Wildfire Blows, and Life Springs Anew

At seventeen, Xu Zhu's life was turned upside down. Her mother died of illness, and her stepfather's family sent her back to live with her biological father.

Who could have known that her father would soon die in a car accident? She had no choice but to live under the same roof as her stepmother and her son.

From a bustling metropolis, she was cast into a remote backwater county town. Surrounded by unfamiliar faces and with no one to rely on, Xu Zhu lived cautiously every day. She was especially careful around the brother who looked so fierce and was no blood relation to her, always doing her best to avoid him.

But as she kept avoiding him, something between them quietly changed before she knew it.

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Everyone who knew Su Ye knew he hated people with doormat personalities. The moment he laid eyes on Xu Zhu, he disliked this timid stepsister foisted on him.

They lived opposite each other in a cramped attic, but outside the house they acted like strangers.

When his friends teased him, Su Ye would say, "Want this sister? You can have her." Yet whenever Xu Zhu needed help, he couldn't help reaching out to her.

Later, with only a door between them, his friends searched everywhere for Su Ye. Inside the room, he was gently brushing her lips with his, coaxing, "Good girl, one more kiss."

* A soft-spoken but strong-willed heroine x a gruff hero who's all bark and no bite

* Pseudo-siblings / height difference / mutual salvation

* The leads are not related by blood or family

Theme: You can lean on me, and I can catch you too