An Elder Brother Like a Husband

A lively, sweet girl who doesn't realize she's flirting × a powerful, high-ranking dom older brother

[Synopsis]:

In her previous life, A Ying wanted to stay in the capital. Ignoring her reputation and resorting to every means at her disposal, she married into the Huan family.

Facing her brother's disappointed gaze, A Ying smiled and said, "Brother, I'm just a woman who looks down on the poor and fawns over the rich."

Later, A Ying died at the hands of the Huan family's young master and his beloved concubine. As her soul was about to scatter, she saw her brother, who had always disliked her, slaughter the entire Huan family.

Amid the falling snow, he carried her body home, one step at a time.

Reborn, A Ying decided to cling to her brother and do as he said.

If Brother told her to study, she'd study!

If Brother told her to practice calligraphy, she'd practice!

In her previous life, Brother had chosen a poor scholar to be her fiancé. A Ying set aside her prejudices and tried to get along with him, too.

But why was Brother's gaze getting more and more terrifying?

"Brother, this scholar is a talented man you admire. If I marry him, will you be happy?"

Brother looked at her tenderly, his voice eerily dark. "Happy? I'd love to strangle him."

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Wang Lang entered officialdom as a youth. Before he turned twenty, he inherited the title of Duke of Qi, making him the youngest duke in the realm. Deeply calculating and immensely powerful, no one dared challenge him.

People praised him as the jade tree of the Wang family.

Yet on the day the fifth young lady of the Wang family was to be married, Wang Lang galloped through the streets and stopped the wedding sedan.

No one knew what he said. They only knew that from that day on, Wang Lang went mad.

He no longer cared about his spotless reputation, the bearing of a gentleman, or his family's good name.

He wanted to marry his own younger sister.

[Bonus Scene]

The wedding procession wound along the main street, and A Ying sat quietly inside the bridal sedan.

In this life, she had obeyed her brother, protected her reputation, and found herself a worthy and virtuous husband. Her heart was full of hope.

Suddenly, the thunder of hoofbeats rang out behind her. The bridal sedan came to an abrupt halt, and someone flung open the curtain, revealing a familiar face.

After Wang Lang realized his feelings, he quietly distanced himself from his younger sister.

But when he saw her dressed in bridal red, about to become another family's wife, the bitter jealousy in his heart ate away at the precarious facade of a gentleman.

When it came to A Ying, he had never been a gentleman.

"A Ying, don't marry him."

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(An imaginary blend of the Tang and Han dynasties, with a chaotic mix of institutional backgrounds.)

1. Thirteen-year age gap, both leads are sexually inexperienced; the secondary couple features an experienced woman and an inexperienced man.

2. Due to the story's historical setting, some characters express feudal attitudes in their beliefs and dialogue. These do not represent the author's personal beliefs or views.

Theme: A home that welcomes the sun enjoys spring all year; a family that does good is blessed with lasting fortune.