Stepbrother

After being rejected for the third time, Pei Jiu was drowned in the spit of the people of the capital.

Reborn, she threw herself into currying favor with her stepbrother, Mu Jingxing, hoping to avoid this crisis. With her stepbrother's protection, the danger passed without a hitch, and Pei Jiu began keeping her distance from him. She knew it was one thing to borrow a tiger's might, but trying to get something from the tiger itself was tantamount to suicide.

But then another crisis arrived...

Mu Jingxing: "Jiu'er, it's not nice to cross the river and tear down the bridge."

Pei Jiu: "..."

※ My completed novels, "Reborn as the Villain's White Moonlight," "Married to a Powerful Official," and "What a Coincidence, Your Highness," are available to read!

※ My upcoming novel, "Bound by Longing," is open for follows. Here's the blurb:

Ning Songwan, the daughter of a merchant, has been having a run of good luck lately:

Her childhood sweetheart placed third in the imperial examinations, but gave up better prospects to stay in Wangjing as a local magistrate and carve out a little corner of the world for her;

Her mother was cast off by her scumbag father, only to reunite with her first love and become a duchess. The duke treats her as his own daughter, and she even gains a stepbrother who is the heir, admired by countless noblewomen in the capital. The aloof flower on a high peak becomes a doting brother who treats her like a treasure;

She picks up a little beggar who, once cleaned up, turns out to be a handsome young gentleman, utterly devoted and loyal to her. But the truly astonishing part is that the beggar is of noble birth: he's a crown prince!

But soon, all this good fortune turns sour:

Her childhood sweetheart, the county magistrate, is stolen away;

The aloof flower on a high peak is actually a black lotus. His doting act is just a way to ward off unwanted romantic attention, but it draws countless admirers to her instead;

The crown prince she picked up isn't from the current dynasty, but the previous one. She gets no credit for saving him, and is even accused of harboring a remnant of the former dynasty...

Theme: In life, what matters is finding someone who understands you. What use are gold and silver?