What Should I Do If My Brother Is a Reclusive, Miserable Shut-In?!

🩷 Quirky, free-spirited, unbothered, wooden-hearted, adored-by-everyone little sister × Big brother who puts his sister above all, meekly endures everything, desperately longs to marry, and has gravity powers

💙 Not blood-related, not on the same household register, a love born of bitter hatred, a romance that transcends death

1.

Fang Zhixu died.

She died with regrets, still seething with resentment. So now the Fang Group would all go to that cheap excuse for a brother of hers.

She was an only child, but when she was six, her parents brought home a pretty, adorable little boy dressed in plain clothes and even gave him the same education as her. From that moment on, she resented the brother they had foisted on her.

Where had this bastard come from, and how dare he compete with her for the family fortune?!

Fang Zhixu hit him, cursed at him, shoved him down the stairs, and ordered him to kneel at her feet, hoping he would get the message and leave the Fang family of his own accord.

But to her surprise, this cheap brother of hers was made of stern stuff. He broke a rib tumbling down the stairs, and bit his lips bloody as he endured the pain. Great beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, yet he didn't make a sound.

Nor did he ever mention leaving the Fang family.

Even worse, when Fang Zhixu's parents learned he was injured, they dropped their usual loving demeanor and tore into her without giving her a chance to speak.

With this outsider Fang Zhiyou always between them, Fang Zhixu's relationship with her parents deteriorated day by day. So when she went abroad to study, she moved out.

She only returned home after hearing that her parents had suddenly gone missing, and then, on her way home, a semitruck sent her flying.

Fang Zhixu was convinced that no one in the world had worse luck than she did.

Yet her consciousness didn't fade away. Following her instincts, she drifted unsteadily all the way back home.

There, she learned one piece of good news and one piece of bad news.

Good news: Her parents had simply gone missing. They probably weren't dead.

Though that didn't exactly sound like good news.

Bad news: That bastard was presiding over her funeral.

They hadn't seen each other in years. Fang Zhixu was startled to realize that the bastard had somehow shed his drab feathers and blossomed into someone ever more refined, like a white swan from a fairy tale.

When he lowered his eyes, his long, butterfly-wing lashes cast a deep shadow across his pale face.

Fang Zhiyou stared intently at her coffin, his cracked, bleeding lips pressed together, his expression inscrutable.

No one knew what he was thinking.

As the funeral reached the burial, people were lowering the copper coffin into the grave they had dug. Fang Zhiyou, who had been standing silently for a long time, suddenly took a step forward. He was about to jump in!

Fang Zhixu, floating in the air, stared in utter shock.

She knew she'd treated him terribly, but... surely he wasn't going to dig her up and whip her corpse?

Did Fang Zhiyou hate her that much?

Fortunately, someone nearby stopped him in time.

Fang Zhixu, who had unexpectedly begun to reflect on herself, was in a complicated mood. She followed Fang Zhiyou all the way home, and without realizing it, followed him into his room

Her room?!

A loose hair tie, half-used perfume, an abandoned thermos, a tube of lip balm scraped nearly empty... And on the bed, the bald old stuffed goose she'd had forever.

If it wasn't her room, whose was it?

She watched as Fang Zhiyou, who had looked perfectly calm moments before, buried his face in the stuffed goose. His soft black hair fell loose, and he sounded like a man delirious with a terminal illness as he murmured in a hoarse, broken voice:

"Zhixu, Zhixu..."

His shoulders trembled. He was crying.

And yet she knew very well that he had derealization disorder.

2.

A thick notebook, its worn edges fraying. On the title page, four words were written in a childish hand: "Movie-Watching Notes."

December 25, X008

Today they said my eyes were pretty and that they wanted to dig them out and put them on a doll's face. I couldn't beat them, but Mother Superior saved me.

Maybe I should be angry, or scared. I hope Santa Claus takes me away, if he really exists.

There seems to be something wrong with my body. The women in white coats let out a cry when they saw my X-ray.

They told me it was a mistake during the procedure, but I know they're lying.

