The main story is complete. The bonus chapters will explore what would have happened if the heroine hadn't been helped by the Fu family. Updates will be slow due to low stats.
Content warnings at the start:
1. Melodramatic, with old-school tropes and a coercive relationship.
2. They only appear to be twins. The heroine has no blood or legally recognized family relationship with any of the eligible men in the story.
3. More to come.
Orphaned at a young age, Shi Huayan had all her assets seized by her closest relatives. She was lying on the roadside, barely alive, when the Fu family rescued and supported her.
On the day she returned to the country, the eldest Fu brother, Fu Jinyan, came to meet her at the airport himself. He spoke as warmly and gently as ever, just like before.
Shi Huayan thought they would always get along this way.
Until... the day someone confessed to her.
The once-gentle, handsome boy next door dropped his mask.
"Huanyan, you can only belong to me."
As love and hatred intertwined, the trust they'd shared wore away. To Shi Huayan, the cage was a shackle that robbed her of freedom.
And so love turned to resentment, and love and hate gave birth to a battle of wills.
Fu Jinyan's perspective:
It has always been you.
It can only ever be you.
You, and no one else.
Ji Zheng's perspective:
The first time he met Shi Huayan: The woman his nephew likes. Pretty.
The second time: Pretty and interesting.
The third time: Reckless.
Finally: "Marry me."
Fu Jinxing's perspective:
When he reunited with Shi Huayan: A poor little thing.
The next time: A little sister, pretty and well-behaved.
Later: "Big Brother, have you lost your mind?" "If the poor little thing likes me, why should I share her with you?"
Ji Jianxin's perspective:
First love.
The girl who got away.
The one he could never forget, but who never returned his feelings.
Theme: I'd rather be a free bird than a caged one.
