A Slow-Burning Romance

On hiatus [Childhood Friends] [Reunion After Years Apart] [Mutual Secret Crush] [Older Man, Both Chaste]

[Oblivious Sweetheart VS Cool, Brooding Guy]

After Chen Zhao was born, Chen Jinyue, who lived next door, never got a good night's sleep again.

From her baby cries to babbling in diapers, then wetting the bed in elementary school and stubbornly denying it.

He knew more about Chen Zhao's growing-up years than her own mother did.

The little girl was bossy and unreasonable. She stole his TV remote and pestered him to read her storybooks from the time she was small.

She was impossible to deal with, yet knew exactly how to act sweet and obedient.

Whenever she was being a nuisance, one soft little "Big Brother" was enough to make him surrender.

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After Chen Jinyue moved away, they spent six years apart.

Their long-planned reunion came at Ning University. The boy had grown into a poised, attractive man,

while Chen Zhao hid her growing lust and decided to take things slowly.

When Chen Jinyue's friend figured out she had a crush on him, she pretended to be disgusted, rolling her eyes as she complained, "We're way too close. Dating him would be so boring."

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Later, unable to resist, Chen Zhao stole a kiss from Chen Jinyue and fled in the middle of the night.

She thought there could never be anything more between them.

But early the next morning, she saw the man who had stayed awake all night and taken a red-eye flight at dawn just to get to her.

"You think dating me would be boring, but you still stole a kiss?" He was travel-worn, his voice hoarse, yet his eyes held the joy of finding a way forward.

In a dimly lit hotel room, Chen Zhao was pinned against the wall and kissed until her legs went weak. She heard him ask, still catching his breath, "What about now? Do you still think dating me would be boring?"

[My Big Brother Started Out as My Boyfriend and Ended Up as My Husband]