After Marrying the Person My Younger Brother Secretly Loved

This novel features a wildly popular, irresistibly charming uke who is a fighting champion. To compete with Ran Le for his inheritance, his father sent him to live in the countryside when he was very young, then ignored him completely. Only years later, when the family needed a marriage alliance, did they bring him back. His intended was the eldest son of the Zhuo family, a sinister big shot who had been left with a disabled leg and impotence after a car accident. When Ran Le got his father's call, he'd just won the annual fighting championship. Amid the deafening cheers of the crowd, he listened quietly to the whole call. Then the normally cool curve of his lips suddenly lifted into a wicked smile. He said, "Fine. I'll go." Everyone thought Ran Le had agreed to the marriage because he dreamed of clinging to the Zhuo family and marrying up. They all waited to laugh at him, but... The poor, uncouth country bumpkin they'd imagined turned out to be a cool, tall, exquisitely handsome force of nature, brimming with wild charm! Less than a month after returning to the capital, he'd made a name for himself through sheer ability. Even the arrogant second-generation rich kids scrambled to become his underlings! Though he was married, his bold, untamed allure was simply too tempting, and the number of people who admired him kept growing! A major fighting event made Ran Le the center of attention overnight. Invitations to all kinds of shows poured in, and he earned so much from appearances he could barely keep up. Everyone thought Ran Le was living the high life in a wealthy family, but they had no idea that he was at the center of a daily battlefield of romantic rivalry! Because... The younger brother of his intended was Ran Le's high school classmate. That guy had a secret crush on Ran Le but was too afraid to confess, so he caused trouble every day! For example, A dating reality show invited Ran Le and his intended to appear together. Ran Le was about to ask the eldest Zhuo son what he thought, but the second Zhuo son intercepted him first... With Zhuo Er blocking the stairwell, the young top-tier star all but pressed his face against Ran Le's and said eagerly, "My brother would never go on a show like that. You don't need to ask him! I'll go with you!" "Wouldn't that be awkward?" Ran Le said. Then, seeing someone appear behind Zhuo Er, he pushed away the face in front of him and lowered his eyes with a faint smile. "What's the problem? It's not like this would be the first time..." Crash! A cup of iced coffee struck Zhuo Er in the back. "You've been scalded. Go to the hospital, and don't come out for two months." With a dark expression, Zhuo Da gave the order with a cold snort. Zhuo Er: ... This is so damn ridiculous! Later, when the show aired, the internet exploded. 'I only just figured it out today: Ran Le's husband is actually the eldest son of the Zhuo Group?!' 'I kept watching his interviews and thought he was married to the top-tier star surnamed Zhuo!' 'So this is a rich-family scandal about a younger brother plotting to take his older brother's place?!' The eldest son, Zhuo Yizhou, sent Ran Le a screenshot of the netizens' comments, along with a message: I hear I've been thoroughly cuckolded? Ran Le rubbed his aching back and replied: You big liar. Weren't you impotent?! Reading guide: 1. Fighting champion, wicked-king uke X sinister big-shot, jealous seme. The seme is the older brother. 2. Two irresistible foxes flirt with each other until they're both utterly smitten. 1v1, each other's first love, both chaste. 3. The title is from the seme's perspective, but the blurb and story focus on the uke. 4. In a setting where same-sex marriage is legal. The competition rules include creative liberties. 5. The first version of the blurb was posted on Weibo on June 22, 2020. ★★Coming soon: The General Sent to Bring Good Fortune Fifth Prince Song Nuan is blessed with delicate beauty and naturally lovely features, the most beautiful of the royal princes. Unfortunately, he has a strange illness: he's crazy and foolish, and he likes to bite people. The old emperor was worried about his son, so the Imperial Preceptor submitted a memorial: once the prince came of age and established his own household, marrying him to a suitable partner to bring good fortune would cure him. The emperor immediately issued an edict to find the prince a spouse. After a great victory in the campaign against the Rong in the Northern Frontier, General Qin Lang returned to the capital. To his surprise, the first thing he received upon his return was an imperial decree granting him a marriage. Even more surprising, the decree ordered him to bring good fortune to the supposedly mad and foolish Fifth Prince?! Qin Lang stared at the decree, a bloodthirsty menace roiling in his eyes like a fearsome demon fresh from battle. He gave a cold laugh and thought: This is absurd! On their wedding day... Song Nuan, a socially anxious man who had transmigrated here as a child, trembled all over at the grand spectacle. He clenched his little fists. I-I have to hide! Qin Lang pushed open the bridal chamber door, but there was no one inside. His expression darkened, and he was about to call for help when a loud crash suddenly came from beneath the bed! Suspicious, Qin Lang lifted the bed curtain and saw a bundle of white wrapped in red wedding robes. It was an exceptionally beautiful young man! The beauty was clutching his head, biting his lip and holding back tears as he endured the pain. When he saw Qin Lang, his big, tear-filled eyes immediately brimmed with fear. Yet he forced himself to stop trembling, pressed a finger to his lips, and whispered, "Shh! Shh!" Qin Lang: ... Later, Qin Lang held Song Nuan and asked, "Are you still afraid of me?" Song Nuan shook his head with his eyes closed. All the hot breath he exhaled turned into beads of sweat on Qin Lang's forehead... ★★Coming soon: Transmigrated as a Noble Clan's Substitute, I Raised the Villainous Chief Minister Little culinary prodigy Gao Jie woke up one day to find he'd transmigrated into a book. He'd become the beautiful male wife of a noble clan's son in an imperial examination novel. He came from a butcher's family and had been chosen by the eldest son of the He family only because his beautiful face looked just like that man's unattainable first love. Gao Jie caught the two of them having an affair in the very year the eldest son passed the imperial examinations... In the original story, he swore he wouldn't give up his position as wife, and in the end, they tormented him to death. Gao Jie, now transmigrated into the book, wasn't about to let the He family get the chance to harm him. So the two sides sat down to negotiate... Several days later, Gao Jie emerged victorious from the negotiations. He decided to use the money he'd extorted from the He family to support their enemy. Then he opened the door to the He family's woodshed... In the drafty woodshed, a little boy was chained by the neck. In the future, he'd become the most powerful, most ruthless, most terrifying villain in the entire story. But right now, he was crouched in a corner, trembling, like a skinny, scruffy stray puppy abandoned on the street. Only his eyes still shone with the savage light of a hungry wolf. Gao Jie said, "From now on, I'll raise you. You're my good son, understand?" Years later, The stray puppy had grown up to become the chief minister. Wearing an imperial robe, he bounded down the steps at a brisk pace, just to take Gao Jie's hand and personally help him ascend to the highest throne under Heaven. From the high terrace, Gao Jie looked at the people kneeling below and vaguely recognized two men trembling like leaves. They looked like the two wretched men from the He family. Bonus scene: The chief minister held Gao Jie tightly and asked with a smile in his voice, "Daddy?" Gao Jie: "Get lost! Only a ghost would be your father!" Theme: Good love helps both people become better. Supporting each other is the way to go farther.