My Scheming Older Brother Has Been Plotting This for Ages

Soft, silly rich girl × sweet-on-the-outside, scheming court official (?)

Xie Huan is gorgeous, with skin like snow, and renowned throughout Yangzhou for her beauty. Since childhood, she's had fine clothes, lavish food, and everything going her way.

The only thing that ever bothered her was that she couldn't get along with Xie Jingyan, the older brother raised in her household.

At last, she managed to drive him away. Delighted, she got engaged to the handsome young master of the prefect's family, only to dream that three years into their marriage, the wealthy Xie family would be confiscated and the whole clan ruined. Left with no one to rely on, she'd become a plaything, imprisoned in a golden cage.

When Xie Huan woke up, she urgently needed someone powerful to lean on.

By then, Xie Jingyan had become the new top scholar, so Xie Huan shamelessly threw herself into his arms. "Waaah... Brother, save me!"

Before long, every official in the capital knew that Scholar Xie had a delicate, breathtakingly beautiful, and wealthy younger sister. One after another, they came knocking to ask for her hand.

Xie Huan sighed. Being the top scholar's younger sister was great. Powerful people were lining up to let her cling to them.

Just as she was debating whom to choose, Xie Jingyan, who had nearly been forcibly taken away by a princess, offered her his own leg to cling to. "You need power, I need money. Why don't we join forces in a marriage of political and business interests, and get what we each want?"

Xie Huan sensed something was off, but it sounded so reasonable.

It wasn't until their wedding day that Xie Huan discovered the bridal chamber he'd prepared with such care was exactly like the golden cage in her dream!

Xie Huan burst into tears and hastily packed her things, preparing to run away that very night.

Xie Jingyan, dressed in his red wedding robes, suddenly appeared and pinned her onto the bed. With a gentle smile, he asked, "Little Huan, where are you going on our wedding night?"

Xie Huan: ...╭(°A°`)╮

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The newly appointed top scholar, Xie Jingyan, was as elegant and bright as the moon, gentle and warm. But he had a secret past, and for the sake of his life, he had been taken in by the Xie family, where he and Xie Huan posed as siblings.

When Xie Huan fell for someone else, they quarreled and parted on bad terms. By the time he turned back, Xie Huan was already married.

When they met again, he had transformed into the heir to the regent's title, a man of the highest rank. Meanwhile, Xie Huan, still oblivious to the truth, had been betrayed by her husband and sent to his bed.

Knowing how much she loved luxury, he built her a golden house, gave her fine clothes and jewelry, and treated her with every kindness.

But the person she still had on her mind was her husband, not him.

When Xie Jingyan opened his eyes again, he was back in the past. Xie Huan was still unmarried, and instead of turning to someone else, she threw herself into his arms and begged him for protection.

But that wasn't enough. In this life, he would make Xie Huan fall in love with him.

Still... there was nothing wrong with luring her home first.

She'd fall for him in time.

In a nutshell:

The heroine tries to save her life by clinging to a powerful man, only to walk right into a trap. After the hero successfully lures her home, they seduce each other and end up hopelessly in love.

"The general vibe: the hero conquers the world, while the heroine is beautiful and occasionally whispers in his ear."

#Be gentle and sweet with her, and slowly woo her

#Help, help... I grabbed the wrong powerful leg

#But being the top scholar's wife is a better deal than being his sister

[Reading Guide]

· A lighthearted, sweet romance, with marriage before love. The heroine is a silly sweetheart who clings to someone powerful to survive, while the hero is sweet on the outside and a hunter underneath.

· The leads aren't related by blood. They grew up together as childhood friends and constant bickering rivals.

· The hero is talented in both arms and letters, deeply calculating, and always flirting. The heroine is a beautiful, clueless rich girl, a silly sweetheart who really is silly, not secretly brilliant! The smartest decision of her life was clinging to the hero.

2022.5.11

Theme: Falling in love