"Evil tastes like chewing something red, swallowing a mouthful of sweet, burning fire."
--------Clarice Lispector | The Near to the Wild Heart
A cold-blooded, deranged dollmaker × a possessive, two-faced, lovesick rising star
*They are not related by blood.
Chu Xie × Yu Mingqi
Blurb:
A hundred years after humanity enslaved superintelligences, the crime rate fell to an all-time low, and banners declaring "No crime can escape the law" were everywhere.
For humans lost in a beautiful illusion, as long as they didn't venture into Ridland's wealthy district, their dream would remain unbroken for a little while longer.
Beneath the ice, filth piled up. Rats passed by rotting corpses, licking at the tempting gold.
This was the handiwork of a substandard female alpha.
Her name was Chu Xie.
*
On her seventeenth birthday, Chu Xie planned something perfectly ordinary.
But fate knocked at the door of the villa.
Her father's first love came calling, leading by the hand a twelve-year-old boy, fair and immaculate, so exquisitely beautiful he looked like a doll in a shop window.
A slender neck, soft hair, clear eyes. The moment her father saw him, he became his father.
For the first time, Chu Xie changed her plans.
*
With a knife hidden in her sleeve, Chu Xie smiled and embraced her "little brother."
The boy's eyes brimmed with delight as he leaned against her, his affection plain to see.
Obedient, beautiful, and fun to play with.
He became Chu Xie's favorite pet.
A gifted Resonator, the dream lover adored by countless people, and heir to the Chu Group, he refused to acknowledge the name "Chu Mingqi."
Because his sister didn't like it.
*
He rested his head on her lap and let her fingertips trace his cheek, or let her grip his throat until his face flushed. Smiling sweetly, with devoted reverence, he called her,
"Sister."
Notes:
1. The characters' values are normal. The heroine won't hurt innocent people, but her methods are genuinely insane.
2. The world is shared with Fragrant Gunpowder.
3. The gender dynamic stays as written; happy ending.
4. Readers who are devoted to the male lead, beware: **he's serious about this.
Theme: To become a good person, one must first be loved.
