On the eve of her birthday, Park Yun was hit with a triple whammy: she lost her job, fell ill, and got dumped. Life had turned her into a sieve.
Her boyfriend's mother looked at her with disgust. "Bad genes. We can't have her."
Her boyfriend was even worse. "We're engaged anyway. It can't hurt to sleep together once."
She picked up a dictionary and bashed him over the head with it.
She and her mother were both hospitalized, with no one to look after them.
She thought things couldn't get any worse, but then her mother quietly called in reinforcements.
It was her childhood friend, Zhou Zhiqing, whom she hadn't been in touch with for years.
They hadn't seen each other in years. The little brat who used to chase after her with a runny nose and tears, calling, "Sis, wait for me!" was now 185 centimeters tall, with long hair and deep-set eyes like an oil painting.
Broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and eight-pack abs, yet his face was fair and sweet, like a rose drenched by the rain.
**
While she was in the hospital, he stayed by her bed, brought her medicine, and cooked for her. He was perfectly well-behaved in front of Park Yun, but in private he beat up her ex like a mad dog.
"Sis, where should I put this?"
She stared at the jar of pomelo jam in his hand, her head buzzing.
It was the flavor she'd loved most as a girl.
Because Zhou Zhiqing's older brother had once said, "Pomelos smell the best."
And she'd been secretly in love with his brother for five whole years.
Now the younger brother had placed those memories back in her hands, opening a window onto the past.
But when she thought back on all those moments, so many of them seemed different.
**
The "perfect older brother," Zhou Zhimin, who had rejected her confession to his face and had now returned from abroad in a sharp suit, suddenly took an interest in her.
One wore a wolf's hide as he called her "Sis," hiding who knew how much tenderness beneath his childishness.
The other was considerate and mature, smiling as he asked whether she still remembered her confession that winter.
They both said they loved her. They both said all she had to do was say the word.
One risked his life to come to her, while the other used reason to slowly lure her into falling.
**
Later, they kissed in the shadows. She gripped his collar, and beside her ear he whispered "Sis" again and again, his voice low and husky.
She hesitated. "I used to like your brother."
He bit her shoulder, his voice almost swallowed by his throat. "Then who do you like now?"
...Before she could steady her breathing, he asked again in a low voice, "What about now?"
**
You are the illness I can't escape, and the life I can't give up.
If I'm a dog, you're the only one I'd gladly wag my tail for.
#Female lead has a career arc
#Two brothers fight over me
#A three-layered secret crush
#Neither brother is a harmless little rabbit
Blurb revised on 03/24/2025 and notarized.
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