[Resilient pastry-chef junior sister and gentle, self-restrained older man] [Older man · Mutual devotion · Healing romance]
Ye Li fell for one of her brother's friends, Yan Yuli. Just as his name suggests, he was modest and courteous, gentle with everyone, and the kind of exemplary man elders praised as perfect, with no fault to be found.
Her brother asked, trying to hide the pain of watching a pig root up his precious cabbage, “Do you really like him that much?”
Blushing, Ye Li nodded and listed his good qualities as if reading from a catalog.
Her brother said, “You're a lost cause.”
Just as Ye Li confirmed that Yan Yuli returned her feelings and they were about to take the final step, an unprecedented misunderstanding erupted. Without telling Yan Yuli, the old master of the Yan family went alone to propose to the Ye family, specifying that he wanted to arrange a marriage with the Ye family's eldest daughter: Ye Li's older sister.
Ye Li: ???
That very night, the usually composed Yan Yuli leapt to his feet and demanded, “Are you trying to ruin my life?!”
The old master Yan shot back, “Who could've guessed you'd like the younger one? An old bull eating young grass, shameless!”
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Sometimes, even when we speak, our words fail to convey what we mean. Silence doesn't mean there's nothing to say. I can hear you, and I can see all the things you wish to tell me.
[The heroine lost her voice in an accident as a child, but can hear and write.]
