[Secret crush + raising her + university romance]
[Female sculpture student at an art academy × PhD student in physics]
Xia Ran was the beloved eldest daughter of the Xia family, raised in the lap of luxury.
Her parents brought home a little boy named Cheng Jiyu, the son of her father’s late comrade-in-arms.
Living under the same roof, Xia Ran came to see him as a warm, dependable older brother.
After the Xia family went bankrupt and her parents were implicated and imprisoned, Xia Ran relied on Cheng Jiyu more than anyone.
Cheng Jiyu was cool and chaste on the outside, but when the little princess he had raised confessed to another man, he was already going mad inside.
His possessiveness grew stronger, his gaze dark and brooding. He grabbed Xia Ran as she stood there, beaming and ready to give Xu Si a rose.
“Baby, you’re too innocent. You’re not ready to date yet. I’m afraid a man will trick you.”
Xia Ran trusted her big brother, so for the time being, she put her pursuit of Xu Si on hold.
But when she saw Xu Si getting unusually close to the beauty of the finance department, she panicked and started making sure Xu Si saw her every day.
Cheng Jiyu had secretly loved Xia Ran for years. She saw him as a brother, but he wanted to break out of that role.
However, Xia Ran didn’t want Xu Si to get the wrong idea, so she gradually distanced herself from Cheng Jiyu. “Big brother, we should keep our distance at school.”
Cheng Jiyu was silent for a long moment. Unwilling to dampen Xia Ran’s spirits, he answered hoarsely, “All right.”
After repeatedly getting nowhere with Xu Si, Xia Ran hid alone in the school’s underground parking garage and sobbed.
Cheng Jiyu’s chest churned with restrained, possessive feelings as he pulled her tightly into his arms.
“Be good, baby.”
“I’ll always be here for you, okay?”
It's very beautiful, the writing is delicate, and the character settings are also very good. There is no character destruction in order to complete the progress.