[Well-Mannered Scoundrel x Black-Hearted Lamb]
[Older Man Romance / Coming-of-Age Relationship / Brothers Competing for Her / 13-Year Age Gap]
1.
As their class reunion moved to another venue, Chen Sheng took the chance while they waited for a car to casually fish for information about her. "Xi Xi, how did you do on your exams? Why don't you study abroad with me?"
The boy's feelings for her were impossible to miss.
Jiang Xi held a cigarette between her lips and answered vaguely, "Sure."
Chen Sheng's face lit up. "When we go abroad, we'll, "
He didn't get to finish. Their car had arrived.
She pretended not to understand what he had left unsaid.
There wasn't room for everyone in the car, so Chen Sheng's friends bundled him in and left first.
Jiang Xi was the one left behind.
2.
After everyone had gone, a Bugatti pulled up outside the hot spring hotel.
The window was wide open, revealing a man in a crisp suit, impeccably groomed and refined, with an air of restraint.
Jiang Xi's eyes lit up. She walked over and rested her slender, pale elbow on the window frame, greeting him casually. "Good evening, Big Brother."
Her red lips parted. Alluring and carefree, she exhaled a smoke ring toward the man.
The man frowned, impatience written across his cool, handsome face. "The Chen family aren't all as easy to fool as Chen Sheng. Keep your distance from me, Jiang Xi."
They both knew what he had left unsaid.
But Jiang Xi just smiled, her eyes curved. "You're so heartless, Big Brother. You didn't say that when we were in bed a few days ago."
Chen Wu Fan, Chen Sheng's older brother.
A top lawyer, an elite, rich and powerful. Barely thirty, he had already topped the capital's rich list several times.
He also happened to be her legal guardian.
3.
When Chen Sheng learned that he was the only one chosen to study finance abroad, he knocked on Jiang Xi's door, unwilling to give up.
Chen Wu Fan came out. He wore only a pair of pants, his toned upper body covered in suggestive bite marks.
What had happened was obvious.
Chen Sheng clenched his fists. "Brother, don't you know I like Jiang Xi?"
Chen Wu Fan lit a cigar and smoked, his expression unreadable. "I know. You two have no chance. Call her your sister-in-law from now on."
Chen Wu Fan was a mountain piled high with winter snow, impossible to reach.
Jiang Xi wasn't a climber. She slept in the mountain.
Note:
Both men genuinely love the heroine. For certain reasons, she has them both wrapped around her finger.
Theme: Climb the highest mountain and become the best version of yourself.
