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[Gentle, slow-witted, honest big sister vs. dark, unhinged, tea-loving younger man]
Qu Lingyi first softened toward Yan Heng on a night of howling wind and pouring rain.
She saw the boy kneeling outside the ancestral hall, drenched in blood, through the veil of rain as she hurried toward the side courtyard after seeing the matchmaker off.
As a cousin who lived under another family's roof, Qu Lingyi had always been cautious. She should not have felt pity for a concubine-born son who had done wrong and was unwelcome.
But he knelt alone in the cold rain, young and pitiful, reminding her of her younger brother.
He was just a young, foolish child. Wasn't it only natural for an older sister to look after him a little?
After hesitating for a moment, she wrapped some medicine for his wounds in a soft handkerchief and took it to him.
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After that day, Qu Lingyi often saw him being punished.
The Duke couldn't stand him, his stepmother beat and scolded him at the slightest excuse, and, to be fair, he really was a handful.
Unable to bear seeing the tears in his eyes as he suffered under the rod, she let him come to the side courtyard for medicine and, while she was at it, taught him right from wrong.
By the time he secured an official post at court, her mourning period was over, and it was time for her to marry.
When the matchmaker came to tell her the wedding date, Yan Heng lowered his eyes obediently and offered his congratulations in the gentle voice she had taught him to use. He was as well-behaved and compliant as ever.
But that night, he pinned her against the writing desk.
The young man's limbs were strong and powerful. His dark gaze slowly roamed over her fair skin, his breathing heavy and clinging.
Held in his arms, Qu Lingyi's voice trembled. "...I'm your older sister."
His solid waist pressed close behind her. His long, pale fingers traced inch by inch across her lower abdomen, his obsessive tone almost frenzied.
"But don't you think that if you had a child here, they'd call me Father?"
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At first, Yan Heng climbed the ranks by any means necessary just to have one person.
But later, after getting what he wanted and tasting the sweetness of power, he would not let anyone criticize his relationship with his older sister.
After a sudden upheaval, he came drenched in blood, stepping over a floor strewn with corpses. He bent down and slowly knelt beside the woman's pale skirt.
Qu Lingyi stumbled back in alarm, but his hand gripped her slender waist. There was nowhere to escape.
"They're dead. From now on, nobody can tear us apart. Isn't that good?"
Yan Heng lifted his head and saw the color drain from his older sister's beautiful face. The malice faded from his eyes. His hot breath brushed her ear, his kiss fierce, yet his voice terribly plaintive.
"You won't leave me, will you, Older Sister?"
*One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads are each other's first and only partners (the male lead is chaste)
*Older-sister-and-puppy romance, as the title suggests, the male lead is very unhinged and also very devoted
*Four-year age gap. The heroine is 22 and the hero is 18 from the start. They are not blood-related.
*Blurb screenshot archived on March 25, 2026
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