Fervent

1.

Ye Tingran was the second university student from her mountain village.

The first was her childhood sweetheart, Pei Shouchuan, who was five years older than her.

All the neighbors in the village were happy for her, and Ye Tingran was happy too.

Because she would finally get to see that older brother again.

2.

Ye Tingran had never seen much of the world.

So when her roommates excitedly discussed "Armani" and "Chanel," all she felt was confused.

What was Mani? Was it a person's name, like Chanel?

Since she couldn't join the conversation, she and her roommates gradually ran out of things to talk about.

When they happily made plans to go buy luxury goods at the newly opened mall,

Ye Tingran sat at her desk, seriously pondering a difficult question of life:

Should she buy that ten-yuan cotton shirt, or spend ten yuan on a bag of supposedly delicious spicy strips?

She didn't ponder for long, because her childhood sweetheart solved the problem for her.

3.

Pei Shouchuan was a lofty, unattainable figure in other people's eyes, a rising star sought after by the investment world.

He could earn tens of millions from a single project and was every bit the favored child of heaven.

Yet someone like him had a childhood sweetheart from a remote mountain village.

When Ye Tingran, dressed in cheap clothes, entered the building said to be the city's central business district and asked for Pei Shouchuan by name, everyone thought she was crazy.

But this was the very person for whom the favored child of heaven was willing to lower his head.

Pei Shouchuan linked their accounts himself and set her up with a shared payment account.

He said, "From now on, don't hesitate when you want something. Just buy it. Your big brother has money, so spend as much as you want."

At first, Ye Tingran felt a little embarrassed. She thought she was wasting his money.

Until Pei Shouchuan sighed and said that if she didn't spend it, the money would just be left sitting there alone, like a neglected child.

So Ye Tingran believed him.

Pei Shouchuan gave her a shared payment limit of five hundred thousand yuan a day, and Ye Tingran used it to buy spicy strips for three yuan and fifty cents.

He bought her custom-made dresses, but she thought the fabric was too slippery and insisted on wearing a ten-yuan cotton undershirt underneath.

Pei Shouchuan used his tea-art tactics to drive away all the boys trying to get close to her, but she thought he was popular and that everyone liked him.

4.

Later, Ye Tingran finally realized, very belatedly, that her big brother might not see her as just a little sister.

Pei Shouchuan pinned her against the door, his breath burning hot and his voice so hoarse it barely sounded like him. "Ye Tingran, how much longer are you going to make me wait?"

She blinked at him blankly, then slowly reached out to touch his face. "Big brother... do you have a fever?"

Pei Shouchuan was no gentle, refined flower on a lofty peak.

He was a schemer who had been plotting for a long time, a green-tea type to the bone.

Every show of weakness, every wounded complaint, every strategic retreat was calculated to make her feel sorry for him.

He just never imagined that her way of showing concern would be:

"Big brother, I made you ginger soup. Drink it while it's hot."

"I want to keep you locked away in my world."

"...Big brother, shouldn't you say that in a different tone?"

"All right."

His ears red, he pulled her into his arms. His voice trembled as he whispered, "Ranran, please, be kind to me."

[Reading Guide]

1. One-on-one, both leads' first time, a sweet everyday romance focused on their relationship, with a five-year age gap

2. The leads are childhood sweethearts with no blood relation

3. Lighthearted, no angst, mutual devotion, and the male lead's long-planned secret crush finally comes true

*Blurb first posted on August 20, 2026, revised on August 24, 2026. Screenshots have been saved.

Theme: Study hard.