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Fake Siblings | Foster-Care Romance | Love Grows Over Time
The year Zhu Yu's mother went to prison, Zhu Yu was only fourteen.
With no one to turn to, she was trapped at home by a group of debt collectors and couldn't get away.
Just as she was losing hope and sinking into despair, Xu Yanqing claimed to be her guardian, settled her enormous debt, and took her away.
Anxious and uneasy, Zhu Yu tugged at his sleeve and asked, "Will you abandon me?"
Xu Yanqing looked at her without expression. "If you don't behave."
"I'll be very good. Mom said I'm the best-behaved child."
"...I hope so."
To him, whether she behaved or not, she was still a burden and a nuisance.
At the time, Xu Yanqing was in the early stages of starting his business. He was so busy he barely had a moment to spare, and often forgot Zhu Yu was even there.
Just as she'd promised, Zhu Yu was quiet and well-behaved. She went to school, ate, and slept, sitting by the door every day to wait for him to come home.
Xu Yanqing was pleased. He felt he could give her more attention as a reward for being so obedient.
But he hadn't expected the girl to become emotionally dependent on him, or for his indulgence to make her so much bolder.
She used to call him Little Uncle timidly, hardly daring to look at him for long.
Now she dared to sit beside his legs, light his cigarette for him, then wrap her arms around his neck and snuggle against him, acting sweet.
Some of it was clearly an attempt to please him, but Xu Yanqing enjoyed it.
He just hadn't expected the girl he'd watched grow up to become far too bold under his indulgence.
The boldest thing Zhu Yu ever did was climb into Xu Yanqing's bed when she was twenty.
It wasn't the shameless act of climbing into someone's bed that made it so daring. It was that the bed she climbed into
belonged to her Little Uncle.
Even though they weren't related by blood and didn't share a household registration.
When Xu Yanqing first met Zhu Yu, he had thought with a headache, This is trouble.
Gradually, Xu Yanqing forgot that he had taken on this "little nuisance" in the first place for the sake of his own interests.
Note added 2025.2.23
Reader's Guide:
1. The leads are not related by blood and are not on the same household registration.
2. There is an eight-year age gap between the leads.
Theme: Break free from constraints
