After Marrying My Ex's Older Brother by Contract

*Coming soon: "The Sickly Beauty Sent for a Political Marriage Wants to Run Away with the Baby [Book Transmigration]" and "Ex-Boyfriends Are Banned from Crime Scenes." Please add them to your reading list.

*After his ex took revenge on him for their breakup, Song Yanxing got acquainted with one of the industry's most sought-after power players. Wen Xinqu was born into a prominent family and was a brilliant young talent. Everyone was eager to get on his good side.

To Song Yanxing, he was his trashy ex-boyfriend's older brother, a young master who kept strangers at a distance, and someone from a world he could never belong to.

Then Wen Xinqu became his blind date. Song Yanxing blurted out, "Don't talk about feelings. We're not getting back together. There's no chance."

His date only smiled. "All right. You want to get married? What do you think of me?"

Song Yanxing knew all too well how far apart they were, so he turned Wen Xinqu down, saying they had no emotional foundation.

He never expected the man he'd rejected to save him when he fell into trouble.

Wen Xinqu not only resolved the mess caused by the incident, but also warned off people who had designs on Song Yanxing, publicly standing up for him.

There was one condition.

Wen Xinqu: "A three-year marriage of convenience."

An excuse to keep you by my side.

*

After they married, Wen Xinqu took care of Song Yanxing at every turn, as if they were a real couple.

Song Yanxing tried several times to remind him, but whenever he looked at that gentle face, the words slipped his mind.

Even so, Song Yanxing constantly warned himself not to fall for him.

After all, they had never... been intimate.

Maybe it was a platonic marriage.

So he let his guard down around Wen Xinqu, acting however he pleased, never noticing how increasingly explicit the man's gaze became.

On the day he won the industry's Best Company award, he boldly confessed his love to Wen Xinqu.

It took a day and a night without leaving the bedroom for him to finally realize that their earlier distance had been the restraint holding Wen Xinqu back.

And he had personally undone the lock, releasing the beast that had coveted him for years.

*

The first time Wen Xinqu saw Song Yanxing was in an intimate, erotic scene from a movie.

The sun hovered at the edge of the horizon, bathing the face on screen in a flush.

He lowered his head to open the door. He didn't expect a handsome boy wrapped in a white towel to stumble into his arms, bringing with him a pair of clear, panicked eyes glistening with tears. In that moment, Wen Xinqu thought: From now on, those eyes should look only at me.

Later, when he learned the boy was his younger brother's boyfriend, Wen Xinqu hid his feelings and played the role of an inconspicuous older brother.

But then he heard his younger brother having a flirtatious phone call with someone who wasn't Song Yanxing, and the feelings he'd kept hidden for years could no longer be contained.

*My next book will be "The Sickly Beauty Sent for a Political Marriage Wants to Run Away with the Baby [Book Transmigration]."

Chai Xuejin, the capital's number-one sickly beauty, learns by chance on the way to Dongyi for a political marriage that he's living in a novel. Worse, he's a pitiful cannon-fodder character who will die on his wedding night and is being used as a bargaining chip by the emperor. To survive, Chai Xuejin has no choice but to run.

He hasn't gotten far when a monk carries him back. Chai Xuejin assumes the man is after money, only to discover he's Si Baizhao, the most beloved younger son of the King of Dongyi.

In the original novel, Si Baizhao is handsome and extraordinary, as well as a brave warrior: a prairie wolf king capable of making Dongyi an equal of the Central Plains dynasty.

Unable to escape, Chai Xuejin decides he might as well attach himself to a powerful ally. At least that way, he can stay alive.

But Si Baizhao is extremely cold toward him and even warns him to observe the rules of chastity expected of a man. After several such encounters, Chai Xuejin has no choice but to think of another plan.

Before he can come up with one, the King of Dongyi kicks the bucket before the wedding.

Now Dongyi is plunged into civil war. Chai Xuejin, widowed before he even marries, finds himself in an awkward position. Gradually, he notices that the people around him are looking at him strangely.

It turns out there's a saying in Dongyi: whoever inherits the throne inherits everything the king owned, including his wife.

Remembering Si Baizhao's expression, Chai Xuejin is speechless. Is there no way to stay alive?

While he racks his brains trying to survive, his belly... slowly grows.

Chai Xuejin: "..."

This is the end of me.

*

The first time Si Baizhao met Chai Xuejin, the other man was disheveled, his palm-sized face unbearably seductive and enough to make anyone's heart race. After several encounters, Si Baizhao remains convinced that this beautiful man from the Central Plains has designs on him.

A man like that is too much trouble. Get involved with him, and you'll never get rid of him.

But when he learns that his brothers, all vying for the throne, are willing to give it up in exchange for Chai Xuejin, he finds himself displeased.

This fair-skinned beauty is his alone. No one else can touch him.

*Upcoming book: "Ex-Boyfriends Are Banned from Crime Scenes"

When Xie Lingyin was eighteen, he parted from his first love on bad terms and went abroad for further study at his family's urging. Ten years later, he became one of the country's ten outstanding young medical professionals.

But as soon as he returns home, he gets caught up in a murder case and runs into the first love he could never forget.

Back then, Xie Lingyin was a wealthy catch everyone adored, while Lu Maoyu was so broke he had to share a cup of instant noodles with a cat.

Lu Maoyu, the deputy head of a criminal investigation squad weathered by years of hardship, never expected to meet his first love again ten years later. This time, he was a righteous police officer, while Xie Lingyin was a suspect in a major case.

Their breakup had been left unresolved. They dropped all pretenses and traded barbs, tormenting each other until the case was over.

The day Xie Lingyin left the city police bureau, his temper flared and he declared, "If you ever catch me again, I'll recognize your cat as my big brother."

Lu Maoyu: "..."

Early the next morning, Xie Lingyin waited at the entrance with an officer beside him, then awkwardly called out to Lu Maoyu, "...Morning, Cat Daddy."

Lu Maoyu: "?"

He thought it was over, but it was only the beginning.

Every parting is a reunion after a long absence. Our meeting was destined.

*Reader's guide:

1. Slice-of-life, simple writing, bottom's perspective, just for fun.

2. Scheming top who steals another man's love; strong-willed bottom.

3. The entire plot serves the romance. It's mainly about falling in love.

4. There are countless great books on Jinjiang. If this one's not for you, pick another one. Don't force yourself. Happy reading!

Theme: Follow your heart and flourish.