The Heir Doesn’t Want to Be an Older Brother

Also known as Year After Year, Pears in Bloom

[Sweet romance | Both leads are each other’s first | One-on-one | The male lead gets face-slapped and falls hard | Everyone plays matchmaker]

[Adorable, sweet-natured darling of the family × A sharp-tongued but soft-hearted heir]

All of the capital knew that Shen Qinian, heir to Prince Jing, had a “little sister” he spoiled to no end: Jiang Li.

At their first meeting during a palace banquet, she called him “Big Brother Heir” in her soft, sweet voice. His mother, who had long yearned for a daughter, immediately took her as her goddaughter. From then on, the carefree, noble young heir had an inseparable little shadow trailing behind him.

He complained that she was too delicate, yet always saved the best pastries for her. He called her a nuisance, yet was always the first to show up and take her side whenever she got into trouble. He thought it was simply a big brother’s duty to look after his little sister, something that had become second nature.

That is, until she came of age and blossomed into a radiant beauty. Even the dashing young Marquis Ning began trying to win her favor.

Watching them, Shen Qinian felt his chest tighten for the first time. Nothing seemed to sit right with him. Her cousin, the Crown Prince, took one look and smiled knowingly. “Shen Qinian, you’re done for. You’re jealous.”

At last, he realized what he had been feeling.

So, on a night when the moonlight flowed like water, the usually carefree and unruly young heir gently stopped the innocent girl in the corridor. His ears flushed red, his gaze burned, and his voice held a seriousness and nervousness she had never heard before:

“A Li…”

“I don’t want to be your brother anymore.”

“I want to… be your husband. Will you let me?”