In the novel, they were cousins not step siblings. In the drama, they depicted them as step siblings.I also did…
I think the right term if He Rufei's father was He yan's father would be half-siblings since they would share a father. So I think they are correct with the term step-siblings since her mother married into the family along with her.
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