[Written in spare moments by a high school student. I feel it's not very good now, so I'm locking it for the time being. I'll give it a major rewrite after the college entrance exams.]
Chu Jinhuan thought that Brother Yilan was surely the best person in the world.
After the family struggle, the Chu family won.
Shen Yilan became Chu Yilan, truly her brother in name.
But he no longer looked her in the eye.
Countless times, she tried to get close to him, only to be turned away.
At last, her heart went cold, and she gave up.
But when Lin Yan, a half-demon captured by her cousin, thrust his sword at her, it was Chu Yilan who stepped in front of her.
He collapsed into her arms.
She wept. Why had he saved her? Why hadn't he simply ignored her, just as he had before?
Reborn five years in the past.
Chu Yilan was still as aloof and distant as ever.
And still as spirited and full of promise.
She would not let him become a stiff corpse in her arms again. She would protect the him who stood before her now.
When she saw him again, she couldn't help wrapping her arms tightly around him.
But his body stiffened.
Later, he pinned her down on the soft couch.
Their warm breaths mingled, and the flickering candlelight revealed the desire in his dark eyes.
When she woke, tender marks covered her body, and the lingering passion filled the room.
She thought Chu Yilan was surely the worst person in the world.
Theme: Growth is often accompanied by pain
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