[Fake: a free-spirited, hollow-hearted social butterfly] & [Real: a boyish, deeply-in-love-with-his-older-sister, nurturing puppy]
The female lead is inexperienced, while the male lead isn't. Six-year age gap.
On the first day Xia Yuan returned home to fight for her family's inheritance, she picked up a “puppy.”
This “puppy” was young, obedient, considerate, and blushed easily. He was exactly her type.
So Xia Yuan teased him, wrapping him around her little finger.
But just as the puppy was about to confess, Xia Yuan silenced him with one lingering kiss after another.
He was the Gu family's heir. Their first meeting might have been an accident, but everything that followed was Xia Yuan's deliberate planning, all just an act.
The question that defined Gu Zhaoye's life was:
How could he make Xia Yuan fall in love with him?
Step one: Become a cat.
After learning all his older sister's sensitive spots and stopping just short of going further, Gu Zhaoye turned off the lights and went to sleep.
His excuse: “I have important work tomorrow.”
A wicked cat who left her wanting more.
Step two: Become a tiger.
After taking a knife for Xia Yuan and getting hurt, he pretended to be tough and insisted on showering alone, only to become too “weak” to hold the showerhead halfway through.
Feeling guilty, Xia Yuan had no choice but to help him.
“Big sis, help me.”
The young man's hand closed tightly around hers, hot and strong. A tiger ready to take what he wanted.
Step three: Become a puppy drenched in the rain.
“Xia Yuan, does he kiss you like this too? Does he take care of you every night? Does he sing love songs to you whenever you're done?”
“Does he... love you as much as I do?”
“Big sis, don't leave me...”
Xia Yuan, you can lie to me, but you can't leave me.
Gu Zhaoye's wish for his twenty-first birthday was for the butterfly to stay with him forever.
But Xia Yuan's wish for him was that he forget the past and find someone worthy of his love.
