[Biological siblings become pseudo-siblings, then lovers.]
At her lavish birthday party, Ruan Lingyu made a wish before the candles: "I hope my brother will always stay by my side."
Growing up, Ruan Lingyu always believed that Zhou Sichong was the best brother in the world.
He was handsome and capable, and he made her proud whenever they went out together. Unlike the cold, arrogant way he treated everyone else, he indulged her in every way and granted her every wish.
Except that he could be quite strict about certain things.
For example, she had to tell him where she was going every day, couldn't spend the night away from home with anyone but him, and had to bring any new friends home for him to vet before she could get close to them.
Ruan Lingyu was uncomfortable with some of it, but she didn't resist much. Her brother would never do anything to hurt her. She had believed that for years.
Then, at the age of twenty, Ruan Lingyu accidentally learned two secrets.
She wasn't a biological member of the Zhou family.
And Zhou Sichong's feelings for her weren't simply those of a brother.
Her world turned upside down overnight. Devastated, Ruan Lingyu planned to move out of the Zhou home. Before she left, Zhou Sichong asked her to stay for one last meal.
Thinking of the years they'd shared, Ruan Lingyu softened and agreed. But after drinking the water he handed her, her limbs went limp and everything went black.
When she woke up, she was locked inside a private villa in the suburbs. His usual indulgence gone, Zhou Sichong gripped her wrist as a dangerous presence swept over her.
"Didn't you say you wanted your brother to stay by your side forever?"
"All right. Your brother promises."
-
Later, a sudden upheaval struck the Zhou family, and Ruan Lingyu seized the chance to go abroad, cutting ties with her entire social circle so she could escape that hell once and for all.
She returned to the country three years later. Zhou Sichong had become the group's new CEO, ruthless and untouchable. Ruan Lingyu assumed he'd long since lost interest in her and wouldn't come after her again.
But she never imagined that same night, in a torrential downpour, he would be waiting outside her home with one hand in his pocket, an inscrutable darkness in his eyes.
His tall figure loomed over her as he leaned down. His hot breath brushed her ear. "Have you been having fun out there all these years?"
"Did you forget what your brother told you?"
"Naughty children have to be punished."
-
Whenever Ruan Lingyu was hurt as a child, she'd cry until her eyes were red. Zhou Sichong would laugh and tease her. "Is our little Yu made of water?"
Later, through countless outrageous nights, when the room's passion had faded, Zhou Sichong would kiss the sweat from her brow. He held up the glistening fingers before her eyes, his voice full of satisfaction. "Looks like our little Yu really is made of water."
Gentle and resilient x obsessive, unhinged brother-complex
A story about a damp, ghostlike man using any means necessary to possess his younger sister.
The leads are unrelated by blood, with a five-year age gap. Both are virgins, happy ending.
The male lead goes crazy, and there's a bit of coercion. If that's not your thing, don't come in. Orz
Theme: Learn to love and accept love.
