I Married the Younger Brother of the One I Love

Blurb:

[Sunny, straightforward sweetheart x gloomy, gentle black-bellied man]

Yu Lijing married, in a desperate act of self-deception...

She married the man once known as Xu Li, the younger brother of her beloved, and now known as Shen Yutang, the eldest son of the Marquis of Yangxia.

The moment he lifted her veil, she recognized him at a glance:

He was her beloved, Xu Tang. Xu Tang wasn't dead.

But he'd disguised himself as someone else and brazenly taken the place of the Marquis of Yangxia's eldest son. With a cold expression, he tossed the red veil onto her.

"If your heart belongs to someone else, why marry into this family? If the Yu family sent you here to curry favor, your noble mother and kind father will be disappointed..." Shen Yutang looked down at the woman gazing up at him. He couldn't understand why her eyes had suddenly become so fervent.

Hadn't she always loved Xu Li? Xu Li had been dead for only a year, and she'd already forgotten him? Poor Xu Li had loved her with all his heart.

Shen Yutang furrowed his brow and put on what he thought was a fearsome expression. He said coldly, "I won't be good to you."

Yu Lijing's heart pounded. Suppressing her joy at having her dream come true, she didn't expose his identity. Instead, she took his hand. "I... I'll be good to you."

Shen Yutang remembered pulling his hand away and saying, "I don't need that." But at some point, he began to repent to his dead younger brother while also growing greedy for the person beside him who promised to treat him well. He wanted her to be even kinder to him.

Preferably, he wanted to be the only one in her heart.

But Yu Lijing's heart had always belonged to just one person: the man once called Xu Tang, and now called Shen Yutang.

Screenshot taken on March 21, 2023

Theme: No matter how many storms one endures, never lose the sincerity of a pure heart