Fake siblings | Older man | Coercive pursuit | Powerful man bows his head | Doomed love | Capital social circle
Her first date with her first love was at a cafe by the school gates.
Rain fell outside as Jiang Tingfan sat by the window, sharing a slice of cake with her boyfriend.
A little while later, the bell above the cafe door rang. Someone folded up a black umbrella and stepped inside.
He passed between the scattered tables and came straight to Jiang Tingfan's side.
"Jiang Tingfan." The man leaned down slightly and suddenly spoke. "What are you doing here?"
Jiang Tingfan looked up in alarm. Jiang Mingsheng's lips were faintly curved, but his expression was cold.
"Brother..." she said softly. "What are you doing here?"
"Aren't you going to introduce us?"
"He's... a friend of mine."
Jiang Mingsheng braced one hand on the back of her chair. His presence, carrying the damp chill of the rain, pressed down heavily as he said in a flat voice:
"Hello. I'm Jiang Tingfan's brother."
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But just six months later, a string of revelations shattered Jiang Tingfan's twenty-first year.
A paternity test sent her packing. She left the Jiang family in disgrace, falling from the clouds back to earth.
Then her boyfriend's family company ran into trouble. He clasped her hand and said, "Tingfan, please help me."
"How... how can I help you?" she asked.
"Could you ask your brother? Please?" Her boyfriend looked at her earnestly.
"He always treated you the best. Now... he's the only person we can turn to."
Indeed, who in Yanping didn't know that Jiang Mingsheng had immense power and doted on his only younger sister?
And yet he had stood by coldly as their parents decided to throw Jiang Tingfan out of the house.
Looking into her boyfriend's eyes, Jiang Tingfan stood there for a long time before quietly saying, "All right."
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After so long, she stepped into the Jiang home again. Everything seemed unchanged.
Fine rain still fell outside the window as a servant led her to Jiang Mingsheng's study.
The door opened. The man sat behind his desk and lifted his head slightly, as aloof and elegant as ever.
Jiang Tingfan looked around the room where she had once played without a care, then cautiously stepped forward, gritted her teeth, and explained why she had come.
Jiang Mingsheng toyed with the fountain pen in his hand and said coolly:
"Jiang Tingfan, I spoiled you before because you were my sister."
"Why should I help you now?"
Jiang Tingfan had never imagined Jiang Mingsheng could say something so heartless. Her eyes reddened. She clenched her teeth, turned, and tried to leave.
But when she twisted the study door handle, she found it locked.
She turned around. Jiang Mingsheng was already behind her.
He slowly leaned down, enclosing her in the shadow cast before him.
She backed away until her spine hit the hard door. There was nowhere left to go.
Then Jiang Mingsheng raised his hand and touched the tears at the corner of her eye with cool fingertips. He smiled faintly and said softly:
"It's not impossible for me to help you."
"I told you to break up with him and come back to me."
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Your blue tears, your red eyes.
I want to kiss them all.
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Jiang Mingsheng x Jiang Tingfan
Cool-headed family patriarch x stubborn heiress
Obsessive, gloomy sister-obsessed man x a younger sister who grows softer and cuter the closer they get
/ Both sexually inexperienced, one-on-one, angsty and melodramatic
/ Older man, eight-year age gap
/ The leads have no blood relation when they enter a romantic relationship
/ Still not a strong-female-lead story; the heroine has a growth arc
/ More to come
Theme: I love you, but I have a self of my own.
