Marrying My Ex's Older Brother (Reborn)

Just after Cheng Shuning was reborn, her husband's elder brother, Zhou Congqian, threatened her. In her previous life, he had been cold, strict, and impossible to read. "Leave him, and I'll give you anything you want."

She remembered how the Cheng family had been convicted and imprisoned in her previous life, while her husband, Zhou Conglian, had ignored their plight and even demoted her from wife to concubine before marrying someone else. It was Zhou Congqian, her husband's elder brother, who had reached out and saved her whole family.

So this time, Cheng Shuning didn't stubbornly refuse as she had before. Instead, she said, "Then I want you."

In two lifetimes, it was the first time she'd seen the man look so stunned.

But in the end, he still nodded, his voice tinged with mockery. "You can only be my concubine."

Cheng Shuning agreed. She knew the man had mistaken her for someone who climbed the social ladder by attaching herself to the powerful, but she didn't explain herself at all.

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Zhou Conglian loved Cheng Shuning so much that, despite the vast gap between their social statuses, he wanted to marry her as his wife.

But besides his parents' objections, even his eldest brother, whom he had always admired and respected, opposed the match.

Only later did he learn just how shameless his brother was. He had opposed Zhou Conglian marrying Cheng Shuning, yet kept her by his side himself. Later, he even brought her home in a grand bridal procession and married her, making her Zhou Conglian's sister-in-law!

When Zhou Conglian learned that Cheng Shuning had severed ties with him because his elder brother had forced her to, he was consumed by rage and suddenly wanted to kill his brother.

Once his brother was dead, Ningning would have only him. He would take good care of her in his brother's place.

Blurb written on December 25, 2025.

Theme: Never give up, even in adversity