Meeting My Fiancé's Brother at His Funeral

[A gorgeous, invincible, bankrupt heiress as the universally adored heroine. A Cinderella plot. If that's not your thing, don't read. Purely a retro throwback, written for my own amusement.] [Warning: Chapter 29 has a scene where the female supporting character Wen Lulu hugs the male character Song Lianxu and confesses to him. The scene is intended to set up a contrast later, because Song repeatedly turns down the female supporting character's advances. Later on, he will confess to the heroine Chuyue by repeating the exact same gesture. If you think this plot point is a problem or counts as women competing against women, or if you think the author favors men, please read this warning and steer clear. If you've read it and disagree with my view, leave me a message. I'll send you a red packet refund as soon as I see it.] 1. There's a secret everyone in N City's high society knows. The beloved youngest son of the richest man is engaged to Chuyue, a fallen heiress whose family went bankrupt several years ago. She has an extraordinarily beautiful face, but no ability to protect herself. Her family went bankrupt before she even graduated, and with nowhere else to turn, she was taken in by her childhood friend. Somehow, she ended up marrying the son of the richest man. Chuyue is pitiful, and terribly unlucky. Rumor has it she's Xu Si's childhood sweetheart and first love, but she wasn't exactly faithful. She made him look like a fool more than once. And not long after Chuyue married into the family, her husband was reported missing after an air disaster. At the funeral, everyone finally got to see the poor heiress. So lovely and delicate, beautiful and frail, lost and helpless, she knelt before her beloved's grave, not knowing what to do. Facing the villains watching her, she remained oblivious, crying so pitifully. That very night, they say, she was rejected by the older brother, who looked exactly like his missing younger brother. He thought she brought bad luck and forcibly sent her abroad. From then on, no one knew where she went. 2. Before she turned eighteen, Chuyue was the apple of her family's eye, a pampered young lady who had everything she could want. Countless suitors pursued her, but she wasn't interested in a single one. Then her family's company ran into financial trouble. Debt collectors came to the door, and she was driven out of her mansion. Overnight, she became a fallen heiress. Those suitors dropped their refined masks, too. They had ulterior motives. They only wanted to possess her when they dragged her back. After all, she'd once looked down on every one of them and trampled them underfoot. After an unexpected awakening, Chuyue discovers that she's the unlucky cannon fodder in a melodramatic story about a wealthy family. It's as if she's been handed a tragic Cinderella script, doomed to a life of being fought over and seized by force. The characters in the book love her but can't have her, and are torn between love and hate. She controls their emotions, leaving them helpless, until the real heroine arrives and finally cures this whole group of lunatics. They come to their senses and start liking the heroine instead, beginning new romances. As for Chuyue? After the villain takes her away, no one gives her another thought. In that case, Chuyue decides to keep provoking them and speed up their descent into madness, so they'll fall for the heroine sooner. At last, just as she'd expected, they seem to have given up on her, one after another, won over by the heroine's kindness and generosity. Chuyue secretly slips away from them all. She thinks she can now live out the rest of the story in peace. But she never imagined... That night, the rain poured down as someone knocked on Chuyue's door. The person standing before her was the man who should already have fallen in love with the heroine. "Since nothing I do will ever satisfy you, I'll use my own methods to make sure you stay by my side forever." ...The moon will never shine on me, so I'll take it for myself. [Artwork used with permission from the artist Muyuxixi] -----attention------- The heroine is a fallen rich heiress with every kind of advantage. Her backstory is melodramatic and complicated. She looks delicate and pitiful, but is strong inside. She's naturally adored by everyone and easily wins people's hearts. Key point: she's the person in the story who is best at manipulating others. Most of the male leads are messed up. Nobody expects you to reason with lunatics, right? This story includes a groveling romance, a widower, an older brother stealing his younger brother's love interest, and twins pretending to be each other, all remakes of tropes that were wildly popular in wealthy-family melodramas in the early twenty-first century. There are unbelievable portrayals of the rich and powerful that might make your toes curl, and the writing is at an elementary-school level. Please just take it with a laugh. The heroine doesn't suffer. At heart, it's a battlefield of men competing for her. She only looks weak, and won't be mistreated. Blurb: 2022.12.23 Premise: Strive to deepen your relationships and be a responsible, good person.