Hello, Goodbye, Stay Away from Me

[So Good It's Addictive] [Long Live Face-Slapping]

When her mother suddenly found someone to date, Ren Yan was thrilled for her.

The only problem was that her new boyfriend's family seemed far too wealthy and influential.

At their first meeting, her future stepbrother Ling Jiale was still in school, but he was already a popular idol. Conceited and looking down on everyone, he spent the whole time making outrageous remarks.

Her future stepbrother Ling Ai was handsome and aloof, like an immortal descended from heaven. Ren Yan thought he was the normal one, but when they ran into each other in the hallway after dinner, she tried to greet him and he stepped aside to avoid her. His voice was calm and cool: "Hello. Stay away from me. Goodbye."

Ren Yan stared at him in disbelief. "...Are you all right in the head? What is wrong with this family?"

Not long afterward, she heard that her stepbrother Ling Jiale was planning to seduce her as a way to stop the marriage. Ren Yan wasn't surprised in the slightest. She just watched him act up as he kept coming around her every day.

But after her mother and his father broke up, her stepbrother seemed to get carried away with his act. One day, when he saw her having dinner with a suitor, he flew into a rage. Ren Yan had had enough. "You're taking this too far, bro."

Ling Jiale stared at her, stunned.

After Ling Jiale sent her flowers for the first time, Ling Ai asked her to meet in private and coldly demanded, "Hello. Please stay away from my brother, too."

When Ling Jiale confronted her with red eyes, demanding to know who she'd had dinner with, Ling Ai had someone drag his hopeless brother away. Ren Yan was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when the man across from her sighed and gazed down at her. "Who was that guy?"

Ren Yan: "...You're putting on an act too? Stay away from me. Goodbye."

The fourth time their father announced he was getting remarried, Ling Ai merely said offhandedly, unlike his furious younger brother, "It's not a big deal. They'll be divorced before long anyway."

His younger brother got straight to the point: "Did you forget what happened when your last stepmother's niece knocked on your door in the middle of the night?"

Ling Ai frowned in disgust. "I'll move out."

Half a year later, his anxious younger brother stopped him one day. "When are you packing your things, Bro?"

Ling Ai slowly set down his glass, leaned against the dining table, and asked leisurely, "Do you still want funding for your new variety show?"

[Important Content Warnings]

1. The heroine is a workaholic.

2. The heroine is adored by everyone.

3. Part entertainment industry, part school setting. Career progression and wish fulfillment.

4. The heroine is neither delicate nor a sweet girl. She takes revenge on anyone who wrongs her, loves putting on an act, and is cunning.

[Even More Important]: The heroine is not her mother's biological child. They aren't registered in the same household, and she isn't registered in the same household as anyone else!

This synopsis was posted on May 20, 2022.

Theme: Be humble, so face-slapping won't hurt as much