After returning to claim her family, Lin Guanyu lives cautiously. Whenever someone calls her by name, she has to glance nervously at the fake heiress beside her before daring to respond.
Lin Guanyu was born in a ruined temple and grew up in the fields and mountains.
After a secret kept for years comes to light, Shu Guanyue is brought back from a villager’s home by the Shu family and restored to her clan.
She thought she had suddenly risen to become a phoenix, an ugly duckling transformed into a swan.
Instead, having grown up carefree, she knows nothing of etiquette and makes a fool of herself time and again.
The Lin family is ashamed of her.
They double down on their mistake, giving the marriage, her identity, and even her name to the fake heiress.
She is left with nothing but the status of an unloved concubine’s daughter, enduring endless mockery.
She resents it. She refuses to accept it. She refuses to give up.
With bitterness, she turns her gaze toward the cousin the family places its greatest hopes in, Xu Yin Xue.
In secret, she tempts him into ruin.
Night after night, they remain entangled in this improper relationship.
In others’ eyes, Xu Yin Xue is an elegant gentleman, noble and refined.
Like snow among the pines, magnolias, bamboo, and lotus.
In her eyes, Xu Yin Xue is a dark, despicable villain.
Greedy and shameless, lusting after beauty.
He loves to press close to her, holding her hand as he helps her write the assignments her tutor has given her.
His nose buried in the fragrance of her hair, he murmurs in a husky voice, “Little Sister, you wrote that wrong…”
Even when she tries to switch to a fresh sheet, he refuses to let go.
Later, she grows tired of him and decides to cast him aside. In the end, she uses him to climb into a prestigious marriage and secure an engagement, becoming a principal consort and finally venting the resentment she feels over her family’s exploitation of her.
She never expected Xu Yin Xue, who should have pursued success in the imperial examinations, to enlist in the army and spend years guarding the border.
They meet again at the emperor’s banquet celebrating his triumphant return.
Asked about marriage, he sneers as he looks at Shu Guanyue.
“Someone I love? She married another man.”
And she is a princess-consort-to-be.
She twists her handkerchief and lowers her eyes. “Brother.”
Xu Yin Xue pretends not to hear.
Yet in the bamboo grove after the banquet, he kisses her and replies with a quiet laugh,
“Little Sister, your fiancé might catch us here.”
At last, the wedding night arrives, and she thinks she will be free.
But when the bridal veil is lifted, the man before her is not the fine husband she carefully chose.
It is her cousin in red robes. He grips her chin, his voice cool and imperious.
“Little Sister, did I ever give you permission to marry?”
“The only person you can marry is me.”
“Little Sister…”
His gentle voice brushes her ear, but all she feels is cold.
A seductive, scheming younger sister x an obsessive, dark older brother who only has eyes for her
1. Fake-sibling romance. The male lead has skin hunger syndrome.
2. Both are each other’s only partners. The plot includes melodramatic coercive possession.
The fiancé’s role involves few spoilers, so I won’t say more. He is pure in both body and heart!
3. I’ll add more if I think of anything.
Theme: How could you abandon me?
