Stealing My Brother's Wife

Coercive Pursuit | Marriage Before Love | Over-the-Top Drama | Arrogant, Unhinged Male Lead x Clearheaded, Composed Female Lead. Welcome, and please add this to your collection!

Blurb:

On the day the bridal sedan arrived, Ye Xingchen, the eldest son of the Ye family, was ambushed on his way to the wedding and disappeared without a trace.

To preserve the Wen family's reputation, the Ye family proposed that Ye Xingxun, his twin younger brother, take his place at the wedding and bring Wen Niang into the household.

The brothers looked exactly alike, but Wen Niang knew that the man kneeling beside her beneath the red veil, making vows to Heaven and Earth and marrying her, was not her fiance, but her brother-in-law.

That night, she faced him across the candlelight, her voice calm. "This is only a temporary arrangement, and I know it's unfair to you. In public, we'll pretend to be husband and wife. In private, we'll each keep to ourselves. Once your brother returns, everything can go back to how it should be."

Ye Xingxun toyed with the wedding cup. When he raised his eyes, his gaze was dark and inscrutable. In the end, he only gave a soft laugh. "All right."

By day, they were newlyweds who treated each other with affection and respect. At night, she kept her distance and slept in a separate room.

Until her parents-in-law pressured her, bluntly declaring that the Ye family could not remain without an heir.

Wen Niang had no choice but to push open his door. Her clothes were immaculate, her tone as cool as if she were discussing a business deal. "Brother-in-law, I'm sorry to ask this of you. We only need one child. After that, we'll be even."

Ye Xingxun looked at her in silence for a long while. "As you wish."

But that night was nothing like a mere formality.

The bed curtains grew stifling with heat. He bent over her, kissing away the dampness at the corners of her eyes. By the time morning came, Wen Niang had fallen asleep, exhausted. She never saw the gaze of the man beside her, fixed on her with a delusion that had long since grown wild.

In the early spring two years later, Ye Xingchen miraculously returned.

Everything should have gone back to its proper place. Wen Niang resumed her role as a gentle, dignified eldest daughter-in-law, treating the true eldest young master with affection and respect. Ye Xingxun once again became the brother-in-law who observed every rule of etiquette. Only in corners where no one could see would he suddenly seize her wrist.

"Sister-in-law, has my brother never asked..." He chuckled, his fingertips brushing almost imperceptibly over her lower back. "Where did you get all those marks on your body?"

Wen Niang went rigid with cold.

One afternoon, Ye Xingxun passed by the study.

Through its carved window, he saw his elder brother holding Wen Niang close, their silhouettes tender and intimate. Slowly, Wen Niang raised her eyes over her husband's shoulder and looked straight at him.

Spring sunlight shone outside. Her lips silently formed the words: "I. Don't. Want. You. Anymore."

Ye Xingxun finally broke down. In a place where no one could see them, he trapped her in his arms, the corners of his eyes red. "Sister-in-law, why can you love him, but not me?"

Wen Niang pushed him away, her cold gaze like frost. "Don't be ridiculous."

He bowed his head willingly and asked softly, "Then can't you at least play with me?"

Reading guide:

1. Coercive pursuit, marriage before love.

2. The male lead has plotted this from the start. He's a hypocrite who is truly unhinged, and their feelings are full of push and pull.

3. Both leads are sexually inexperienced. The brothers will face off, and the ending is happy. Both brothers have significant roles, but not at the same time. The elder brother disappears on his wedding day and can't be found, so everyone assumes he's dead, allowing the female lead to be with the younger brother. Later, when the elder brother returns, the female lead has a romantic storyline with him, while the male lead can only watch from the sidelines and lose his mind. Throughout the story, the relationships remain one-on-one.

Theme: Boldly pursue justice and love.