After My Boyfriend's Dark and Brooding Brother Set His Sights on Me

[Mutually exclusive devotion, sweet romance, stealing her brother's girl, a little white rabbit meets a big bad wolf]

Softhearted, spoiled, adorable sweetheart / possessive, dark, hearing-impaired man

Qin Zhi was pressured by her family into meeting a blind date. He was pretty handsome, but seemed a little unserious, just like her older brother.

She didn't know what was going on. She'd only graduated two years ago, but her family was already in such a hurry, insisting she go on a blind date.

Qin Zhi had no choice but to agree.

When her date arrived, he didn't hesitate. He got straight to the point.

"I know you don't like blind dates either. Why don't we each get what we need and help each other deal with our families?"

"That way, everyone's happy. My grandmother loves sweet-talking, pretty girls like you."

Thinking of her family's talk of a marriage alliance and this blind date, Qin Zhi readily agreed.

So, after a dinner party, she went home with Ji Yu.

Ji Yu seemed very popular, especially with women.

When Ji Yu introduced Qin Zhi to his family, she felt that something wasn't quite right.

It was as though a pair of eyes were staring at her. Whenever she met his gaze, though, there was something so pitiful in his eyes.

Qin Zhi felt uneasy. Ji Yu's younger brother seemed rather fierce.

From the first time she saw him, he didn't seem to smile at all.

The dinner party was a little boring. When Qin Zhi went outside for some air, she found Ji Yu beating up his younger brother.

Ji Ye wore hearing aids, and Ji Yu was partly to blame for that.

Qin Zhi couldn't stand seeing anyone bullied, so she immediately shielded Ji Ye.

What she couldn't understand was that Ji Yu was the one hitting him, yet he still said haughtily, "Hey, Ji Ye, quit f***ing pretending. We both know what you're really like."

Ji Ye didn't say a word. Instead, he deliberately revealed his scars.

He hid behind her, greedily breathing in her scent. His gloomy eyes held a possessiveness that could drag someone straight to hell.

Qin Zhi was even less inclined to humor Ji Yu, that irresponsible playboy.

To her, this was just the most insignificant little incident.

She thought she'd never see Ji Ye again, but one day she discovered that a man had moved into the apartment across from hers. It was Ji Ye.

He greeted her cautiously, seeming a little afraid. It looked like he'd been bullied a lot.

That made Qin Zhi feel even more sorry for him, and she disliked Ji Yu even more.

After they became neighbors, Qin Zhi saw him being bullied several times. Each time, she chased the bullies away.

She also taught him how to fight back and keep from being bullied.

"You're so tall and strong. You could beat them up in no time."

"Here, I'll sign you up for boxing classes. Go learn, and next time you run into those guys, knock them flat."

Ji Ye listened obediently. He didn't say much, and did whatever Qin Zhi told him to.

But when the boxing gym's coach saw the person Qin Zhi had brought, he was stunned.

Since when did their head coach need boxing lessons?

But their head coach pretended not to know him, so they didn't say anything.

As they spent more time together, Qin Zhi realized she might have fallen for someone for the first time.

He was so obedient and well-behaved, just like a little dog she'd raised.

What she had with Ji Yu had been an act from the start, so she took the initiative to end the absurd charade.

But after they got together, Qin Zhi gradually realized that her obedient puppy had turned into a rabid dog.

His possessiveness was terrifying, and he was incredibly jealous.

His dark eyes looked as if he wanted to lock her at his side. Worst of all, this bastard took off his hearing aids during sex and pretended not to hear her begging.

After Ji Ye finally won her over, he became extremely vigilant about other men, terrified that Qin Zhi might be lured away if he let his guard down for even a moment.

She couldn't take it anymore. She wanted to break up.

But getting together with Ji Ye was easy. Getting rid of him wasn't.

"Zhizhi, I've liked you ever since we first met."

"It took so much for us to finally be together. I can't let us split up."

"Not even for a second."

"Be good, baby. We're not breaking up."

"I'd rather die than break up with you."

Only then did Qin Zhi realize that her kindness had been wasted on a rabid dog.

By the time she came to her senses and tried to run, the little white rabbit had already been carried back to the big bad wolf's den.

At first, Ji Yu didn't care when Qin Zhi broke things off with him.

But he kept seeing Ji Ye showing off his relationship in a provocative way. It left him feeling unsettled and sour, as if he'd lost something precious.

He was quite the playboy, a notorious womanizer in City A, the sort who'd pass through a garden of flowers without a single petal sticking to him.

He'd always been the one to say he'd had enough. In all his life, nobody had ever dumped him.

How to read:

The heroine and the second male lead were only pretending to appease their parents. They were never really together.

By the time the second male lead gets over his playboy ways and wants to make a sincere start, the heroine is already with the male lead.

The male lead doesn't know that the heroine and the second male lead were only using each other. He thinks she really likes the other man, so he broods and gets jealous every day.

The heroine only gets together with the male lead after telling the second male lead that their arrangement is over.

Theme: It turns out love can overcome anything