My Older Brother Is Anything but Cold

My Older Brother Isn't Cold-Hearted, But He Is Mad!

I woke up to find that I had become the ill-fated supporting woman in a novel, one whose ashes were scattered and whose family was wiped out.

Though I broke into a cold sweat, I was relieved that I hadn't gone down the road to ruin yet.

But I heard that my cheap older brother was a major villain. He'd fallen on hard times and was bullied by me, like a dragon stranded in a shallow stream for me to toy with. I... I wasn't the mastermind!

Could you give me a chance to make it up to you?

And so:

When he was starved until he was skin and bones, I brought him hot soup and snacks.

When he was abandoned and forbidden from attending the academy, I brought him paper, ink, brush, inkstone, and three books.

When nobody cared for him and he had a torn quilt and too few clothes, I brought him thin summer robes and padded winter coats.

I thought the villain had turned over a new leaf, and I stopped thinking about running away. But then the plot took a sudden turn for the worse.

Other people transmigrate into a book and take over someone else's body without a second thought. I, on the other hand, spent half the book working off the original owner's sins, and ended up driving an almost perfectly upright male supporting character to darkness.

Can't we just call off this romance? My long-delayed escape plan was finally about to get underway.

My once gentle, kind older brother suddenly grabbed my hands and feet with a sinister look. "A Yu, don't even think about going anywhere."

[Wise, beautiful, sunny heroine] x [Gentle at first, then a sickly, scheming lone wolf hero]

[Reading Guide]

1. An alternate-world transmigration into a book story. Entirely fictional.

2. One-on-one romance, faux siblings.

3. Make a full comeback and cling to a powerful ally, sweet romance, build a fortune.

4. The early story is set in the inner household, later shifting to the imperial court.

5. Both leads have their own growth journeys. The hero's identity will be revealed later.

The next story I'm working on: [The Laid-Back Imperial Uncle Rebels]

In her previous life, she transmigrated into a pitiful slave girl banished to the imperial mausoleum.

To escape a life with no prospects, no sunlight, and no joy, she seduced the young imperial uncle who lived in a nearby temple, where he was undergoing religious penance by imperial decree.

She planned to get him to take her away from the mausoleum so she could live a carefree life.

Unexpectedly, she was dragged into the royal family's dirty secrets and became a pawn who died unjustly.

After her death, she discovered that the man had been so enraged that he left the monastery, launched a rebellion, avenged her, and seized the throne. He even remained unmarried for the rest of his life for her sake?

In this life, she only wants to stay alive, make it up to him, raise their son, and encourage him to go further and become more powerful.

Yun Ling, the doting father:

After serving as regent for three years, he gave up power and left the capital. He thought he would spend the rest of his life traveling the world, enjoying the scenery, and retreating to live in seclusion somewhere in the mountains.

But a passionate presence suddenly entered his calm, uneventful life.

He fell for her, and discovered that they even had a son!

A few years later, this man who had once wanted nothing from life had a wife and child waiting for him at home.

"You have so many military victories and honors to your name. How can they bully you like this? Are you really going to keep backing down and putting up with it, my husband?"

"...What would you have me do, Yao Yao?"

"The prince's manor is too small... Could we move to a bigger house?"

"Then how about I conquer the grandest palace in the world and let you live there?"

Yun Ji, the wonderful son:

His mother died when he was young. He had no siblings or children, and his only father, the emperor, had also passed away.

Was this what it truly meant to be all alone? He was barely clinging to life, gravely ill and beyond treatment, and about to die.

If he could have another life, he wanted both parents by his side and a peaceful, happy life.

When he opened his eyes again, he was reborn as his mother's child once more, but his father had "died."

@[A charming, flirtatious beauty who knows exactly what she wants: to stay alive. She loves playing the long game to land a big catch, and only became a person of importance after her death. In this life, the reborn heroine urges her husband to climb higher and enjoys the blessings she deserves.]

@[A young imperial uncle, famed throughout the land for his glorious military achievements, who retired early. A truly laid-back prince with no desires, until the heroine sets his passion ablaze. He takes everything back for his wife and child and starts a new venture. A hero who loves to the point of madness.]

Theme: What's wrong with doing all I can to bring warmth to one person?