After Faking My Death, I Married into a Pact with My Brother

(Main story complete) Angel-faced, vacant bottom x gentle-on-the-surface male ghost top; same-sex marriage is legal - With his family on the verge of bankruptcy, just before he is forced into an arranged marriage, Shi Yunxin regains the memories he had lost. He had once been stranded in a foreign land and adopted by a couple. After they died, their son raised him. The first name he learned to call him was “big brother,” so naturally, he developed feelings for him that went beyond brotherly affection. But after Shi Yunxin grew up, his brother seemed to hate him. After several fights, Shi Yunxin left the country in a fit of anger, fell off a cliff, and lost his memory. The Shi family found him afterward. In all likelihood, in his brother's eyes, he was already dead and gone. The past was like smoke. Shi Yunxin heard that his arranged-marriage partner was a ruthless illegitimate son, and that he had a long-dead first love was an open secret. Rumor had it that he had set up a grand memorial hall at his manor, where he paid his respects every day, hoping only to bring his lost love back to life. Those who were glad to see Shi Yunxin in trouble all waited to laugh at him, certain that after the wedding he would be thrown out in tears. At the engagement party, Shi Yunxin arrived nervously. The moment he saw his husband's face, the words slipped out: “Big brother?” - Shi Yunxin didn't dare tell anyone that his arranged-marriage partner was his own brother. Fortunately, Qi Zhuoling told him the marriage was only to appease their elders. Once everything was taken care of, they would naturally get divorced. Their simple, unassuming brotherly relationship was holding up wonderfully. His brother seemed to have forgotten their past unhappiness and had grown gentler and more courteous, nothing like the gloomy, violent man in the rumors. Only occasionally, Shi Yunxin would see him silently gazing at his sister-in-law's memorial tablet, looking terribly sad. If that was the case, then after they married, they would probably keep their relationship as brothers pure and innocent. Until the day after their wedding, when Shi Yunxin woke up in a disheveled state in Qi Zhuoling's bed. Their brotherly bond. Their platonic marriage. It was all over! - After the wedding, Shi Yunxin moved into Beishan Manor and began the enviable life everyone dreamed of. As someone with severe social anxiety, even when Qi Zhuoling wouldn't let him leave the house, he was content to stay home and watch cartoons. The only thing that frightened Shi Yunxin was the memorial hall on the grounds. Its walls were painted a deep red, and burnt dragon-and-phoenix wedding candles lay on the floor, as if a ghost wedding had once been held there. Shi Yunxin had accidentally wandered inside once and didn't dare look again. He asked for a divorce several times, but got nowhere. Shi Yunxin returned to the memorial hall, gloomily burning paper offerings for his beloved sister-in-law. He accidentally knocked over the memorial tablet, and the instant he saw the name on it, he turned around and met Qi Zhuoling's gaze. As if begging for mercy, Shi Yunxin quietly called him “big brother.” The man came closer and bent over him, enveloping him. His lips murmured beside Shi Yunxin's ear: “Since you found out, baby...” “Let's hold another wedding ceremony tonight.” Reading guide: 1. A romance about a young couple, each other's first love, with height and size differences. 2. Not biologically related; they are no longer registered in the same household. 3. A big brother who gives in to his baby without conditions x a sensitive, fragile baby. At first, the bottom acts like an immature child because of his memory loss. He has an anxiety disorder and a frail constitution, but he will grow. Lots of cat-like baby behavior. I hope you enjoy this story. My next book will be this one. Please add it to your reading list: How the Little Mute Humiliated the Down-and-Out Dragon Protagonist Yandere x little mute - Ning Shuqing is a beautiful little mute with a terminal illness. He lives alone in a manor, leading a dull and monotonous life. Until one day, he is suddenly informed by the System that this world is a story about a dragon-protagonist rising to power. And he is the most ordinary background character in the world. The protagonist is currently fighting dogs for scraps and living a miserable, impoverished life. If Ning Shuqing follows the plot and brings the protagonist home, playing the role of his doomed first love, then gives him food and clothes while humiliating him, before dying when his hatred for him is at its strongest, the System will give Ning Shuqing a new identity and let him keep living. Sixteen-year-old Zong Tan is fretting over his tuition. A neighbor mocks him as a beggar for asking to borrow money. Ning Shuqing appears out of nowhere, has his bodyguards carry Zong Tan away, and is watched by the boy like a wolf cub. The System shouts: [Now humiliate the protagonist mercilessly!] Ning Shuqing looks at the cool, silent boy with pursed lips and signs: I'll give you money if you carry me home. Back at home, the protagonist lowers his head and lightly sniffs the fragrant hem of Ning Shuqing's clothes. The System keeps sounding the alarm, urging Ning Shuqing to be more vicious and cruel. Ning Shuqing: Y-you help me bathe. “...” - After Ning Shuqing's strenuous efforts to humiliate him, Zong Tan becomes his boyfriend. The way he looks at Ning Shuqing really does grow increasingly strange, as if he wants to tear him apart, bone by bone. He must hate him a lot. The plot reaches the crucial stage when the protagonist is about to go abroad to study and become an all-powerful big shot. Just as Ning Shuqing is about to fake his death, his boyfriend proposes. “Marry me, baby.” “If you don't say anything, I'll take that as a yes.” Ning Shuqing can't speak at all, and he can't exactly marry him either. He signs, “All these years, I've only been playing with your feelings.” Then he leaps into the sea, leaving no body behind. After living in a new world for a while, Ning Shuqing is told by the System that after he left, the cool-headed protagonist went completely insane. The once-destitute boy who had been at everyone's beck and call now holds a position of power and is someone everyone fears. Cold-hearted and wantonly violent, he lets no one near him. But rumor has it that his heart belongs to someone who saved him from the mire, then discarded him like trash: His unforgettable dark first love. - The dragon-protagonist turns more deranged after going dark than the villain ever was. The world has completely fallen apart, and Ning Shuqing can only be sent back immediately. On a blizzardy day, Ning Shuqing pushes open the manor gates, looking exactly as he did when he left. The protagonist, usually so calm and composed, stares at him with red eyes. “Ning Shuqing, you actually dare come back.” Everyone watches with anticipation. Over the years, Zong Tan has made a great show of searching for his ex-boyfriend. Now that Ning Shuqing has fallen into his hands, he is sure to take revenge and make him wish he were dead. Sure enough, Zong Tan curls his lips into a cold smile. “I'll repay you for every humiliation you put me through back then.” Ning Shuqing accepts his fate and says nothing. The next second, Zong Tan steps forward and gives Ning Shuqing's cheek a feather-light kiss. “That's the first one.” Everyone: ? Ning Shuqing: ? Theme: Becoming braver