Hey, Beauty, Want to Come Home with Me?

Summer 🔥

Showy, flamboyant older sister x aloof, solitary little sister

In 2006, Jiang Ciying quit her job and returned to her hometown. While helping her mother collect rent, she fell in love at first sight with the beautiful, withdrawn Sang Yingli.

Sang Yingli lived with her mother in the innermost apartment on the sixth floor. She was a high school student with a strange temper and endless rumors swirling around her.

Jiang Ciying didn't care. Every morning and evening after that, she deliberately dressed to the nines, a rose between her teeth as she leaned against Sang Yingli's doorway.

"Hey, gorgeous, wanna come home with me?" 🌹

But Sang Yingli didn't seem to like her much. Whenever Jiang Ciying appeared, her face would darken instantly, and she'd throw whatever was at hand at her.

Jiang Ciying never got angry. Instead, the next time she showed up, she'd buy an identical replacement for whatever Sang Yingli had broken.

Jiang Ciying watched her discreetly and realized she was strange. She didn't smoke or drink, and had no bad habits, yet she often stayed out all night and had such a bad temper that it was hard to get close to her.

So Jiang Ciying racked her brains to find all sorts of excuses to approach Sang Yingli openly. She covered her rent, cooked for her, did her laundry, and even attended parent-teacher meetings for her.

Gradually, Sang Yingli stopped avoiding her, though she still wasn't willing to say more than a few words to her.

Then, one early morning, Sang Yingli, covered in bruises, grabbed Jiang Ciying's arm, tears streaming down her face.

"Sis, take me home."

Reader's guide:

❗️Both are devoted to each other, with an older woman/younger woman pairing and a five-year age gap. No children. Happy ending.

Warnings:

The love interest has severe color blindness and doesn't realize it. The love rival has PTSD. 🌚

The love interest is the type to fight back when provoked. She's strong, has a bad temper, and hits people, but doesn't hurt innocents or abuse her partner. 🔥

Side characters' backstories include dark themes. ❗️

The setting is fictional, around 2010. The characters aren't based on real people.

No teenage romance. The protagonists aren't interested in men.

Short story, expected to be under 230,000 characters.

This story and "Springtime Dreamer" are companion works about a mother and daughter. The protagonists here are the two mothers of Sang Jiang.

(New blurb saved on 2026.1.27)

Theme: Don't let love become an ocean of sorrow. Make it last forever.