Zhou Ai accidentally transmigrated and was mistaken for the widow Zhou, who had fallen off a cliff. Her parents-in-law had died years ago, and her husband had passed away in an accident, leaving only her seventeen-year-old younger brother-in-law, Lu Yinchao.
The widow Zhou had inherited a hidden fortune from her late husband, so she refused to remarry and treated her young brother-in-law with great hostility.
But Zhou Ai knew that Lu Yinchao would become a famous powerbroker in history.
Unfortunately, Zhou Ai knew nothing about how he had risen to power. It wasn't part of the required school curriculum.
But he was sure to take the imperial examinations, and it was essential that she mend her relationship with her young brother-in-law.
Zhou Ai: "People can change. I've turned over a new leaf, and I'll do everything I can to support you in taking the imperial exams, little brother-in-law."
Lu Yinchao smiled. "Yes, people can change."
Lu Yinchao always felt that his sister-in-law had changed from the inside out. Her memory of certain things was unclear, and her personality had changed completely.
He had heard of "coming back to life in someone else's body," but every time he suspected she wasn't the same person, she'd bring up her late husband, his older brother.
After hearing his sister-in-law say, for who knew how many times, in the same tone as his older brother, "You need to study hard and pass the exams. Then your parents and your brother can rest in peace," Lu Yinchao tossed down his brush and sneered. "You still remember my brother?"
Zhou Ai jolted, but she couldn't let him find her out. "...Of course."
Lu Yinchao drew a deep breath and moved closer. "Then look at me. How much do I resemble him...?"
Lu Yinchao suddenly began calling Zhou Ai "sister-in-law."
He wanted to use the rules of propriety to define their relationship.
But it turned out that even this address, spoken without thinking, was an intimate term of endearment.
[Reader's guide]
1. The male lead has only ever been with one person, and he's a twisted, unhinged obsessive.
2. Feudal values and conventions. Don't read if you dislike them.
Upcoming historical transmigration novel
Theme: Self-reliance and strength
