[Secret crush becomes mutual | SC | HE | sweet treat | mild groveling arc] [jerk of a man & sweet girl] Ning Yao first met Jiang Lin on a dreary summer day. Jiang Lin had a cigarette between his lips and a bruise near his eyebrow. Seeing that Ning Yao was clearly startled by him, he gave a scoffing laugh. “What’s wrong, kid?”
By the time Ning Yao was eighteen, plenty of people around her had figured out her girlish feelings. The only one who hadn’t noticed was the leading man himself. She treasured the way Jiang Lin treated her differently, and that special treatment gave rise to a faint, foolish hope. On the night she finally worked up the courage to confess, she happened to hear him speaking at the door in his indifferent, unconcerned tone: “She’s just a kid sister. Don’t make things up.”
After Ning Yao gave up on him, they happened to cross paths at work one day. Once they were out of sight, Jiang Lin pulled her through a doorway. “We’ve known each other this long, Yao Yao. How come you can’t even give me a smile?”
Ning Yao looked at him with a stony expression. “Don’t act like we’re close. You’re just an older brother I barely know.”
I like this kind of character, relaxed, no mistresses
I really like the style of this book 🥰