【Quiet and gentle on the outside, calmly unhinged within × restrained, rational older-brother type who guides her, but is secretly an intensely possessive siscon】
Ning Yaodong is practically invisible in her social circle. She has plenty of childhood friends, but has never been particularly close to any of them. She is least familiar with Song Linzhi.
When her mother pressures her to marry another rich heir, Ning Yaodong makes a bold decision.
“So, I wanted to ask you: would you marry me?”
Song Linzhi’s gaze is deep and unreadable. He simply looks at her without saying a word.
“Yaodong,” he pauses, as if choosing his words carefully. “I’ve always thought of you as my little sister.”
She rises to leave. “Sorry to bother you. I’ll head to the airport, then.”
In almost an instant, a slightly cold but strong hand grabs her wrist.
“Does it have to be me?” His thin lips press together, and his Adam’s apple bobs unconsciously. “Couldn’t it be someone else?”
She gives a quiet reply. “Mm. Right now, I only trust you to help me.”
“Fine,” he says calmly. “Then we’ll get married.”
…
In high school, Ning Yaodong kept a secret journal filled with Song Linzhi’s habits and personal details.
One day, it went missing. Whoever found it posted it on the school forum under the title “The Song Linzhi Handbook.”
And so Song Linzhi was besieged by an unprecedented swarm of admirers during his senior year.
People handed him towels when he washed his hands, served him tea at his preferred temperature during meals, followed him around wherever he went, and, of course, showered him with gifts and love letters.
Just as Ning Yaodong nervously prepared to confess and apologize, her childhood friends launched a campaign to hunt down the journal’s owner.
Ning Yaodong exploded. “Why are you looking for that person?!”
“Brother Lin said that if we find her, he’ll smash her head in.”
Ning Yaodong: …
She decides to keep her secret buried.
Theme: Love is restraint, and it is losing control.
