Jian Yi has a secret.
He's in love with his younger sister.
The good news is that he was adopted, so they're not related in the slightest.
The bad news is that his face was disfigured.
A terrible fire three years ago destroyed the Wen family. He fought his way into the flames and managed to save only his younger sister, Wen Tingyue.
A beam broke in the fire and ruined his face.
From then on, he had a face that made even nurses scream, tremble, and feel sick.
During that time, he felt worse than dead. Only Wen Tingyue didn't mind how he looked.
She held his cold hand, pretended she hadn't been crying, and said over and over, "Big brother, it's okay. You still have me."
You still have me.
Jian Yi remembered those words.
*
Everyone knows that Z University has a department beauty named Wen Tingyue.
She's been at the university for two years, and countless people have pursued her, yet she's still single.
The reason is her older brother.
Her brother is ruthless, and he's strange.
He's ruthless because he "has a word" with every man who gets close to Wen Tingyue.
He's strange because, although he's tall and handsome, he never takes off his mask.
The black mask seems permanently welded to his face. They say no one has seen him take it off since he started at the university.
How scary.
What a freak.
How could the department beauty have someone like him for a brother?
*
Jian Yi took off his mask and sneered at his reflection.
His ugly face stood in stark contrast to the department beauty Wen Tingyue's face.
Just standing beside her with a face like his was an insult to her.
But he still couldn't let go.
He was ashamed of his face. Countless times, he twisted himself into a frenzy, thinking he wasn't worthy of her and should willingly disappear from her world.
But at the same time,
he wanted her eyes to look only at him.
He wanted her world to contain only him. He wanted to be everything to her.
She was the one who said it.
"You still have me."
Even as a ghost, he would never let her go.
#You are all the beauty in this world to me#
///Little Scene///
The class monitor returned to his dorm and turned on his computer to work on an assignment.
The moment it booted up, the screen flickered and several lines slowly appeared:
May 10, 4:43 p.m. You touched Wen Tingyue's hand.
May 11, 10:01 a.m. You touched Wen Tingyue's hair.
May 11, 12:24 p.m. You picked up Wen Tingyue's hair tie.
The screen kept flickering, then changed to two new lines:
Stop bothering Wen Tingyue.
Stay away from her.
Then the large black letters melted like liquid and trickled down, drop by drop.
Like black, viscous blood.
The class monitor's scalp prickled and he broke out in goosebumps.
A ghost!
He clearly remembered there hadn't been anyone nearby at the time!
One-on-one (Wen Tingyue and Jian Yi), happy ending, both virgins
Reader notes:
1. Sweet girl x ghostly big brother, pseudo-incest
2. The older brother is insecure but wants to possess his sister completely. He became twisted after the fire.
3. The younger sister won't let anyone speak ill of her brother, including her brother himself.
4. Real disfigurement, with a long scar beneath the mask.
5. The younger sister is very dependent on her brother. She's naive and confused at first, but will come around later. Before that, she'll put him through the wringer.
6. My own take on the world, so it might feel a little ungrounded.
7. No romantic feelings are depicted while they are still related by blood.
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