The long-lost daughter of the Marquis of Pingning, Xie Yunzhi, has returned.
Everyone in the household is delighted, except Xie Lanzhe.
The whole family says the young lord has gone mad, picking on a younger sister for no reason.
No one knows that the first time he saw this younger sister, he nearly lost his composure.
Half a year ago, on a flower boat in Guazhou, beauties vied for attention, while she huddled in a corner, making him feel sorry for her.
He was inexplicably compelled to carry her back to his cabin.
The little boat rocked in the middle of the lake all night, and for the first time in his life, the libertine thought about settling down.
He left her money and belongings and arranged a time to come back for her. But later, he searched all of Guazhou and couldn't find a trace of her.
Now she sat in the main hall, addressing him again and again as "elder brother."
He cornered her. "That night in Guazhou, did you... truly not recognize me?"
She raised her eyes. "I don't understand what you mean, elder brother."
Perhaps she only looked like her.
He closed his eyes, the whispered words from that night echoing in his ears. When he opened them, she was right there before him.
So he turned every forbidden thought into a cold expression, baring his fangs like a rabid dog.
He knelt before his mother's spirit tablet and repented. If she was the woman from that night, then he'd touched his younger sister; if she wasn't, then he was still constantly thinking about his younger sister. Either way, he was a beast.
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At last, his grandmother found her a flawless husband. On the day the families exchanged marriage contracts, he sat silently to the side, his palm cut open by shards of porcelain.
With the wedding date drawing near and spring in full bloom, her fiance failed to show up for no reason.
She was about to go look for him when a figure slowly emerged from deep within the peach grove. Xie Lanzhe was dressed in finery, his clothes shimmering as he moved, like a peacock in courtship.
Xie Yunzhi asked in surprise, "Elder brother, why are you wearing his clothes?"
He plucked a peach blossom and walked toward her at an unhurried pace. "He's dark. This color suits me better."
She backed up until she hit a tree. Petals fell across her shoulders. When she reached out to push him away, he pinned her hand against the tree.
As he bent down to kiss her, he stopped caring about all the rules of brotherly and sisterly propriety. He had endured for more than half a year. Either way, he was already guilty.
Xie Yunzhi was worrying over whether her false identity had been exposed when a hand with prominent veins suddenly lifted her chin.
"I used to torment myself over it day and night, but now I've finally figured it out." His thumb brushed the tear from the corner of her eye. "If you won't agree..."
"Your big brother has plenty of ways to make you."
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