Love Is Forbidden by Anemones

[Blurb]

At the funeral, Xi He clutched Qin Shinian's sleeve, dazedly mistaking him for her boyfriend, who had suddenly passed away.

"Sister-in-law, look carefully. I'm Shinian!"

Before he could finish speaking, Xi He suddenly fainted. An unexpected test result revealed that she was pregnant, and Qin Shinian instinctively assumed the child was his brother's.

Watching Xi He's health grow weaker by the day, Qin Shinian reluctantly agreed, at his mother's pleading, to look after her until she gave birth.

But as Xi He repeatedly called him by the wrong name and mistook him for someone else, the resolve he had clung to for so long began to crumble, bit by bit.

Everyone thought it was hard for him to look after Xi He. Some even believed he disliked her.

Only Qin Shinian knew how precious every second he spent by Xi He's side was.

The clear-headed, rational Xi He would never let him get so close without restraint, hold her so freely, much less kiss her.

Perhaps a hundred years from now, the only memories of Xi He he would have left would be from this time when he was pretending to be her brother.

Even as a substitute, the demonic obsession in his heart slowly consumed him.

At first, he wanted to have the child in her belly aborted so she wouldn't be held back. But little by little, Qin Shinian wanted to keep the child. A child couldn't live without its mother, and a mother couldn't live without her child. She would stay with the Qin family.

Then he could see her for the rest of his life, and never again be left without news of her.

But the child was gone.

She had come to her senses, and he didn't even have the right to be her substitute anymore.

Reader's notes:

1. The main story and extras are complete.

2. The leads are not legally related as brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.

3. Gentle and restrained male lead x fragile and sensitive female lead. The heroine is very innocent and gentle.

4. The heroine is actually carrying the male lead's child, but neither of them knows it. The extras will explain.

5. Content warning: The male lead has a girlfriend early on, but they break up amicably. The male lead is not a virgin, but the female lead is.

Theme: Love is seen not only with the eyes, but also felt with the heart.