Marrying My Fiance's Older Brother

[One-on-one, both leads are virgins, sweet romance | She falls in love after marriage x He has wanted her for a long time | Beautiful, delicate heiress x Cool, chaste, calculating heir]

Shi Yu lived in the Marquis's residence until she was seventeen. Then, in a single night, her fate was turned upside down: she learned she was the fake daughter, switched at birth.

According to the usual tropes in novels and opera, the fake daughter would never beat the real one. She'd be driven out of the family and meet a terrible end.

Shi Yu was a delicate young woman who couldn't handle the slightest hardship.

Fortunately, she'd already been betrothed. Her fiancé came from a powerful family that matched her own: the second son of the Duke of Xinguo's household.

Shi Yu thought she'd better get married as soon as possible. Then she could become a noble lady and live a comfortable life.

But when her fiancé learned she was the fake daughter, he broke off the engagement and started fawning over the real daughter.

Furious, Shi Yu could only set her sights on her former fiancé's elder brother, Lu Mingyi, heir to the Duke of Xinguo.

Lu Mingyi was a few years older than them, and had grown up with them, but he was so cold that everyone was a little afraid of him.

Shi Yu screwed up her courage and approached him. "Dear Brother Mingyi, you know I'm delicate and frail. I can't take hardship. Will you marry me? Don't worry. After we're married, you can take as many concubines as you like and have as many sons by them as you want. Just promise I'll still have plenty to eat and drink, and people to wait on me. They can all be registered under my name. You can even have enough kids to make a whole soccer team."

Lu Mingyi finally spoke. "I won't take concubines."

Shi Yu realized she'd said the wrong thing. Lu Mingyi had never shown any interest in men and women, and devoted himself entirely to his career in government.

Shi Yu said, "Oh, well, you can do whatever you want. I won't complain."

Lu Mingyi nodded. "I can marry you, but some things need to be put in writing."

Overjoyed, Shi Yu assumed the contract would simply say she shouldn't interfere in his life. She immediately pressed her thumbprint onto it.

It wasn't until six months into the marriage, when she could hardly take any more, that Shi Yu realized she'd made a terrible mistake.

What happened to him being cool and chaste?

Lu Mingyi coaxed her in a low voice. "Yuyu, you signed a contract with me."

Shi Yu furrowed her brow, trying to remember what the contract said.

The next day, she dug out that wretched contract: Morning and goodnight kisses were mandatory, marital duties had to be fulfilled every night, divorce was forbidden unless one of them died...

Everyone thought Shi Yu and Lu Mingyi were completely wrong for each other. When they heard the two had married, no one had any faith in them, and they even wagered on when the couple would divorce.

But no one expected that after the wedding, Lord Lu would spoil Shi Yu until she became even more delicate than before.

Theme: Cherish the happiness you have now.