The younger sister pretends to be hypnotized, and her older brother gets addicted.

"Brother, you're poking me..."

Inside the dance studio, Ruan Yang, her cheeks damp with sweat, sank into a soft mat with her legs spread apart.

Her pink and white ballet trousers accentuated her slender and graceful legs.

Jiang Yanci's hand rested on her ankle. He was still wearing his austere suit, and the buttons on his snow-white shirt collar were fastened tightly. His dark hair covered his narrow eyebrows and eyes, giving him a serene and aloof air.

"How about a different move?"

"...Um, it hurts a little."

Ruan Yang bit her lip, her voice soft and delicate, and the tip of her nose was red.

She majored in ballet, but neglected her basic skills for half a year and now needs to relearn how to stretch.

She needed her boyfriend's help.

But your boyfriend is busy; he left the country early this morning. "Didn't your older brother come back? Let him help you."

The eldest brother has big palms and great strength.

Ruan Yang's legs trembled as she switched to a side split.

Ballet practice clothes are already thin and light. When soaked with a little sweat, they cling slightly to the skin, almost transparent, outlining a slender waistline.

In the mirror, a man in a sharp suit holds a girl's delicate ankle in one hand.

He held up a tablet in his other hand, reviewing reports.

The screen reflected his cold, indifferent face, oblivious to the fact that the Patek Philippe watch bezel on his wrist was digging into the girl's calf.

Normally, Ruan Yang would have complained of pain long ago.

But at this moment, her mind was a complete blank.

Just now, she awakened the plot.

She, Ruan Yang, is a spoiled and dramatic supporting female character in a novel about a wealthy family.

Taking advantage of the fact that she saved the male protagonist Jiang Zhuo when they were children, she relentlessly pursued him and became his girlfriend.

With their wedding date approaching, the male protagonist learns that his beloved is seriously ill and wants to go abroad to visit her.

Ruan Yang refused to give in, throwing a tantrum, crying and making a scene.

On the wedding day, news arrived that his beloved had passed away.

The male protagonist, looking grief-stricken, left her behind and rushed to the airport, where he was involved in a car accident.

When the male protagonist opened his eyes again, he was back to a month before his wedding.

His first action was to secretly go abroad to accompany his beloved girlfriend for medical treatment, without telling his girlfriend.

On the wedding day, Bai Yueguang appeared at the wedding in a wedding dress, broke up the wedding for love, and exposed Ruan Yang's impersonation of her savior in public.

In the end, Ruan Yang was sent to Africa to grow bananas, where he died from the sunburn.

"..."

Thinking about her fate, Ruan Yang trembled and pushed her boyfriend's older brother away.

Jiang Yanci was taken aback. "Yangyang, what's wrong?"

Ruan Yang felt guilty.

She wanted to tell her older brother that there had been a mistake.

She was not Jiang Zhuo's savior.

But when I think about what I've done while I was fostered by the Jiang family all these years...

Taking her future mother-in-law to a nightclub to find male models;

She had her five-year-old brother-in-law warm her bed;

Jiang Yanci—her boyfriend's older brother, a billionaire CEO—abandoned an important meeting to give her leg presses and massages.

Ruan Yang began to feel fear.

She's more than just being dramatic.

Now that the story is halfway through, the gears of fate haven't even started turning yet, and the chains of life have already broken.

Even if my brother doesn't say it, he must be incredibly annoyed with her.

Ruan Yang was raised by the Jiang family from a young age.

On her eighteenth birthday, she and Jiang Zhuo became boyfriend and girlfriend.

Just as the Jiang family was expanding its overseas branches, my eldest brother went to Europe.

For the past four years, he has rarely returned to China and has had little contact with her.

Until last month, Jiang Yanci returned to attend her and Jiang Zhuo's wedding.

After returning to China, he became much colder towards her.

Ruan Yang didn't notice and, just like when she was a child, kept pestering him to stretch her legs.

Now she understands that her older brother hates her.

She's spoiled and demanding, and she even takes credit for others' work...

