After I Was Forced to Marry My Younger Uncle

Xie Yun transmigrated into a melodramatic romance novel. The imperial family arranged her marriage, and a life-sharing System forced her to wed. But she distinctly remembered that the male lead, a noble and upright gentleman who was supposed to marry her, had died. Now she was supposed to marry his younger brother, his aloof, unhinged, scheming uncle.

This uncle, named Zhang Zhi, was ascetic and scrupulous about propriety. He was also a complete older-brother devotee...

When they first met in the Golden Dragon Hall, Xie Yun kicked down a screen and said, "I'm the one who's going to marry you."

Zhang Zhi looked displeased. This woman was nothing like the sort he liked: vulgar and unscrupulous. Later, in front of everyone, she even prostrated herself at his feet, clutching his secret and begging to be let into his household.

"You? Do you expect to share my grave one day, too?" His contempt was plain to see.

This woman was far too crude. She came from a small, insignificant family, wore calculation all over her face, and was unworthy of his older brother, let alone him. But with the situation forcing his hand and military power at stake, he had no choice but to marry his brother's betrothed in his place.

He intended to kill two birds with one stone. Once they were married, he could get rid of her at his leisure.

On their wedding night, behind the red bridal curtains, she told him a lie: "What if your older brother could come back from the dead?"

First he was overjoyed, then confused. He might not like this woman, but he had always been possessive of anything he had touched. Even if he put it away on a high shelf, he would never let anyone else touch it, not even his older brother.

Come back from the dead? Was she planning to compete with him?

Under his gaze, Xie Yun broke out in a cold sweat. After their wedding, she diligently worked to complete the main quest, but in Zhang Zhi's eyes, every move she made was clearly ill-intentioned.

He kept his thoughts to himself. He had seen plenty of little tricks like these.

In the cold spring water, their wet bodies pressed together as the woman leaned against him, panting.

"When we return, I'll open the ancestral hall and make you the matriarch of the Zhang family."

Xie Yun was reluctant. She murmured, "About that..."

Zhang Zhi froze. He lifted her up so they could look at each other and frowned. "What do you mean?"

"I... I still have to remain faithful to your older brother..."

She had shared his bed and taken his body, and now she still wanted to remain faithful to his older brother? What kind of logic was that?

He had read her right. She really was unscrupulous.

As an older-brother devotee, for the first time in his life, he wanted to take his brother's place.

"Wife, your body is far more honest than your words."

"If you can be with my older brother, why can't you be with me?"

"I was the one who came to escort you. I was the one who lifted your veil. I was the one who drank the nuptial wine with you. Who else are you looking for?"

Only later did he realize that the pounding of his heart when they first met had been love at first sight.

[Mini-scene]:

The second time Xie Yun transmigrated into a book,

The man took her hand and said, "Your face resembles that of an old acquaintance of mine."

"Who is this old acquaintance?"

"My wife."

Xie Yun really didn't want to get involved with him again, so she made up an outrageous lie. "I'm already married. My husband is..."

"Your older brother. We are already husband and wife in every way that matters."

Zhang Zheng didn't care. The next day, he showed up at her door. "I've already committed an act that defies all human relations once. I don't mind doing it a second time."

"Wife, you have no sense of loyalty. You keep abandoning me. What am I supposed to do?"

Reader's guide:

1. [Scheming, unhinged marquis who is a substitute x tough, straightforward, sunny heroine] A story about a younger uncle who doesn't want to commit a forbidden affair but does so first, and a sister-in-law who doesn't care about the taboo but has to face reality.

2. A story of healing. Who wouldn't want to be someone's unwavering choice?

3. Marriage before love, then pursuing his wife again. Light political intrigue. Both leads are strong.

The male lead and female lead are both virgins. Happy ending. The author has already finished the manuscript, so read with confidence~

Theme: Ordinary people, too, can have great stories. Keep striving and never give up.