Wheat and Clear Skies

[Eight-year age gap / pseudo-siblings / composed, dominant, fatherly man x passionate young woman] Weibo: Erchuan Chuan on Jinjiang (This novel has been revised several times. Pirated versions are incomplete; please read the official exclusive version on Jinjiang.) Yu Xiaomai had been fostered by the respected Yu family in the capital since she was a child. The Yu elders were busy with official duties, so Yu Jingming, who had just returned from abroad, took over her upbringing completely. Her academic performance was a mess, her closet was full of "outlandish clothes," and her life had no structure. He set everything right, and Yu Xiaomai grew so rebellious that she swore she would never get along with him. Every day was chaos. Even after starting college, Yu Xiaomai would still climb onto his lap at the slightest provocation and argue furiously with him. Each time, Yu Jingming would give her only one low, commanding order: "Get down." She kept charging ahead without a care, until one summer in New York, when she insisted on wearing the "outlandish clothes" he disapproved of and declared that she was going to "cut all ties" with him. Yu Jingming pinned her against the door, his voice cool and stern as he gave her his final warning: "...Do you know what it is you want?" ** One day, the Yu family held a big reunion. Dozens of relatives gathered in the manor’s living room, drinking and chatting. Yu Xiaomai also met several boys her age whom she had never seen before. Grandpa Yu said earnestly that Xiaomai had grown up, and asked whether she wanted to pick a boy from her generation in the Yu family to give dating a try. "You’d know each other well, and the adults would feel more at ease." No one could tell if he was joking. They exchanged glances, waiting to see how Yu Xiaomai would react. Yu Xiaomai smiled brightly and said in a clear voice, "I choose my brother, Yu Jingming." The room fell utterly silent. Yu Jingming had always strictly forbidden her from calling him by his full name so casually, but this time he said nothing. He only watched her quietly. That night, after the guests had drunk their fill and were ready to rest, everyone went their separate ways. Yu Xiaomai was hauled into Yu Jingming’s bedroom. In the dim light, she straddled him and bit his hand, all soft and tipsy. "You awful Yu Jingming." Yu Jingming clasped her waist with one large hand and asked, as if casually, "What were you talking about with my cousin just now?" Note: 1. The leads are not related by blood and are not registered in the same household. Their romance only develops after they are both adults. 2. First love for both leads, eight-year age gap, happy ending. [Important]: This is a women’s romance. Please be kind to the heroine. If anything bothers you, stop reading, and please don’t tell me how to write. See the completed novels "Echoes of Jingang" and "Sleepless Nights in Beicheng" on my author page. Theme: The brave are the first to fall in love