Bite Down

[Preorders for the print edition are now open everywhere. Includes a new 10,000-word bonus story. Weibo: @Cen Li z] 1. Under financial pressure, Qi He returns to her old job as an art instructor. As luck would have it, Xu Jiali, who used to live next door, becomes her teaching assistant. Treating him like a younger brother she's known for years, Qi He looks after him. After she fends off a few unwanted admirers for him, Xu Jiali puts what he's learned to use, coolly turning down the girls who confess to him in the same manner she's shown him: "Sorry, the person at home keeps a close eye on me and will get mad." After hearing this a few times, Qi He deliberately drawls, teasing him. "Little brother, I don't play shield for free. You'll have to pay me." Xu Jiali asks nonchalantly, "Are you short on money, sis?" "I am, and I need quite a lot." Qi He taps her fingertip and raises an eyebrow. "Why don't you find me a rich family to marry into?" At that, Xu Jiali slowly lifts his eyes and suddenly curls his lips into a smile. "Then why don't you consider me?" Qi He: "?" Xu Jiali: "I'm rich." Qi He: "..." * "More than ambition, you're the desire I've plotted to fulfill for a lifetime. From the moment I met you, I knew I'd never give up until we were laid in the same earth." A dazzling, languid, down-on-her-luck heiress X a sweet-tempered, frail, cold younger man who's only pretending to be gentle Perhaps a scheme carried out in the name of justice, with the aim of doing something illicit, that ultimately wins everyone's hearts :D Come on, sis, let's have an exciting romance The epigraph comes from the internet Theme: Loving you is my only cure