After Marrying My Archenemy's Older Brother

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[The following is this novel's blurb. The extra chapters are posted separately in my collection.]

[Sweet marriage-first romance] · [Frank, sweet-talking heiress × aloof, self-possessed flower on a high peak] ·

Chu Huaining fell in love at first sight with her nemesis's older brother. Before long, she got her wish and married the man of her dreams. But on their wedding night, seeing Gu Shuyan in his handsome wedding robes awakened all her memories of her past life.

In her previous life, for Gu Shuyan's sake, she put up with her nemesis's endless provocations. She bent over backward and obeyed his every wish, but could not warm even that heart of stone. She even watched the man who was always as cold as ancient ice comfort his young cousin as the sun set?

Reborn, she found herself starting all over again on her wedding night. Chu Huaining was done with this!

She snatched away the glaring red bridal veil and shouted, "I want a divorce!"

Gu Shuyan stared at her in astonishment for a moment, then said coldly, "Have you gone mad?"

That's right. She had to be mad to marry him twice!

**

Gu Shuyan had become the target of his younger brother's nemesis.

The sweet young woman said she liked him, coaxed and tricked him into marrying her, then declared on their wedding night that she didn't want him anymore.

He thought she was just throwing a tantrum and that a little patient reassurance would make everything right.

But after they married, she changed completely. She ignored him, brushed him off, and kept shouting that she wanted a divorce. What was more, she and his younger brother shared a past that she and Gu Shuyan did not.

Gu Shuyan thought he must truly have gone mad to be so devastated, as if his heart were being cut to pieces, whenever she turned him away.

As the days passed, her attitude toward him still did not improve, but he began to sense where the problem lay.

Gu Shuyan, reborn into this life, thought he might still be able to salvage things.

**

In his previous life, Gu Shuyan accepted the imperial decree and married Chu Huaining.

Watching the spoiled young woman bustle about for him, he suppressed the joy in his heart. Then, out of nowhere, she suddenly stopped wanting him.

In this life, Chu Huaining had gotten tangled up with him again.

The flowers were in bloom and the moon was full, their wedding a grand celebration, and once again she didn't want him.

His face was icy, the corners of his eyes red. In a hoarse voice, he pressed his lips to the young woman's cherry-red ones and murmured with irresistible allure, "Only I can be your husband, Huaining."

To Gu Shuyan, everyone in the world was dull and uninteresting. Only Chu Huaining was as vivid and varied as the world itself, intruding into his desolate, silent life.

[Reading Guide]

* Set in a fictional world, very fictional. Please don't nitpick the historical details.

* Both leads are reborn and remember their past lives after getting married. The male lead remembers a little later.

* The cousin is a huge misunderstanding. The male lead loves the female lead in both lives. 1v1, both virgins.

* There is an underlying plot, but the romance is sweet. After marriage, the male lead is devoted and clingy.

[Coming Soon] "The Springtime Romance Bestowed by the Emperor". Please add it to your reading list!

After the State of Chu suffered a crushing defeat, Princess Chu Yin and her younger brother were sent to the Jin court as hostages. Everyone knew the truth: the fallen princess was just an extra, and she would probably have to stay in Great Jin forever.

At a palace banquet, the emperor declared that the princess of Chu and the third prince made a well-matched couple, a marriage blessed by fate.

Xie Tang's eyes swept over Chu Yin as if full of affection. He clasped his hands and accepted the decree. "Your son has long loved the princess. Thank you, Father, for granting us your blessing."

Xie Tang was as radiant as the moon, gentle and considerate by nature, an ideal husband.

Everyone thought the princess of Chu had struck it lucky, receiving the Third Prince's boundless affection after their marriage.

No one knew that Xie Tang had been the light she had kept in her heart since childhood.

But all her beautiful fantasies turned to ash that day.

With her own ears, she heard the voice that spoke to her so tenderly every night say something so cold and cruel.

"I only married her because I needed to. Once she's no longer useful, I'll get rid of her."

Someone asked, "Then why do you spend every night acting like a lovesick husband, Your Highness?"

Xie Tang chuckled. "This marriage was bestowed by the emperor. I've been given such a beautiful wife, so why should I deny myself?"

Everyone burst out laughing.

Behind the door, Chu Yin felt her palms turn cold.

**

Knowing her love had been misplaced, Chu Yin quickly took back her feelings.

She made the most of what little value she had left, then asked for a divorce.

That night, Xie Tang only asked if she was sure.

She was sure. She had never been more clearheaded.

Xie Tang did not try to keep her. He let her go.

Without Chu Yin, Xie Tang's life carried on as usual. But every night, only he knew how madly he missed her.

On the night before Chu Yin was due to return to Chu, the coldhearted prince, who had always looked down on everyone, appeared before her.

Another man was standing by her side, looking intimate with her.

The corners of Xie Tang's eyes reddened, and he lost his usual composure. "Chu Yin, what would it take for you not to leave...?"

Chu Yin looked up. There was no love for him left in her eyes.

"We each got what we wanted, Your Highness. You don't need to keep pretending to be in love."

How could Xie Tang not understand? How could he not see the truth?

But only now did he truly realize that throughout this ridiculous, false marriage, he was the only one who had fallen too deep to escape, loving her without hope of being loved in return.

1. Naturally cruel, unhinged prince × resilient, impoverished, beautiful princess

2. 1v1, both virgins, marriage first and love after, the husband pursues his wife after losing her, tangled romance.

Theme: Given another chance, you can see things more clearly