Distant Spring Stars

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After being forced to move to Xitang, Meng Qingtang gained a younger brother.

The boy was rebellious and passionate, yet gentle and attentive. When she met Chen Yujing at the lowest point in her life, Meng Qingtang felt lucky.

She treated him like her own little brother, and Chen Yujing was well behaved, too.

They got along wonderfully, apart from his intense curiosity about her past relationships.

Then one day, while he was drunk, Meng Qingtang heard him murmur that he liked his older sister. She froze on the spot.

Drunken ramblings couldn't be taken seriously, and she ignored his hints afterward, too.

But there was no avoiding it forever.

In a dim room, he pinned Meng Qingtang against the wall. Her voice trembled as she said, "Chen Yujing, I'm your sister."

Their lips brushed against each other. He chuckled, his voice hoarse and wicked. "Would a little brother kiss his sister like this?"

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She saw Chen Yujing again at a friend's art exhibition.

He had shed his youthful awkwardness and become a prominent figure in the legal world.

Their eyes met, and he greeted her distantly. "Ms. Meng."

That night, she sank down beside his bed. The young man wore only a bathrobe around his waist as he crawled toward her on his knees.

Water droplets rolled down his firm, defined abs. He took her wrist and guided the paintbrush in her hand from his collarbone downward.

Her boyfriend's car was parked downstairs, its horn blaring over and over.

The young man's dark lashes were damp with desire. His voice was earnest and seductive. "Sis, let me be your muse."

In a flash, she remembered something from the past.

Back then, her boyfriend had pursued her all the way to Xitang. She had gone to the window and looked down at his figure.

Chen Yujing had asked, "What kind of person is he?"

Meng Qingtang had replied, "The moment I saw him, I thought I'd found my muse."

Gentle, cool older sister x bastard little brother

[Reader Advisory]

1. Fake siblings / foster family / includes stealing someone's partner

2. Male lead has no prior sexual partners; female lead does. Six-year age gap, with no legal or blood relationship between them.

3. Slow burn at first, followed by plenty of men competing for her and messy love triangles.

4. Includes intimate scenes between the heroine and the second male lead.

5. Art-related details were researched online, so don't scrutinize them too closely.

Theme: Love and being loved