A sweet, obedient girl who's never been cherished x a warm yet reserved surgeon
[Modern romance + brother-in-law + unrequited love becomes mutual + 1v1, both leads are each other's first and only]
He's a surgeon who, by a twist of fate, enters her heart.
She met him first, after all...
But later, he became her brother-in-law.
Every time she calls him “brother-in-law,” it's both a warning to herself and a helpless surrender to fate.
His name is Lu Zhibai, but Lin Ruoyu has never once called him by his name.
In the end, he becomes a thorn in her heart, hurting whenever she touches it.
Lin Ruoyu has always been an obedient girl and has never done anything “out of line.”
Because her older sister was sickly, their parents only had eyes for her. From childhood onward, they always told Lin Ruoyu, “Your sister is frail. As her younger sister, you need to give way to her.” No matter what it was, Lin Ruoyu only got a turn after her sister had picked first.
Lin Ruoqing always felt she should defer to her older sister, and she had always done just that, including when it came to her sister's feelings.
Even though she was the first to fall for Lu Zhi, once she saw that her sister felt the same way, she quickly stepped aside and buried her feelings, never crossing the line.
Until they broke up, and he wavered her resolve again and again...
In the end, the girl who had always been obedient became a “rebel.”
(The male lead and the older sister are partners in business, not a real couple.)
