How Could I Not Fall for You?

The Ning and Jing families have been close friends for generations. Ning Suyi is only two months older than Jing Chi. They grew up together, so they can't really be called siblings.

But whenever Ning Suyi teased Jing Chi, she always used the fact that she was a few dozen days older to act like his big sister, calling him “little brother” over and over.

“Little brother, want the egg yolk? I don't eat it.”

“Little brother, when are you going to find a girlfriend?”

“Little brother, I noticed you don't smell like medicine anymore...” (Jing Chi was often sick as a child and had a lovely herbal scent about him.)

Every time Jing Chi heard her call him that, he was furious. Who wanted to be her little brother? He wanted to be her boyfriend!

Later, after they got together, Jing Chi wrapped an arm around Ning Suyi's slender waist and murmured in her ear, “Big sister, you're so cute when you're angry.”

Mortified, Ning Suyi clamped a hand over his mouth as hard as she could, as if she meant to smother him to death. “Shut up, shut up, shut up! Don't call me big sister again! Do you hear me?!”

Whenever he called her big sister, she felt unbearably guilty.

Jing Chi pleaded with an innocent look, but as soon as she let go, he went right back to his old tricks. “No. Big sister.”

Jing Chi: The happiest thing in my life is being able to watch over the girl I love as she grows up.

How lucky I am to have seen her cry as a little girl, and to have seen her blossom into a woman with a smile as beautiful as a flower.