Claiming His Widowed Sister-in-Law: Her Deranged Brother-in-Law Has Wanted Her for Ages

[Both leads are virgins, uncle and sister-in-law, forced love, ruthless pursuit and possession, mutual secret crush] A male lead who grew up starved of love, with an uncaring father and mother x a female lead whose parents died young and who was treated as a bargaining chip Her husband had died in battle, and his body had not yet grown cold when his younger brother, the powerful regent who had been biding his time, seized her by force before her husband’s spirit tablet. Yan Rong, a princess of Yan sent abroad for a political marriage, lived like a scrap of cotton drifting in the wind. Her father and mother died young, and her cold-hearted older brother treated her as a political bargaining chip. Before her mourning period was even over, the rulers of the two kingdoms arranged for her to marry again. Once more, she became a pawn in her brother’s hands. Li Zheng, the regent, was cold and stern as frost, with all the power in the land in his grasp. Yet he was the one who understood her loneliness best. Amid the chaos of war, a blade pressed to her throat, her life hung by a thread. A dark-robed figure swept in, his long robe drenched in blood as he held her tight in his arms. “I’m here. From now on, no one will dare make you suffer.” “I don’t want to be sent away to marry… Take me back… please?” “You were always meant to marry me. How could I let you marry someone else?” She was “merchandise,” to be disposed of as her brother pleased. He was a “bitter melon,” unloved by both his father and mother. But when they saw their reflections in each other’s eyes, they finally understood: Even the loneliest soul can one day be lit up by another lonely heart. “Brother, you don’t love me… but I love you so much I could die…” He was the regent feared throughout the court, the man the people called the “shadow of a tyrant.” He would bow only for her.