(The male and female leads are not related by blood in any way.)
Blurb:
Zhou Nianhe lost both her parents at twelve, and was adopted by Zhou Yanteng at fourteen.
For Zhou Nianhe, going from the orphanage to the Zhou family was simply a change of setting for more suffering.
She endured just as much as before.
Zhou Yanteng would suddenly forbid her from eating and punish her by making her kneel at the front gate.
Every time, everyone looked on coldly. Not one person helped her.
That was until her unruly "little uncle" appeared...
A thought gradually took shape in Zhou Nianhe's mind.
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Zhou Yanteng had no children even by the age of thirty-five, and he and his wife were frantic with worry.
On a friend's recommendation, his wife sought out a highly skilled fortune teller.
The fortune teller told her that Zhou Yanteng had accumulated too much sin in his early years and needed to find someone to take on his bad luck. Then good fortune would naturally follow.
So the couple hurried to an orphanage and adopted a little girl.
Two years later, Zhou Yanteng's wife indeed gave birth to a son, Zhou Shiyou.
However, when Zhou Shiyou was three, he was diagnosed with a congenital intellectual disability.
That made life hard for Zhou Nianhe. Not only did she have to look after a boy with an intellectual disability, but he would also frame her in front of Zhou Yanteng and his wife.
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Zhou Junye still remembered the first time he saw Zhou Nianhe.
She was kneeling at the front gate, her thin frame held straight, her eyes red, her expression restrained.
Unable to bear the sight, he went over and helped her up.
After that, she grew more and more attached to him...
Note: 1. The male lead is 28 and the female lead is 20, an eight-year age gap. Don't read if that bothers you.
2. The female lead is a little spoiled and a little naughty. Don't read if that bothers you.
3. Don't read if you can't accept that the female lead has had a boyfriend before.
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Theme: Loving yourself is the most important thing.
