Summer, Returned

Pseudo-incest | Love Across Time | The Second Male Lead Wins | The Ex Chases Her to the Crematorium | The Couple Doesn't Get Back Together

Xia Qiutian (Xia Weiyi) * Shang Jiyue * Ji Zairan

1.

Xia Qiutian has a secret she can't tell anyone.

The name in her diary should have been hidden away and forgotten. She wanted him to know, but she was also afraid he would find out.

Until the secret was exposed. Shang Jiyue gripped the diary, filled with his name, and demanded, each word cutting to the bone: "Do you even remember that I'm your brother? You have these filthy feelings for your own brother?!"

"Xia Qiutian, know your place. Don't cross the line."

"Get out of my world."

It hurt terribly.

But Xia Qiutian did it. She went far away to study on her own, leaving his world behind, and her family with it.

When they met again, it was at Xia Qiutian's art exhibition. A man stood by her side, the two of them close and intimate. She looked at Shang Jiyue with calm, cold eyes, and the sight pierced him.

Only then did he regret it so bitterly that it tore him apart, finally understanding his feelings.

For the first and only time, Shang Jiyue's eyes turned red. He let go of all his pride and self-respect, ignoring the people around him as he clutched Xia Qiutian's hand and begged, "Please forgive me, just this once."

Xia Qiutian didn't blink. Not a trace of emotion showed on her face as she calmly said:

"Brother, I'm your sister."

From then on, mountains and rivers lay between them, each bound for a distant horizon.

There was no longer any place for him in her world.

2.

Ji Zairan had always been by Xia Qiutian's side, taking on the roles of both "best friend" and "brother." He never imagined that one day he would get his wish and be with her.

He was gentle, steady, and considerate: the perfect lover.

On the day Shang Jiyue tried to hold on to her like a madman, Ji Zairan seemed unruffled on the surface. But when they got home, he locked her in his arms, gazed at her with burning eyes, and kissed her until she could barely breathe. Then he asked:

"How much do you love me?

More than him?

How much more?"

What she didn't know was that Ji Zairan knew Shang Jiyue was deliberately provoking him. He also knew that Shang Jiyue no longer had a place in her heart. But he was still afraid, afraid that the boy who had been her brother would always hold a place in her heart.

"Some call her Autumn, others call her Weiyi."

◎ Pseudo-incest. The heroine was adopted by the hero's family.

◎ The second male lead ends up with the heroine. He appears less in the first part, while the latter half focuses almost entirely on the heroine and the second male lead. Both are virgins; he's older, and their relationship is one of support and guidance.

Theme: Prove that I'm your one and only.