Why Is My Aloof Sister-in-Law Like This?

A terrible person with a true heart, genuine feelings hidden beneath false affection.

Ming Hanyin x Leng Lingyu

A spoiled, greedy romance novelist, the silly young lady, 0 x a cool, alluring, shrewd, gloomy ghostly sister-in-law, 1

[Sister-in-law romance / friends-with-benefits to lovers / genuine feelings beneath false affection / elementary-school-level scheming / a little groveling later on]

When Ming Hanyin was thirteen, she woke up one day and suddenly discovered she had a half-sister, five years older than her, named Ming Hanjue.

Just listen to that name. It sounds more like the family treasure than her own.

This so-called "sister" was the child of her father's ex-girlfriend. He'd secretly raised her elsewhere until she was an adult, then brought her home. As soon as she arrived, she was allowed into his office and study to help with the family business.

Her sister was beautiful and had a likable personality. Even with her awkward status, it was hard to dislike her. As time went by, even their mother gradually accepted her.

To borrow the language of popular historical dramas, Ming Hanyin had fallen overnight from the only legitimate eldest daughter of a noble capital family, treasured like a pearl, to an unwanted and uncherished legitimate second daughter.

It took only a few years for the illegitimate eldest daughter to firmly seize the family business and their parents' affection. Her rise to power had become a fact.

The trouble was, this was modern times. Ming Hanyin couldn't have her bargain sister sold off.

Sigh, born in the wrong era.

So, sighing as she went, she cultivated herself into a spoiled, willful young lady who did nothing, all in the name of keeping a low profile.

Spending money was one thing she was good at, and she never held back. Her personal abilities were too complicated to discuss.

Fortunately, when she turned twenty, she discovered her talent: writing steamy romance novels.

Once she got carried away and put her all into it, she became so prolific that her readers wept. She raced ahead in this niche genre and made a lot of money.

If not for Ming Hanyin, the flower market would have spent eternity in darkness.

But nobody knew that the young lady Ming Hanyin, who could write deliciously steamy stories every day, had never been in a relationship or actually gotten with any sister.

Until one day, while she was writing late at night, a fire broke out at the neighbors' place. Ming Hanyin hurried downstairs in her teddy-bear pajamas and bumped into a stunning woman in a suit, with long, flowing hair, beautiful enough to make your mouth water.

She secretly named her Ghostly Sister. The kind of ghostly sister so beautiful she could steal your soul.

As they waited downstairs for the fire to be put out, Ming Hanyin gathered up her courage and flirted with someone for the first time.

Oh, Ghostly Sister was called Leng Lingyu, a name as cool and aloof as she was.

Somehow, she followed Ghostly Sister home that day.

After that, she went to her place many more times.

Her schedule was about the same as a rat's, maybe even a North American rat's.

So the two of them had practically never gone out on an actual daytime date. The first time they met in daylight was at her sister Ming Hanjue's engagement party.

Leng Lingyu still had her long, flowing hair and cool, reserved air. In her satin gown, she looked like a god who had wandered into the mortal world by chance. It was such a shame she'd married into the money-grubbing Ming family.

Ming Hanyin frowned. Her first thought was whether she and her bargain sister were both serving as wives to the two Ming sisters.

How could this not be a celebrated tale in the capital? (??)

Why! Did! My! Sister! Turn into my sister-in-law?! No, wait, my sister seems to have become my sister's wife.

No, no, no. Maybe writing steamy romance really did rot her brain.

She wanted to let out a groundhog scream.

Scene 1

"Sister-in-law, open up. It's me, your sister." Ming Hanyin pounded on the door.

Leng Lingyu opened it and looked down at her helplessly. "Don't use such a lame joke."

"I am your sister. We look a lot alike." Ming Hanyin ignored her and squeezed her way inside.

Leng Lingyu had been divorced from Ming Hanyin's sister for a long time, but she found her amusing and deliberately teased her. "Really? How do we look alike?"

As she spoke, her gaze roamed over Ming Hanyin.

Ming Hanyin suddenly leaned in, nearly stealing a kiss. "You already know, don't you, Sister?"

Scene 2

Ming Hanyin messaged Leng Lingyu: "My sister's not home. Come over, quick."

Ten minutes later, Leng Lingyu opened her door. "Your sister asked me to bring you food."

"I won't eat. I won't eat until you two get divorced." Ming Hanyin's young-lady persona had taken over.

Leng Lingyu smiled silently. "We've been married for three months. I haven't seen you actually starve to death yet."

Ming Hanyin glared at her. "I don't care. You have to feed me."

"What should I feed you?" Leng Lingyu stopped smiling and narrowed her eyes at her.

When Ming Hanyin wrote steamy romance, she never imagined she would be this pathetic.

(In reality, nothing happens, and there's no physical contact.)

Scene 3

Ming Hanyin: "Sister-in-law, my sister and I are both surnamed Ming, and we're both 0s. Round it up, and we're the same."

Leng Lingyu glanced at her and asked coolly, "Oh? How are you rounding that up?"

Sometimes she couldn't help feeling exasperated. She had stopped being Hanyin's sister-in-law years ago, but Hanyin loved bringing it up.

Ming Hanyin: "Doesn't matter. Buy one, get one free. You have to take me whether you want me or not. Anyway, my sister and I, the two Ming sisters, can both serve..."

Before she could finish, Leng Lingyu pinched her mouth shut.

Leng Lingyu looked at her with amusement. "Stop making things up all the time. Besides, you really don't know your sister very well."

Ming Hanyin frowned. "What do you mean? She can't stand me? Whether I can make her accept me is up to me. Just watch."

Sometimes the young lady just loved putting on a show. After all, who wouldn't want to passionately act out a few scenes of sister-in-law romance at home?

Leng Lingyu was so amused by her words that she reached out and gently tapped her face to stop her from talking nonsense. "Your sister isn't a 0."

[Reading Notes]

1. This is not a story where both leads have no prior experience. There are no men.

2. Ming Hanyin and her sister share a father, but have different mothers. During the sister-in-law's marriage to her sister, she and the female lead had no emotional involvement, and she did not cheat with the female lead.

3. Both female leads have questionable morals. Ming Hanyin is twenty and Leng Lingyu is twenty-six when they meet. It's a one-on-one romance with a happy ending.

4. Before signing, updates follow the rankings. After signing, probably between 18:00 and 23:00.

Blurb drafted on 2026.9.29

Theme: True affection is precious. Cherish the person in front of you, and don't miss out on genuine love because of misunderstandings or greed.