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After transferring to the new school, life wasn’t easy for Xia Wantang. She was used to being on her own and armed herself with cold indifference. Yet her stepbrother, Xia Xun — sharing no blood ties with her — stuck to her like a plaster she couldn’t shake off, bluntly barging into her world and throwing all her disguises into disarray. Tonight, under the pretext of tutoring, he refused to leave her room, pressing closer with every step. Cold on the outside but warm at heart, Xia Wantang rejected him countless times with her words, only to give in at the very last moment each time. She had no idea that this seemingly naive boy was trying to melt her frozen defenses with a persistence that bordered on foolishness.