An Accidental Brush with Springtime Romance

[The powerful one bows his head to pursue love | Moving-in romance | Brothers' love triangle | One-on-one, mutual firsts] [Radiant little sunshine vs. Jealous older daddy who keeps his feelings in check] In the spring when she was sixteen, Lin Jiayue was sent to the Chen family by her grandparents. On a cold, quiet night, she was eating fried glutinous rice balls in the kitchen when she caught a glimpse of a refined, elegant man and remembered him. The next time they met, he told her to call him “big brother.” - Four years later, at the start of the new year, Chen Yanqing invites Lin Jiayue to a hot spring on someone else's behalf. Lin Jiayue is thrilled, only for Chen Yanqing's younger brother to confess to her instead. Drunk, she stumbles into Chen Yanqing's bed by mistake. When she wakes, Chen Yanqing calmly explains, “Jiayue, I took medicine before bed last night and slept deeply. Nothing happened between us.” Three months later, on the night a junior student confesses to her, Chen Yanqing lurks in the dark like a damp, sinister ghost. From across the street, he asks over the phone, “Jiayue, would you like to give us a try?” - After finishing a B-52 cocktail, Lin Jiayue raises her hand to order another. In the dim bar, the heating makes the alcohol go to her head, leaving her slightly dizzy. The man's head is bowed low, his unusually dark eyes roiling with hidden emotion. “American frontiersmen in the nineteenth century used to trade a bullet for a drink. Tell me, beautiful Ms. Lin, what will you trade for one?” “How about a kiss for a drink? What do you think, handsome?”