Synopsis
[Harem romance: aloof powerful official cousin x gentleman-scholar adoptive brother x charming rogue swordsman x cross-dressing male seducer VS timid heroine]
After waking up in ancient times, with no parents and no money, Lin Rong's only distant relative is an aristocratic clan, generations of high officials. She isn't even in line to beg them for handouts.
The good news: she gets bound to a system.
The bad news: the system's full name is "Underworld Nurturing System"!
[Congratulations, Host, you've captured 1 Love and Desire Point. Attribute reward: Skin Like Cream]
[Congratulations, Host, you've captured 1 Hatred Point. Attribute reward: Eyes Full of Tenderness]
[Congratulations, you've captured... Reward: Unregistered Aura: ****]
What kind of aura is this supposed to be?!
When Lin Rong sees the face in the river, slightly frowning, its every feature stirring people's desires, she immediately decides to dress as a man. Luckily, an old friend of her father's finds her and takes her in as an adopted son. She also gets a rule-abiding, proper adoptive brother.
Her brother is dignified and cold. Though he seems aloof, he treats her well. He often invites her to eat at the same table and sleep in the same bed. It's hard for Lin Rong not to fall for him.
Until he returns from a trip and refuses to open his door. From behind it, his voice is so cold it sends a chill through Lin Rong.
"My younger brother is old enough to marry. It's time he started a family."
On their wedding night, the red candles flicker as his bride, frail and timid, trembles against his chest.
Even though, standing up straight, she is a whole head taller than Lin Rong.
Hearing his beautiful bride timidly say, "Husband, I'm scared," Lin Rong breaks down in tears. Looks like there's no getting out of this marriage.
Even worse, the swordsman she met by chance keeps climbing over her wall after the wedding, staring meaningfully at her wife as he says, "Your wife's hands are remarkably smooth for a woman."
This man wants to steal his wife. Lin Rong holds his beloved close and firmly refuses.
And that cousin who should have kept his distance has started appearing outside her door for some reason, his gaze dark. "My timid cousin can't even keep his own wife in line? Need me to..."
"Teach you?"
She shrinks back, but sees her cousin give a low hum, the darkness in his eyes deepening instead.
Lin Rong doesn't know that once night falls, her seemingly frail wife turns her over and pins her to the bed. Her fingers thread through Lin Rong's loose hair, her voice husky. "Dear husband, do you love women, or... men?"
She also doesn't know that on her wedding night, her adoptive brother crushed his ring in his hand and stared at the clouds and rain outside her room all night without closing his eyes.
*
Cui Fang has always hated stupid, timid people, especially timid men.
But the first time he meets that cousin whose name he can't remember, a short boy with cowardice written all over his face, he feels a sudden, inexplicable urge to dominate him.
He will take it upon himself to properly educate his cousin on behalf of the boy's parents.
But when he learns that his cousin is actually a girl, as he watches the fine spring rain falling beneath the eaves, he figures out a more suitable way to treat her.
Why not use the affairs of men and women to discipline her?
And if she's his female cousin...
Then she ought to be his wife.
*
To speak improperly and act carelessly is shameful.
When Xie Yuan realizes that his thoughts and actions are indecent, all he needs to do is suppress these delusions.
He casually picks a household for her, and Lin Rong has no choice but to comply.
Later, Lin Rong becomes Lin Rong, and the younger brother becomes a younger sister. And even that sister is no longer his sister.
This is wrong.
Whether Lin Rong or Lin Rong, she should be a delicate butterfly between his fingers, circling his knees for the rest of her life and cared for by him.
This is wrong.
He knows.
P.S. 1. All the men are sexually inexperienced and straight.
2. The heroine is very timid and not very proactive.
The blurb was screenshotted on June 8, 2026.
Theme: Perseverance always pays off
