Taking the Collar [GB]

A year ago, the two legitimate sons of the Deputy Director of the Imperial College in the capital were framed and driven into the countryside, where Wei Xinghe saved them.

The countryside was rough and lawless. To keep the unruly, troublemaking Qi Jinglan safe, she had no choice but to scold and discipline him, shielding him from one villain after another. When he refused to listen, she restrained him with ropes and used both kindness and force, trying every means to make him obey.

The refined and gentle Qi Qingyan was fiercely protective of his younger brother. Grateful to her for keeping them safe, he repeatedly stepped forward to apologize and plead on his brother's behalf, willingly accepting punishment in his place.

A year later, people from the capital found them, and the brothers were finally able to return home.

Qi Jinglan held a grudge over the year of scolding and humiliation. Unable to let go of his hatred, he abducted her to the capital and took her as a concubine.

He had intended to repay her a hundredfold for all the hardship she'd put him through and the humiliation of their reversed gender roles, but his older brother repeatedly stopped him from carrying it out.

One day, Qi Jinglan returned drunk and forced his way into her room. When he woke, he discovered that she had once again taken him by force in a brazen reversal of their roles. Furious and humiliated after coming to his senses, he decided she had deliberately pursued him and schemed to secure her position.

Wei Xinghe's expression remained calm and indifferent.

Qi Qingyan stood at her side, his gaze profound. He did not speak up for his brother either.

Enraged, Qi Jinglan turned around and, by imperial decree, married into a powerful family, taking a high-ranking commandery princess as his bride, then left for Luoyang.

But the princess was secretly colluding with rebels to stage a coup. She was powerful and influential, and even resorted to murder in secret. While investigating evidence of her crimes, he was seriously wounded and could only fake his death to escape.

Qi Jinglan didn't know that his faked death would finally tear away all of his older brother's disguises and expose his obsession.

After a grueling journey back, he found that Qi Qingyan had risen to a high position. He had not only eliminated the dangers facing their family, but also drawn the woman he loved into his arms.

Qi Qingyan gazed at Wei Xinghe with blazing affection, a gentle smile on his lips unlike anything Qi Jinglan had ever seen.

His older brother, a gentleman through and through, had hidden his lust for his younger brother's wife for so long. It was utterly despicable.

Qi Jinglan's heart trembled, and at last he no longer dared to stubbornly deny it.

In that moment, all his hatred vanished, and the love he had only belatedly recognized surged like a tidal wave...

He had to win his beloved back.

1V2, GB, reverse harem

Both male leads are virgins. The brothers compete for her, steal each other's love, and fight over her (as for who ends up as the wife...). A happy ending for both.

Note: By the time the female lead gets together with the older brother, she and the younger brother have already ended their marriage.

The female lead has another identity, and the brothers will go to great lengths, humbly reaching beyond their station for her.

Theme: Cherish every encounter in life.