Little Sister

Xie Zhi is the fifth young master of the centuries-old Xie clan. As a boy, he recuperated and practiced Buddhism in a shrine, and only returned to the Xie family when he turned eighteen.

The fifth young master is extraordinarily handsome, with a captivating presence. A young man of exceptional talent and virtue, he is known as a little sage.

Jiang Ling appears to be Xie Zhi’s adopted younger sister, brought back with him from the shrine. She is gentle by nature, stammers when she speaks, and seems utterly ordinary. Yet Xie Zhi takes particularly good care of this girl who is no relation to him, looking after her personally. Everyone who sees them envies her.

Only Jiang Ling knows it’s all a lie. The real Xie Zhi has already been killed by him.

They’re a pair of impostors who have taken over someone else’s home.

Jiang Ling fears this so-called elder brother of hers. She fears his relentless, day-and-night control and harassment, with no regard for boundaries. At last, she finds a suitable man to marry and tells Xie Zhi, “Brother, I want to get married.”

Xie Zhi shows no reaction, merely smiling faintly and agreeing.

But Jiang Ling is drugged by mistake, and spends a wild night with someone. The sensation is far too familiar. With trembling, aching hands, she pulls the kerchief off the face of the brute beside her, only to meet her elder brother’s smiling, icy gaze.

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If Xie Zhi wants something, there’s nothing he can’t do.

For instance, he can lead his sister out of a home like a wolf’s den and make sure she’s always well-fed. If his sister likes pretty jewelry, he’ll have her wearing some the very next day. He took someone else’s place and gave his sister a life of luxury.

What? He’s a villain who does whatever he likes and commits every kind of evil?

His sister can share in his wealth and enjoy a happy life. Isn’t that enough?

Besides, his sister was fifteen and still couldn’t speak properly. What’s wrong with using his tongue to teach her?

Yet his sister says she wants to get married.

After flying into a rage, Xie Zhi only laughs.

Later, he coldly watches Jiang Ling get drugged, then follows her into her room. He watches his sister beg him desperately, and gladly answers her with the same fervor.

That night, Jiang Ling passes out before she can hear the whispers by her ear, again and again: “Little sister, little sister, little sister...”

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