Reborn As A Villainous Cannon Fodder

“…?”

Yuyan’s sudden marriage proposal completely fried Yino’s brain.

His original plan was simple—play hard to get. Use going home as bait to get Yuyan interested, then find a chance later to ask her to pretend to be his girlfriend when they visited the Grand Tutor’s Mansion to fool his old man.

But maybe his strategy worked way better than expected.

Actually, he’d been confused for a while now. Earlier when Yuyan said he’d saved her—how the hell did that happen? He’d just followed the game, crushing the jade pendant at the right time and place. How did that turn into him giving her redemption and new life in her mind?

If anything, he should be thanking Yuyan. After all, he’d used the jade pendant to call for backup and cling to his Senior Sister’s coattails.

“Um, sorry…”

“I got carried away and spoke out of turn.”

Walking along the secret path in the Demonic Abyss City, Yuyan noticed Yino’s shocked expression and realized she’d made a fool of herself. She flushed peach-red again.

Originally, as the sect’s sword leader and eldest senior sister, just mustering the courage to confess to Yino for the first time in her life was already mortifying enough.

But now…

After Yuyan blurted out her true feelings, she realized that compared to Yino, she was the one with more dirty thoughts piling up in her head!

He just wanted to pursue her, but her response was immediately jumping to marriage and meeting parents.

The next step would probably be having babies…

“Actually, I am not usually this forward. It’s just… I was worried your father might feel awkward, so I got flustered and came up with this terrible idea…”

Yuyan desperately tried to backtrack, but couldn’t quite smooth things over.

The facts were right there—Yino had just mentioned going home temporarily, but Yuyan had taken that topic and somehow jumped straight to marriage and moving into the He family.

For Yino, this was the first time he’d heard such a proposal.

But for Yuyan, she’d been thinking about this for over three months.

Ever since Yanran had secretly tried to matchmake her and Yino, Yuyan had been considering their future together.

After three months of interaction, Yuyan was certain Yino liked her—not just simple emotional admiration, but the raw lust of a young man’s love at first sight for a woman.

So since Yuyan had confirmed Yino’s feelings, her choices were basically two: either refuse, or consider accepting.

And according to Yanran’s analysis, the reason those old masters at the Grand Tutor’s Mansion had made a deal with Sect Master Mu Daosheng to send Yino up the mountain was to secretly matchmake these two young talents.

The power dynamics were obvious. The Grand Tutor’s Mansion masters appreciated Yuyan’s innate Frost Holy Physique and wanted to recruit her, while Sect Master Mu Daosheng had probably already negotiated terms with the Grand Tutor’s Mansion, secretly hoping Yuyan would get involved with Yino and marry into their family for a political alliance.

So… Following this logic, in Yuyan’s mind “accepting Yino’s love” had gradually become equivalent to “marrying Yino and joining the Grand Tutor’s Mansion.”

The thing was…

Yuyan forgot that while she’d analyzed all these background relationships, Yino was probably still clueless.

Her sudden mention of marriage would naturally shock him.

“Actually…”

“Senior Sister being willing to go this far for me really helps me out of a tight spot.”

Seeing Yuyan’s awkward situation, Yino snapped out of his surprise and quickly smiled to help her save face.

He still didn’t quite understand how a noble, untouchable ice queen like Yuyan would suddenly be willing to lower herself and actively discuss marriage.

But Yino could probably read her logic from her eyes.

“I was originally worried that if I just went back to the Grand Tutor’s Mansion empty-handed, father would definitely scold me again like when I was little—saying I’m completely useless, nothing like his glory days…”

“But now, with Senior Sister’s backing, I’m sure if I can bring you back to the Grand Tutor’s Mansion with me, father will be thrilled.”

“After all… Senior Sister is the Wuji Sect’s sword leader, a daughter of heavens and a chosen one. Your looks, figure, bloodline, cultivation—everything’s top-tier. Even in our Tutor’s Mansion, you’d be a once-in-a-century beauty!”

Yino started laying on the praise, testing the waters.

He was damn good at sweet-talking. Yuyan had been so good to him before, so naturally he wouldn’t hold back on compliments now.

Besides… he really did like Yuyan.

In his past life gaming, out of all those sects and senior sisters, only Yuyan’s character design and modeling hit his preferences perfectly.

He just never expected that now, reborn into the Fallen Immortal world, his romance plot—which he’d only put 30% effort into—would reach its peak before his career plot that he’d invested 70% of his energy in!

“Really…?”

Hearing Yino say this, the embarrassment and shame on Yuyan’s face eased considerably.

But Yuyan wasn’t stupid. She could tell Yino was improvising to help her out of the awkward situation. Even if it was fake, the fact that Yino would say this already made her happy.

