No Goodnight

[Aspiring Screenwriter x Megastar] [Not-Quite Siblings]

[Sweet and Honest x Smiling on the Outside, Dark and Unhinged Within]

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Xin Tongyue was the best big brother in the world.

Xu Zhiyan had believed that since she was seven.

Until she turned eighteen, when she saw the despicable side of her brother and stepfather, and her mother dragged her away from the home where she'd lived for ten years.

They went their separate ways.

Five years later, on a stormy night, Xu Zhiyan, drunk and trying to drown her sorrows after her boyfriend dumped her, opened the door to her rented apartment and saw her brother, Xin Tongyue, whom she hadn't spoken to in five years.

He had once been first in his class, a campus celebrity, dazzling and brilliant.

Now he was a top-tier star adored by countless fans, famous across half the country.

Xu Zhiyan had been estranged from her brother for so long that she thought he was still the polite, gentle young man she remembered.

...She couldn't have been more wrong.

Not long afterward, her brother nearly killed her ex-boyfriend.

Her brother bit her lip until it bled.

Her brother's beautiful black eyes were filled with stubbornness. "If you ever leave me again, I'll kill myself..."

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Xin Tongyue smiled warmly on screen, but everyone on set knew it was just an act.

He was a madman, cold and merciless, who never let a slight go unpunished. He moved effortlessly through the world of fame and fortune, wearing a different mask for every person. Only Xu Zhiyan ever saw a different side of him.

After their reunion, he no longer wanted to pretend to be a polite, gentle big brother.

He wanted her love, and he would do whatever it took to get it.

Whether he had to trick it out of her, seduce it out of her, or force it out of her, all he needed was her love.

"Xin Tongyue is the best big brother in the world."

"Call me your husband."

"..."

*One-on-one pairing, the female lead has no other partner, happy ending

*The characters aren't perfect. Readers with strong moral sensibilities should proceed with caution. Please check the content warnings and reading notes in the author's note at the start of chapter one.

*The leads are not blood-related and are not on the same household register.

*There is no romantic relationship while they are considered family.

Theme: Love can make people better.