At twenty, Gao Yinxiang found out that her younger brother had been switched at birth.
It didn't really matter. Her parents had divorced long ago, and she lived with her mother. She wouldn't have much to do with this new brother anyway.
But her new brother was timid and obedient, always trailing behind Gao Yinxiang with his head bowed, like a little shadow.
Gao Yinxiang had been pampered growing up and had a pretty bad temper, but she had a soft spot for him.
She glanced over at her shadow. "Follow me if you want. Suit yourself."
Gao Yinxiang really did start treating him like a younger brother. She impatiently talked him through his problems, soothed him when he was upset, scolded him for letting people bully him, and rushed to protect him every time.
But one day, another boy showed up with a freshly completed paternity test, claiming that the little shadow had stolen his identity.
The little shadow wasn't her brother at all, and his timidity and obedience had all been an act.
Gao Yinxiang couldn't help slapping him twice.
The little shadow's head turned with the blows, but his expression didn't change.
"Feel better now?"
Xie Yu considered himself trash: rotten to the core, manipulative, ill-mannered, and uninterested in dealing with people.
Then one day, he suddenly changed.
Because Gao Yinxiang softened whenever she saw how miserable he looked.
Proud Rich Girl x Ultimate Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
*Soapy melodrama, lots of it. Don't expect logic.
*Loads and loads of personal worldbuilding, and it's very much an alternate setting. If that bothers you, please be cautious, darlings.
*I'm revising as I write, so I can't give content warnings just yet. If you need them, please be cautious, darlings.
Theme: No one is an island.
