Two Orioles Sing in the Green Willows

1. Tang Ying has two childhood friends: one is a green tea, and the other is a white lotus.

They studied together at a private school from childhood, and walked home side by side after class.

Everyone envied Tang Ying for having two exceptionally talented older brothers.

Later, Tang Ying finally reached the age to discuss marriage.

Just as her family was about to honor her wishes and marry her off to a gentle man of equal standing...

The Tang family received two calling cards.

One was from a childhood friend, and the other was also from a childhood friend.

Tang Ying: ???

2. They say two tigers cannot share one mountain. Xie Zheng and Bai Yi had been at odds since childhood.

At the urging of a certain little airhead, the two had no choice but to become sworn brothers.

They hadn't taken it seriously, but that silly girl thought they were very close.

To humor her, they had to keep pretending to be "brothers who loved and respected each other."

Then one day, Xie Zheng realized he had fallen for that little airhead.

And just as he was about to get engaged to her...

His so-called good big brother, Bai Yi, suddenly said coldly, "Dear little brother, I like Tang Ying too. Don't disrespect your elder brother. Give her to me."

Xie Zheng gave a chilly laugh at that and finally tore away the last pretense between them.

"As my older brother, don't you know that a brother must never covet his brother's wife?"

Reading Guide

1. BG romance. The heroine is a lazy freeloader who fears marriage and children in the early chapters. She's very, very weak, and only falls for someone because her childhood friend seduces her. There is only one mutual romance at any given time.

2. The male lead is a green tea, but the rivalry between the men runs throughout the story. The men suffer in the early chapters, and everyone suffers later. Both the male lead and the second male lead get plenty of page time.

3. A whole lot of melodrama. The romance develops slowly and cheerfully at first, but later includes forced marriage, possessiveness, stand-ins, and more.

(See the author's note in the prologue for specific content warnings.)

Theme: Follow your heart.