[Substitute older brother × unhinged heroine × possessive childhood sweetheart]
On the day the eldest daughter of the Ji family, Ji Zhao, turned eighteen, she received two “gifts”:
Her brother Ji Yan sneered as he tore up her painting: “Naive? You should see the graveyards I’ve seen.”
Her childhood sweetheart Han Jin left a kiss mark on her collarbone: “You can’t escape me, because my name beats inside your heart.”
She thought she was a treasure cherished by everyone, never realizing that:
• The Art of War in her childhood memories concealed a mystery about her altered identity.
• Her fake brother protected her and helped her change her name and identity, yet used their “sibling bond” to trap her in a cage.
• Her childhood sweetheart’s tenderness was a poison-tipped blade, cutting away at her trust in love one wound at a time.
The fates of all three began to crumble
Ji Yan opened his suit to reveal a back covered in knife scars. “Pain proves you’re alive, and your life is mine to atone for.”
Han Jin hid a bomb in a bouquet of roses. “Your love is a lie. My hatred is eternal.”
Ji Zhao raised her paintbrush and thrust it toward her heart. “I’m not your plaything!”
