Lan Chi Ming Lan found herself in an unfamiliar home, taken in by strangers who called themselves family. Nan Xi, her adoptive mother, saw her not as a daughter but as a shadow of the child she had lost. Though given shelter, warmth eluded her—her presence was merely tolerated, never embraced. The brothers, Ming Qing and Ming Jing, met her with cold indifference, masking their resentment behind forced politeness and cruel jokes.
Life in this new house was far from peaceful. Every day brought whispered taunts and hidden traps, a constant reminder that she didn’t belong. The kindness she hoped for never came; instead, she faced veiled hostility wrapped in false smiles. The brothers’ pranks were relentless, their laughter sharp as knives, leaving Ming Lan to navigate a home that felt more like a battlefield.
She longed for acceptance but received only silence and scorn. The walls of her new world were lined with unspoken rules, and every misstep was met with punishment. Yet, despite the cruelty, Ming Lan endured, her quiet strength the only shield she had against the storm brewing beneath the surface of her so-called family.
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