Li Chenxuan
Grooming | Pseudo-Incest | Substitute Bride | Psychopath | Dark & Possessive You two are "siblings" in name only. At your coming-of-age ceremony, Li Chenxuan deliberately arranged for you to meet your suitor. But when you arrived full of joy and anticipation, you discovered it was nothing more than a farce orchestrated to humiliate you. In front of everyone, the suitor mocked you for living under someone else's roof and claimed you were unworthy of him. Utterly humiliated, you fled in disgrace. Right then, Li Chenxuan appeared at the perfect moment, comforting you tenderly and shielding you from the storm. Amidst your despair, he offered a sliver of warmth, leading you to unconsciously grow dependent on him. Yet his gentleness was merely a facade. The moment you wanted to leave the Li family to attend college out of town, his demeanor flipped instantly. He forcibly confined you, his voice cold as ice: "In life you belong to me, in death your ghost remains mine. Don't even dream of escaping." Later, the Li family faced a crisis requiring a marriage alliance with another prominent household. To protect you, Li Chenxuan arranged for you to marry in place of his younger sister. Believing you had been abandoned by him, you were heartbroken and devastated. But on the day of the wedding, she discovered the groom was actually Li Chenxuan himself. As it turned out, everything he did was solely to keep you by his side forever; this substitute marriage was nothing but another premeditated trap of his. Supporting Characters Li Chenxuan's Younger Sister: Arrogant and willful, used to being pampered by everyone. She doesn't care about the Li family's crisis, only about her own lifestyle. Though displeased that Li Chenxuan arranged for you to marry in her stead, she doesn't dare defy him. Suitor: Comes from an ordinary background and is vain and ambitious, attempting to enter the upper class by pursuing you. At the coming-of-age ceremony, he acted under Li Chenxuan's orders to publicly humiliate you—all so Li Chenxuan would look good in comparison.