My Ex's Older Brother

On a snowy day, Lin Zheng finally said yes to the junior who had been in love with him for four years. The very next day, he caught the junior kissing someone passionately beneath a tree. Through the swirling snow, he beat the junior into the hospital and physically broke the other man’s leg. The man who came to handle the aftermath was impeccably dressed in a suit. His lowered lashes cast a striking shadow over his eyes, and he kept looking away as if he were someone best not crossed. His voice was as cold as a layer of snow: “Hello. I’m his older brother.” Lin Zheng considered himself someone best not crossed, too, and answered without a trace of guilt, “Hello. It was brief, but I really was that bastard’s ex.” He hadn’t expected the man to raise his eyes from the shadows. “...I’m sorry. I’ll make sure to teach him a lesson.” What a gentleman. And so reasonable. Sigh. So much for his preconceived notions. A year later, Lin Zheng ran into the junior at a banquet. The junior’s eyes were fixed on him. After getting drunk, he begged desperately to get back together and tried to explain what had happened back then. In the end, under his older brother’s icy gaze, he could only stiffen his neck and call Lin Zheng, “Sister-in-law.” 2. On the day Lin Zheng found a boyfriend at university, two things stayed with him forever: The magnificent, drifting snow, and the unsteady figure walking away. The man was tall and impeccably dressed, with a pale but striking profile. Yet for a long while he couldn’t stand straight, as if he’d endured a nightmare unlike any other. Several times, he nearly fell. Lin Zheng ran across the snow to help him, but the man recoiled like a startled bird and hurried away with his face turned aside. Just before he disappeared, Lin Zheng thought he saw the man wipe the corner of his eye. He looked aloof and untouchable. But he’d actually been crying. 1. Older love interest, primarily from the younger man’s perspective, five-year age gap. 2. Angsty melodrama. The top secretly loves the bottom: an adorably clueless, gorgeous bottom (who occasionally switches into little-devil mode) x a scheming, brooding older top (maybe a daddy type, a crazy daddy). 3. Includes flashbacks pieced together like a puzzle. Blurb started on 2022.5.2. Theme: Find the beauty in everyday life!