Echoes of a Summer Night

Drafting now. Opening in November~

*Childhood friends / pseudo-siblings / he secretly loves her / SC

*Occasionally mischievous, sweet girl x outwardly mild but secretly flirtatious older brother

Blurb One

When Xu Jiaye was five, she got an older brother named Xu Yi. He was a year older than her, handsome, and good at school.

Excited, she dragged him over to the annoying chubby boy next door to show him off. "Now I have a big brother, and you don't!"

The chubby boy burst into tears, and then she burst into tears too.

*

At fifteen, Xu Jiaye finds a love letter in Xu Yi's schoolbag and holds it up, ready to tell their parents he's dating. Xu Yi stops her halfway there.

Xu Yi is more than a head taller than her now. Looking down at her, he says, "I don't know who wrote it, and I don't like her."

Xu Jiaye presses him curiously. "Then who do you like?"

Xu Yi stares at her expressionlessly. "You, okay?"

Oh, Xu Jiaye nods. It's normal for an older brother to like his little sister.

*

At eighteen, Xu Jiaye realizes she has learned a lot from Xu Yi, like math, swimming, and...

Hugging and kissing.

Blurb Two

Xu Yi always thought he saw Xu Jiaye as nothing more than his little sister, until that humid summer night, when the girl's figure appeared in his dream in a way he couldn't resist.

Bonus Scene

One night after the college entrance exams, Xu Jiaye "accidentally" forwards Xu Yi a document her best friend sent her: an explicit forced-love story. As expected, he catches her at home.

Standing in the shadow he casts, Xu Jiaye smiles. "Bro, that thing just now... I sent it to the wrong person. Just pretend you didn't see it."

Xu Yi furrows his brow, his tone unfriendly. "Who else were you planning to send that kind of thing to?"

Xu Jiaye's face starts burning despite herself. Before she can speak, she hears Xu Yi's voice grow even lower. "You like forced love, huh?"

"...No, that's not it."

"I won't force you."

"Huh?"

"But I can learn."

"...???"

Before she can make a sound, an unyielding force suddenly presses against her waist.

Xu Yi wraps one arm around her and lifts her chin with the other, then his clear, cool breath falls upon her lips.

[A Few Details]

*It's simply a sweet romance about two people falling in love, with no major twists. A short story of around 100,000 characters.

*The leads are not blood-related, do not share a household registration, and begin dating as adults.

Theme: Be self-reliant and strong; stay true to freedom and to yourself