[Twin Brothers] [A Deadly Rivalry for the Heroine] [All Male Characters Are Virgins]
A sweet-faced, secretly ruthless heroine with extraordinary dog-training skills x an unruly, ambitious, jealous, scheming wolfdog hero
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Xie Shuangyu is the Marquis's legitimate daughter, with bright, expressive eyes and a face like a peach blossom. At eighteen, she marries Xiao Yusheng, the gentle and refined heir to the Prince of Dingyuan.
Their marriage is not especially passionate or tender, but at least they treat each other with respect, and all is harmonious.
But before long, Xie Shuangyu's husband goes missing.
He doesn't return until several days later, and Xie Shuangyu realizes that something about him seems different.
The old Xiao Yusheng was a gentleman who followed every rule. The two of them treated each other with polite respect and kept their distance. But after his return, Xiao Yusheng becomes clingy and insists on doing everything himself. He even stands by to attend to her with soap while she bathes.
He's also extremely watchful. Xie Shuangyu can feel his thick, sticky gaze on her at every moment, following her like a shadow and lingering eerily at her side.
Most importantly, Xiao Yusheng seems to have forgotten a lot.
When Xie Shuangyu brings up the first time they met, Xiao Yusheng looks completely blank. When she shows him the jade pendant they exchanged as a token of love, he doesn't recognize it either.
Xie Shuangyu assumes her husband was traumatized while away and lost his memories. Hoping to help him recover, she recounts their past to him every day.
But the more she tells him, the rougher Xiao Yusheng is with her that night.
Xiao Yusheng is no longer gentle, and Xie Shuangyu can't handle him. She looks into her husband's wolfish eyes and feels afraid.
Xiao Yusheng bends down to kiss her, never once easing his movements.
"Am I taking good care of you?"
"How much better than before?"
Xie Shuangyu can't take it, but can only rub her aching waist and put up with him. After all, they're husband and wife.
Then one afternoon, as Xie Shuangyu and her husband admire the flowers in the courtyard, a servant at the gate suddenly announces that the master has returned.
Her husband holds her hand, his eyes brimming with tears, and gently says that he's finally home. "Did you miss me, my wife?"
Xie Shuangyu's expression turns strange. If the man before her is her husband, then who was the one in the courtyard, eagerly feeding her fruit just moments ago?
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No one knows that the Princess of Dingyuan gave birth to twins.
Twins were considered ill-omened, so Xiao Min was taken away as soon as he was born, and the public was told that he had died.
He grew up alone and unloved, fighting stray dogs for food, while his brother, who had the very same face, rose through the ranks, enjoyed a life of wealth and glory, and married a beautiful sister-in-law.
Xiao Min is vicious, unruly, aloof, and irascible, indifferent to everything in the world. But the day he sees Xie Shuangyu...
Wearing a human-skin mask, he blends into the crowd and watches as his sister-in-law's veil is lifted. He gazes at her breathtakingly beautiful face and slowly curls his lips into a smile.
This one bright pearl is the first thing Xiao Min has ever wanted to seize and possess.
He has to compete for her.
*The older brother is a gentle, refined man with a soft, marriageable air. The younger brother is a wild dog and a scheming green tea, determined to take his place.
Theme: Even in darkness, keep your heart turned toward the light
