Bad Apple [Pseudo-Siblings]

*A sweet-faced, dark-hearted, aloof little fox x a refined, restrained, untouchable beauty

*The untouchable beauty falls from his pedestal / pseudo-siblings / love rivals

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Shen Jingyi's name was chosen by her father.

In her second year of high school, her father led her into a beautifully decorated villa and promised her, "This is Dad's last romance. Be good and cooperate."

Is that so?

Shen Jingyi said nothing.

The villa was like a maze. A servant led her inside, where a dignified woman sat in the main seat. Her father pinched her arm. "Call her Mom."

Shen Jingyi had never met her birth mother. It made no difference whom she called Mom.

Besides, she had a particularly beguiling little face. When tears brimmed in her eyes, she looked so innocent and pitiful that anyone would feel for her.

"Mom." Her lashes trembled. She looked utterly heartbroken.

The woman acknowledged her. She had little to say about this well-behaved burden.

"This is your older brother. Next semester, you'll transfer to St. John's and attend the same high school as him."

Another older brother?

She meekly agreed, then lifted her eyes. A boy came down the curving staircase, wearing the St. John's uniform, the top button fastened and his tie perfectly knotted. His handsome face was cold as he glanced at her.

"I'm not used to sharing a car with strangers." He looked at the father and daughter with disdain.

So noble, huh?

The uniform was a little too big. The girl leaned against the railing, showing her slender, pale legs. When she smiled, her little canine teeth made her look charming and clever.

"Brother, how can your little sister be a stranger?" she said with a smile. "Our parents are getting married, so aren't we a family? We have the closest relationship of all."

Would this restrained, outstanding model student have another side that no one knew about?

She wasn't particularly interested in that sort of thing, but she liked teasing people who seemed even less interested.

Before long, Shen Jingyi realized she was wrong. She regretted provoking this lunatic.

He was crazier than her previous older brother.

On the day her parents divorced, Shen Jingyi went to his room as usual.

She sat on his desk, playing with the tie on his chest and deliberately messing it up. When she saw a flush appear on his pale, cold face, she chuckled. "Brother, I'm leaving. I'll miss you."

A Rolls-Royce was waiting downstairs to pick her up.

"You can't leave."

"But we're not family anymore. Big Brother is waiting for me." She pretended to sigh.

Big Brother?

The word "brother" always came out of her mouth with a suggestive lilt.

The veins on the back of his hand bulged as he abruptly yanked on the tie.

Without warning, she fell from the desk into his arms.

His warm breath suddenly drew close. The handsome boy shed his good-student facade, bent down, and caught her lips. In a low voice, he said, "Bringing me apples, coming into my room, passing me love letters, my dear little sister, did you really think I didn't understand?"

The desk drawer opened. Her lashes trembled as she stared in shock at the pair of gleaming silver handcuffs he took out.

"You wanted to see me lose control, didn't you? I've wanted to do this for a long time."

He calmly put everything in order. Shen Jingyi could no longer escape from this bed.

A regular knock sounded at the door. He ignored it, his heavy gaze fixed on the beautiful, frightened girl.

"There are relationships closer than being siblings." As if answering what she had said back then, his voice turned husky. He leaned over her. "How about we put that to the test?"

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When they first met, she gave him an apple. Later, she watched helplessly as that apple rotted and spoiled.

*Some coercive romance. The male lead seems refined on the surface, but is gloomy and pathological underneath, with few moral scruples.

*No intimate scenes before adulthood. They are not blood-related, and their intimate relationship develops after their family relationship ends.

*Blurb written on June 14, 2026, revised on August 9, screenshots saved.

Theme: Promote healthy values and a healthy view of love