Spend Enough Time Together, and It Becomes Real

A seemingly weak, easily bullied orphan girl who is actually a cool-headed, venomous beauty VS a seemingly cold but soft-hearted business tycoon

Both leads have only ever been with each other | Fake-family ties between wealthy households | Mutual healing | Marriage before love

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My mother was the person the head of the Mu family held dearest.

I was born with a face even three times more beautiful than hers. She told me that if I entered the Mu family, I would be showered with love and live in luxury.

But she was destitute, and never entered the Mu family in her entire life.

On a damp, rainy night, the silver bell embedded in her ankle bone was buried with her in the earth. It would never ring again.

I silently climbed into the car sent to collect me from the Mu family. I wasn't after their affection. I only wanted to take what rightfully belonged to us.

Take his money, take his power, then give back the most useless thing of all: "love."

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The first time Qi Hua met Mu Rong, he had gone to pay respects to the brother who had given his life for him.

The early spring rain was bone-chilling. At some point, a girl appeared outside the door. She stood in the rain, timidly watching him for a long time without saying a word.

Only after reading the suicide note did he realize she was the orphan girl the Mu family had just taken back in.

The Mu family was a den of vipers. She was all alone, and the brother who had been entrusted with her care was already dead.

He lowered his eyes and looked at the girl holding onto him so cautiously. In the end, he didn't push her away.

The ruthless, uncompromising business tycoon known for his coldness to others now had a new headache.

When Mu Rong was bullied at school, he stood up for her.

When the Mu family drove Mu Rong out, he brought her back to his own villa and took her in.

Even when she had nightmares at night, he had to go and soothe her to sleep.

Just as he was lamenting how hard it was to raise a little sister, his sweet but troublesome little sister bit her lip and looked up at him with wide eyes, pleading,

"Big brother, help me one last time."

His family was pressuring him to get married, and Mu Rong happened to bring him a marriage agreement.

His brow twitched, but the person across from him smiled, looking innocent and pitiful.

"Big brother, no one makes you feel more at ease than I do, right?"

Qi Hua saw the wound that had inadvertently been revealed on her neck. His gaze darkened, and without a word, he signed.

No one understood her ambition better than he did.

But he was willing to become the wind that would carry her soaring into the sky.

Others said he had lost his mind, indulging her reckless behavior again and again.

He only wanted to give his own feelings free rein for once, letting them spread without restraint.

Bonus scene:

The day Mu Rong handed him the divorce papers, he laughed in anger.

She'd pulled a romance scam on me. The girl really has some nerve.

That night, in the pitch-dark room, the man held her tightly in his arms, his breath dangerous and scorching against her ear.

Mu Rong dropped her obedient facade, her expression cool. "The agreement says we each get what we want. Are you trying to back out, Mr. Qi?"

Qi Hua gave a soft snort, missing the days when the girl had thrown herself into his arms of her own accord.

"You knew I'd been no real brother to you all along? Is that why you used me so shamelessly?"

He sighed, delivering his verdict. "Use me if you want, but you'll never leave me in this lifetime."

Reading Guide:

1. The female lead's personality is flawed because she lacked guidance as a child. She's not kindhearted, but she's not purely evil either.

2. There are no romantic feelings while they still believe they are related.

3. The author is a good-for-nothing at writing blurbs. If inspiration strikes, the blurb may be adjusted slightly, but the story itself won't change.

Core message: Have the courage to break free from so-called fate