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At twenty-nine, He Jianxue lost almost everything in one cruel year.
Her mother and adopted younger sister died one after another, and an accident left her paralyzed from the waist down. Once celebrated and admired, she now spends her days trapped inside a silent house, her world reduced to stillness and grief.
Her sister’s death is a wound that never heals… until one day, a slender young woman takes her cold hands in her own and whispers softly:
“Sister He, your hands are freezing.”
That night, as Jianxue lies awake drowning in memories, the girl slips into her arms and murmurs:
“If you don’t mind… you can treat me like your sister tonight.”
Jianxue never thought she’d have another “sister.”
But this new girl… so warm, so kind, so alive… awakens something forbidden inside her.
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Sheng Tingmian grew up in the opera troupe, following her aunt onstage since childhood.
At eighteen, she moves with her aunt to an old apartment complex in Yan City where she meets a woman in a wheelchair, cold and distant, yet quietly dignified: He Jianxue, the eldest daughter of the prestigious He family.
When Jianxue invests in her aunt’s struggling opera troupe, Tingmian is deeply grateful.
Later, hearing that Jianxue’s sister has died, she rushes to comfort her… only to be asked to call her “sister.”
At first, she believes she’s just filling an emotional void.
But soon, Jianxue’s tenderness turns into something else… something possessive, burning, and hard to ignore.
She kisses her when drunk, murmuring her name between trembling lips.
She secretly collects the pearls that fall from her hair.
She watches her from the audience, eyes full of devotion.
And once she learns to walk again… she forbids Tingmian from dating anyone else.
Tingmian may be young, but she’s not naive.
Seeing her “sister” suppress her own desire out of fear, she finally says with quiet courage:
“Sister, don’t hold back anymore. You can kiss me.”
After all, she’s never wanted to be just her sister.
