A Reconstituted Family in the Nineties

Please add my next book, A Family Reunited After a Baby Mix-Up in the Nineties, to your to-read list. The blurb is at the bottom.

When Lu Miao was thirteen, her birth mother, Meng Jiaojiao, remarried.

After registering their marriage, the two families met officially for the first time.

Meng Jiaojiao: “Miaomiao, say hello. This is your new dad.”

Xu Jianguo: “No, no! You don't have to force yourself, Miaomiao. Just call me Uncle Xu.”

Lu Miao promptly called him, “Dad.”

Xu Jianguo was overwhelmed. “Miaomiao, this is my son, Xu Qinglan. He's a year older than you. And this is my daughter, Yang Jingjing. She just turned seven.”

This time, the boy across from her spoke first. “Hello, little sister Miaomiao.”

After a meal together, the newly blended family felt a little more familiar with one another.

Meng Jiaojiao and Xu Jianguo took Yang Jingjing by the hand and went to pay at the front desk, while Lu Miao and Xu Qinglan stood behind them chatting.

Lu Miao: “Why doesn't your little sister have the same surname as you?”

Xu Qinglan: “She's my half sister. My mom remarried and ran off again. Her new husband didn't want the daughter she had, so my dad took on the mess.”

Lu Miao: “Oh, my mom's a do-gooder like that too. We're about to add another family member. My half brother Lu Yuan. My dad drank himself to death, and his mom remarried and didn't want him, so my mom's taking him in.”

Xu Qinglan: “Tsk. What a mess of a life.”

Lu Miao: “You said it.”

Two years later, Lu Miao's half sister, who was Xu Qinglan's half sister too, was born.

Lu Miao: “Sigh. Life can always get worse.”

Xu Qinglan: “You make a good point.”

…

Lu Miao had expected her mom to remarry, but she never imagined she'd end up in a family of seven.

A kindhearted dad, a softhearted mom, crying siblings, and her, the strong one!

Oh, and Xu Qinglan. The two of them were fellow sufferers.

For a while, Lu Miao despaired. Could a normal family this bizarre really have anything to look forward to?

But as time went on, she found that their little life wasn't bad at all.

Her dad might be honest and simple, but he had no bad habits and was happy to spend all his earnings on the family.

Her mom might be softhearted, but she fiercely protected her kids and always put her family first.

Her younger siblings were numerous and noisy, but they were tough. If their older brother or sister had a problem, they'd roll up their sleeves and jump right in.

Lu Miao: “Things are getting better.”

Xu Qinglan: “There's hope.”

The five siblings in this family may or may not be related by blood, but we'll always be a loving family.

Blurb written on September 18, 2025

A Family Reunited After a Baby Mix-Up in the Nineties:

Lin Xia hates Jiang Huai the most.

They both want to be number one, and neither will yield to the other.

Throughout their three years of high school, they were always at each other's throats.

Until one chance encounter brought their families together.

“Jiang, why does this girl look so much like I did when I was young?”

“Lin Haojun, is this the son you left behind somewhere?”

Both Lin Xia's mother and Jiang Huai's mother asked at once.

A month later, the families confirmed the results: the babies had been switched at birth.

The Lin family: “We've raised our Xiaxia for seventeen years...”

The Jiang family: “We've loved and cared for A Huai for seventeen years too...”

So the two families decided to leave things as they were for now and visit one another as relatives.

Lin Xia never imagined that her sworn enemy was actually her father's biological son.

But!

Lin Xia: “We're not going to act like siblings. I'm getting first place in our grade.”

Jiang Huai: “Even biological siblings should keep things fair. First place is mine.”

They went to the same university and studied the same major.

They always bought tickets home together during winter and summer break.

Lin Xia thought they would always be sworn enemies, at most becoming unrelated step-siblings with different surnames.

Until one night, after she and her group members finished a discussion and were heading back to their dorm.

Jiang Huai blocked her way.

“He's flirting with other girls. He's two-timing you.”

“He's not worth liking.”

“I'm better at studying than he is, I'm fitter than he is, and I'm better-looking too. We know each other inside and out. I won't lie to you.”

Lin Xia: “?”

Jiang Huai: “Lin Xia, could you please like me?”

Theme: Love can cross the boundaries of blood and reach you.