[Sweet, doting 1v1 romance, growing intimacy, healing, mutual devotion, age gap, fatherly male lead]
Nан Xing's parents die in a car accident, and she's taken in by her uncle's family. A year later, her cousin gets into a car accident.
Her aunt calls her a jinx and a bringer of bad luck, then throws her out of the house.
Nan Xing is homeless again!
Just as she's feeling desperate and helpless, a man appears and says, “I'm Xiao Jinan. I've come to take you... home.”
Xiao Jinan is the older “brother” from the family of Nan Xing's stepmother's older brother.
From then on, Nan Xing has a big brother who dotes on her. She earnestly promises Xiao Jinan, “Big brother, I'll repay you someday!”
But at some point, Nan Xing realizes she keeps wanting to kiss her big brother.
And at some point, Xiao Jinan starts hoping his little friend will graduate soon. He even warns her, “The Xiao family rules forbid dating before you're of age!”
“Or I'll break your legs!”
During graduation season, Nan Xing drinks for the first time in her life, pins Xiao Jinan against a wall for the first time, and wraps her arms around his neck, pouting as she coaxes him. “Big brother, don't move. I want to kiss you!”
Xiao Jinan's body goes rigid. The next second, he turns the tables, lifts Nan Xing's chin, and tempts her. “Xing'er, you took liberties with me, so you'll have to take responsibility!”
After the kiss, Xiao Jinan lies awake all night, planning how to confess his feelings to his little friend.
Who could have guessed that the next day, once Nan Xing sobers up, she won't remember a thing!
Xiao Jinan is perpetually exasperated.
Nan Xing used to be like a lone boat tossed about in a storm, while Xiao Jinan was the lighthouse in the distance, saving her wandering, homeless soul with his warm light.
Both characters are intelligent and perceptive, and their families are empathetic. The grandfather is also very likable. Due to the grandfather's stubbornness, I was certain he wouldn't accept the female lead at their first meeting, but things didn't escalate too much. The male lead was also protective and decisive, preventing the female lead from suffering any more mistreatment.
The male lead dotes on the female lead, and his biological aunt is the female lead's stepmother! His parents are the female lead's uncle and aunt on the surface. They treat her very well, like their own daughter. The first time the male lead's grandfather met her, he gave her a hard time and told her not to call him "grandfather." But that was the only time; afterwards, he dotes on her, treating her more than his own grandson! Haha!
In his eyes, Nanxing should be a proud little princess who takes other people's kindness for granted; she needs to understand that she deserves it.
The sentences flow smoothly, and the sugar is very sweet; it's really, really sweet.
It's a good read, highly recommended. The whole book has a sweet feel to it.
It looks great, just please don't keep getting the names wrong.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
The older brother really dotes on his younger sister.
Each person needs approximately 2500 ml of water per day.
Sweet and beautiful, well written, keep up the good work!