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A taciturn, possessive young wolf dog (younger) X an elder sister who appears as a pristine, gentle white magnolia on the surface, but is actually filled with a decaying sense of decadence inside.
Jiang Zhongmu remembered a woman, the only tenant she ever truly remembered among all the comings and goings.
This person possessed a soft, enchanting grace never found in their remote small town. Every movement carried a gentle charm, the only concrete image the small-town girl who had never left Jiang Town could form of a city dweller.
Back then, Xie Zhiyi was the greatest world she had ever seen, so much so that when filling out her college entrance exam preferences, she only wrote down the university Xie Zhiyi had attended.
She just never expected their reunion to come sooner than she imagined.
When the woman, laden with sorrow, checked into the attic room once more,
the usually reserved Jiang Zhongmu started making frequent trips upstairs.
Bringing water, changing lightbulbs, moving desks, the excuses piled up.
She knew what the other liked to see:
The exposed, straight line of collarbone, the prominent veins on a lean, strong arm, the faint dimples that appeared when she smiled.
Those lingering, subtle glances Jiang Zhongmu never called them out, just made herself increasingly present around Xie Zhiyi.
Like appearing downstairs at the exact time she usually opened her window, her wheat-toned features sharpened in the twilight. The scheming girl lifted her gaze, and this time, Xie Zhiyi didn’t manage to look away in time.
That night, Jiang Zhongmu knocked on her door.
In the dark room where the lights remained off, Xie Zhiyi leaned against the cool wall, turning her head to look at the moonlight outside the window.
Someone asked in a husky voice, “Do you like it? Sister.”
Xie Zhiyi didn’t answer.
So, nights like this repeated many times during Xie Zhiyi’s stay in Jiang Town, until she realized something was wrong and chose to flee. Jiang Zhongmu didn’t cling or protest, even proactively seeing her off to the bus station.
Just when Xie Zhiyi thought it was all over, that person appeared before her once again, standing at the freshman welcome desk, looking at her, a smirk curling her lips.
Like a little leopard who’d successfully pulled off her long-planned scheme.
One-line Summary: Deliberate, step-by-step approach
Theme: Positivity and striving to create a beautiful life
