Jiang Xidai is the master of the Shasheng Sect. Her life is laden with blood debts; she seeks vengeance for the smallest slight, and countless have died tragically at her hands. She is the cultivation world’s most infamous and vicious woman.
Relying on her profound cultivation, she is arrogant and has never known defeat. Yan Huirou was the most insignificant of the souls she claimed—as weak as an ant, not even an acquaintance, merely someone caught in the crossfire.
And yet, it was precisely she who caused Jiang Xidai to inexplicably kill herself with a single sword strike. A baffling death.
Reborn, a thing calling itself a “System” appears in her mind. The System explains that the girl named Yan Huirou is the female lead of the romance novel White Lotus. Her character is a weak, saintly white lotus with heaven-defying luck and a built-in damage-rebound buff.
A damage-rebound buff? The female lead? A romance novel?
How annoying. She doesn’t understand, and she refuses to believe it.
Jiang Xidai’s first act upon rebirth is revenge. She strikes down Yan Huirou ninety-nine times, dies ninety-nine times, and is reborn ninety-nine times. Finally, on the one-hundredth time, she’s too tired to continue.
Heh, the female lead. What a disgusting special ability.
So she changes her approach, bringing Yan Huirou back to the Shasheng Sect to keep by her side, determined to see just what is so special about this girl that she is so favored by the Heavenly Dao.
But bringing her back isn’t for pampering. As a mortal enemy, even if she can’t be killed, Jiang Xidai is determined to torment her.
It’s just…
When Jiang Xidai forces her to kneel, her own knees swell for three days.
—Gnashing her teeth in frustration, she can only secretly send medicine afterward.
When Jiang Xidai slaps her in anger, her own face aches in sympathy.
—Unable to eat or sleep, she can only secretly heal the girl’s injuries.
When Jiang Xidai sends her out on a “trial” hoping she won’t return, Yan Huirou single-handedly kills a Mahayana-realm demon beast with the rebound effect and even levels up.
The young girl returns with a hoard of treasures, her eyes full of sincerity and guilt:
“I thought… the Sect Master had abandoned me, sending me to such a dangerous place. Only now do I understand your painstaking efforts.”
“It was I who wronged you,” she says, filled with remorse and sincerity. “You are so good to me.”
Then, a treasured, light kiss on the cheek.
The “System” dings. Jiang Xidai checks, and the female lead’s favorability, amidst her repeated murder attempts, has soared to the heavens.
The decisive Sect Master Jiang feels the soft, delicate arms around her waist, her beautiful eyes widen, and for a moment, her mind goes completely blank.
In Yan Huirou’s life, she has never seen much light.
Jiang Xidai is one of those rays.
The world knows the ferocity of “Crimson Illumination,” but in Yan Huirou’s eyes, this stunning woman is just occasionally fierce and ill-tempered, yet still full of meticulous care.
For example, she pulled her out of a sunless abyss.
For example, she secretly sent someone to deliver ointments.
For example, she secretly healed her wounds.
She gave her food and shelter, trained her, and watched her break out of her cocoon and transform.
But Jiang Xidai doesn’t know… Yan Huirou’s affection for her began long before they ever met.
“Vicious Female Supporting Character?”
Yan Huirou meets the woman’s tear-filled eyes, caressing that stunning face, and says softly, “You are so endearing. How could that be?”
“…”
The femme fatale, whose name made the cultivation world tremble and who had stirred countless storms of blood, heard these words—
She closed her eyes, unable to bear looking back, and clutched the bedsheets in forbearance.
Are all romance novels written like this?
Not sure. I’ll take another look.
It seems interesting