[Sworn siblings / scheming and unhinged / love that grows over time / fighting over each other]
[Sharp-tongued little schemer who thinks she's a gentle temptress x clear-eyed, willingly fallen, take-what-he-wants scheming mad dog]
1.
Everyone knows that Chi Wan, the Chi family's adopted daughter, is sweet, sensible, gentle, and obedient.
Only Chi Jingbai knows the truth: it's all an illusion Chi Wan has carefully woven. Beneath her gentle exterior lie ambitions and desires no one knows about.
To get into a prestigious school, marry a wealthy man, and build a career, she'll do whatever it takes behind the scenes, including but not limited to saying the most outrageous things in the sweetest voice:
"Brother, how am I playing with fire? Don't accuse me!"
"Does it matter whether I have feelings for him?"
"Brother, do you have feelings for me?"
When no one's around, she vents like crazy:
"If I had a conscience, would I be rolling in money?"
"How did he catch me again? Is this guy crazy, staying up half the night and acting like a ghost?"
"So annoying! Chi Jingbai's like a mad dog, biting everyone. I should've known better than to mess around!"
The moment Chi Jingbai walks over, she puts on a sweet smile and says, "Brother, you're here."
2.
Chi Wan thinks of Chi Jingbai as her protector, her stepping-stone, and a bystander who gets what he wants while she gets what she wants.
Until he looks down at her, a flame in his eyes unlike anything she's ever seen. His fingertips slide slowly to her hem and lift it as he says, "You've taken this too far, Xiao Wan."
He bites her again.
This time, he bites a secret place he has never touched before.
Chi Wan is scared.
#What do you do when you tease your unhinged brother into showing his true colors?
#I offered myself up before I even got started T_T
#I meant to use you as a tool, but not that kind of tool, hey!
#So obedient, so obedient... Are you satisfied now? Is that enough?
Theme: Be self-reliant, and love others as well as yourself.
