How to Reform My Villainous Omega Stepsister

[My take on ABO, pseudo-sisters, small-town fiction]

One night in sixth grade, Ye Chengji receives two pieces of bad news all at once.

Her mom has brought home a man, a gambling drunk who’s addicted to alcohol.

Her stepsister is the villainous omega from an entertainment-industry novel Ye Chengji once dreamed about.

Then Ye Chengji, who had hoped she and Zhu Letao could simply be strangers and leave each other alone, discovers a third piece of bad news: it seems some mysterious force has bound her life to her new little sister’s.

Whenever Zhu Letao does something bad, time rewinds for Ye Chengji, trapping her in that stretch of time to repeat it over and over.

To avoid getting stuck in a time-loop bug, twelve-year-old Ye Chengji is forced to become the guardian of a nine-year-old brat.

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Zhu Letao has an angelic face, but a fiercely stubborn temper. She’s cold-hearted, obsessive, and vain.

Stealing things is second nature to her. She lies constantly, throws her weight around to bully her classmates, and acts like she has every right to do it.

At first, Ye Chengji thinks she can change her through love.

For the first time, someone who never lets herself be taken advantage of tries to rein in her temper and learn to be a gentle, patient big sister.

She bathes Zhu Letao, saves up to buy her candy, stays up late to help her with homework, and carries her through floodwater in a rainstorm.

But when Zhu Letao’s rebellious streak still shows through her act of being good, Ye Chengji gets it: with this ungrateful brat, a soft heart is less effective than a slap.

She smacks her palm, makes her copy lines as punishment, and confiscates the little stash of money she’s been secretly hiding.

Zhu Letao settles down for a while, like a stray dog that’s finally been beaten into submission. But the hatred in her eyes only grows deeper as she secretly waits for a chance to get revenge.

Until Ye Chengji takes a beer bottle to the head protecting her.

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When Ye Chengji presents as an Alpha at eighteen, Zhu Letao makes a solemn, heartfelt birthday wish: that after she comes of age, Ye Chengji will turn into a very, very sweet Omega, the kind best suited to be Zhu Letao’s bride.

And her wish comes true.

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“There is one other thing I long to conquer: your silence.

I want to twist it, tear it, until you scream at me, even if all you do is curse me.”

François Mauriac, The Knot of Vipers

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