Boom!
A flash of silver light filled the sky, followed by a deafening roar of thunder. Lou Yue kept her eyes tightly shut. When the ringing in her head finally faded, she slowly opened her eyes.
It was strange. The night had suddenly become daylight.
Through the blurry light, she saw someone walking toward her.
Lou Yue was about to speak when she met a pair of cold, dark eyes.
Even worse, the man was holding a gun and pointing it directly at her chest.
“Wait! Wait a minute!”
Lou Yue’s eyes widened. She completely forgot about maintaining the dignity of the Lou family’s young master and quickly raised her hand.
But before she could say anything, she heard a dull thud.
She looked down in shock.
The gun had already pierced through the right side of her chest.
A terrible pain spread through her entire body. Her legs went weak, and she collapsed.
“Young Master!”
Several people rushed over and caught her.
Lou Yue tremblingly pointed at the man holding the gun. Her eyes were filled with disbelief.
“You…”
Blood suddenly poured from her mouth.
Amid the shouting of “Young Master!”, Lou Yue could not even tell who they were calling.
She stared at the arrogant man who had shot her. With the last of her strength, she said slowly and clearly:
“You… are… finished…”
Her head fell to the side, and she lost consciousness.
“Young Master!”
When Lou Yue woke up again, the pain in her chest had eased a lot.
She remained still, but the cold and handsome face of the man who had shot her appeared in her mind.
Hmph. Being handsome doesn’t save you.
This was a society ruled by law. Yet someone had dared to use a gun to attack Miss Lou in broad daylight.
He was definitely going to spend the rest of his life in prison!
Lou Yue opened her eyes with a sinister smile.
But the moment she opened them, she saw four beautiful faces staring at her. All four women looked as if they were about to cry.
“Young Master, you’re finally awake! I was so worried about you.”
The woman in the light pink dress grabbed Lou Yue’s hand and pressed it against her cheek.
The woman beside her quickly took Lou Yue’s other hand.
“Brother Yue, you’ve been unconscious for two days. Jiao Jiao couldn’t sleep at night. She wanted to stay here and take care of you, but Lord Xuan wouldn’t let her, so I…”
Before she could finish, the woman in white knelt between them and took Lou Yue’s hands.
“Young Master, does anything still hurt? Would you like Shuang’er to massage you?”
The woman in yellow, who had been standing nearby, suddenly asked:
“Young Master, what’s wrong?”
Lou Yue tried to pull her hands away, but she could not. She finally gave up.
Her lips were a little dry, so she licked them and asked:
“Is this Hengdian?”
The woman in pink wiped the corners of her eyes.
“Hengdian? Where is that? This is Langlang Residence, the place Young Master just bought.”
Langlang Residence? What a strange name.
But why were they calling her “Young Master”?
And if this wasn’t Hengdian, why was everyone wearing ancient clothes?
Lou Yue looked around the antique-style room and tried to sit up.
The beautiful women immediately rushed over to help her. Some supported her back, while others adjusted the cushions behind her. They treated her like a queen.
Before Lou Yue could sit properly, she suddenly saw a large patch of white skin.
Her clothes had opened slightly, exposing most of her chest and stomach.
There were several layers of bandages over the wound on her right chest. Because of the bandages, that side looked slightly higher than the other.
But even so…
It was still completely flat.
Lou Yue’s eyes widened.
Where were her breasts?!
“Young Master?”
A confused voice came from beside her.
Lou Yue closed her eyes.
Her left hand was still under the blanket. She slowly reached down toward her lower body.
The moment she felt the bulge beneath her clothes, she immediately pulled her hand back.
Damn it!
The man who stabbed her had not even finished her off, but she had already lost everything!
She had become a man!
What kind of crazy situation was this?!
Lou Yue almost laughed from frustration.
She had always been easygoing, but she absolutely did not want to become some big, rough, muscular man.
This made no sense!
She must be dreaming.
Yes.
This had to be a dream!
Lou Yue desperately convinced herself that she was dreaming. After mentally hypnotizing herself for a while, she simply lay back down.
“Hiss!”
A sharp pain suddenly shot through her chest.
She had no choice but to face reality.
“Young Master! What happened? Did you hurt your wound?”
The beautiful women quickly gathered around her.
Lou Yue’s eyes were filled with tears.
“Oh no! Young Master is crying because of the pain! Quickly, call the physician and Lord Xuan!”
The woman in pink, Dou’er, immediately panicked.
Lou Yue was furious.
She grabbed Dou’er’s wrist and forced a smile.
“It’s fine. I’m not in pain. Really, I’m fine.”
Her mind was a complete mess.
But first, she needed to figure out where she was.
So she patiently questioned the women around her.
After a long time, Lou Yue folded her hands and gave the women a gentle smile.
“I want to be alone for a while. You can all leave.”
The women obediently left the room.
The door slowly closed behind them.
Once Lou Yue heard their footsteps disappear, she immediately threw off the blanket and ran barefoot toward the large mirror in the corner.
The mirror reflected her appearance clearly.
The person in the mirror looked about fifty percent like her old self.
But the features were more delicate.
She had a straight nose, thin lips, and a beautiful face that looked both bright and strong.
She had a unique and handsome beauty that was difficult to describe as either completely masculine or feminine.
Lou Yue’s eyes slowly moved down to her chest.
Her skin was smooth and completely flat.
There wasn’t even the slightest curve.
The flat chest made her neck look longer, giving her a young and slender appearance.
“…”
For a moment, Lou Yue didn’t know whether she should be happy that she was still beautiful or sad that she had somehow become a man.
She walked away from the mirror and paced around the room.
She kept walking until she was sweating and the wound on her chest began to hurt again.
Only then did she stop.
