[Sharp-tongued, soft-hearted bad girl × Scheming, calculating younger man]
[Ten-year age gap]
[Fake stepmother]
Also known as: How Do You Deal with Running into a Top-Tier Succubus Before Leaving the Starting Village?!
Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me Looking After My Boss's Daughter Would Mean Getting Myself Tangled Up in It?
Didn't You Say You Couldn't Stand Me? Why Do You Keep Throwing Yourself at Me?
Pei Xi is twenty-eight this year and has become the mother of an eighteen-year-old.
It's ridiculous, but she really is a mom now.
Fortunately, the girl seems pretty well-behaved.
To set a good example, Pei Xi stopped drinking and going to the bar. She made sure to be home by eight every night, doing her best to play the part of a gentle, thoughtful mother.
After only a few days together, the girl's nasty side began to show. At first, Pei Xi didn't think much of it, assuming the kid was just going through a rebellious phase.
Then, after Pei Xi got drunk at a work dinner and didn't come home that night, the girl suddenly threatened to run away. With the college entrance exams just around the corner, Pei Xi had to sweet-talk her every which way before she finally coaxed her back, so the task could be completed successfully.
After that, Pei Xi indulged her more and more, giving her anything she wanted. She thought it would make the girl remember how good she'd been to her, but the girl really was ungrateful.
She told Pei Xi to mind her own business, contradicted her at every turn, insulted her, and played tricks on her.
Pei Xi took it all in stride, never losing her temper.
Once she raised the girl to adulthood, she would be free of the task. After four months of doing her best, she finally saw the girl reach adulthood after the college entrance exams. Pei Xi smiled at her.
“Kid, welcome to the adult world. Here's your first lesson from me: how to say goodbye.”
With that, Pei Xi walked away without looking back.
But two months later,
