Bitter, Murky Vinegar

Qi Lixia posted on her social media: “Loving someone is like tending a flower.” Yu Songlin sneered. Yes, loving someone is like tending a flower. The more you tend her, the more she blossoms. - Yu Songlin knew Qi Lixia had ulterior motives for getting close to him. At first, he just wanted to see what kind of tricks she could pull. When he found out that Xue Yu loved her desperately, Yu Songlin had even laughed at him. Then he stole Xue Yu's girl, and the brothers became enemies. Qi Lixia looked a little regretful. “If only we'd known, we should've kept it quiet. Now you two can't even be friends...” “Why should I keep it quiet?” Yu Songlin sneered. “Even if he wants to be the side piece, he'll have to take a number.” - Qi Lixia never said a single truthful thing. She always kept the nature of their relationship ambiguous. “Isn't what we have now good?” “Being together is supposed to make us happy.” “What do you want us to be?” A friend asked him, hesitating, “Did you run into a terrible woman?” At first, Yu Songlin made excuses for her. “...No, she's not really like that.” Later, when he couldn't keep covering for her, it became: “She just likes to have a little fun.” His friend's expression grew more and more baffled. “...With a face like yours, if I went around saying you were being played like a dog, people would roll their eyes and ask if I was just jealous and making things up. They'd say you might as well go dig up wild vegetables.” His friend shrugged. “Who would've thought the one digging up wild vegetables would be the handsome guy himself?” He was so smitten he was beyond saving. “Keep it down. Qi Lixia isn't like that.” “...” “She says she hasn't touched those other guys.” His friend: “…” Do you hear yourself? Yu Songlin frowned. “She's different from the others. She thinks they're dirty.” “…” This hopeless romantic deserves a life sentence, seriously. That night, the paparazzi released photos of Qi Lixia kissing a handsome model. His friend immediately blocked Yu Songlin. - Yu Songlin had never suffered such humiliation in his life. He went to her place and, in a fury, grabbed her by the throat and asked whether she liked him at all. He tried hard to keep his expression in check, but every word he said was full of resentment. “I hate you so much, Qi Lixia.” She leaned in and kissed the corner of his mouth, then said earnestly, “But I love you.” Only after he made her hurt did she realize she loved him. Jealousy spread and twisted through his heart like a parasite burrowing into his bones. Yu Songlin looked at her coldly, feeling that he had become a madman. But Qi Lixia gently embraced him and asked with tenderness and concern, “Yu Songlin, are your eyes so red because you've been crying?” “...” Yu Songlin suddenly couldn't find the words again. -Reading Guide * Bewitchingly beautiful, sweet-talking girl x Gorgeous heartthrob who overthinks himself into falling in love * Carefree, warm on the outside and cold on the inside x A playboy-looking heartthrob who's actually pure * Tags: Naturally awful female lead / Brothers fighting over a woman and rivals clashing for love / The male lead is a virgin / Stealing someone's girl / Lots of male-rivalry showdowns / HE * Author on Weibo: @Liang Suisui * Blurb written on 2025.8.16 and saved as a screenshot Theme: True love above all