"The title has changed, but the premise hasn't."
Rented-room fiction | Mutual salvation | Foster care
Meng Sheng never imagined that she would one day have anything to do with Cheng Yan.
That summer, the Cheng family fell into ruin.
Grandma brought seventeen-year-old Cheng Yan to the small courtyard crowded with roses. The boy wore a white shirt and trousers, tall and graceful, with a strikingly handsome face and a cold, world-weary expression.
Grandma said, "Shengsheng, from now on, he'll be your older brother."
Meng Sheng's heart gave a sudden jolt.
Cheng Yan's expression was dark. "Don't call me your brother. I'm not your brother."
"..."
From that day on, Meng Sheng knew Cheng Yan looked down on her.
But that was all right.
She'd find a way to make Cheng Yan fall for her.
-
At twenty-seven, Meng Sheng started dating someone.
Cheng Yan's subordinate, and her first love.
Meng Sheng made lunch boxes for her boyfriend every day, then waited for him after work. Her enthusiasm continued unabated until Valentine's Day.
At quitting time, the pampered, highborn man lounged in his car, watching the two of them from the shifting boundary between light and shadow.
Meng Sheng pretended not to notice. That very night, she booked a room near the office.
Her phone rang again and again in the room.
But the one who pinned her against the door, leaving her nowhere to escape, was Cheng Yan.
His dark eyes swirled with jealousy. Tearing away the mask of propriety, he sneered, "The lunch boxes you make for him are full of my favorite dishes, and the room number is my birthday. Go on, tell me you didn't do it on purpose."
Meng Sheng stubbornly looked away. "You're the one who said we shouldn't cross the line."
"And?"
He bent down to her ear, his words biting and steeped in possessive obsession. "Does that mean you can provoke me, then let go of my hand without taking responsibility?"
"..."
That night, Meng Sheng watched Cheng Yan kiss her.
She didn't dodge.
She knew she'd won.
-
Cheng Yan had always known one thing.
From the moment his and Meng Sheng's fates became intertwined, his life was destined to go off the rails.
Unless Meng Sheng let him go.
#The boyfriend is fake, and the male lead knows it
#The leads are not blood-related and are not registered in the same household
#The heroine has a crush on him before adulthood, but his feelings develop after she becomes an adult
Theme: The strong never complain about their circumstances
