[Older Woman/Younger Man Romance + Scheming Green Tea Boy Takes the Lead]
Shen Mianmian had always thought that Xie Linchuan, the boy next door who'd just started his first year of college, was a sweet, cool, well-behaved kid.
Lately, he was always wearing a neatly pressed white shirt as he helped her tend the flowers on her balcony.
Shen Mianmian's parents liked him too. Whenever they came to visit her, they would invite Xie Linchuan over for dinner.
Everyone praised him for being considerate, and Shen Mianmian thought so too.
Until she got a boyfriend.
Her boyfriend began receiving frequent anonymous text messages:
[She never wears her favorite perfume when she goes on dates with you.]
[She doesn't turn off the lights until two in the morning. Guess who she's talking to.]
When Shen Mianmian had a high fever that wouldn't break, Xie Linchuan stayed by her side all night and used her phone to text her boyfriend a breakup message.
Afterward, he knelt beside her bed, eyes red, and took her hand, pressing it against his face. "If you're angry, Sis, you can hit me."
When her boyfriend demanded to know why Shen Mianmian was avoiding him, Xie Linchuan wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, rested his chin on her shoulder, and gave him an innocent smile. "Sorry. Last night... I think I hurt Sis."
Shen Mianmian accidentally discovered the records saved on his computer:
June 16, cloudy
I put three sleeping pills in Sis's coffee.
Her eyelashes trembled as she slept, as if she were giving me permission to kiss her.
She scrolled back to the earliest entry. It was from seven years ago!
March 14, sunny
Sis held my hand as she cut her birthday cake. Cream covered her trembling fingers. I thought, every strand of Sis's hair should belong to me from now on.
His computer held every photo from her social media accounts over the past seven years. Even the jasmine hair tie she'd thrown away, a convenience store receipt, and half a fever pill she'd bitten into... He'd secretly kept them all.
He did the filthiest things with the most innocent face, and when he demanded, "Choose him or choose me," his tears fell harder than hers.
Shen Mianmian broke down. "Are you insane?"
She raised her hand to hit him, but he caught her wrist and pinned her against the wall.
Xie Linchuan licked the fine sweat from her palm, then suddenly smiled, dimples rippling. "Sis, your heart is beating so fast. Are you scared, or excited?"
"Sis, your boyfriend isn't good enough for you."
"The one who isn't loved should be the one kicked out."
The heroine only dated her ex-boyfriend for a month, and they did nothing.
The hero is a dark, obsessive puppy of a guy! He only has eyes for Sis!
Theme: Love can overcome an age gap
