But He Calls Me Big Sister!

Yan Qinglu had just graduated from a traditional Chinese medicine program and was about to start work when she unexpectedly found herself in another world, in ancient times. To make a living, she could only work as a female doctor.

As for getting married, that was never going to happen. No matter how enticing the matchmaker's promises were, she remained unmoved.

But one day, her heart softened and she took in a young man. He was sweet, pretty, and clingy, and eventually became her little husband.

She hadn't planned on it, but the boy called her "big sister." How could she possibly resist that?

It wasn't until some time after their marriage that Yan Qinglu suddenly realized he wasn't a sweet, obedient puppy at all. He was a hungry wolf in dog's clothing.

Male lead's perspective

As a child, he was sold by his own father to a brothel. From then on, others controlled every aspect of his life. He struggled through it all until he was nineteen, but in the end, he still couldn't escape his fate: his madam had both his legs broken and left him in a mass grave.

He thought his miserable life would end there, but instead he awoke in a warm room, with the female doctor he'd met as a child sitting beside him.

Big Sister tended to his wounds and treated his crippled body. Sadly, he was sick and injured all over, and even with her devoted care, he couldn't survive the winter.

As he lay in her arms, watching snow fall softly beneath the dark night sky beyond the corridor, he begged her to give him a clean name.

She said, "Then let's call you Langxing. The stars filling the sky on a bright, moonlit night are as beautiful as you."

After being reborn, he searched far and wide until, at last, he found Big Sister again on a spring day when the hills were blanketed in blooming flowers.

She asked him, "What's your name?"

He smiled. "Langxing. The stars filling the sky on a bright, moonlit night."

Big Sister, this time, I came to find you with a clean slate!

P.S. The male lead really was a male courtesan in his previous life, but he's a good kid. Please don't hold it against him.

The inspiration for this story came from an article about male courtesans in ancient brothels. They had no control over their own lives, and many met tragic ends. I wanted to give them a happy ending, at least before they died.

That's the backstory behind the male lead!

-- Here's a story I'm planning --

"Xiao Shu, Want a Partner?"

Size difference / mutual pursuit

A cold, fiercely protective, powerful weirdo x an adorable, shy, gentle purification master

Shu Ran transmigrates to another world where women are scarce and men fiercely compete for their favor.

Men's bodies have evolved to let them fight wild beasts, but they are prone to losing control. Women's spiritual power can soothe men who have lost control, and those with high levels of power are called purification masters.

By a twist of fate, Shu Ran becomes a high-ranking purification master and the object of desire for every man without a partner.

Surrounded by covetous stares, a trembling Shu Ran pulls the powerful man who saved her in front of herself as a shield.

He's fierce and merciless, a cold man who would rather die than take a partner. Shu Ran knows he won't fall for her. It's a little disappointing, but at least she can relax.

Until one day, someone says to him,

"You're nothing but a subordinate."

Male lead's perspective

Cun, a person who should never have existed.

He struggled desperately, but still couldn't escape his destined death.

Just as he'd finally given up on his miserable life, a tiny, frail woman risked everything to save him.

Gazing down at the weak woman who didn't even reach his chest, he bowed his head and became her subordinate. From then on, he lived only for her.

She would sit on his shoulders and stroke his hair, curl up weakly in his arms and cry that she was in pain, and take his hand without hesitation even when everyone was against it.

Until she was held in the arms of his younger brother, the one he hated most, who said with scorn and disgust, "You're nothing but a subordinate."

A subordinate!

A subordinate!!

A subordinate!!!!

His pent-up feelings twisted into a surging rage, and he repeatedly stabbed that damned younger brother with his long knife.

Covered in filth, he looked up at the girl, whose face showed shock and disbelief, then fell into an abyss of despair.

Theme: One day, you'll find the sunshine in your life.