The Sister-Doting Phase

Stubborn girl × gentle older brother 1. Ni Jiayi’s brother was the good student whom his friends, classmates, and teachers all admired, a “good person” by every conventional measure. Faced with everyone’s praise and the constant expressions of envy around her, Ni Jiayi curled her lip and scoffed. “He’s a goody-two-shoes.” 2. Bai Tan was forced to take on the burden of a little tagalong, and for a while he especially disliked his adoptive father’s daughter, Ni Jiayi. Annoying pest, crybaby: she was both. Later, he found himself enjoying taking care of Ni Jiayi. When he saw his little sister cry, he went from ignoring her and watching coldly to worrying over her and patiently comforting her. His expression changed from blank to always wearing a gentle smile… But later, when his little sister went off to university and left him like a bird flying from the nest, he realized something was wrong. He had already fallen too deep, but he didn’t want to fight it. 3. Ni Jiayi got a very good score on the college entrance exam. To prove a point, she chose a less prestigious major at a top-tier university far from home, where she could only return a few times a year. In the sweltering August of her first year, a tall, broad-shouldered man drew her close. She trembled as she felt his slightly rough, long, slender fingers, their joints sharply defined, move inch by inch from her slender, pale neck before finally stopping at her pink earlobe. With a patient, smiling expression, her brother fastened the earring. His voice was low, like a lingering, damp viper curled behind her ear, as he said: “Good girl, the earrings come as a pair, and so do we.” That was the third day after their relationship as lovers ended. Weibo: @XiaoWen Note: They are adoptive siblings, not registered under the same household! There is no blood relation whatsoever, and nothing that violates ethics. Theme: Improve together.