As the Gu family's precious daughter, Gu Yiru had always been arrogant, spoiled, and willful. When she was seventeen, she gained two secrets.
She wasn't the biological daughter.
She wanted the real heiress to become unable to live without her.
The real heiress was Qiao Songyan, the impoverished girl who had firmly held on to first place in their grade.
Knowing she couldn't stand hardship, Gu Yiru came up with a terrible plan.
She made a big show of moving into the dorms and applied to share a room with Qiao Songyan, claiming it was so she could learn from the top student.
They were from two different worlds.
Until Gu Yiru deliberately drew close to her.
"Qiao Songyan, I'm sleeping with you tonight."
"Qiao Songyan, let's go eat together."
No matter how much Gu Yiru thought she was looking after her, trying to be considerate down to the smallest detail, Qiao Songyan's attitude remained as cold as ever.
Until Gu Yiru gave her a clumsy, hand-knitted scarf.
At last, Qiao Songyan began to soften toward her.
One night, Gu Yiru went to sleep beside Qiao Songyan again. The two of them squeezed onto a narrow single bed in the winter cold, and everything seemed to change after Qiao Songyan's tentative kiss.
"Gu Yiru, don't leave me."
As she was kissed breathless, Gu Yiru thought,
She really had managed to make Qiao Songyan unable to live without her.
The truth about the two heiresses came out.
Gu Yiru left Beicheng.
Unable to face Qiao Songyan and everything else, she chose to run away.
Years later, they met again.
In public, Qiao Songyan was still cold and distant, but after everyone had left, she caught Gu Yiru by the wrist. The light in the narrow stairwell was dim and yellow. Her eyes were red at the corners as she gripped Gu Yiru's chin.
Their breaths mingled, and they were as close as they had been back then. "Gu Yiru, you've been naughty."
Blurb dated August 4, 2025
Theme: Honesty comes first
