After We Broke Up, His Brother Proposed to Me

Adopted by the Lin family for ten years, Qi Yu had loved Lin Yanxiu for ten years.

The man who had just promised to cherish him for the rest of his life at their engagement party disappeared right afterward.

He wouldn't answer calls or messages, and he wouldn't come home.

Then Qi Yu happened to walk into a bar and see Lin Yanxiu with his arm around a handsome young man, talking about his relationship with Qi Yu.

"He's been following me around for so long. I only got together with him to try something different."

"But I only see him as a younger brother. Even kissing him makes me feel like I'm committing incest."

"Marriage? My parents forced me into it."

Qi Yu felt as if he had fallen into an icy abyss.

That very night, he packed up everything in the house and moved out.

-

Everyone knew how Qi Yu felt about Lin Yanxiu. When news of their breakup came out, everyone was betting on when he'd come crawling back.

Then an invitation from the Su family went out. The groom's name was unmistakably Qi Yu's, and everyone was in an uproar.

Lin Yanxiu, consumed by regret, got drunk late one night and called Qi Yu to apologize. "Qiqi, I was wrong."

The man on the other end replied casually, "Calling your older brother's wife at two in the morning. Is that appropriate?"

-

The two most ridiculous things Qi Yu had ever done were, first, falling for Lin Yanxiu, which had brought him so low he was practically groveling in the dirt.

The other was accepting an umbrella from Su Li on a night of torrential rain.

He'd said, "Mr. Qi, I'm looking for someone to enter into a marriage of convenience with. Would you be willing?"

On their wedding night, Qi Yu barely slept a wink.

The next day, his back and legs ached, and his voice was hoarse. He asked in disbelief, "Even a marriage of convenience comes with marital duties?"

"I'm sorry. I lied to you."

The man lowered his head and kissed Qi Yu. "Last night wasn't a duty. It was something I'd planned for a long time. I couldn't help myself."

*Marriage first, love later / long-planned romance / everyday life

*The love interest and the scumbag share a mother but have different fathers

*Younger sibling's spouse trope (not really)

*Older love interest, nine-year age gap

**[Important] The recipient and his ex were in love and kissed, but never had sex

Theme: Loving yourself matters most