Secret Schemes [Younger Love Interest]

A stubborn but soft-hearted scatterbrain x a cool, obsessive wolf in sheep's clothing

[Younger man, living-under-one-roof trope, wolf in sheep's clothing, healing, reunion after a long separation]

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When Tao Zhi was ten, she gained a younger brother with no blood relation to her.

Her adoptive little brother was handsome, got great grades, and was distant and cold to everyone else. But with Tao Zhi, he was affectionate, ingratiating, and obedient, letting her indulge in the feeling of being an older sister.

He had just one flaw: in private, he was always calling Tao Zhi by her childhood nickname.

"Zhizhi, Zhizhi, Zhizhi." He had no respect for her at all.

Tao Zhi wasn't happy about it, but she couldn't make him stop, so she had to give in.

Until one day, with the door to a dimly lit room left slightly ajar, a familiar yet strange, husky voice slowly drifted out.

A sticky, heated whisper, thick with desire and punctuated by suppressed moans, struck Tao Zhi's delicate eardrums like a demonic spell. "Zhizhi..."

Tao Zhi was terrified and fled.

She didn't know when Yu Mo had started having feelings for her, and she didn't know how to face him. She stayed away from home for days.

When she finally came back, she had a new boyfriend by her side.

The boy, who had only recently come of age, silently listened as Tao Zhi showered her boyfriend with praise. His dark eyes fixed on her for a long time before he smiled, nodded, and said nothing.

Tao Zhi thought she'd accomplished her goal and felt a little relieved. Until late that night, Yu Mo, waiting patiently for his chance, pinned her firmly in a corner.

For the first time, the innocent, guileless boy revealed his obsessive, dark true nature. His eyes were black with madness, and his bright white teeth showed in a chilling smile. "Zhizhi, I let you see that, but not so you could go find another man."

It turned out he'd done it on purpose that day.

Yu Mo was insane. Tao Zhi had no choice but to believe it.

Fortunately, through a twist of fate, they were separated again for three years.

But those three years apart didn't seem to cure Yu Mo's madness.

On New Year's Eve, he slipped into Tao Zhi's room like a shadow. Firecrackers roared outside the window, but their noise was nothing compared to the wild pounding of his heart.

His dark, burning gaze, like that of a hunter, stayed fixed on her face. Tao Zhi clearly heard Yu Mo's sickly sigh:

"Zhizhi, I've missed you so much."

This time, Tao Zhi could no longer change how things ended.

Tao Zhi x Yu Mo

Both are sexually inexperienced. Happy ending. The older sister's relationship with her boyfriend is fake.

Saved on 2026.1.12

Revised again on 2026.8.3

Theme: We should express our feelings properly and learn to love properly.