A free-spirited, roguish female artist * a reserved, highly sensitive younger man
Fate toys with them, and a loyal heart turns on its master.
In the fifteenth year of Shen Ange’s search for her younger brother, she met Cheng Yi, who looked remarkably like him.
A high school senior in a small border town in the north, top scorer in the city, Nebula Award-winning science fiction author, and a genius with an incredible memory.
But what first caught Shen Ange’s attention was his cold, guarded gaze and the vague story of his origins.
On New Year’s Eve, Shen Ange said, “You look like my younger brother.”
Cheng Yi’s hand paused as he smoked. “How did your brother... die?”
After a long silence, Shen Ange smiled. “I got carried away showing off, and someone took him away.”
Later, Cheng Yi told her bluntly, “I’m not your younger brother.”
He had never wanted a sister.
Shen Ange narrowed her eyes. “If I had a younger brother like you, I’d beat you eight times a day.”
Later still, Cheng Yi kept seeing someone hovering around Shen Ange. He held her with his battered body and said, “I’m not sick. I just want to protect you.”
With red-rimmed eyes, Shen Ange smiled. “That’s not a sickness. You’re just in a bit of a mood. I’ll comfort you, and you’ll be fine.”
[Neither of us did anything wrong. Fate just wasn’t kind to us. That blood tie that was always there was the biggest joke it played on us.]
[Reading Guide]
Older woman/younger man romance, first love for both, not related by blood, slow burn
A cold exterior and humble heart, a wolfish younger man * a free-spirited, pampered woman from a distinguished family with a tender heart
Aerospace engineer * inheritor of an intangible cultural heritage craft
Theme: Modern romance
