[Gentle on the outside, unhinged within younger sister vs. sunny, doting older brother]
A family reunion on the Mid-Autumn Festival, then a raging fire, destroyed He Chaoyan's peaceful, happy life.
From then on, she turned to the dark path of incense magic and consorted with demons.
Two years later, in a hot, damp dungeon, He Chaoyan reunited with the older brother who had supposedly died and come back to life.
He was still alive?
He Tingzhen, her older brother.
Not only was he alive, he had also become a rising star at court: the Director of the Demon Suppression Bureau, which he had founded himself.
He Chaoyan's joy lasted only a moment before she felt as if she had plunged into an icy lake.
She touched the disguise covering her face, afraid to acknowledge him.
Even more afraid to let her brother see her half-human, half-demon form.
But He Tingzhen brought her back to his newly acquired residence,
claiming he couldn't sleep at night and needed a musician to play the qin for him.
At first, He Chaoyan worried she would give herself away.
Later, she resented him for failing to notice anything amiss.
Unable to resist, she burned incense and peered into his dreams time and again, testing whether there was still a place in his heart for her as his younger sister.
He Tingzhen had always been genial and extraordinarily talented, shining wherever he went.
But his dreams were the complete opposite.
At first, most of his dreams were of their carefree younger days: she would make a fuss, and her brother would smile helplessly.
Gradually, scenes she had never witnessed began to unfold before her.
The kite the boy next door gave her had mysteriously gone missing. Had her brother really broken it with his own hands?
The little notes she hid between the pages of her books had been confiscated by her brother without her knowing?
Though He Chaoyan had her suspicions, she didn't dare question her brother's affection for her.
A dream was just a dream, probably nothing but falsehood.
But following the setting in his dream, she really did find a secret chamber behind the study, concealing the sachet, hairpins, and other things she had lost...
When she heard a noise outside the study, He Chaoyan panicked and hid in a hurry, only for...
He Tingzhen to light a stick of incense and fall asleep on the daybed in the study.
In his dream, candlelight glowed red, and the warm bed curtains filled with fragrance.
He held her slender ankle and leisurely tied a red cord around it, hanging a golden bell from it. He gave it a gentle tug...
The bell rang out with a clear chime.
He Chaoyan trembled all over, as if the sound had scalded her.
At dinner that evening, He Tingzhen cheerfully brought her a box himself. Inside was a golden bell.
#When I Became the Star of My Brother's Restricted Dreams
[Reader's Guide]
1. The male and female leads are not related by blood or kinship. At the start of the main story, they have both left their family clans, and both know from beginning to end that they are not blood relatives.
2. The male lead engages in surveillance and confinement, among other things. Please read with caution if you can't accept that!
3. One-on-one romance, devoted couple, both sexually and romantically exclusive.
[Synopsis written on August 12, 2026; expected to start publishing at the end of the year]
Theme: The power of courage and love
