[Sweet, gentle girl-next-door × grumpy childhood friend]
Shen Zhihe has had a bad temper since he was little, always wearing a scowl as if everyone owed him a hundred yuan.
But he only ever liked hanging out with Su Xiaoshi, the girl next door.
His permanently stern expression began to soften, just a little.
But after they grew up, he watched her start dating someone, then even bring the guy home for dinner.
That guy? He thinks he's good enough for her?!!!
Su Xiaoshi is wonderful in every way. It's just that her eyesight really isn't great.
She thinks he's meddling, but really, he's just looking for an excuse to stay by her side.
“Xiaoshi,” Shen Zhihe murmured, bending down to call her softly.
“Call me big sister.”
“No.”
A younger man who won't call you big sister has some pretty wild ideas.
“Hmm? Say something.”
That night, Shen Zhihe cornered her against the wall, eyes red as he coaxed her softly.
Su Xiaoshi pushed at him, but couldn't budge him.
“Move!”
She was embarrassed.
How had he gotten even less proper as he'd grown up?
When they went home together for the New Year, Han Xin brought up marriage at the dinner table, and he volunteered himself.
“Auntie, what do you think of me? Am I good enough for Xiaoshi?”
He put on his sweetest, most handsome, perfectly polite smile, his eyes full of laughter.
Han Xin: “...”
“Mom,” Su Xiaoshi said nervously, forcing a smile at Han Xin.
“Isn't he... exactly your type?”
Later, he held her in his arms and looked at her earnestly, saying each word clearly: “I like you, Su Xiaoshi.”
“I want to stick by your side forever.
Like a plaster that won't come off.”
The kind you can't get rid of, no matter how hard you try.
