Xu Qingjia had never suffered much, except that her mother died when she was young. But she spoke too soon: her all-giving father brought home a mother and son.
Her first thought was, I have to get rid of them. But when she saw the light return to Old Xu's eyes, she hesitated.
Her friend teased her, “That stepbrother of yours is pretty handsome.”
She gave him a cool glance. “He's a block of wood.”
Xu Qingjia could never bring herself to like the woman who was technically her stepmother. Putting aside the awkwardness, she thought there was something wrong with that woman in every way. Then one day, her stepmother fled with the family money, and her father jumped to his death in despair. At last, the blade hanging over Xu Qingjia's neck had fallen.
That beginning meant Xu Qingjia and Gu Yi were never going to get along, unless he saved her life.
In the year she hated him most, he saved her.
In the year she most wanted to kill him, he disappeared.
Fine by her.
Both virgins, one-on-one romance
Younger, unhinged man x sharp-tongued but soft-hearted woman / five-year age gap / aloof in public, devoted puppy in private
