Reckless

Reckless, rebellious rich boy × gentle, well-behaved girl

Blurb:

On New Year's Eve, Ji Xici discovered her boyfriend was cheating. For the first time, the usually gentle and conservative girl went to a bar to drink her sorrows away.

Through the hazy lights and the bottom of her glass, she spotted a devilishly handsome man.

After a reckless night with him, Ji Xici sobered up and suddenly felt as if the sky had fallen.

Because the devilishly handsome man was none other than Qi Chiyi, the young master of the Qi family.

Ever since her parents died, she had been raised by the Qi family. In a way, he was her younger brother in name.

In Ji Xici's usual impression, this younger brother was difficult to get along with. He had a bad temper, did whatever he wanted, and was arrogant and spoiled. He was always picking on her.

She had never imagined that her relationship with Qi Chiyi would suddenly make such a huge leap forward.

Since things had come to this, Ji Xici could only pretend to be calm and negotiate with him. "...What should we do about this?"

Qi Chiyi held a cigarette between his teeth, looking a little roguish. Drawling his words, he said, "You slept with me once last night. To be fair, I'll sleep with you once too. How about it?"

"..."

For some reason, Ji Xici didn't know how it happened, but one time turned into countless times, and she ended up giving herself to him as well.

2.

Everyone in their circle knew that Qi Chiyi didn't like Ji Xici, and Ji Xici had always avoided him.

Their relationship was truly terrible.

At a banquet, Ji Xici arrived with another man on her arm.

He was the blind date the Qi family elders had picked out for her.

A young master walked up to Qi Chiyi and joked, "Well, that's settled. Your sister's about to get married, so you won't have to deal with her anymore."

Qi Chiyi toyed with his wineglass, his tone ambiguous. "That's a good thing."

Late at night, inside the Qi family villa.

Ji Xici's face was flushed. Her eyes were moist as if filled with clear spring water, and her bright red lips looked like they'd been ravished.

Qi Chiyi gripped her chin hard and demanded fiercely, "Do you like him or me?"

Ji Xici answered in a tearful voice, "...I like you."

Reading guide:

1. Raised-by-another-family trope. The heroine takes things as they come and isn't insecure.

2. Older woman-younger man romance. The heroine is one year older than the male lead.

3. Both are sexually inexperienced and this is each other's first relationship. One-on-one romance. Happy ending. Sweet story.

4. The "picking on her" mentioned in the blurb doesn't mean cold violence or anything like that. It's just the younger brother's way of attracting his sister's attention.

5. The leads aren't registered in the same household.

Message: Actively promote the culture of traditional Chinese medicine.