The Elder Brother Steals the Younger Brother's Wife

Wrong marriage, angsty romance + coercive possession + a desperate quest to win her back + a broken mirror that cannot be mended

I am Yun Yan. I was born betrothed to Xie Xun, but on our wedding night, his older brother Xie Xuan mistakenly married me instead.

As the red wedding candles flickered, he pinched my chin and laughed. "Sister-in-law? You should be calling me husband now."

The Xie residence's deep courtyard became my prison. Xie Xun's whereabouts were unknown, and I became a plaything in Xie Xuan's hands.

When my period failed to come, I was horrified to discover I was pregnant with his child. My maid, who had tried to cover for me, was dragged into the snow and beaten with a rod.

Kneeling in the freezing snow, I begged desperately, but he pressed an abortion pill to my lips, his voice icy. "Drink it, and I'll spare her. After all, the one in your belly is my flesh and blood."

I threw the bowl of medicine into the snow, shattering the last trace of tenderness along with it.

Only after he called a strange woman's name in his drunkenness, and I found Xie Xun's whereabouts concealed in a note left by my maid, did I learn that this mistaken marriage had never been an accident.

Theme: The one I love lies beyond mountains and seas, and the mountains and seas cannot be crossed