Why Be Bound by Blood?

The year her grandfather was convicted and the family estate confiscated, when she was cast adrift in the Entertainment Bureau, Yu Zhen was only eight.

Fortunately, Madam Ning, whom her mother had once helped, rescued her. She took Yu Zhen far from the capital and brought her to the countryside.

She had a new mother and a new older brother.

She treasured them dearly, wishing only that these days could go on forever, without any upheaval. But as she grew older and watched her brother become ever more gentle and handsome

It seemed that she was the one who would ruin their peaceful life.

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When Ning Yuhui was young, he fell gravely ill. His mother begged the Qi family for money, and that was what saved his life.

So when he saw the young daughter of the fallen Qi family, he vowed to cherish her as his own little sister for the rest of his life.

But as his sister grew up, he gradually realized that something was wrong

The handkerchief he kept close to him would mysteriously turn up in his sister's room.

The scent of her moisturizer would cling to his sleepwear.

Worst of all, after drinking the calming soup his sister brought him before bed, he would wake with an aching lower back and abdomen, feeling strange and unsettled.

At last, one day, he felt a weight on top of him as he slept. When he opened his eyes beneath the moonlight, it was already too late.

*

His sister's movements as she had her way with him were far too practiced, yet he could only stifle his desire and make no sound.

He knew how much she valued her family. He knew how insecure she felt after the upheaval of her childhood. He was willing to do anything to comfort her

But he had never imagined this was what she wanted.

His sister was not yet married. How could they do the things only a husband and wife should do?

But he did not dare stop her, afraid that exposing everything would leave her humiliated and ashamed.

All he could do was endure it alone.

Yet no matter how much he tried to set things right during the day, at night he still could not escape her longing and entanglements.

As she grew more practiced at taking what she wanted, it became harder and harder to endure.

He thought perhaps arranging a marriage for his sister would solve the problem. But she sensed his intentions and tormented him even more fiercely at night.

Sometimes she would only dare to hold him after he had fallen asleep, her tears falling on his neck. Afraid of waking him, she would even voice her accusation in a timid whisper: "Brother, don't you want me anymore?"

Trapped in this forbidden relationship, he could not find a way out. He had thought they would go on like this, never quite defining what they were.

Until

Her real older brother came back.

[Reading Guide]

1. One-to-one pairing, both leads sexually inexperienced. A gloomy, obsessive heroine versus a righteous gentleman.

2. They are not related by blood and are not registered in the same household.

3. Note left on February 18, 2026.

Core theme: May blessings endure, and may one meet a benefactor in times of need. Her mother was fortunate to have accumulated hidden merit.