Pseudo-incest, toxic love, tragic romance
Blurb:
When Wen Fanlin was eighteen, her family fell apart and her father remarried.
Her stepmother moved in with her daughter.
Wen Fanlin stood on the spiral staircase, looking down at the graceful, exquisitely beautiful girl below.
Hmph!
Just like mother, just like daughter. Both born to be seductive little foxes.
Why?
Why had her own life been torn apart while they got to live in peace and comfort in this house?
Her stepmother had destroyed her family, so she would... destroy the daughter her stepmother was proudest of, with her own hands.
Wen Fanlin hid the hatred in her eyes, leaned closer, and smiled brightly. "Big Sister~ Your room isn't ready yet. Do you want to sleep with me tonight?"
Su Yan lowered her lashes, her docile expression flawless. "All right."
On the very first day they met, Su Yan saw through Wen Fanlin's hatred of her. But she was willing, and willingly stepped into the other's trap.
Su Yan worked with all her might, wanting only to protect this prickly little madwoman, so starved for love and so possessive.
Until the Wen family was on the verge of bankruptcy and Wen Fanlin's father pushed her into a political marriage.
Late at night, Wen Fanlin held her. "Big Sister, are you really going to obey my father and send me off to marry someone with your own hands?"
Su Yan bit her lip and said nothing.
The little madwoman in her arms sneered, her tone utterly cold. "Does the person I'm supposed to marry know that I... spend every night with you?"
Wen Fanlin had played her part long enough. She walked away without looking back.
Years passed, and everything changed.
The once gentle and patient Su Yan had shed her soft exterior. Now wielding immense power, she used Wen Fanlin's father's life and death as leverage to force Wen Fanlin back.
In a dim office, Su Yan looked down at Wen Fanlin, trapping her in the chair. "My dear little sister, where else do you think you can run?"
Forced to look up, Wen Fanlin watched her once-docile stepsister lose control and go mad, then gave a faint smile.
"Big Sister, you look so beautiful when you go crazy over me."
Reading notes:
1. The two heroines are not related by blood.
2. They are not registered in the same household.
3. The protagonists and everyone around them know they are not related by blood.
Theme: Love can conquer all.