My Sister, My Wife

Xian Niang was an orphan from a mountain village, living alone in the countryside in poverty.

One day, she came across a sickly boy on the verge of death at the foot of the mountain. Moved by pity, she dragged the equally lonely and helpless boy home to care for him like a younger brother, and named him Yan Chong.

Yan Chong grew taller by the day, yet still stayed glued to Xian Niang's side. His gaze toward her also began to fill with clinging desire and possessiveness.

Xian Niang tried to suppress her turmoil, comforting herself that he was just an overly clingy little brother.

That is, until the day her childhood sweetheart from a neighboring village sent someone to discuss a marriage alliance. In front of the matchmaker, Yan Chong smiled at her and offered his congratulations.

But that very night, for some reason, her childhood sweetheart incurred the wrath of his enemies, and his entire family fled in the middle of the night. As his betrothed, Xian Niang was also repeatedly harassed by people coming to her door.

After helping her big sister chase off another visitor, Yan Chong gently drew the trembling woman huddled in the corner of the wall into his arms. His fingertips brushed her tearful eyes, and he asked softly, "Big Sister, it's dangerous outside, isn't it?"

Xian Niang nodded through her tears.

Yan Chong held her tighter, his thin lips resting atop her hair. "So be good, Big Sister, and stay by my side forever."

The truth was, Yan Chong had never thought of Xian Niang as his sister.

He was the illegitimate son of a maid in the prince's manor. After he fell gravely ill, his legal mother secretly abandoned him in the wilderness to die.

Xian Niang's care had dragged him back from the gates of hell, but it had also awakened a possessive obsession in him.

Yes, Big Sister was so kindhearted. Since she had saved his life, shouldn't she take responsibility for him to the very end?

Not long afterward, Yan Chong returned to the prince's manor. He gripped Xian Niang by the waist, his voice plaintive, almost like a spoiled child's. "Big Sister, you were bad. Why did you look at that servant for so long today?"

Xian Niang trembled all over. "A Chong, I'm your sister..."

"Mm, you're my sister." Yan Chong chuckled softly, his lips brushing her ear before moving upward. His hot breath fanned across her face. "We've depended on each other for so long, Big Sister. Are you really going to push A Chong away for the sake of a servant? A Chong is so sad."

Xian Niang parted her lips, but couldn't bring herself to refuse.

Taking advantage of the moment, Yan Chong bent down and kissed her hard on the lips.

...His frail, helpless Big Sister, whom he could only keep tightly clasped in the palm of his hand.

Reading Guide:

1. Unhinged, scheming younger brother x honest, gentle older sister

2. One-on-one romance, both leads have only ever been with each other, happy ending

3. The age gap between them is six years

4. The romance and intimate interactions only begin after the leads turn fifteen

The next book, My Elder Brother Regrets It Too Late, is coming soon. If you're interested, please add it to your favorites! 🥺 Here's the blurb:

Yun Ran thought she was lucky.

She lost her memory as a child and was sold from one broker to another for years, only to be bought in the end by Li Heqing, the Grand Chancellor of the current dynasty.

Rumor had it that Li Heqing was ruthless and cruel. But after Yun Ran entered his household, he personally taught her music, calligraphy, painting, and the rules of palace life. He never cast her aside for being foolish and lowborn.

Yun Ran couldn't help falling for Li Heqing, believing her hardships were finally over.

As a man who had risen to the highest ranks of the court, Li Heqing wanted only two things: first, to find the younger sister he had adopted, who had gone missing in their childhood; and second, to overthrow the emperor who had separated them long ago.

He trained Yun Ran only so he could send her into the palace, where she could risk her life to influence the emperor.

When he noticed Yun Ran's gaze growing more and more attached to him, Li Heqing, who had always kept his distance from women, scoffed. He thought of her as nothing more than another pawn he had trained to obey.

Until one day, when Li Heqing returned home drunk, Yun Ran gathered all her courage and approached him, rising onto her tiptoes to cautiously draw near his lips.

Li Heqing froze, then felt desire roil in his heart. He took the initiative and leaned toward Yun Ran, a hint of tenderness and emotion flickering in his eyes, unnoticed even by himself.

The moment their lips touched, Li Heqing abruptly came to his senses and shoved her away.

How could he let a lowly pawn disturb his composure?

Before long, he sent Yun Ran into the palace as planned.

On the way to the palace, Yun Ran happened to learn that Li Heqing had never truly cared for her. Everything he had done in the past had been deliberate, all for the sake of using her.

Devastated and utterly disillusioned, Yun Ran resolved to have nothing more to do with Li Heqing and never look back.

But that very night, when the emperor was about to make Yun Ran a consort, Li Heqing suddenly risked the execution of his entire family and stormed into the emperor's bedchamber with a sword in hand.

His eyes bloodshot, he knelt and bowed his head. "Your Majesty, Yun Ran is the person I cherish most in this life. I am willing to offer up all my wealth and my life, if only you will let her leave the palace and live in peace and freedom."

Li Heqing had always been cold-blooded and unfeeling. Aside from his missing adoptive sister, he had no weaknesses in this world.

But only at the very end did Li Heqing realize that the adoptive sister he had searched for so desperately had been right beside him all along.

Yet by then, he could no longer see her as merely his little sister.

*One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads have only ever been with each other

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