December 26, X008

He really came! Aunt Fang and Uncle Fang said they want to adopt me! I'm supposed to act happy, right? This time I remembered to smile.

They told me everything. But whatever the cost, I don't want to stay here any longer.

Things probably can't get any worse than they are now.

January 26, X009

I've waited a month, and I keep worrying that Aunt Fang and Uncle Fang won't come. Is this feeling called "worry"?

Thankfully, they came after all. Today is the Spring Festival.

I've never seen such a beautiful place. We drove for a long time before we finally saw the house.

They have a little sister... She's so cute, like that doll back when it still had eyes. I heard she's only a year younger than me.

But her face is very pale. The nanny always carries her around, and she coughs a lot.

I have a new name now: Fang Zhiyou. They named me after my little sister.

Little sister, little sister.

July 23, X009

My little sister is much better now. Mom and Dad often thank me, but I haven't done anything. I just play with her.

Uncle Zhang said he can teach me to arrange flowers. I want to make a bouquet of sunflowers for my little sister. I hope she gets better soon, so we can go horseback riding together.

Aunt Lan won't let me put the flowers by my sister's bed. She says my sister is allergic to pollen.

But I'd picked flowers and put them by my sister's pillow before. She was happy, and she didn't have an allergic reaction.

The sunflowers were thrown away.

August 16, X014

Mom and Dad have rearranged the tutors for my sister and me. They said they want us to go to Yingyao High School.

My sister studies very hard and often reads late into the night. I hope she goes to bed earlier.

I've almost forgotten that a few years ago she was so sick she could only lie in bed all day.

My sister hasn't been paying much attention to me lately... Did I do something wrong?

Aunt Lan is always bringing up her son to my sister. I don't understand why she does that. Can't she see how annoyed my sister is?

She glares at me a lot, too.

November 7, X016

It hurts, it hurts so much!

I saw my sister standing outside Mom and Dad's bedroom, so I went over to ask why she wasn't going inside.

But she shoved me down the stairs.

Mom said I'd broken a rib and slapped my sister.

I wanted to tell her not to hit my sister, but I passed out from the pain.

October 4, X019

...Why did I see my sister's face in a dream like that?

February 14, X020

I ran into my sister kissing a man in the back garden, so I pulled her away and disinfected her.

I'd checked up on him and knew he was clean, but it still made me feel sick.

My sister slapped me, and my chest hurt so badly I couldn't breathe.

Why was my sister angry with me? What right did that man have?

February 26, X020

My sister went abroad.

She didn't tell me.

Why?

Why did she leave me behind?

November 2, X025

My sister is dead.

November 29, X025

I found a way to bring my sister back to life.

This time, you aren't allowed to go anywhere.

⚠️ Please read before starting:

1️⃣ The setting is modern but fictional, very fictional. It doesn't involve real people or places. If anything contradicts reality, it's for the sake of the story. It continues the shared universe of the Otherworldly Affairs Office series.

2️⃣ I insist on a clean romance for both leads, no exceptions. However, the heroine will have a few ex-boyfriends (they never kissed or did anything; the male lead only mistakenly thought he saw them kiss).

3️⃣ As the blurb makes clear, the heroine is no pushover.

4️⃣ Warning: The heroine really does hit the male lead! Run if you can't handle that!

5️⃣ The heroine's parents had their reasons for adopting the male lead. They weren't favoring someone outside the family.

6️⃣ The heroine will come back to life (no ads required).

7️⃣ Look at the cover while wearing glasses for nearsightedness, and the 3D floating effect will be more noticeable. Nod up and down while staring at the cover for a surprise.

8️⃣ Derealization disorder means "a loss of the feeling of reality." It usually refers to "a change in the perception or experience of the world, making it feel unreal." Patients believe they retain insight, meaning their ability to reality-test remains intact. Things they see lack vividness and emotional coloring, and their ability to recognize other people's feelings and respond to them is greatly reduced. Even familiar places can feel strange to them. (Excerpted and adapted from Baidu Baike.)

📝 Blurb written on November 2, 2025, and archived.

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