The eldest brother is the one who holds the power in the family; sending her to Africa must have been his idea.

If I stop doing it.

My older brother probably won't dislike her anymore...

Ruan Yang suddenly turned her head, her voice trembling, "Brother, you go to your meeting, you don't need to help me stretch my legs anymore..."

Sure enough, she saw Jiang Yanci's brow relax slightly.

"Okay, then I'll go with you tomorrow."

"...No need for tomorrow either. My brother is busy with work and shouldn't waste his time on me."

Jiang Yanci frowned.

He lifted his eyes and his gaze fell on Ruan Yang in the mirror.

Her upper body was flat on the ground, her legs were spread apart in a split, her feet were on foam bricks, and her waist and abdomen were suspended in the air.

She still trembled as she called out "brother."

Jiang Yanci restrained himself and looked away.

He immediately dialed his assistant's number and said, "Cancel tonight's video conference."

Ruan Yang was terrified.

"Brother, really, it's not necessary... I can find someone else to practice with me. I won't bother you anymore."

Jiang Yanci asked, "Who did you look for?"

Ruan Yang made up a sentence, "...that was my teacher during my art exam."

"That male teacher?"

"Yes... um!"

A sudden pain shot through my lower back.

Ruan Yang's slender neck tilted back, and she fell off the foam bricks in pain. Her snow-white training clothes rolled up, revealing a section of her fair waist. She was in so much pain that she could hardly close her legs.

In the past, Ruan Yang would have pounced on Jiang Yanci, complaining that he was too strong and pestering him to buy her a bag.

But now, she doesn't dare.

She didn't dare to reach out to Jiang Yanci.

Instead, he pushed himself up from the ground.

"...That's enough for today. I'm going back to my room. Brother, you should go to your meeting."

As she spoke, she limped toward the door.

Jiang Yanci pulled her back, "I'll help you back."

"No need..." Ruan Yang trembled and dodged away, her expression terrified.

Jiang Yanci's hand froze in mid-air.

He glanced at her. "Are you throwing a tantrum?"

"...No, it's just that I'm getting married to A-Zhuo now. I'm not a child anymore, and I should keep my distance from my boyfriend's older brother."

Jiang Yanci's expression changed.

Outside the window, gardenias are in full bloom, filling the air with their rich fragrance.

But when you smell it, there is a faint, bittersweet scent.

His eyes were dark, and he pulled a gold lighter from his suit pocket.

With a "click".

A flame leaped up, a scarlet dot.

The light and shadow flickered on his face, and orange light danced in his thick eyes, adding an inexplicable allure to his otherwise dignified and gentlemanly face.

"Yangyang, look at it."

"From now on, you will trust me completely."

Ruan Yang's pupils contracted slightly.

She recognized the lighter.

As mentioned in the original work, Jiang Yanci is skilled in hypnosis.

Jiang Zhuo even begged Jiang Yanci: "Brother, help me hypnotize Ruan Yang and make her forget me."

The brothers have always had a very good relationship.

However, as a villainous supporting character, hypnosis is ineffective against Ruan Yang in order to advance the plot.

At that moment, the flames flickered right before my eyes.

Is it because she just mentioned her wedding with Jiang Zhuo that her older brother wants to hypnotize her and make her forget Jiang Zhuo?

That was truly—

Very good!

She could pretend to be hypnotized, feign amnesia, and forget Jiang Zhuo.

Then escape far away and stay out of the story.

Ruan Yang's thin, velvety eyelids drooped little by little, her gaze gradually becoming unfocused, waiting for Jiang Yanci to give instructions.

I waited a few seconds, but heard nothing.

Only the flame burned quietly, the metal casing of the lighter making a faint sound as his fingertips rubbed against it, the scarlet light reflected in his elder brother's dark eyes.

Ruan Yang felt uneasy.

After a while, Jiang Yanci's command rang out from above.

But it wasn't about making her forget Jiang Zhuo.

But -

"Yangyang, lift your skirt."