The Puppy-Type Trap

[Brooding, deranged heir x clear-eyed orphan living under someone else's roof]

[Obsessive and twisted | Coercive possession | The groveling begins]

When Wen Siye saw Wen Tangyin again, she had just attended her mother's funeral.

Her father patted her on the shoulder and introduced him. "From now on, this is your older brother."

The boy leaned against the doorframe, his white shirt collar loose and his collarbone exposed, half his face cast in shadow.

He watched the girl's pale lips and gave a derisive laugh.

On her eighteenth birthday, her father had a three-tiered fondant cake specially flown in from Zurich.

But Wen Siye kicked over the table, and cream smeared all over Wen Tangyin's sky-blue dress.

"How dare you celebrate your birthday on the anniversary of my mother's death?"

Wen Tangyin knew that her brother had always hated her. People said her mother had been Wen father's first love.

And Wen Siye's mother's death must have had something to do with her.

Wen Tangyin was cornered by a group of hooligans from the class next door in an alley by the school gate.

Just as they were about to shove her into the mud, she saw Wen Siye's black school uniform flash past the corner of the wall.

The boy strode toward her with cold menace, his long legs moving over the ground as he casually flipped his car keys between his fingers.

He looked down from on high as she was bullied, lowered his eyes to admire her trembling, and smiled coldly. "Scared? Go home now, and it won't be too late."

That night, she knocked on Wen Siye's door.

The corners of the girl's eyes were red, and bruises still marked her wrist, but her voice was calm.

"Can you ask the teacher to excuse me tomorrow, brother?"

"Who are you trying to make feel sorry for you?"

Wen Siye stood up and laid a hand on her slender, pale neck. Their breaths mingled, and he suddenly chuckled.

"Why are you shaking? Afraid I'll strangle you?"

Then one day, Wen Tangyin unexpectedly came across a wall covered in candid photos at Wen Siye's private villa.

From pictures of her sixteenth birthday to side views of her hanging laundry, more than three thousand photos were neatly arranged across the wall.

As she stood there in alarm, someone grabbed her waist with one hand and pinned her against the damp brick wall.

The faint scent of sandalwood filled her nose, and his voice murmured like a lover's whisper.

"You can't escape."

"Because the Wen family's blood flows through your veins, and my name is carved into your bones."

"Who was the man who called you yesterday?"

His fingers gently brushed her fine hair as he slowly buried his face in the crook of her neck.

"It's fine. You don't have to tell me."

Wen Siye had never thought of himself as a madman.

He had once deceived himself into thinking he could forget her, yet on the chilly nights that grew colder, he lay awake until dawn.

Later, he tried falling asleep with her intimate clothing in his arms. Once the habit began, it never stopped.

He kissed her earlobe with tender affection. His cold heart beat faster at her trembling, and he restrained his hoarse voice. "Punish me, or you can choose to love me."

"No matter what, I won't leave."

[Reading Guide]

1. Two-year age gap. Both leads are each other's only partners.

2. The male lead is gentle in public but twisted and deranged in private. The female lead hides a rebellious streak beneath her obedient facade.

3. The leads are not related by blood and are not listed on the same household register.

4. They have no romantic relationship while their family relationship remains in place.

5. A small amount of school life early on. Primarily an urban romance with a little campus life.

Theme: There is someone who will love you for a lifetime