After My Fiancé's Younger Brother Took Me by Force

[A Runaway at Heart, a Bewitching Beauty x A Dark, Proud, Untouchable Nobleman] Main story complete, extras in progress

Forcing her into marriage | The powerful lower their heads | She flees, he pursues | Dark and obsessive

Dai Chan was forced to take her sister's place and marry the eldest son of the Marquis of Yongjing, a man with a house full of concubines. Naturally, she was unwilling. So one night, she casually gave some river bandits directions, accidentally pointing them straight at the man she was supposed to marry and getting him killed.

Dai Chan pocketed the treasure he left behind and looked for a chance to escape as soon as she got off the boat. But then...

"Sister-in-law."

Dai Chan froze.

On the shore stood a handsome young man, tall and straight, his eyes fixed on her, dark as a snow-dusted mountain peak.

"My elder brother met with an accident, so I have come to take his bride. Sister-in-law..."

"Where do you think you're going?"

To conceal the eldest son's death and silence the rumors, Dai Chan was still forced to complete the wedding ceremony with a chicken in her arms. But the chicken was her partner in the ritual, while the man facing her was her cold and aloof younger brother-in-law, Cui Yun Ke.

The Marquis's household explained, "The second young master resembles the eldest in build, so this is the only way to fool everyone."

The wedding candles crackled. During the bows, Dai Chan stole a glance at the young man and felt a jolt of alarm. His eyes held undisguised disgust, shadowed by something inscrutable.

Dai Chan pressed her lips together, sensing trouble.

Sure enough, before she could even shed tears over her sudden widowhood, the Marquis's household demanded that she perform her marital duties with her brother-in-law and bear a child to be adopted into the eldest son's line.

Dai Chan panicked, then reconsidered. Cui Yun Ke was so proud he looked down on everyone. He had disliked her from the moment they met. If she was unwilling, surely he would be even less willing.

To her surprise, when she had just finished bathing that night, a tall figure was already waiting inside the bed curtains.

The second young master of the Marquis of Yongjing, Cui Erlang, was as elegant and refined as a jade tree, immaculate and otherworldly. Gifted from childhood, he was praised by all as an immortal descended to earth. The old marquis had personally appointed him heir. He was unquestionably the next head of the family. With him in charge, what could the household have to fear for the future?

When news of Cui Yun Fa's death arrived, Cui Yun Ke had only just returned to the capital. His elder brother was dead, but the bride he was supposed to marry was still on the boat. By every measure, Cui Yun Ke had to go and receive her.

There he saw the river breeze stirring, her veil fluttering as the young woman lifted her radiant face.

Her eyes were like spring water, her lips like red lacquer. There was something sly about her, and the moment she saw him, surprise flashed through her eyes again and again.

Cui Yun Ke disliked this woman, who was unchaste and of unknown origin. It was only natural.

But the Marquis's household repeatedly insisted that he take on both branches of the family. The young man lowered his eyes, his expression suddenly darkening.

His elder brother had no heirs. That was a great regret. Besides, this woman had teased him more than once...

Cui Yun Ke considered the matter for a long time, but in the end, he did not refuse.

The day Dai Chan was caught trying to elope with someone, a soft, persistent rain fell from the sky.

The usually aloof nobleman cut through the carriage shaft with one stroke of his sword and tore open her dress. His eyes held a wintry fury she could not understand.

"Give birth to a son or daughter, and I'll let your schemes and your part in my elder brother's death..."

The young man's phoenix eyes flashed with a frightening light. He calmly decreed her fate: "I will let the past go."

Dai Chan shuddered, struck as if by a thunderbolt.

#The younger brother takes his elder brother's place. Taking his sister-in-law for himself... is only right and proper.

[Warnings]

1. This really is a forced-marriage-and-possession story. He will go against the heroine's wishes, and the angst is intense. The heroine is somewhat scheming. Before she tries to run off with the money, she pretends to seduce the hero.

2. The hero and his elder brother are at odds. The heroine is not the main reason the brother is "killed," and the brother is not dead. The hero is a typical arrogant, powerful official. Neither lead is a perfect person.

3. There is an information gap between the protagonists, and they have different perspectives.

Theme: Arrogance succumbs to prejudice