Kiss of Flame

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Internationally renowned beauty photographer x hunky fire brigade captain

At the request of an elder, Ding Xizhen was hired to shoot promotional posters for the city's fire department.

That day, she walked into her studio as usual. Facing away from the model seated on a tall stool, she said, "Take it off."

When she turned around with her camera, the sight was so dazzling she nearly dropped it.

Ding Xizhen: "I meant your jacket! Take off your jacket!"

The handsome, broad-shouldered man with six-pack abs lazily pulled on a black T-shirt and said, "Oh."

*

Ding Xizhen swore that the type of man she hated most was the kind who was all brawn and no brains, with an outrageously good physique.

Pei Hangzhi checked every one of those boxes.

He could run twelve laps around the police academy, then scoop her up and spin her around.

He could do twenty one-handed push-ups, then hold her chin and kiss her without even breathing hard.

She, Ding Xizhen, hated this kind of man more than anything.

And then...

Lying on a hotel bed, she gazed blankly at the ceiling. "..."

*

At Ding Xizhen and Pei Hangzhi's wedding, countless friends and relatives came to offer their congratulations.

Only then did Ding Xizhen realize just how many friends she and Pei Hangzhi had in common.

During the wedding video presentation,

Ding Xizhen saw a photo she'd never seen before. In it, she was smiling in her graduation cap, while behind her a big, goofy-looking boy secretly watched her.

That was when she finally realized that the boy had been watching her throughout his entire youth.

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The next book, Fireworks and Heat, is now updating!

[Sweet 1v1 romance + older, protective boyfriend + childhood crush comes true]

At eighteen,

Wei Yan went to stay with Zhao Yancheng, the older boy she'd had a crush on as a child.

Zhao Yancheng played the part of a devoted big brother.

He went to parent-teacher meetings with her,

looked after her when she was sick,

bought her the prettiest dresses,

and set off a spectacular fireworks display for her eighteenth birthday.

It was only natural that Wei Yan fell for him again.

But on the day she was ready to confess,

she heard someone speaking inside Zhao Yancheng's study.

His friend asked, "She's not your real sister. You treat her so well. Don't tell me you have feelings for her?"

The study fell silent for a moment, followed by the sound of Zhao Yancheng flicking his lighter.

"She's my sister," he answered coolly.

Wei Yan let go of the doorknob.

So that was all she could ever be: his little sister.

*

After the college entrance exams,

Wei Yan, whose grades were among the best, got into the university she'd always wanted.

As soon as she arrived, suitors began lining up one after another.

She decided that if she'd been rejected, so be it. She could find someone else.

It would be a shame to go through college without dating anyone.

However,

at the birthday party of one of her suitors, an older student,

a luxury car pulled up outside the hotel.

Zhao Yancheng got out and looked displeased to see her standing with the student. "This kid?"

Wei Yan imitated Zhao Yancheng's cool tone from years ago. "What's wrong with him? You're my brother, not my dad."

"You still think of me as your brother?" Zhao Yancheng laughed in exasperation and took her wallet from her hand.

From a pocket inside it, he took a photo cut out of a magazine.

The person in the photo had exactly the same face as Zhao Yancheng.

"Yanyan," Zhao Yancheng gently exposed the secret she'd guarded in her heart, "no one keeps a photo of their brother in their wallet."

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