The Loneliness Line

[Warm, scheming younger sister VS cold, gloomy older brother] Pseudo-siblings / He has a secret crush

1.

Feng Jingyi was the only son of the Feng family and the rightful heir to the Feng Corporation.

His status meant he grew up in a sheltered world where everyone praised and catered to him.

Then a younger sister suddenly appeared, always going against him in everything, as if heaven had sent her to make trouble for his otherwise smooth life.

Over time, the word “sister” became absolutely forbidden around him. No one around him dared mention it anymore.

2.

Lately, Feng Ruining had found her cheap older brother acting very strangely.

He had always kept clear boundaries with her, but now he was volunteering to pick her up and take her home, asking about her work, and telling her about his own job and life...

On the first day of the New Year, he even traveled thousands of miles to see her, calling her by her nickname in a gentle voice and asking, “Ruirui, when are you finally coming home?”

She wondered if he was going to try being nice before turning nasty, and what new trick he was planning to use to torment her.

Unwilling to let him get the upper hand, she began looking for every clue she could find about him.

Then one day, she happened to discover that the New Year’s gifts she had prepared for a male classmate in high school, as well as the love letters he had written to her, were hidden in Feng Jingyi’s bedroom.

Only then did it occur to her: Could he be in love with me?

3.

One rainy night, Feng Jingyi got into an argument with someone. For the first time, his gentle demeanor vanished, and his eyes filled with menace. “Feng Ruining is my sister. She’s under the protection of the Feng family. If anyone dares gossip about her behind her back or scheme against her, I’ll make sure they learn the price of doing so.”

The crowd dispersed. Feng Jingyi strode away and ran into his dear little sister, standing silently in a corner with a stunned expression.

He raised a hand to smooth back the strands of hair stuck to her face by the rain.

Feng Ruining looked up. His eyes seemed to be veiled in a mist of rain, making him impossible to read.

After a moment of silence, she decided to ask one last time for confirmation. “Brother... why did you do that just now?”

“Brother?” Feng Jingyi gave a mocking laugh. He didn’t answer her, but asked in return, “That night, when you demanded to know whether I had feelings for you beyond those of a brother, why didn’t you remember I was your brother then?”

“And besides...”

“Don’t you know? I’ve hated being your brother ever since we were children.”

Feng Jingyi advanced toward her at an unhurried pace, until he had her backed into a corner with nowhere left to retreat. “So, do you want to try being something other than my sister?”

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When they were young, Feng Jingyi once said in a fit of pique that if anyone ever fell for Feng Ruining, it would be like snow falling in June, a freak of nature.

Later, that snow fell silently in his heart, for a very, very long time...

Reader's Guide:

1. Both leads are each other's first, happy ending.

2. Four-year age gap.

3. They are not on the same household register. They have different fathers and mothers and are not blood-related. The heroine was only fostered by the hero's family.

4. The heroine's surname was Feng from the beginning. She didn't take the hero's surname after moving in with his family.

5. Their romance begins when both are adults.

6. Modern urban setting, with flashbacks.

7. More to come if I think of anything...

(Blurb written on June 21, 2026, the summer solstice, and screenshotted for the record. Don't steal the premise.)

Theme: Moving forward together.