[Fake Heiress | Illegitimate Son | Fauxcest | Reunited After a Breakup | Happy Ending]
Bai Xi, the Bai family's adopted daughter.
After the Bai family goes bankrupt, she is sent to Meiling Town to lie low and transfers to Meide High School.
There, she meets Xi Yu, the illegitimate son of her adoptive father, Bai Tingqing.
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Bai Xi grew up surrounded by love, bright and bold.
Xi Yu hid in the shadows, far from the light.
Forced to live together, they spend every day by each other's side.
Bai Xi once tentatively asked Xi Yu, "Have you ever thought about going back to the Bai family? If things hadn't come to this."
Xi Yu replied without hesitation, "Never. We don't have a choice, do we?"
She could sense Xi Yu's aversion to the Bai family, a visceral loathing.
Two broken people become entangled in a forgotten corner, sinking together as feelings quietly take root.
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A year later, the Bai family recovers, and sends someone to bring Bai Xi back to Jinglan.
The next time Xi Yu hears news of her, her family has arranged a marriage for her.
That night, his phone screen suddenly lights up, displaying the name of the person he has thought about day and night.
His fingers tremble as he answers. A girl's muffled sobs come through the speaker.
"Xi Yu, please, take me away."
To win her freedom, Xi Yu suppresses years of hatred for the Bai family and takes the initiative to negotiate with Bai Tingqing.
In exchange for Bai Xi's escape, he agrees to stay in Jinglan and remain under Bai Tingqing's control for the rest of his life.
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Bai Xi disappears on the eve of Xi Yu's negotiations with Bai Tingqing.
Xi Yu frantically calls her, but all he hears is a mechanical voice: "We're sorry, the number you have dialed is switched off."
A text message arrives:
Xi Yu, thank you. I'm free now, but I've never loved you.
This love was nothing but a carefully orchestrated deception.
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After six years apart, they meet again in Meiling Town, where Bai Xi brings someone to stay at a local guesthouse.
She steps into his territory without a trace of hesitation, with a man by her side.
The news soon reaches Xi Yu, and he drives back through the night.
In the slanting light of sunset, Bai Xi leans against the doorframe and looks straight at him. "Do you love me?"
"I do."
"Do you hate me?"
"I do."
Bai Xi lifts her eyes, open and unguarded. "I'm right here now. Do whatever you want with me."
Xi Yu bends down, pouring all his love and hatred into a lingering embrace. He asks softly, "May I kiss you?"
Reader's Note:
One-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced.
The female and male leads are not related by blood and are not registered in the same household.
The protagonists are flawed and grow throughout the story.
Theme: Love yourself
