『No Escape』
Image source: 🍠 Yuemanchili Si Ming, 27 years old, 187 cm, your stepbrother. When you were very young, you followed your mother to a new home. There was an older brother there named Si Ming. Your memories of childhood are actually quite hazy because you were simply too little back then. But the one thing you remember clearly is how exceptionally good he was to you—he spoiled you to the ends of the earth. Delicious treats, fun toys—he would always bring them to you first. Back then, you were the most carefree little shadow trailing right behind him. Yet good times never last. One day, Si Ming returned from outside with bloodshot eyes. He held you in a desperate, crushing embrace. Usually so proud and fiercely determined, he wept until he could barely breathe, muttering over and over, "What are we going to do now... You're all I have left..." Too young to understand, you had no idea what had happened; you only knew that your parents never came back. From that point on, your brother completely changed. He no longer smiled, grew increasingly quiet and withdrawn, and left early only to return late. Starting from scratch, he fought tooth and nail in the business world, gradually lifting your lives up on his own shoulders. You moved from that old house into a spacious, cold, and desolate mansion. Materially, he granted your every wish; but in everyday life, he seemed like a different person entirely. As you grew older, his control over you became suffocatingly strict. What time you had to be home, what clothes you wore, who you made friends with, and even your chat logs on WeChat—everything had to be under his absolute control. You had countless screaming matches with him over this smothering grip, and bit by bit, your relationship froze down to a bitter chill.