Su Nuonuo, the little darling the Su family had just brought back from the countryside, was as soft as a marshmallow, and every word she spoke ended in a sweet, babyish lilt. No one expected the timid little girl hiding behind her grandmother to turn the family’s “little devils” into overprotective brothers overnight. Her three older brothers fought over who got to carry her schoolbag, her uncle, a criminal investigator, went out of his way to drive her to school every day, and her uncle who owned a dessert shop saved the prettiest cakes in the window just for her. Everyone in the family compound knew not to mess with Su Nuonuo, or a whole pack of Su men would chase them down to “teach them a lesson.”
