My Sister-in-Law and I (Reborn)

[The new outline is ready, but the blurb hasn't been revised yet. Rewritten through Chapter 15, which has been replaced. Note from 2023-11-26.]

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[Cold, scheming younger brother-in-law and delicate widowed sister-in-law]

In her previous life, Shen Youyi was thrown into prison and met a miserable end.

Reborn, she wants to avoid disaster and survive.

But corrupt officials rule the court, and the world has fallen into chaos. After much thought, she decides the only place she can find shelter is the Lu residence in Bianjing.

Yet Lu Mian, to whom she had been engaged since childhood, died in battle long ago. Thinking of his younger brother, Lu Zhan, Shen Youyi finally puts pen to paper, carefully choosing her words as she addresses the letter to Madam Lu:

"Since Shushu and Mian Lang cannot fulfill their love, I wish to enter your household and remain chaste for him."

She doesn't know that as soon as the letter enters Bianjing, it goes straight into Lu Zhan's hands.

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The Lu family of Bianjing is an illustrious house, generations of them loyal to the throne. No one expected them to produce a corrupt official: Lu Zhan.

Lu Zhan rules the household alone, harms court officials, abuses his power, breaks the law, and humiliates the royal family. He looks down at the people kneeling at his feet, his gaze ice-cold.

But one day, a woman surnamed Shen arrives at his residence, claiming she wants to remain a widow for his dead elder brother. She has delicate features, skin like cream, and lips that are moist and cherry-red.

And... a slender waist that looks too delicate to bend.

What a pity she's not his.

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If she's not his, does that mean he can't take her?

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He's a filthy, vile man, yet he still dares to hope for the one light in his darkness.

Reader's guide:

1. The setting is highly fictionalized. Please don't nitpick historical details.

2. The male lead has no sense of morality.

3. Madam Lu in the blurb is Lu Mian's mother.

4. Both leads are virgins. One-on-one romance.

5. This blurb was written in July 2022.

6. Weibo: Jinjiang Lanshan Que

Blurb for the new story, Broken Branch:

Su Yayun is the beloved daughter of the Great General of Zhenyuan. She knows nothing about poetry or song, but she can wield a red-tasseled spear beautifully!

After a thousand-year wait, the old iron tree finally blossoms. At first sight, she falls for Ning Qingshu, a remarkably talented scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and declares that she will marry no one but him.

But Ning Qingshu is plotting to send her to another man's bed!

The next day, everyone assumes that Su Yayun's reputation is ruined and no one will ever marry her.

Su Yayun doesn't care at all, but her mother cries every day, and she can't stand it.

Unexpectedly, her beloved teacher, Li Yizhou, comes to visit just then. Unlike the stern way he used to scold her, this time he is unusually careful with every word.

"Why don't you marry me?"

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Everyone in Bianliang knows that Li Yizhou was the least favored of the late emperor's sons. He is handsome as a jade tree and immensely learned.

Unfortunately, his legs were disabled when he was young, leaving him a cripple who will spend his whole life in a wheelchair.

Li Yizhou thought he would live in an abyss forever, but he has fallen for the student who always greets him with proper respect.

Such vile, unspeakable thoughts should have been buried deep in his heart forever. But he knows he is not as kind as everyone thinks.

He hides in the darkness, greedily taking in the only light she has brought into his life, never satisfied.

He takes advantage of her, coaxing her with the words, "This is only to get us through the current difficulty. If you want a divorce later, I'll personally give you the divorce papers."

And so, he marries her as he wished.

But the lovely days of their marriage were stolen from the start. No matter how careful he is, he still cannot hold on to them.

On the day they divorce, the sky is dark with clouds. Li Yizhou will never forget her cold words: "From now on, you and I have nothing to do with each other."

Who could let go so calmly after having once tasted such sweetness? His face, usually as placid and detached as still water, shatters in that moment.

He might as well drag her into hell. No matter how gentle and normal he acts, she will never love him.

So he breaks his promise.

"A Yu, don't even think about it."

Theme: Keep living with all your strength, and never give up hope.