Who doesn’t like being praised?

“Seems like ever since Senior Sister saw this side of me, you’ve become more and more modest and distant.”

Seeing Yuyan still looking a bit ashamed, Yino sighed and gripped her hand tighter. “A beauty like you with both talent and looks—forget hastily signing marriage contracts. Even just you coming back to the Grand Tutor’s Mansion with me once and saying a few nice words about me in front of my relatives would make those old masters happy.”

“Senior Sister should remember, especially my father—he’s got such a huge ego. If he heard what you just said, next New Year he’d definitely go door-to-door bragging to relatives about his future gorgeous daughter-in-law…”

Holding her hand, Yino spoke gently and eloquently.

The originally quiet, deserted dark path under the demonic abyss had become quite warm with the young man and woman’s conversation and laughter.

Yuyan listened with lowered eyes and a soft smile, her fairy face unable to hide the blush from being praised.

She glanced sideways and suddenly realized that from her perspective, the little junior brother who used to seem so young now appeared much taller and more imposing.

He looked like he was already shoulder-height with her, maybe even a bit taller.

Or rather… This was Yino’s true height.

It wasn’t that Yino had grown taller—Yuyan had just always been prejudiced against him and had never looked directly at his height while holding hands like this.

Is this what regular women call… security…

Looking at the young man, Yuyan couldn’t help thinking to herself.

She was 5’9″, which wasn’t very tall in the Western Region, but aside from century-old elders, many 5’11” male disciples had never given Yuyan any feeling of looking up to them.

Today… Yino was the first male in her life to make her feel tall and secure.

And what made it even more striking was that Yino was still younger than her—he still had to call her senior sister.

She, as the senior sister…

Actually felt that her little junior brother was so tall and gave her a sense of security.

“So…”

“Senior Sister’s words just now—can I take that as you accepting my feelings?”

Suddenly, Yino dropped a question that broke the brief warm atmosphere.

When his words fell, although it still surprised Yuyan somewhat, she was no longer as hesitant and indecisive as before.

Like was like.

Even before Yino had saved her in the demonic abyss, Yuyan had already regretted everything the moment she fell off the cliff.

Now, not only had she survived, but Yino had saved her, making her even more certain of her feelings from that moment of falling.

Yuyan was convinced she’d fallen in love with Yino.

Or rather… She’d not only been conquered emotionally, but even rationally, Yuyan truly believed Yino was her destined one.

Besides Yino, she couldn’t possibly find another man in this world who was more outstanding, more talented, and more suitable for her!

Whether in love or career, Yuyan firmly gripped Yino’s palm.

“Yes. In this life, I’ll have no one but you.”

Yuyan pondered for a moment, then turned to look at her beloved beside her and smiled.

In this moment, the beauty’s heart had finally settled—but this was real emotion that Yino had never experienced in his past life through hundreds of reincarnations in Fallen Immortal.

Yeah, Yino had long imagined he’d have the day when he won his senior sister’s heart.

But when this day actually came, he still felt like it wasn’t quite real—like a dream. Expected, yet unexpected, leaving him completely unprepared.

“What’s wrong…?”

Seeing the young man staring at her eyes in a daze, Yuyan couldn’t help tilting her head curiously.

Yino blinked, looking a bit embarrassed as he pouted: “Nothing, just feels like a dream. Not very real… I always thought it would take at least another year or two to win you over.”

“Not real… am I that untouchable in your heart?”

She smiled charmingly. Seeing the young man’s innocent expression, she seemed to return to that first encounter at the Grand Tutor’s Mansion.

But now was different. Before, Yuyan had always thought of Yino as just some lecherous dandy with outrageous lust.

Now, after experiencing so many hardships together, Yuyan truly felt how fortunate it was to be admired and pursued by a this pervert who held her in reverence.

“Yeah, Senior Sister is like an untouchable flower. Before, I didn’t even dare dream that one day I could become lov—”

Yino said lightly, turning his head with a smile to ease the awkwardness.

But before he could finish, Yuyan suddenly cupped the young man’s chin with her hand and offered her rouge-scented lips completely.

On the dark path, Yuyan and Yino embraced in a kiss.

Yino was stunned, instinctively stepping back, but Yuyan refused to let go, gradually pressing him against the wall.

She lowered herself, hands actively climbing around his body, more intimately enjoying each other’s softness with her beloved.

After a long, tangled embrace…

Yuyan’s beautiful face was flushed with intoxication. She lightly licked her lips, eyes like silk. The former coldness had melted into tender moaning in the young man’s arms:

“Now…”

“Now… does it feel real now?”