【Also known as: Birds and the Lonely Island】
【Reunion after years apart + failed attempts to act like strangers + beloved little sister and overprotective brother + stand-in trope + battle between the real and fake heiresses + international hacker showdown (protecting cybersecurity)】
When Cheng Nian was nine, her biological parents forcibly took her away from the Jiang family.
Jiang Siyu was fifteen when he came home from school and saw that his little sister looked completely different. He wondered if their parents had taken her abroad for plastic surgery.
Ten years later, Cheng Nian finally got into the university she had dreamed of attending since childhood, driven by a lingering attachment and after overcoming countless hardships. But when she saw who had unexpectedly come to meet her at the high-speed rail station, the sudden reunion and the fact that they were no longer related by blood left her unable to call him “Brother” again, even though the word was still there in her memory.
Jiang Siyu had thought about Cheng Nian for ten years and waited for her just as long. At last, she had come back on her own, but now that they were reunited, the little girl no longer called him “Brother.” It made him a little annoyed.
Ten years of lost time were enough to turn the people who once knew each other best into strangers brimming with distance. Each had their own thoughts: one deliberately acted like they were unfamiliar, while the other put on a cool front and hid his true feelings, yet couldn't help caring for her at every turn. Who would be the first to break the stalemate…
(PS: This story is complete. “Bird” and “Lonely Island” are the male and female leads’ hacker handles. Bird represents a life adrift, while Lonely Island represents waiting and keeping watch. One is a free wanderer, the other a lonely sentinel. When freedom finds a home, even loneliness finds its answer.)
