[Obsessive, twisted man + rekindled love + coercive possession + happy ending]
[He seems like a refined gentleman, but is actually a twisted, obsessive big shot vs. a sensitive, insecure girl who later reveals a dark side]
When Jiang Nianzhu was six, her father died in a fire for the Jiang family.
To quiet the rumors, the Jiang family begrudgingly let her stay with them.
Overnight, the driver's daughter became the Jiang family's nominal little princess, setting the whole city of Jiangcheng abuzz.
Only Jiang Jili reached out to her, luring her into his grasp with every endearment of "little sister."
In public, he was a solitary, untouchable figure, pure as snow.
In private, night after night, he knelt by her bed, greedily tracing her features with his fingertips, his breath hot and dangerous.
"Nianzhu... my little Nianzhu..."
She flew into the flames like a moth, only to be burned beyond recognition and become the laughingstock of the entire city.
Four years later, they met again. He was still gentle and impeccably mannered, indulging her without restraint.
That is, until the fiancé who had once abandoned her suddenly returned to the country, begging to get back together.
Jiang Jili finally tore away his disguise and slammed her against the wall.
His scorching breath ravaged her neck, and the hand gripping her waist was almost out of control.
"Make him leave... unless you want to watch me lose my mind!"
But she rose onto her tiptoes, her lips brushing his Adam's apple, and smiled with sly, icy calm. "Big brother... he's your future brother-in-law, after all."
Only then did Jiang Jili realize:
The rose he'd nourished and steeped in his own influence had long since grown thorns sharpened by his own hand.
Whose child is the hero?