Transmigrated as the Tragic, Beautiful and Strong Second Male Lead’s Little Sister

[Completed. The next book is Marry the Tutor. Its blurb is below.]

(Not biological siblings)

The Palace Walls Weep is an old-school tragic romance. The second male lead, Chu Huaian, is the novel's beautiful, powerful, and tragic character. He was the eldest prince of Chu, but after being switched at birth, he grew up as an illegitimate son in a marquis's household and suffered endless abuse.

When his identity was finally revealed, his biological father protected the male lead, who had stolen his position as crown prince. His fiancée, the female lead, also abandoned him for the male lead and schemed against him. He turned into a sinister, cold-blooded madman, murdered his father, seized the throne, and died a tragic death.

After finishing the book, Zhou Ying was furious. "What did Chu Huaian do wrong? Why should he end up like that?"

After venting over the injustice, she went to sleep and woke up transmigrated into the book.

She had become Zhou Qiyuan, the legitimate daughter of the Yongding Marquis's household, and the younger sister of Chu Huaian, who had drowned as a child in his adoptive family's home and whose brief appearance in the book amounted to a single mention.

As Zhou Qiyuan, Zhou Ying felt a headache coming on, but she made up her mind: Whoever he is, no one gets to bully my brother!

*

She had only just transmigrated when the young Chu Huaian shakily rose from the snow where he had been kneeling. His slender, frail body looked ready to collapse at any moment.

Zhou Qiyuan gazed at her gentle, pitiful, and stunningly beautiful older half-brother. Swallowing nervously, she asked in a tentative whisper, "Are you sick? Would you like to come inside? We can have a doctor look at you in a bit."

Chu Huaian: ...

*

Chu Huaian had always lived in a dark abyss, never knowing what it felt like to be cared for or protected.

Reborn one day, he returned to the age of eleven. He hid the darkness and cruelty within him, pretending to be the kind and gentle boy he had once been.

Everything was just as it had been before, except that his adoptive father's daughter, the short-lived little sister who had not lived past six in his previous life, was very different this time around.

She was like a warm ray of dawn, shining into his endless world of night...

A reborn male lead who hides a dark side × a sunny female lead who transmigrated into a book

Content notes: Sweet romance! A healing, wholesome love story! Mostly cozy everyday life, with no grand ambitions. Not a strong female lead story.

Next book: Marry the Tutor

Lovely, clear-eyed female student × cold, ascetic male tutor

Su Hanzhi, the legitimate daughter of the governor of Luozhou, was beautiful and had been cherished by her family since childhood.

With her wedding approaching, she had a prophetic dream one day. She learned that after they married, her refined and gentle husband would keep deceiving and using her. Not only would he break his promise and secretly keep a mistress, he would also bring about the destruction of her family and her own untimely death.

When Su Hanzhi woke from the dream, she was troubled.

Later, after confirming that the dream was true, she set her sights on the recently hired qin tutor in the household, hoping to break off her engagement as quickly as possible.

The tutor was exceptionally handsome and suffered from a serious illness.

In her dream, he was not a merchant. His true identity was Prince Duan, a prince of the current dynasty, and he would die of poison the following year.

Su Hanzhi began plotting. She thought, Rather than marry a faithless man and die full of resentment, wouldn't it be better to become a rich widow?

*

The tutor was a serious, proper man.

Su Hanzhi flirted and coaxed until she had him wrapped around her finger.

Later...

When Su Hanzhi proposed a divorce, the man who had always been distant and aloof toward her buried his face against her neck, eyes red, softly calling her childhood nickname. His expression was rapt, utterly besotted...

Su Hanzhi bit her lip in dismay, her delicate body trembling as she tried in vain to make sense of it. Why hadn't he died yet? Weren't she supposed to become a widow?

[Scene]

One night, Su Hanzhi was suddenly summoned to the music room by Prince Duan to practice the qin...

The next day, the servants whispered among themselves:

"The prince really has no idea how to be gentle with a lady. Not only did he make his wife practice the qin all night, he even 'spanked' her until she cried."

"It was so noisy. She must have been 'hurt' pretty badly. He even carried her back to 'apply medicine.'"

"How 'pitiful'..."

P.S.

1. Romance-focused, cozy everyday life, and sweet indulgence.

2. The heroine is breathtakingly beautiful and clear-eyed. Teacher-student romance, with a nine-year age gap.

3. From the heroine's perspective: prophetic dreams, marriage first and love later. From the hero's perspective: reborn, he loved her in his previous life but could not have her; in this life, his secret love comes true. He really is cold and ascetic at first, but later remembers his past life.

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The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character's Guide to Self-Rescue: historical transmigration into a book, not biological siblings, System story

After Marrying the Villain with a Serious Illness: historical transmigration into a book, female-led and male-led sex, sweet and satisfying

After Being Reborn, She Became Alluring and Irresistible: historical rebirth, not biological uncle and niece, sweet everyday romance

Transmigrated as a Cannon Fodder with a Delicate, Soft Body: fantasy transmigration into a book, master-disciple romance, goofy comedy

A Manual for Keeping a Beautiful Wife: historical transmigration, marriage first and love later, the male lead gets his comeuppance

A Satisfying Cultivation Story About Punishing Scumbags: cultivation transmigration into a book, the male lead suffers a long road to redemption, the second male lead takes his place

My Archenemy Is Sweet and Clingy Every Day: ancient Chinese danmei, noble and aloof beauty gong × free-spirited, flirtatious shou, unrequited love

The Fallen Immortal: fantasy romance, a universally adored heroine devoted only to cultivating immortality

Theme: There will always be someone who comes through the darkness to cherish you.