Xu Qingyan took in Ning He, a little girl who wasn’t related to him by blood and was eight years younger than he was.
By the time she turned eighteen, she was bright-eyed and beautiful, slow to catch on when it came to romance, yet so emotionally perceptive she always knew how to get to him. She’d curl up in his arms and steal the remote, calling to him in her soft voice; come home late and insist he pick her up because “your car is safe”; or tug his sleeve and use his name to put people in their place: “My uncle is Xu Qingyan.”
Business tycoon Xu Qingyan was icy to everyone else, but he was helpless against his “niece.” Watching her grow from a little girl into a young woman, his feelings had long since strayed beyond what they should be, but he was trapped by their relationship and age gap. Afraid that speaking up would cost him even their closeness, he could only hide the way he watched her late at night and the way his heart raced whenever she came near.
But how could he hide his feelings forever? When she came rushing over in a camisole dress, still damp from the water, and smiled as she said, “Brother Keyu is the best,” then turned around and sweet-talked his assistant, Ran Zhu, calling her “big sister,” Xu Qingyan finally lost control.
Age gap? Their relationship? To hell with it.
The cold-faced CEO became clingy. “Hehe, hug me.” “The male lead in that script is ugly. Drop it. Uncle will fund a new one.”
“Bai Jingci bullied you? I’ll make all his code throw errors.”
Ning He stared at him, baffled. “Uncle, you’re so weird.”
Xu Qingyan pinched her earlobe, unable to hide the affection in his eyes. “Yeah. Weirdly fond of you.”
The whole world knew President Xu held his little niece in the palm of his hand. Only Ning He wondered, Is Uncle always giving me candy because he’s worried I won’t grow taller?
[Bonus scene]
Hua Lingxi kicked Bai Jingci. “Your nemesis Ning He has President Xu wrapped around her little finger.”
Bai Jingci protested, “She stole my game console yesterday!”
Ran Zhu held her forehead. The boss is using work as an excuse to corner Ning He again. Any solutions? Asking online.
Unrelated by blood uncle and niece | Older man, younger woman | From restrained to clingy | Cute, clueless little schemer | Sweet romance, no angst
