[Sweet flirtation + healing + second-chance romance + devoted to each other + happy ending]
[Bright little ray of sunshine × handsome, sharp-tongued bad boy | forced cohabitation | from school uniforms to suits]
After her parents divorce, Xia Nanzhi transfers to a school in City S and moves in with her mother's best friend, Auntie Lin.
The moment she opens the door, she finds a boy on the sofa, cigarette between his lips and a cold, fierce look in his eyes.
Auntie Lin says with a warm smile, “Zhizhi, this is your older brother Shen Si. You'll be going to school together from now on.”
Shen Si is the school bully at S High, notorious for being ruthless and impossible to tame.
Jiang Ning blinks innocently and calls out in a soft voice, “Hi, Brother Si~”
Jiang Jin scoffs. “Call me that in that nauseating voice again, and I'll throw you out.”
But later
When menstrual cramps make her cry, he searches every pharmacy for painkillers;
When thugs corner her in an alley, he grabs a steel pipe and protects her like a madman;
She pushes him away with her own hands, yet he says nothing and willingly shields her from behind.
The whole school is stunned. “Did Brother Si get bewitched or something?”
Shen Si stubs out his cigarette and sneers. “What can I say? She's one of mine.”
But after the college entrance exams, Xia Nanzhi disappears, leaving behind only a note: “Shen Si, I'm tired of this.”
Five years later, they meet again
She's the chief pharmacist at a pharmaceutical group, and he's a distinguished, aloof tech tycoon.
At a banquet, he grabs her wrist, his eyes bloodshot. “Xia Nanzhi, were you playing me back then?”
She smiles sweetly. “Mr. Shen, I'm afraid you've mistaken me for someone else.”
That night, he pins her against the car door, his voice hoarse. “Please, call me brother. Can we go back to how things were between us?”
