[Male lead who steals the girl away / second male lead who fails to raise her right / scheming white rabbit of a heroine]
1.
There are so many rumors about the Jin family that each one could fill a book.
The eldest son, Sheng Baicun, was of questionable birth and had to claw his way to power alone through cunning and guile.
The second son, Jin Chi, was wild and reckless, a force of destruction who turned the Jin family upside down.
And then there was the adopted daughter, taken in by the family. She spent years quietly calling countless people “sister-in-law,” until one day, at Jin Chi’s birthday banquet, someone teased him, “So who’s your new sister-in-law this time?”
Xu Ruqing’s cheeks flushed. She tossed her gaze elsewhere, pretending to look for someone. The star of the banquet stopped in front of her and leaned down, his voice velvet-soft as it tickled her ear. “Want to be my sister-in-law?”
2.
In the Jin family, everything Sheng Baicun had was something Jin Chi didn’t want.
Including Xu Ruqing.
Later, Jin Chi began to wonder what Sheng Baicun had that made Xu Ruqing so devoted she was willing to give herself to him.
Probably he’d given her the chance to go from an ugly duckling to a swan, and she was just overwhelmed with gratitude.
He lured her in at every turn, only to lose his own heart by accident.
As midnight approached, Jin Chi blew out the candles and kissed Xu Ruqing in the darkness. “I want both your heart and you.”
