Forced love + feelings that grow over time + the good stuff comes later, so be patient
When she was twelve, Xia Man followed her remarried mother through the Lin family’s doors. From then on, she had a brother in name only.
Sixteen-year-old Lin Zhibei was a favored son of heaven, and her worst nightmare.
Convinced that she and her mother had destroyed the happy family he once had, he looked at her with nothing but disgust and coldness. He watched her tiptoe around him, then bullied and ostracized her without the slightest attempt to hide it.
In this gilded cage, she lived cautiously, hoping only to get through each day in peace.
Little did she know that the bond born of hatred had already begun to change with the passing years.
I have finished reading the novel, the plot is very good, please support the author 👍