In the third year of their relationship, the little blind man was taken home by his boyfriend to meet his parents.
Before that, he had no idea his boyfriend had an older brother.
And their voices sounded alike.
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But Xu Zhaoning had always disliked his boyfriend's older brother, Pei Zhouyin.
No, to be more precise, he mostly felt at a loss around him.
After all, at their very first meeting, he mistook him for someone else...
and kissed, hugged, and touched him.
-
But things developed in a way he never could have imagined.
Whether it was the dark looks cast his way across the dinner table amid the clinking of glasses, or the unfamiliar text messages that never stopped coming to his phone,
or the ship docked in the harbor, where Xu Zhaoning was kissed until he could barely breathe. The overwhelming kisses seemed ready to swallow him up along with the sea breeze. He struggled helplessly, the corners of his eyes reddened from holding back tears.
"When are you breaking up?" the man asked again. "If you don't want to say it, I'll do it for you."
-
In everyone's eyes, Pei Zhouyin was a complete winner in life. He'd spent his whole life chasing power and had never tasted defeat.
Dominant, cold, and abstinent: those labels would never leave him.
Except when he was facing that little blind man named Xu Zhaoning.
He was naturally softhearted, timid, and stubborn, but when it came to rejecting Pei Zhouyin, he seemed to have an unusual amount of courage...
Sometimes Pei Zhouyin thought he was laughably naive.
Yet when night fell, he would unfailingly knock on Xu Zhaoning's door, change out of his stiff suit, and use his voice, so similar to his younger brother's, to casually press him on every night filled with surging crimson, stroking the trembling beauty mark beneath his eye.
[Ningning, tell me.]
[Between him and me, who do you think is better?]
After all, there's no law saying an older brother can't marry his younger brother's fiancée.
# Let's see who's still single now.
# Oh, it's you, Strong-ge, defeated time and time again.
# Tsk, tsk. You're sharp-tongued and cold-hearted, and you forced him into marriage and took him by force. You deserve this.
[Disclaimer: During the push-and-pull between the two leads, the one being pursued has already broken up with the younger brother.]
Please add my historical danmei story, After Being Lured and Coaxed by the Villain, to your collection!
High school student Song Zide accidentally transmigrates into a power-fantasy cultivation novel.
He has neither power nor connections, but because he's familiar with the plot, he's confident he can trample the male lead underfoot.
However, he fails both times he takes the imperial exams.
With almost none of his travel money left and his pockets emptier than his stomach, he has no choice but to set aside the arrogance of a transmigrator into a book and earn a living selling calligraphy and paintings beside a tavern. Along the way, he looks down on the rich young dandies who come to drink, muttering that they're all cannon fodder in the book.
On top of that, he has his eye on one person.
Xie Zhijin is a successful candidate in the imperial examinations, the complete opposite of Song Zide. He comes from a wealthy family, has passed the highest imperial examination, and is handsome and talented. Matchmakers seeking his hand in marriage are as numerous as carp crossing a river, and even rich young dandies scramble to curry favor with him. Beside him, Song Zide looks utterly down on his luck, and it drives him mad with envy.
Still, Song Zide has managed to get a hold of a secret about him.
His title of top scholar was obtained through cheating and favoritism.
With this leverage, Song Zide looks forward to everyone seeing Xie Zhijin for who he really is.
One time, Xie Zhijin gets drunk, and Song Zide finally has a chance to approach him. Smugly, he whispers, "I know your secret."
He expects to see panic and fear on Xie Zhijin's face, which is as impassive as a mountain collapsing before him.
He doesn't notice Xie Zhijin's gaze, dark and viscous as ink, fixed on his face without ever looking away.
*
Song Zide's threat seems to work.
In public and in private, Xie Zhijin curries favor with him, treats him like an honored guest, and even invites him to a pleasure house to broaden his horizons.
Wine, women, and song, music all night long... None of it has anything to do with him. He becomes the entertainment, pinned down and made to perform all night.
*
The next day, someone opens the door to the private room.
Silk and satin frame Song Zide's snow-white skin, which is covered with scattered kiss marks and bite marks. Xie Zhijin is neatly dressed and perfectly composed. "My fellow examinee Song, is frequenting a brothel in public not a breach of one's moral character?"
Song Zide is unable to argue, utterly horrified.
Xie Zhijin leans closer, gently rubbing a kiss mark with his fingertip. Looking at Song Zide, who is scared out of his wits, he smiles with an expression rarely seen on his face.
"Be good, and I won't tell anyone about this."
*
Only later does Song Zide learn that Xie Zhijin, whose courtesy name is Zhijin, is actually named Ling Shi.
He's the biggest villain in the novel Song Zide transmigrated into.
Theme: The world is full of chance encounters. Treasure each moment as you go.
If a man loves you, he will support you with everything, and it will be embodied
They are a perfect couple, let's stay together, lock the [orange candy] in
I just want to say to Liang: Sorry, you are not included in the story of three people.
It's so short but the ending is so exciting [crying]
Come on, I like this article very much. There are few things that are both forceful and despotic (some are sweet, but forceful deprivation is just a cover) and can make me laugh at my aunt who is getting along with xql (most of them make me just want to tell the recipient to run away).
The correct approach is to communicate directly with Ning Ning, but Lao Pei will definitely not do this [laughing and crying]
Ning Ning obviously prefers a mature and reliable person like Pei Zhouyin, who is too arrogant.
I thought my mother was a good person, but we Ningning [ burst into tears ], I feel so sad.
Baby, your writing is very good, but I think the data may be because the title of the book is too ridiculous. Many people may not click in to read it [changed] [changed] [changed]
If a man loves you, he will support you with everything, and it will be embodied
They are a perfect couple, let's stay together, lock the [orange candy] in
I just want to say to Liang: Sorry, you are not included in the story of three people.
It's so short but the ending is so exciting [crying]
Come on, I like this article very much. There are few things that are both forceful and despotic (some are sweet, but forceful deprivation is just a cover) and can make me laugh at my aunt who is getting along with xql (most of them make me just want to tell the recipient to run away).
The correct approach is to communicate directly with Ning Ning, but Lao Pei will definitely not do this [laughing and crying]
Ning Ning obviously prefers a mature and reliable person like Pei Zhouyin, who is too arrogant.
Renew! ! ! ! Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I thought my mother was a good person, but we Ningning [ burst into tears ], I feel so sad.
Baby, your writing is very good, but I think the data may be because the title of the book is too ridiculous. Many people may not click in to read it [changed] [changed] [changed]