Secret Practice Under the Eaves

Gu Nian’an and Ji Linfeng—two people with no blood relation—ended up living under the same roof for ten years as siblings after their parents remarried. At school, Gu Nian’an was widely regarded as a talented young artist, her brush painting a dazzling world, yet hidden within it was a secret she had never dared to tell anyone: she had fallen for her so-called stepbrother. Ji Linfeng was outgoing by nature and habitually played the protector, treating it as his unquestionable duty to look after this sensitive and fragile sister. That was, until Gu Nian’an broke the balance—face flushed—with an awkward lie. She told him her classmates thought she had a handsome, attentive boyfriend, and she wanted him to play the part. From that door…