glimpsed a sliver of opportunity to reach the Mahayana stage. On her nineteenth birthday, Liu Luchi casually announced that she'd already reached the Mahayana stage.

Li Fuhua was going mad.

He knew he was the senior brother and shouldn't be jealous of a fellow disciple, especially his only junior sister, whom he was supposed to look after.

But he couldn't control himself. Jealousy tormented him day and night until it gave him a heart demon. Whenever he opened his eyes and saw Liu Luchi, he spat blood. Whenever he closed them, he dreamed that a hundred years later, he would still be just one step away while his junior sister had already ascended on the spot.

Li Fuhua couldn't bear living like that any longer. If he couldn't beat her, he could at least avoid her, couldn't he?

He decided to ask his master for permission to enter the mortal world and exterminate demons, never to see his junior sister again for the rest of his life.

Theme: Believe in love and hope.