(Sorry, I changed the trope. If that bothers you, feel free to drop it.)
[Blurb]
When Song Qingyu was sixteen, her father and stepmother went abroad to do business, so she moved in with the elderly neighbor lady.
Besides the old woman, there was also her grandson, Li Zongnan, who was eight years older than her.
Her brother was old-fashioned and aloof, but he doted on her.
When she got hungry late at night and wanted a snack, he would cook for her himself.
When he learned her grades had slipped, he would come home no matter how late his business engagements ran, check her homework, and tutor her.
During that time of the month, when she was in a bad mood and snapped at him, he never held it against her.
So Song Qingyu couldn't understand why, on the day she finished her college entrance exams, the brother who had always indulged her suddenly changed.
Not only did he move out, he also kept avoiding her, as if she were some terrifying monster.
Song Qingyu grumbled and pressed on all the harder with each setback. The more he avoided her, the more determined she was to find out why.
“Li Zongnan, you liar! You promised you'd always be good to me, but now you won't even talk to me!”
“I hate you! I hate you more than anyone in the world!” Song Qingyu's face flushed red with anger as she climbed onto him and yanked his hair.
Li Zongnan's Adam's apple bobbed. His face was cold. “Get down right now, or you won't be getting down tonight.”
Not listening, Song Qingyu tugged his hair even harder.
Half an hour later, Song Qingyu's eyes had gone unfocused, and she crawled forward on instinct.
She had only crawled a few steps when he grabbed her ankle and dragged her back.
Li Zongnan turned her over and looked down at her tear-filled eyes, his gaze calm. “Why run? Wasn't this what you chose?”
*Spoiled, willful little troublemaker x old-fashioned, steady older man
*Both virgins | Sweet romance | 18 x 26 | Eight-year age gap | Pseudo-siblings?
*The romance only begins after the heroine comes of age
Theme: Be brave and pursue love!
