Raising a Wolf [GB]

[Gloomy, unhinged little sister x gentle, darkened motherly man]

Chen Linru came back to tear down Shi Jingqing's world with her own hands.

Three years ago, he let go and sent her away.

Now she had returned with a storm at her back. She wanted him to bow his head, admit defeat, and fall from the clouds into the mud.

Everyone said Shi Jingqing had become her most obedient prey.

She said nothing. She just watched him retreat, watched him endure, watched him look toward her amid the wreckage, his voice hoarse:

"Does this make you feel better?"

Until one rainy night, Chen Linru found a letter from three years ago inside an old safe.

It was in his handwriting. The paper had been softened by constant handling. It described every move he'd made after she left.

So all that destruction had been a path he'd laid out for her.

So his supposed obedience was a web he'd been weaving for three years.

The light suddenly came on.

Shi Jingqing stood in the doorway, his shadow stretching all the way to her feet.

He walked over slowly, wiped the dampness that had slipped down her face without her noticing, and smiled.

"If I hadn't," he said, "how would I have gotten you to come back to me?"

Theme: Cold, older men are so delicious!