Spoiled in Turn by My Twin Childhood Friends

[After this book resumed updates, someone threatened to report it, so I've decided to pause updates for now. I'll work on the neighboring novel, Older Sister, first, and return to this one after a while.] Jiang Ningxi had two childhood friends, twin brothers who were seven years older than her. A fortune-teller declared that she must not enter the capital before turning eighteen, so shortly after she was born, her parents entrusted her to the twins' family. But she couldn't tell the two brothers apart by their looks, and could only distinguish them by their personalities. The older brother, Gu Ting'an, was gentle and refined, and had patiently taught her everything since childhood. She even learned to write her own name sitting on Gu Ting'an's lap, his hand guiding her little one as he taught her stroke by stroke. He was also the first to find out when she got her first period, soothing her as she panicked and preparing menstrual pads for her. The younger brother, Gu Yanjin, was ill-tempered, arrogant, and ill-behaved. He was always making her angry. He once broke a branch of flowers someone had given her, then insisted on giving her a bunch of begonias she didn't like. Whenever it was cold, he would slip into her bed with the chill still clinging to him and use her as a hot-water bottle. As the years went by, it was only natural that Jiang Ningxi liked Gu Ting'an more. - When she was seventeen, her parents arranged a marriage for her with someone in the distant capital. When the news reached the Gu residence, Gu Yanjin tied her onto a horse and galloped all the way to the edge of a cliff. He said nothing, his face cold and dark. Several times, Jiang Ningxi thought they were going to plunge into the abyss. Jiang Ningxi was terrified. When Gu Ting'an returned home that night, she immediately went to find him and threw herself into his arms for comfort. Gu Ting'an gently patted her back, coaxing her. "Gu Yanjin is too mean. From now on, Ningning, why don't you forget about him and only want your brother Ting'an?" Jiang Ningxi nodded in his arms. As she had in the past, she wanted him to kiss her. Just then, someone lifted the brocade curtain to the inner room. The man smiled with refined ease. "See? I told you she can't tell us apart at all." Jiang Ningxi turned in surprise to look at the person holding her, but he grabbed her chin hard. Gu Yanjin's voice was dark. "Jiang Ningxi, how dare you even think of not wanting me?" Gu Ting'an also came forward slowly and gently stroked her hair, his tone still warm. "It's not that she doesn't want you. She doesn't want either of us. But Ningning, you still can't tell me and Yanjin apart. Don't you think... you deserve to be punished?" [Important Warning: Please don't read if these aren't your thing.] 1. The female lead is not a strong heroine. She's a naive little girl, an innocent bunny. 2. The male leads call her "Baby" as a personal headcanon; no need to read too much into it. 3. Neither male lead is a good person. 4. One female lead, two male leads; age gap. -- Coming Soon 1: Older Sister -- After Yu Wanqiao was murdered, her soul wandered the world of the living. Only then did she learn that the one who finally ascended the throne was her sixth younger brother, Yu Chengyuan, whom their father and mother had never valued. Her younger brother was a bona fide madman. He murdered his brothers to take the throne, was bloodthirsty during his reign, and had a mercurial temperament. He even had her grave dug up and her coffin placed in his bedchamber. Not long afterward, he set fire to everything, burning himself and her coffin together. - Reborn, the first thing Yu Wanqiao did was go to the Cold Palace to deal with the "madman," who had yet to gain any power. But when she saw him on a snowy night, dressed in rags and being trampled and mocked in the snow by palace maids and eunuchs, her heart softened. From then on, she secretly protected him for years. Under her guidance, he shed his violent nature and became as obedient and sweet as any other child his age. Until Yu Wanqiao turned eighteen, when an imperial edict ordering her to marry into another state arrived at Zhaohua Hall. That night, the wind howled and rain poured. A figure burst into her bedchamber. A flash of lightning revealed the shadowed, anguished expression on Yu Chengyuan's face. Rain streamed from the hem of the young man's black robe, and a heavy smell of blood clung to him. Yu Wanqiao felt as if she were looking once more at the cold, solitary boy from before. She rose to meet him, but before she could speak, he pinned her to the desk and stole her first kiss. He pressed against her like a madman. As thunder roared, he begged her in a trembling, anguished voice, "Sister, please don't leave Chengyuan behind." -- Coming Soon 2: After My Childhood Friend Turned Dark -- Zhu Yuntiao and Lu Zhan had been childhood friends. Lu Zhan loved her, and both families intended for them to marry. But just days before the wedding, Zhu Yuntiao went to Lu Zhan and told him that she had long loved someone else. Lu Zhan was arrogant and childish, she said, and she had never liked him. Lu Zhan's eyes reddened as he desperately tried to make her stay. But right in front of him, Zhu Yuntiao broke the wooden hairpin he'd given her and decisively ended their relationship. Lu Zhan trembled as he picked up the pieces of the hairpin one by one. He stared at Zhu Yuntiao for a long time, then sneered, his voice full of hatred. "Zhu Yuntiao, don't regret this." Only a few days later, the Zhu family betrayed the Lu family, and the entire Lu family was exiled. - They met again at a friend's banquet. As the youngest Great General-King in Great Zhou, Lu Zhan commanded a vast army and held immense power. Everyone present fawned over him and sought to curry his favor. The man wore black brocade robes and lazily held a wineglass in his hand. His sharply defined face showed no emotion. That is, until his friend's subordinate arrived with his family. Lu Zhan looked up and met those pitiful, doe-like eyes. Suddenly, he smiled. He said to his friend's subordinate, "I've heard that Young Master Li and his wife are deeply devoted to one another. Now that I've seen you together, I can tell the stories are true." As soon as the man finished speaking, everyone present turned pale. They all remembered the past between Madam Li Zhu and General Lu, and how it had come to nothing. That night, after several rounds of drinks, Lu Zhan, reeking of alcohol, hooked a finger into Zhu Yuntiao's sash in the guest room. "Have you got it through your head yet? I don't need a grand wedding procession. I can still have you whenever I want. You were even delivered to my bed by your own husband." The woman in his arms shuddered. Her faint sobs reached his ears. Lu Zhan straightened and looked down at her, frowning with distaste. "What are you crying for?! Do you really think I'll sleep with just anyone? Get out of my sight, and don't ever show up again." - Later, Zhu Yuntiao really did run away. Lu Zhan caught her and locked her in a dungeon. The chains rattled violently. Lu Zhan gripped her waist and looked down coldly at her vacant eyes, his voice brimming with hatred. "Are you going to run again? Zhu Yuntiao, you still haven't repaid what the Zhu family owes." Theme: Live well.