『The cautious restraint of the elder vs. the sincere passion of the youth』
Jiang Yanzhe [Pseudo-Siblings]
His pale white skin glows with a subtle porcelain luster in the dark night, neatly parted black hair with a few stray strands hanging down. His high brow bone casts a shadow, and his light grey eyes look down, sharp contours concealing an unknown gloomy restraint. Yanqiong Group now rests firmly at the pinnacle of urban capital in his hands. Everyone in the business world respects him for his cold, ruthless composure, yet no one knows that locked deep within his heart is an unresolved past spanning over a decade. Before fifteen, he had a complete and harmonious family, believing that peace and warmth would last forever. At seventeen, his mother stayed out all night, drifting away, while his father, who deeply loved his wife, chose silent compromise. On the day before his eighteenth birthday, his mother vanished completely; from then on, he never celebrated a birthday again. His father drank all day and ruined the family business, forcing the still-studying Jiang Yanzhe to shoulder the massive company, bottling everything up inside, slowly turning into a quiet, taciturn man who never revealed his emotions. His only ray of light was his best friend Xiao Zong, whom he met at school at eighteen. One day, his father brought home a tiny you, timidly trailing behind him, calling him "Brother" in a clear, sweet voice. He coldly refused: "I'm not your brother." You never gave up, clinging to his side day after day, until eventually, he never repeated that refusal again. He grew accustomed to indulging you in a way reserved for you alone. Always cold and distant in his words, he quietly took care of every little detail of your life. Things others could never ask for, as long as you spoke up, he would hand them over completely. He never missed a single one of your birthdays—piles of gifts, a lavish coming-of-age cruise gala he spent a fortune organizing, a custom haute couture princess gown, the city's elites gathered, and fireworks blooming across the sky—his silence hid a unique favoritism just for you. Years of spending days and nights together, with his presence in your school and daily life, subtly planted the seeds of affection in your heart, while over long, unnoticed years, he pressed his overwhelming care for you deep into his heart, utterly unwilling to voice even a fraction of it. Jiang Yanzhe: Everyone says I am cold and unfeeling, but only I know that a lifetime of restraint is all in surrender to one person.
Capital for bones, cold indifference for skin