I Became the Tragic Heroine's Older Brother

[The radio drama of the same name is now available] Jun Huailang, heir to the Duke of Yongning, is reborn one day and discovers that he is a cannon-fodder character in a novel about a stepmother and her stepson. The male lead, Xue Yan, is an unloved prince who has been bullied and plotted against since childhood. After turning dark, he builds a faction, supports his young brother’s ascension to the throne, and becomes a regent wielding absolute power. He also wipes out the entire family of the young empress dowager, then forces her into a sexual relationship, all because she had a feud with him when they were children. And in the process, the empress dowager falls in love with him, willingly becoming his plaything. The entire novel is filled with steamy scenes between the two of them, leaving Jun Huailang shaking with rage. Because the empress dowager is none other than his own sister. And the family wiped out was his own. After being reborn, faced with his six-year-old little sister, the gentle and refined Jun Huailang makes up his mind for the first time. He will kill that beast for her. The first time he meets Xue Yan, the boy is being bullied by palace attendants, shoved around by a few eunuchs. The second time he meets Xue Yan, the boy has been framed. On the emperor’s command, he is dragged out and beaten bloody in front of the assembled officials. The third time he meets Xue Yan, the boy is still recovering from serious injuries. His brothers torment him, forcing him to dive into an icy lake in the first month of the year to retrieve a fan pendant. Jun Huailang has read too many books of sage teachings to bring himself to act. Instead, he feels compassion for the boy. If he can set this kid straight and keep him from becoming his sister’s enemy, he’ll spare his life. That’s what he thinks. But he doesn’t know that this boy is already as dark as they come. Thanks to Jun Huailang’s efforts, Xue Yan never becomes his sister’s enemy. Instead, he develops improper designs on Jun Huailang. But it takes Jun Huailang years to understand what it means to raise a tiger that will turn on you. Coming Soon Who Wants to Be a Villainous Cannon Fodder?! The night before the Spring Examination results are posted, Xiao Zhuoqing, the legitimate son of the Duke of Yan, dreams of his future. He will be named the top candidate, enter the Hanlin Academy, lecture on the classics, and make a name for himself throughout the land at a young age. At his celebratory banquet, an impoverished nobody with no known name will appear, holding a tattered sachet and asking to marry his legitimate elder sister. The sachet is something the man picked up somewhere, and he himself is a lazy good-for-nothing who never lifts a finger, lives off his dwindling savings, and makes wild boasts. Xiao Zhuoqing takes one look at him and throws him, along with his belongings, out of the duke’s estate. What he doesn’t expect is that he’s in a brainless wish-fulfillment novel called Treading Upon Princes and Lords, and that the man is Wang Yuan, the story’s chosen one. Meanwhile, Xiao Zhuoqing is nothing more than a snobbish aristocrat, casually humiliated and crushed by Wang Yuan as he rises to the top, surrounded by lovers. Reality and the dream match perfectly. At his own celebratory banquet, Xiao Zhuoqing sees the chosen one, who keeps declaring, “Never look down on a poor young man!” Now that he knows the future, should he cling to the chosen one’s coattails early and share in his wealth once he makes it big? Dream on. Looking at the man, who is ignorant, crude, and obsessed with getting something for nothing, Xiao Zhuoqing steps in front of his helpless, tearful elder sister and throws Wang Yuan out of the duke’s estate again, his face expressionless. Everyone says Young Master Xiao is a different person after passing the imperial examinations. Once a solemn and upright young duke, as aloof as snow on a mountaintop, he now holds high office and has become a rising star at court. He steps in when he sees injustice and calculates with uncanny precision when circumstances change. Even when the regent orders him to enter the palace and tutor the puppet emperor, he doesn’t refuse. In the depths of winter, amid the strange looks of those around him, he reaches out and pulls a gloomy, isolated boy from the freezing lake. Only Xiao Zhuoqing knows that he’s taking back the fortune Wang Yuan stole, while raising the great villain who could crush Wang Yuan with one hand if not for the plot killing him. He only has to wait until the day he can challenge the heavens. But before Wang Yuan can rise like a dragon in the rain, the great villain crushes him with a single finger. Xiao Zhuoqing, who had prepared for every contingency and was waiting for his great enemy to arrive: ? The young ruler, cold and sinister, with power in his hands, gazes at him with eyes as deep as a secluded pool and gently twirls a lock of hair on his shoulder. “Anyone who keeps upsetting you, sir, deserves to be hacked to pieces.” Reading Guide * 80% anti-piracy threshold, 24-hour delay * Updates daily at exactly nine in the evening * Dark, brooding top × refined gentleman bottom; the bottom is reborn * All potential landmines are in the blurb. The first chapter’s author’s note includes content warnings. If anything makes you uncomfortable, click away right away. If you still get upset, that’s on you. Not my problem. * Comments on logic and writing are welcome. Personal attacks on the author or characters from people who haven’t read the story will be ignored. * There are some really fun upcoming stories on my profile! Seriously, they’re fun! 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