Based on everything she had learned, she finally accepted the truth.
She had really traveled into another world.
She had entered a cultivation novel with a powerful male protagonist—the same novel she had complained about all night before going to sleep.
And she hadn’t become one of the women in his harem.
Instead, she had become a man.
And not just any man.
She had become Long Aotian’s rival in love!
She no longer had to compete with the women in the harem.
Now she had to compete with the male protagonist himself—the arrogant and domineering Long Aotian.
In the thousand-chapter novel, her character survived almost until the very end.
Her entire life was basically about using every possible method to steal women away from the male protagonist.
Naturally, Long Aotian wanted to kill this annoying love rival.
But the original owner of this body came from the Lou family of Xuandu.
The Lou family controlled a quarter of the cultivation world’s resources.
So before Long Aotian became powerful enough, he could only endure it.
Finally, in the second-to-last chapter, the original owner was captured by Long Aotian, exactly as the readers had been waiting for.
Her spiritual veins were destroyed.
The tendons in her hands and feet were cut.
She was left in terrible pain.
In the end, the original owner could only cry and beg the women in Long Aotian’s harem to kill her and put an end to her suffering.
Lou Yue felt even more desperate.
Not only had she become a man, but she had also become a man who was destined to die horribly.
How unlucky could she be?!
She collapsed into a carved wooden chair and let out a deep sigh.
Just then, a beam of sunlight came through the window and shone directly into her face.
It was so bright that she couldn’t even continue feeling depressed.
Lou Yue grabbed a teacup from the table and placed it over her eyes.
Good. Now the whole world was dark and quiet.
After a while, someone knocked on the door.
“Knock, knock.”
“Knock, knock, knock.”
Lou Yue didn’t want to answer.
But the person outside kept knocking.
Finally, she lazily asked:
“Who is it?”
“Young Master, it’s me, Xiao Qiuzi.”
His voice sounded extremely flattering.
Clearly, he was one of the original owner’s loyal followers.
Lou Yue put the teacup back on the table.
“Come in.”
A short, clever-looking man named Xiao Qiuzi walked into the room.
“Young Master, you’re finally awake! I—”
Seeing that he was about to start a long speech about how worried he had been, Lou Yue glanced at him.
“Get to the point.”
Xiao Qiuzi noticed her impatience.
After thinking for a moment, he asked carefully:
“Is Young Master worried about Xiao Rangchen?”
“Who?”
Lou Yue wondered if she had heard him correctly.
“Xiao Rangchen. He injured Young Master and is currently being held in the water dungeon. He’s waiting for Young Master to wake up so you can decide what to do with him.”
Lou Yue froze.
Xiao Rangchen?
The male protagonist of the novel.
The original owner’s greatest rival in love.
Long Aotian himself.
She suddenly remembered the man who had stabbed her.
He had been wearing a black-and-gold earring on his right ear.
That was one of Long Aotian’s most recognizable features in the novel.
But Lou Yue didn’t remember any scene where Long Aotian stabbed the original owner and was then locked in a water dungeon.
“Young Master?”
Lou Yue came back to her senses.
“How is he?”
Xiao Qiuzi grinned.
“Don’t worry, Young Master. Xiao Rangchen is completely fine. We haven’t let anyone touch him. I promise you’ll be very satisfied!”
Lou Yue was speechless.
“Then tell me. What are you planning to do?”
Xiao Qiuzi misunderstood her question.
He thought Lou Yue was asking how she should torture Xiao Rangchen.
So he immediately began explaining:
“Young Master took a liking to his sister and even gave him a chance to challenge you. Instead of being grateful, that brat actually injured you! Why don’t you stab him a few times first, then sleep with his sister in front of him? That would definitely make him furious!”
Lou Yue:
“…”
What a vicious idea.
No wonder this man was the villain’s lackey.
After finishing his suggestion, Xiao Qiuzi looked at Lou Yue with bright, expectant eyes, clearly waiting for praise.
Lou Yue slowly raised her hand and pinched his shoulder.
Her voice carried a hint of meaning.
“Xiao Qiuzi, you really are a good subordinate…”
Xiao Qiuzi immediately laughed.
“Thank you for your praise, Young Master!”
Lou Yue stared at him.
This man’s eyes must be completely useless.
She couldn’t be bothered to argue with someone who was both shameless and full of bad ideas.
She pushed herself up from the chair.
Her legs felt slightly numb.
“Young Master, shall we go to the water dungeon? Should I help you change clothes?”
Lou Yue stopped.
According to the novel, the original Lou Yue was a spoiled, narrow-minded, and lustful young master from a powerful family.
Meanwhile, Long Aotian was loyal, determined, calm, and decisive.
Thinking about the man who had stabbed her—and the fact that he was still completely unharmed and calm—Lou Yue suddenly felt uneasy.
“Let’s go. We absolutely have to go!”
And she had to go there with courage and confidence.
The water dungeon was located underground beneath Langlang Residence.
It was clearly a newly built prison, but it was clean and well-designed.
Everything needed for a prison was already there.
Whoever built this place clearly had a lot of experience.
Lou Yue had no idea where that experience came from.
There were only two guards inside.
Both were tall and muscular.
The moment one of them saw Lou Yue, he immediately became energetic.
“Young Master!”
Lou Yue resisted the urge to cover her ears.
Her voice came out louder than usual.
“Where is he?!”
The energetic guard quickly flipped a switch beside him.
Clank! Clank!
The sound of gears turning filled the dungeon.
A cage slowly rose out of the water.
revealing the soaking wet Long Aotian inside.
Author’s Note:
I hope everyone likes it! Mua~
For some reason, the female protagonist is currently unaware that she is a woman.
For convenience, the female protagonist will be referred to as “she” throughout the story.