Knowing Better, I Still Did It

[A cold, arrogant young master & a defiant, resilient little white flower]

Jiang Ruoxi thinks that all the most annoying people in the world put together still aren't as annoying as He Peian.

When she was twelve, her mother remarried, and she met her unrelated older brother, He Peian, for the first time at a dinner party.

He Peian not only spent the whole time scowling at her, but even rolled his eyes when Jiang Ruoxi politely greeted him. With just two cold, haughty words, he shot back, “Not good.”

What the hell...

Jiang Ruoxi fought the urge to twist his head off and replied with a fake smile, “Oh, well, never mind, then.”

They lived under the same roof, constantly crossing paths. They pretended not to know each other when their heads were down, but as soon as they looked up, they were at each other's throats.

Aside from her stepbrother, Jiang Ruoxi liked everything about living with the He family.

One day, by chance, she discovered that her stepfather's phone seemed to hold a secret. Later, she and her mother rushed into a mysterious storage room, and the sight of a huge wedding photo left her covered in a cold sweat.

Her mother's marriage to her stepfather ended because of a misunderstanding.

After that, Jiang Ruoxi never saw He Peian again.

During her sophomore year, Jiang Ruoxi attended a celebrity lecture as a student council member, filming footage for the event. As she focused her camera, the face she hadn't seen in so long appeared in the frame.

“Welcome back to your alma mater, Senior He. Thank you for sharing your valuable experience with us. So, Senior, do you have anything you'd like to say to all the students here?” the host asked.

In the enormous lecture hall, hundreds of students sat below the stage. He Peian calmly scanned the room, then fixed his gaze on the camera and said, “