A Quiet Joy by Your Side

[Brooding, obsessive hero × gentle, warmhearted, clear-eyed heroine]

[At first, the hero mistakes her younger brother for a rival in love and gets insanely jealous, not knowing he is her little brother. Later, he faces a long, painful road to win her back.]

Lin Qinghuan never understood why her younger brother had to die beneath a hail of arrows when everything she did was meant to set the world back on its proper course.

Six years ago, she inexplicably woke up in the body of the second young lady of the Southern Kingdom's Commandant's residence. All she wanted was to be a perfectly useless freeloader.

Then a fortune-teller came looking for her, rambling on and on before demanding that she shoulder the burden of setting the world right.

She was partially deaf, so she didn't hear a word.

That is, until she met her younger brother, Wang Huailuo, at a palace banquet in the Southern Kingdom. He had crossed over into this world in the flesh because of her influence.

Unlike her, if Wang Huailuo died in this world, he wouldn't be able to return to their original world. Both worlds would erase every trace of his existence.

For her brother's sake, she and the fortune-teller swore an oath: he would help them get home, and she would fulfill her mission.

She spent three years helping Zhao Linqi, a prince of the Northern Kingdom, escape his hostage status and return to his homeland. Then she spent another three years helping him claim the position of crown prince.

She and Zhao Linqi had always benefited from their alliance.

She would return everything that belonged to him, and he would serve as crown prince and ruler, bringing prosperity to the people.

But Zhao Linqi changed. Before, he wanted power and the empire. After meeting Lin Qinghuan, he wanted her too.

He couldn't bear to see her pay attention to another man, care about another man, or worry about another man. Most of all, he couldn't bear that there was no place for him in her heart.

In the Battle of Zhuoyou, Wang Huailuo had to die!

Only then could his Huan'er belong to him alone!