Rainwater and Great Cold

[Fake Brother-in-Law and Sister-in-Law] [Illegitimate Son Goes Crazy Pursuing His Love] [He Planned It All Along, While I Knew Nothing]

Two-faced, scheming, unhinged Alpha x gentle, cool-headed, clear-eyed Beta

Over-the-top melodrama and delicious angst. One-on-one romance, happy ending.

The day Zhao Yuanqiao returned to S City, news of his ex-boyfriend's engagement had just hit the trending charts.

The match was the Fang family's most treasured young Omega, with a 99% pheromone compatibility rate.

Everyone was waiting to laugh at him, a Beta.

As he left the airport, an unfamiliar young Alpha came to meet him:

A head of curls, a pair of dimples, and eyes that shone when he smiled, as if he'd never been hurt.

Zhao Yuanqiao: "...Who are you?"

Meng Xing: "Brother Yuanqiao, I've been waiting for you for so long."

Zhao Yuanqiao couldn't connect this cheerful, carefree young man with the pale, gloomy illegitimate son of the Song family in his memories, the one who had always watched him in silence.

What he didn't know was that when Meng Xing said "so long," he meant it.

So long that, ever since the first time he saw Zhao Yuanqiao as a boy, he'd decided to keep him by his side at any cost.

· Everyone thought Meng Xing was the most harmless member of the Song family.

· Zhao Yuanqiao thought so too.

· Until he discovered that this reunion had never been a coincidence.

⚠ Before you read:

The love interest is the half-brother of the protagonist's ex-boyfriend, making them fake brothers-in-law;

The love interest's outward persona and true nature are drastically different at first, so proceed with caution if that bothers you;

The protagonist has an ex-boyfriend and is not a virgin, so proceed with caution if that's a dealbreaker;

The protagonist isn't love-struck or foolish, and sees things clearly, but his love interest is just too good at pretending.

Theme: It was all planned from the very beginning.