After Our Divorce, I Married My Ex-Husband's Brother

I have applied to unlock the story. Illness has forced me to adjust many aspects of my life, and it delayed my writing. This story has also gone badly from the very beginning, and revising it has left me utterly exhausted. In any case, I am truly sorry to all the dear readers who subscribed. I let you down and failed to live up to your expectations. I hope you never encounter another author as awful as me. Enjoy reading, enjoy life, and stay healthy! [Warning! Contains a lot of jealousy, possessiveness, and men going crazy] Brothers turning against each other + going crazy + secret identities exposed / temporary one-on-one relationships Preorder: Spring of Sin, scheming sister-in-law x mad dog of a younger brother-in-law. Please add it to your collection! The Lu family of the Yong'an Marquis's residence was the talk of the capital. At seventeen, the eldest son, Lu Yin, placed third in the imperial examinations and studied under a chancellor who had served two dynasties. He was honored for helping the heir ascend the throne. Having witnessed the tragedy of his parents' marriage, he hated nothing more than people who overstepped the rules of propriety and showed contempt for traditional morality. Then, under the pretext of traveling south to attend his younger brother's wedding, he was sent to oversee a corruption case. By chance, someone set him up, and he became physically intimate with a woman. He made an excuse to miss his younger brother's wedding ceremony. The next morning, his beautiful sister-in-law, lovely as peach blossoms, lowered her eyes and softly called him, “Elder Brother.” Her voice was exactly like the voice of the woman in his memory. He looked up abruptly and saw his sister-in-law's pale hand trembling as she held a teacup. * Later, when the eldest son returned to his hometown to pay respects to his ancestors, there seemed to be a graceful young woman in his carriage. When the townspeople asked about her, they learned she was the woman he was about to marry. By coincidence, just days earlier, news had reached the capital that his biological younger brother had divorced his wife, and that his former sister-in-law had returned to her family home. On the night of the wedding, a young general, weary from a long journey, suddenly burst into the hall. His eyes were bloodshot as he demanded of his elder brother: “Give my wife back to me.” [Reading Guide] 1. The female lead has had no previous partners; the male lead and second male lead have had no previous partners. 2. After discovering the female lead's identity, the male lead forces his younger brother to divorce her, then takes her by force without regard for morality. 3. A shameless, melodramatic mess, with everything serving the romance. 4. No infidelity while the marriage is still in effect. [Preorder: After My Husband's Death, They All Want to Take His Place. Please add it to your collection!] [Airheaded beauty of a stepmother x scheming, sweet-faced but black-hearted stepson] After his adoptive father died unexpectedly, his stupid and wicked stepmother, who had nothing going for her but her looks, imperiously ordered him to take care of her. He had plenty of things to do and no time to humor the stupid woman. Until he realized this silly rabbit wasn't as simple as he'd thought... Did she think everyone in the world was as stupid as she was, unable to tell how she came home every day with flushed cheeks and watery eyes, looking around furtively like she had something to hide? His stepmother had learned to sneak around and fool around... What right did those men outside have to covet her? His father was dead, but he was still alive. Shedding his gentle facade, he lowered his head and kissed the corner of his stepmother's lips. At last, he understood why his father, a powerful statesman as imposing as a mountain, had fallen for her of all people. “Father is gone. I'm the only one who can take his place, Stepmother.” *The female lead has no prior partners; all male characters are inexperienced / irresistible heroine / taking by force / face-slapping as they come to love her Premise: Love yourself first, then love others.