Powerful protagonist lowers her head | Stealing someone’s partner | Taking by force | Double secret identities | Intense push and pull | The lofty beauty descends from her pedestal | A refined, self-serving, alluring beauty x a seemingly aloof and noble man with a dark, calculating heart
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Wei Ying is exceptionally beautiful. Every scholar who has met her has fallen for her, but she comes from an unremarkable family and is constantly made things difficult for by her mother-in-law.
To avoid her mother-in-law’s wrath, the man she loves sends her to stay with his elder brother.
Hoping to marry into a powerful family as soon as possible, Wei Ying finds a way to lure the man she loves into her bed, and they spend one night together. After that, they meet almost every night, unable to bear being apart.
Fortunately, the elder brother, Pei Jin, turns a blind eye and never makes things difficult for her. Wei Ying is deeply grateful.
Half a month later, Wei Ying’s belly gradually begins to swell.
That night, she is overjoyed and wants to share the good news with the man she loves, but accidentally learns that her fiance was sent away months ago by her mother-in-law and has yet to return.
Then... who is the man who has shared her bed every night all this time?
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In the eyes of outsiders, Pei Jin comes from a distinguished family. He is pure and noble, steadfast as pine and bamboo, and the ideal of countless young scholars from noble clans.
He has his sights set on a brilliant future, never letting worldly matters hold him back, and certainly never indulging in romance.
His younger brother’s fiancee, that beautiful but calculating woman, is staying by his brother’s side only to climb the social ladder.
Pei Jin dislikes her, but deliberately keeps her around.
He will educate her properly on his brother’s behalf, make her suffer a little, then force her to leave of her own accord.
Until one night, the soft, fragrant woman presses close and gently whispers in his ear, “Pei Lang...”
In the utter darkness, Pei Jin’s eyes suddenly turn gloomy.
Fine. Since she has mistaken him for the man beside her bed, he might as well let her keep making that mistake.
[Extra Scene]
After finally returning to the capital, Pei Zhao asks to see Wei Ying, but his elder brother stops him.
In the study, Pei Jin stands tall and dignified, like a pine tree dusted with snow. His slender fingers turn a page as he says calmly, “You and her were never in the same league. Even if you forced it, it could hardly last. Better to end it here.”
Pei Zhao has no choice but to let it go for now, never imagining that...
After he leaves, his elder brother immediately enters the dimly lit bedchamber and caresses Wei Ying’s tear-streaked, snow-white cheek, then kisses the red marks on her neck.
“Yingying, do you want him to know whose child you’re carrying?”
Theme: He has been plotting to make her his for a long time
