The Neighboring Big Brother I Once Teased Made It Big

The secret to working for the neighbor boy who once rejected you is: be available 24/7, always ready to help, and never give him a chance to fire you.

When the boss comes down with a fever in the middle of the night, she braves a typhoon to bring him medicine, even though her battered umbrella has nothing left but its ribs.

When the boss gets embroiled in a scandal with a female celebrity, she spends a whole week staking out the celebrity's home until she finally gets a clear photo of the alleged boyfriend, clearing her boss's name.

Shu Nuan feels her boss is quite pleased with her. The more gently he looks at her, the more secretly she wonders if the hostility between them is finally turning into friendship.

When she shops, he hands her a card.

When she eats, he hands her chopsticks.

When she sleeps, he hands her a blanket.

Shu Nuan doesn't notice that their relationship has already gone beyond boss and employee.

Until one business trip, when the meal she ordered is publicly criticized because she forgot that the director doesn't eat spicy food.

Her boss takes a bite, glances in her direction, and chews slowly. "It's all right. Your mom makes it better."

The executives present all lower their eyes and keep quiet, while the director forces himself to finish a box of chili-fried pork.

Whispers spread through the room:

"Have they met each other's parents?"

"I knew I wasn't mistaken that day. Shu Nuan really did spend the night at the boss's house!"

Shu Nuan stares in shock and meets Chen Qishi's gaze.

The news that Shu Nuan and her boss are an item spreads through the company in an instant.

#Wait, Boss, I'm not selling myself!#

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When Shu Nuan was fifteen, Chen Qishi and his family moved in next door. He was aloof and solitary, the school's famous top student who kept to himself. Since they lived nearby, she made several attempts to get on his good side, all so she could ask him to pass a love letter to the heartthrob in her class.

Unfortunately, when she arrived at the rooftop as agreed, the heartthrob never showed. Instead, Chen Qishi confessed to her. Shu Nuan turned him down without a moment's hesitation.

Afterward, a family upheaval forced her to move away. Nine years later, when they met again, Shu Nuan never imagined Chen Qishi would be her boss.

What Shu Nuan didn't know was this:

That love letter was still lying in Chen Qishi's desk drawer.

More than once, he'd asked himself, "Why couldn't that letter have been for me?"

Reader's guide

1. A reunion after a long separation. The male lead has a secret crush, with flashbacks woven in (but not too many).

2. The plot exists to serve the romance, so please don't scrutinize the logic too closely.

3. Both leads are sexually inexperienced. Happy ending, sweet romance.

Theme: Love grows more intense as it deepens with time.