He Has Designs on Me

/The favored child of heaven willingly becomes a substitute for love/

[Blurb]

When Wan Yu was four, both her parents died. Confused and grieving, she followed her grandmother to a district in the capital.

The first time she met the Ji brothers, Ji Zexing and Ji Zezhou, she was so timid she could barely manage to call them "big brother."

Growing up by their sides, she thrived under their protection, transforming from a shy, timid little ostrich into the courtyard's undisputed little tyrant.

But then calamity struck, and the people dearest to her died one after another.

Like a flower seed, she was silently blown by the wind into Ji Zezhou's garden. Before she could take root and bloom, she withered and vanished overnight because of someone else.

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Their paths diverged, and their lives no longer intersected. When they met again, she had left the garden and was still blooming brilliantly.

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When Ji Zezhou saw her caught up in a confrontation with her ex-boyfriend, his friends remarked that the man's features resembled Ji Zexing's, and sighed that Wan Yu lived in Ji Zexing's world.

He stared silently at her in the distance, then asked his friends, his expression unreadable, "Do my brother and I look alike?"

The answer was obvious: they looked remarkably similar.

After a pause, his friends heard the always-proud Ji Zezhou say:

"Then why wasn't I the one standing in for him?"

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At first, he thought it was nothing more than old friends reuniting. But it turned out he had been waiting in the garden for that rose for a long time.

[Please note before reading]

* Both leads are not virgins. The male lead pursues the female lead, and she has a boyfriend at the start!

* Happy ending. The story is bittersweet, with a little angst.

* This work has its flaws and is for entertainment only.

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[Completed work: She Was Like a Brilliant Star, an aloof yet well-behaved celebrity x a gentle, devoted CEO]

[My friend's new novel: Chan Doesn't Know Snow, a cunning little ray of sunshine x a clear-headed person with no common sense. Updates frequently!]

Theme: Focus on your own sense of purpose and make love more complete.