Growing Up Together

Found-family-style romance with no age gap x Unaware of her own feelings x The love interest chases her after losing her x The female lead may change

Blurb 1:

Cheng Jia got separated from her family in Chinatown and became an orphan.

In a foreign land, she almost froze to death.

It was the eldest Miss Qin who found her, gave her food and shelter, and taught her to kill.

Some people said the eldest Miss didn't actually like Chinese people, and despised the half-Chinese blood in her own veins.

Cheng Jia took those words to heart and never once overstepped her bounds.

She willingly became the sharpest blade in the eldest Miss's hand.

Whatever the eldest Miss wanted, Cheng Jia would eliminate every obstacle and place it before her.

Though her power grew by the day, she never forgot who she was.

No matter how others tried to charm or bribe her, she remained unmoved.

Everyone said the eldest Miss had raised herself a loyal dog. Cheng Jia smiled knowingly and said nothing.

The factions and branches were locked in constant infighting. Ordered to carry out an assassination and retrieve the tender documents, she went with Cheng Du and returned with them.

She trusted her partner enough to turn her back on her, never once suspecting a thing.

But on the way back, Cheng Du plunged a knife into her heart, her face alight with satisfaction. "The eldest Miss saw this coming long ago. You have only yourself to blame."

She nearly drowned in the sea, but somehow survived. Her heart, however, had turned to ashes.

So she was no different from everyone else.

All the warmth the eldest Miss had shown her was nothing but an illusion she had deliberately created.

So she decided to change her name and disappear.

But five years later, she ran into an old acquaintance in a foreign land.

That woman used every vicious method at her disposal, tormenting her relentlessly, wanting to drink her blood and grind her bones to dust.

Cheng Jia had lost her composure. She cursed aloud, "Qin XX, you're a fucking lunatic."

A lunatic, a devil, willing to stop at nothing and plot every move in advance.

She should have killed her, but desire had bared its fangs.

After all those days and nights over the past five years, how could she bear to let her go again?

She offered up her own shackles and bowed her head, her gaze dark and unfathomable. "Either love me or kill me."

Characters

Scheming, unhinged mafia heiress x Cold, proud, top-tier assassin

Reading Guide

1. Title is tentative, and the blurb needs revision.

2. No major triggers. Feel free to bookmark.

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