A male lead who seems like a gentle gentleman but is actually very controlling x a young lady who starts out insecure and sensitive, then grows proud and willful
A wealthy-family melodrama steeped in star-crossed love and bitter heartbreak
Qu Qing should hate her older brother.
After all, when she had nothing and was all alone, he had insisted on sending her abroad, no matter what she wanted.
Loving someone hurt. Only hating someone made her feel alive.
She had always thought that perhaps her brother hated her, since he could do something so ruthless and decisive.
But later, he spent a fortune on her at an auction and took her to see the world's most beautiful sights. None of it seemed like the actions of someone who hated her.
One night, with the stars and moon entwined, he thought she was asleep and secretly pressed a kiss to her forehead.
After he left, she opened her eyes and glimpsed the decades-old longing her brother had hidden in his heart.
Qu Qing suddenly found it all very interesting and decided to tease him.
She found the junior who had secretly loved her back in their school days. He had since made a name for himself, too.
After she returned to the country, he continued to show her his affection time and again.
Even though she knew her brother was keeping her under surveillance, Qu Qing continued to appear at social events with her former junior, acting intimately with him.
Finally, Song Yingshang couldn't take it anymore.
After his sister came home from another outing with that man, he waited for her in the living room.
His sister had been staying out all the time lately, and she wouldn't even answer his calls.
But that was all right. He would bring his wayward sister back to the right path.
When Qu Qing came home after a wild night out, she was startled to see her brother sitting in the shadowy living room.
Song Yingshang strode over and pinned his sister against the living room wall, demanding answers.
"How do you know him?"
"When did you meet?"
"Why didn't I know about it?"
"Don't go getting so close to strange men."
"They're good at tricking girls like you."
At last, he let out a heavy sigh. "Are you trying to drive me to my grave..."
When the man's tall frame pressed down on her,
Qu Qing finally realized she might have taken things too far. When he pinned her to the bed and had his way with her, she felt a flicker of regret at last.
"Please, big brother, I was wrong. Let me go."
Her stepbrother merely brushed a gentle kiss over her brows and lashes. His voice was as tender as ever, but his words were particularly cruel. "Qingqing, be good. Big brother will be done soon."
Theme: Study hard and keep improving every day
