The Trouble with a Stepbrother

[Brash, fiery young lady x cool, seemingly gentle but secretly dark stepbrother]

Lu Miaoyi can't stand her stepbrother. She's never nice to him, and is quick to hit or scold him.

But her stepbrother is reserved and aloof. He never holds it against her, and even puts up with her and indulges her.

As they spend day after day together, and she reaches the age when a young girl's heart first stirs, she can't help developing feelings she shouldn't have.

One day, she works up the courage to confess to him, only to be rejected. He brushes her off with a simple, "We're siblings."

Heartbroken, Lu Miaoyi believes he truly has no feelings for her.

But on the night she decides to marry someone else, her once cool and restrained stepbrother corners her against a wall in the rain, disregarding all propriety as he tears off the mask of the good big brother.

"You can get married, little sister, but only to me."

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Jiang Jinyu gained a little sister when he was nineteen.

She had a bad temper, hated him, hit him, and cursed at him. He put up with it all, telling himself she was just young.

Then one day, she suddenly confessed her feelings for him.

She was young and couldn't yet tell dependence from love. Jiang Jinyu didn't want to take advantage of her, so he turned her down.

Until one day, she suddenly announced she was going to get married.

What else could Jiang Jinyu do? He could only apologize. Being a stepbrother was no easy thing.

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Reader's Guide:

Both leads are each other's first and only partner, 1v1.

The leads are not related by blood.

There is a little coercion later on, just a little.

Theme: Be yourself