What is the most unbelievable thing in the world?
Ming Ying thought it was this: she had just left her room and gone downstairs for a drink of water, only to find downstairs the man who had just been upstairs. He was sitting perfectly still on the sofa like a beautiful male ghost waiting to be summoned.
He was watching her, his gaze like light leaking through a crescent moon, fixed on the hickey on her neck like a cold-blooded animal waiting to strike.
"Lian Rong, when did you come down?"
Drowsy, she walked over and stood in front of him. Not a single wrinkle marred his shirt.
He said nothing. He pulled Ming Ying into his arms, his fingers cold and pale as rotting bones gripping her chin. His gaze, soft and sticky as a kiss, roamed freely over her body.
Ming Ying was no match for his teasing and soon went limp.
Just as he was about to lay her down on the sofa, a voice suddenly rang out behind her, terrifyingly gentle and yet all too familiar.
"Brother, I could have sworn I told you to stop touching her behind my back."
Ming Ying shuddered and looked up.
A man with strikingly perfect features stood by the vintage staircase railing.
He looked exactly like the man bent over her neck, inhaling her scent with rapturous devotion.
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Everyone thought Ming Ying had pursued Lian Rong so relentlessly in college to climb the social ladder, and after graduation had succeeded in moving into his estate to live with him.
Only Ming Ying knew the truth: she was so poor that she had no choice but to live with Lian Rong, taking care of his daily needs and indulging his strange tastes when necessary.
When she first moved in, she often felt that Lian Rong was nothing like the aloof, untouchable figure he'd been at school.
He was strange. He loved playing a pointless guessing game about who was who. Sometimes, when she called him by name, his expression would suddenly change and he'd forbid her from using it. Other times, he would make her repeat his name over and over.
So she was always thinking about ending their employment arrangement amicably once she got her money.
After all, if you ran out of money, you could always earn more. But she couldn't stand going on like this, with him having his way without restraint.
Until that day.
Ming Ying discovered his secret.
Lian Rong was a twin. He had an older brother who looked just like him.
Now, right in front of her, they were choking each other, then turned to her at the same time. Their smiling faces were flushed with an unnatural, feverish red as they asked:
Which one will you choose?
(Reading guide:
● One woman with no prior experience and two male leads who are virgins
● Forced love
● Also known as "After Discovering the Rich Guy's Secret," "Kiss the Moon," and "Addictively Obsessed"
● Characters: a beautiful older woman with nothing but skills to her name, a cool and aloof younger brother with severe cleanliness issues, and a gloomy younger brother
● One-on-one relationships at different stages
First draft of blurb posted on Weibo on March 29, 2025)
Theme: Love must not be let down
Spring Returns