[Taboo Shura Field｜Stepbrother is too dangerous｜Step by step｜Py becomes regular]
[The scheming careerist × the bright and charming young lady]
That night, the lights in the bar were dim, and Li Guangxi was pushed out by his friend with a smile. There was a man sitting in the corner, his outline hidden in the darkness.
She leaned over and wanted to give him a perfunctory kiss, but her wrist was grabbed. The other party raised his eyes, his eyes dark.
A night of addiction.
She escaped at dawn, and she escaped cleanly, without even asking for her name.
Two years later.
Mother held stepfather's hand and introduced at the Xie family banquet:
"Xi Xi, this is your Uncle Xie's son, and he will be your brother from now on."
Li Guangxi raised his eyes. On the stairs, Xie Xinglan leaned on the railing, with two buttons of his white shirt loosened. Those eyes were as cold as if he had never seen her before.
She lowered her head and curled her mouth: "Brother."
The fingertips dig into the palm.
—
Everyone said that Xie Xinglan hated this stepsister. Only she knew that she kicked off the quilt in the middle of the night and was carefully tucked in at the corners the next day; she huddled on the bed during her period, and someone brought her brown sugar and ginger tea in the afternoon; she was not used to wearing high collars, and the tags on the next coat had been cut off in advance.
She never asked. He never admits it.
She is just waiting.
Until one night at the corner of the terrace, she was pressed against the wall. The man's fingertips touched a very faint trace under her collar: "Pretending to be unfamiliar? That's not what you called me that night."
She raised her face: "What is brother talking about? I don't understand."
He chuckled: "Forgot? How about I help you review it all over again."
—
Her breathing was erratic for a moment. The night breeze from the terrace came in and made her back feel cold.
She violently broke away from his hand and fled back to the room without looking back. He unlocked the door and leaned against the door panel to catch his breath.
Late at night, she thought she was safe.
Then she heard someone tap the glass slowly with their knuckles outside the French window on the terrace.
Xie Xinglan, with a cold air all over her body, trapped her between the railing and her chest.
"I have the final say when this game ends."
"Either continue to play my good sister, or I tell everyone how you cried and said no in front of your brother."
She looked at him and suddenly smiled. Taking a step forward, almost breathing next to him: "Then have you ever thought about why I lost that game that night?"
The smile in his eyes condensed for a moment.
She stood on tiptoe and said in a very soft voice: "I was sure that you would catch me."
Then she turned around and put her hand on the doorknob.
There was silence behind him for two seconds. Then there was a low laugh.
Footsteps approached, one step, two steps, and the third step stopped behind her. He didn't touch her, but his breath fell on the back of her neck, warm, smelling of alcohol, and a little bit dumb after staying up late.
"Xi Xi——"
"I drank the half glass of wine you had left by raising my head. I tucked the quilt you kicked off countless times."
Her fingers on the doorknob tightened suddenly.
"Have you counted them?"
His voice dropped half a degree: "I stood at your door. I stood as long as you slept."
"You don't think that I just want to continue to be your brother, do you?"
She didn't move. His hand rested on the doorknob, his knuckles turning white, and his lips pursed into a thin line.
He took a half step back, slid his fingertips down the back of her neck, stopped at the top of her spine, and pressed it gently.
"Your mother is waiting for you at the villa for supper."
He laughed, his voice as low as if it was crushed out of his chest:
"Tell her you won't go back tonight."
"You can't leave, Xi Xi."
"If you leave, I can find you too."
Reading Guide
1. Age difference 3 years｜Shuangjie｜HE
2. The male protagonist has been counting on her for two years, but she was earlier than him
3. The heroine is bright and thorny, she pretends to be good on the surface, but she always knows it in her heart.
4. During the existence of all kinships, there was no love relationship.
Purpose: Love others first, love yourself first
