The Secret Admirer Spoils the Untouchable Beauty

At twenty-four, Jian Xi arrives in Longpan Village to build an estate and make wine, where she meets twelve-year-old Chu Suning.

The child is filthy, wearing a torn summer school uniform in the rainy weather. Her clear, sparkling eyes are clouded with worry as she tearfully says, “Big sister, please help me...”

Jian Xi sees a pitiful little thing and helps her, protects her, and treats her like a younger sister.

The hurt child is like a sensitive, fragile candy with a bitter taste. Once Jian Xi melts her heart, she starts clinging to her and calling her Big Sister.

As she keeps calling her that, other feelings begin to blossom.

She likes her more and more, can’t bear to be apart from her, and wants more and more to possess her. Those feelings build up and become love.

Chu Suning is infatuated with Jian Xi’s special affection for her. Thinking Jian Xi feels the same way, she joyfully plants the hillside behind the winery with romantic roses. When the flowers bloom in all their glory, Chu Suning lets her feelings show and confesses to Jian Xi.

On the very day Chu Suning is about to confess, Jian Xi takes out a dragon-carved plum pit and tells her the truth.

All the romance withers in an instant. All the love falls apart in an instant.

Chu Suning’s heart aches.

But the woman smiles, holding her close and saying fondly, “Big Sister likes you.”

Reader's Guide

● Also known as: “My Favorite,” “Dwelling in the Shadows”

● One-on-one romance, both leads are each other’s first and only, happy ending

● Twelve-year age gap

● No romantic feelings or intimate behavior while one lead is underage

● Comments are closed due to writer’s block

● Blurb revised and backed up on July 1, 2024

Theme: Treating shadows as light and growing toward the sun