Name: The Very Beginning
Author: I'm Really Going to Sob

Synopsis

[What if Shen Ya had been adopted by Jiang Yunyi's family as a child?]

[Gentle, guiding older top × cold on the outside and cold on the inside younger bottom] [Older top, dual POV, healing, comfort, childhood friends to lovers, growing up together, beginning in childhood.]

[They are four years apart. A sweet, everyday romance.]

[Please don't bring up irrelevant things unrelated to this book!]

[Blurb One]

After an accident takes both of Shen Ya's parents, her relatives consider her a burden and find excuses to turn her away. Just as she feels lost and uncertain about the future, a young married couple takes her into their home, saying they will support her education and living expenses.

The moment the door to her new home opens, she sees sunlight falling on a girl a little older than her. She watches the girl warily, afraid of seeing a look of disgust on her face.

But the girl takes her hand, places a piece of candy in her palm, and smiles brightly. “I'm Jiang Yunyi. Welcome home, Shen Ya.”

When Shen Ya first arrives at her new home, she is wary and terrified, like a frightened kitten, constantly anxious. Faced with Jiang Yunyi's kindness, she resists it in her heart, while her body can't help edging closer.

Years later, Shen Ya, usually cool and distant in the eyes of outsiders, catches sight of her nominal “older sister” and gives her a rare smile before quickly walking toward her.

[Blurb Two]

Before going abroad to study, Jiang Yunyi finds a friend and repeatedly tells them to take good care of her little sister. Her friend swears an oath to the heavens, promising that not even a single hair will be harmed.

Several years later, Jiang Yunyi finally returns home. She is eager to see how much her precious little sister has changed, but unexpectedly catches the sister she's been missing so much taking a little toy for women out of a drawer.

Their eyes meet, and the air seems to freeze. Can someone explain why her cool, distant little sister has become the owner of a company that exclusively sells toys for women?!

When Jiang Yunyi spots her friend grinning from the sidelines, she begins to regret the instructions she gave a few years earlier.

[The day we meet again after a long separation]

[Will be the day our hearts beat as one]

Please note:

1. Same-sex marriage and childbirth are legal. At the start of the story, same-sex marriage has only recently become legal.

2. There are original worldbuilding details!

3. Please don't post irrelevant things in the comments. Thank you.

4. They are not on the same household register and are not related by blood!

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