The Bookworm Marked Their Ex's Older Brother

Xi Yan is the most popular Alpha at Nan University: broad-shouldered, long-legged, and coolly handsome. He’s a top student who wins a national scholarship every year, but he’s actually a hopeless bookworm. And then his boyfriend of many years, Shen Sining, dumped him. [We’ve been together since high school. How long has it been now?] [I’m an Omega with needs, too. Every time I’m with him, all we do is read or study. Do you really think he’s a fully functional Alpha?] [Name one handsome guy we’ve met at a nightclub who isn’t more interesting than him.] After reading the screenshots of the anonymous chat, Xi Yan said nothing. He simply tossed the gift he’d spent half a year’s tutoring wages saving up for into the trash. . As a conservative Alpha who respected his partner, Xi Yan wasn’t impotent. His pheromones were simply too powerful, and he didn’t want to accidentally hurt his partner by rushing into things before marriage. After the breakup, he sat for an exam in another province and met a flushed Omega at a hotel. The young man had beautiful features and eyes glistening with heat as he begged Xi Yan for a temporary mark. “…” Xi Yan had meant to refuse, but the moment he caught the other man’s pheromones, he lost control for the first time and fell hard. By accident, he permanently marked the Omega. Later, the Omega, who had disappeared for three months, showed up at his door. He was nothing like the clingy man in bed: cool and domineering, and carrying a pregnancy test result. “I don’t want our baby to be born without a father.” “I understand.” Xi Yan said he would take responsibility and signed the marriage agreement. Only then did he see the name of his future husband: Shen Jiyu. He felt like he’d heard that name somewhere before. . Shen Sining was the second son of the wealthy Shen family. He had an older half-brother, ruthless in his methods and terrifyingly powerful in the business world. No matter how arrogant and domineering Shen Sining was in private, whenever he saw his brother Shen Jiyu, his legs went weak and he could barely breathe. One day, Shen Sining went to his brother’s office to get his car keys, only to catch Shen Jiyu tilting his face up for a kiss and demanding to know why his lover had grown distant. Shen Sining’s mind went blank. He’d never imagined his usually aloof older brother was secretly a clingy, lovesick fool. But the worst was yet to come. His brother’s lover spoke in a low, gentle voice, one he knew all too well. “I’m not ignoring you.” “I was busy with exams during finals week.” “Good boy. Do as I say…” Outside the door, Shen Sining’s eyes reddened and he clenched his teeth. He couldn’t believe that Xi Yan was the one soothing his brother. No wonder, after getting bored with the handsome guy he’d just hooked up with, he’d remembered how good Xi Yan was and asked to get back together. First, Xi Yan had coldly and ruthlessly blocked him. Then he got a call from a psychiatrist asking whether he wanted to make an appointment. And the psychiatrist was his brother’s childhood friend. “…” * Reading guide: 1. Mutual spoiling means the seme spoils the uke and the uke spoils the seme. Not recommended for readers with very high standards about character dynamics. 2. This story is set in a futuristic fantasy era. The protagonists’ careers feature more prominently in the middle: the uke’s company launches a full-dive game, while the seme works in mechanical engineering and contributes to AI research. Some elements will go beyond a modern-day setting. 3. The story’s personal take on ABO is explained in the author’s note for Chapter One. - Here’s a preview. Please add it to your collection. Thanks~ Before My Rich Wife Forced Me Into Marriage Again Fu Xinzhu opened his eyes and was reborn, back before his rich wife forced him into marriage. After all the upheaval in his previous life, he’d responded to Yin Yuting’s aggressive pursuit with hostility and suspicion. As a result, he failed to settle his family’s debts in time, missed the best window for treatment, and lost both parents, while his younger sister was left permanently disabled. Given another chance, he immediately hailed a cab and went to cling to his wife for support. But Fu Xinzhu saw with his own eyes that his lover, who had held power and status in his previous life, was now being punished by having to kneel outside the old family home in the pouring rain. He remembered how Yin Yuting had come to his shabby rented apartment countless times in the middle of the night, saying he couldn’t sleep unless he held him. Back then, he’d thought his cold and proud lover was joking. So he really had been exhausted in body and mind, and could only sleep peacefully by his side. - Yin Yuting was born into a wealthy family and had been hated since childhood. He’d endured a brutal struggle for power. He knew that if he wanted to carve out a path for himself, he could only rely on himself. Even the mother who raised him saw him as a pawn. He’d long since gotten used to the idea that nobody in this world loved him. And whatever he wanted, he would use every means at his disposal to keep it in his grasp. Like the college student interning at his friend’s company. For once, he’d taken a liking to someone and approached him first, but the other man kept his distance. He planned to deal with his family affairs and then keep Fu Xinzhu by his side, whether he liked it or not. But On a rainy night when he was forced to kneel outside the door, someone held an umbrella over him. He looked up and saw Fu Xinzhu, who used to avoid him like the plague, appear in the torrential rain and bend down to hold him tight. “It’s pouring.” The young man’s body was remarkably warm as he sheltered him, not letting even a trace of mist touch him. “What if you catch a cold?” Theme: Sincere love is what touches the heart most