The Younger Sister Comes Out on Top

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Princess Yun Xingyu of the Mingyan Dynasty is desperate to escape the feeling of being pinned down by a ghost in her sleep. After seeking help from every expert she can find, she finally gets one piece of advice: share a room with someone who has strong yang energy to ward off evil.

She doesn't want to have her soul sucked out by a seductive ghost and die.

Figuring she might as well try anything, she sets her sights on the court's universally praised paragon of propriety, the Crown Prince Yun Zhanyue, also her older brother.

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Crown Prince Yun Zhanyue is gentle and refined, courteous to the virtuous, disciplined, and respectful of propriety. Everyone at court praises him as a model of virtue.

She was raised by the Crown Prince, and throughout their days and nights together, her elder brother has always been gentle and humble, never crossing a line.

If she really brought him to live in the palace, perhaps he could suppress the evil spirits.

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Perhaps the Crown Prince's fate wasn't strong enough to suppress the evil. After he moved into the palace, she only felt the haunting get worse. Every morning, she woke up aching all over, with swollen lips.

If one person wasn't enough, she'd find a few more. She set her sights on a cousin from the imperial clan, painstakingly studying his likes and dislikes so she could get closer to him and give him what he wanted.

One night, she heard a noise by her bed and opened her eyes. The Crown Prince was sitting beside her, one hand on her neck, the other hooked into her undergarment.

The pressure felt so familiar, just like the ghost that had pinned her down before.

Her eyes widened. Before she could struggle or speak, the Crown Prince leaned down and covered her mouth. Her undergarment covered her eyes, and she heard him say, "Isn't the princess trying to ward off ghosts? Who else were you planning to bring here?"

The helper she'd imagined was actually a wolf invited into her home.

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When they were children, the Crown Prince loved to tease her while they played, making her cry again and again.

Years later, there was no leaving the bed, and night after night, familiar sobs filled the room...

Content warnings:

1. The main characters are not within the five degrees of mourning kinship and are not blood-related. The heroine was adopted into the family, and their romance or intimate relationship only develops after their family ties are severed.

2. The hero initially seems like the standard radiant, refined gentleman (inside, he's a crawling male ghost, not yet fully developed). At first, he instinctively bewitches the heroine, then despises himself afterward for failing to act like a brother. In the middle and later parts, his darker side emerges: he starts crawling through the shadows and constantly seducing and tempting her, with practiced skill. Note: the heroine is also ghost-like, perhaps even more so. They're both cut from the same cloth.

3. The heroine is relatively obedient to the hero early on. Because of their childhood bond, she thinks he can do no wrong and would never hurt her. Later, when she realizes his feelings, she becomes afraid.

4. Neither sibling is normal or a good person. Both are sexually inexperienced.

5. There will be non-consensual romance. The specific triggers are not yet known. They will be noted as the story progresses. Please do not make inappropriate comments.

6. The sleep paralysis is only imagined. There are no fantasy elements.

Theme: Live freely and strive to improve.