“Everyone thought I was a pitiful substitute, until my ‘older sister’ came back and crowned me with her own hands.”
For eighteen years, Gu Qiyue has been the Gu family’s perfect adopted daughter, a gentle, pitiful flower dependent on others in the eyes of the world. She smiles as she welcomes the biological daughter, Xu Guiwan, home, playing the part of a frail, harmless younger sister while coolly watching the wealthy family’s grand spectacle unfold.
Xu Guiwan arrives in old clothes, exhausted, and utterly disdainful of so-called blood ties. She sees this wealthy family as a cage and rejects everyone’s overtures.
Everyone waits to watch the fake heiress fall into the dust and laughs at how untamable the real heiress is.
But no one knows that Gu Qiyue’s gentle blade can judge the heart in silence.
Or that Xu Guiwan’s weary eyes can see the truth among the ashes.
Only when fate strips away their layers of secret identities do they discover that each is the only person who can see through the other’s disguise.
This is a game that begins with a battle of wits and ends in salvation. In the deep waters of this false and glittering world, they will be each other’s lighthouses, and each other’s accomplices.
Blow up my wife's writing style! Every psychological game between Gu Qiyue and Xu Guiwan was so enjoyable to write. It seemed calm, but in reality there was a turbulent undercurrent. It made my scalp numb! Please update, it's not enough!