Gu Qiao had lived with the Gu family for seventeen years when she was suddenly told that she was the fake heiress, switched at birth. The real Gu heiress had been found, and he was a boy.
Well, her biological parents wanted a son, so they secretly switched babies at the hospital. But the child they took home turned out to be a sickly invalid, so they got less than they bargained for.
They abandoned the sickly boy when he was ten. He lived and worked on his own, struggling to raise himself until he was seventeen. When he was on the brink of death, he was taken in by the Gu family.
There was none of the expected drama of a real and fake heiress, favoritism, or a scheming white lotus. Gu Qiao continued to be the Gu family's daughter, and her parents still raised her as their own child.
As for the "real heiress" they'd brought home, the first time she met him, he was sitting in a silver wheelchair, his handsome face pale. He gently offered her the rose in his hand. "Qiaoqiao, I hope you like it."
Gu An was frail and sickly, with a gentle disposition. After being found again, his whole family doted on him, but he was especially clingy with Gu Qiao.
At school, he wanted to be in the same class as her. Once there, he wanted to sit beside her. When they were desk mates, he'd only drink water if she fed it to him. When he was sick or tired, he'd only lean on her to rest...
Their classmates all said, "Qiaoqiao, you and your brother are so close."
Gu Qiao corrected them. "I'm ten minutes older than him. I'm his big sister."
Gu An smiled faintly. "Big sister."
She thought life would go on like this until one day, a group of tattooed young men cornered Gu Qiao in an alley.
The leader asked, "Are you the one who calls our big brother your little brother?"
Underling A: "That's her. I saw her make Brother An cry!"
Underling B: "I saw her steal a kiss while Brother An was asleep!"
Underling C: "This woman took Brother An's place for more than ten years and still acts so smug!"
Just as Gu Qiao thought she couldn't avoid a beating, a sharp shout came from behind her. "Stop!"
Gu Qiao turned around and saw the person who needed her help even to take a bath standing steadily in the alley, wearing a trench coat, his features cold as ice.
"Did I tell you to touch her?"
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Gu Qiao said, "You lying little bastard. I don't want you anymore."
The person in the hospital bed coughed violently, his eyes red as he explained in a hoarse voice. "Qiaoqiao, I was just afraid I'd scare you. I've been on my own for so many years, and my health isn't good, so I had to make more friends. They look scary, but actually... What are you doing?"
Gu Qiao saved the video on her phone. "Sending it to Mom and Dad."
Gu An wiped away a nonexistent trace of blood at the corner of his lips and raised an eyebrow. "Are you threatening me?"
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/Bratty, cute little bully who only throws her weight around at home x scheming, black-hearted sickly man/
Monogamous, HE. The protagonists' names may change before I start writing~
(Blurb saved on 2026.2.7)
Theme: Loving one another
