[Sweet, innocent little sister x ruthless hypocrite of a brother]
Princess Yishu, Lou Yingtong, is a precious jewel, treasured by all, and the most honored legitimate princess in Dahe.
The princess is clever and adorable, her bright, ethereal charm filling the world. Everyone in the imperial capital adores her.
She has dozens of older brothers: legitimate brothers, half-brothers, and cousins... Of them all, Lou Yingtong loves her twelfth brother, Lou Changxu, the most.
Lou Changxu was only eight when he came to Chang'an. He was the illegitimate son her father had raised on the frontier, and every prince in the palace hated him.
Lou Yingtong wrapped her arms around the badly injured Lou Changxu and said in a soft, sweet voice, "Don't be afraid, Twelfth Brother! From now on, you'll be my brother. I'll protect you!"
Her calling him "Brother" made his heart tingle. Lou Changxu gazed at his "good little sister's" bright, limpid eyes and said softly, "It's a promise. Fifth Sister will be my sister forever."
In the fifteenth year of Shuncheng, Princess Yishu came of age, but the young marquis she had grown up with never arrived with a grand wedding procession to marry her.
Instead, the enemy nation Dayu invaded, the crown prince died a tragic death, and her parents and second brother disappeared.
Lou Yingtong sat in her bridal sedan as the crown prince of Dayu lifted her veil with a sinister, cold-bladed saber.
Strangely enough, though the man before her wore red as bright as blood, his face was still as refined and celestial as ever.
Lou Yingtong stared at him, dazed. "Twelfth Brother... You, you came to rescue me?"
Lou Changxu's beautiful, radiant eyes were full of menace. "Fifth Sister, you will become Dayu's most honored crown princess, a noblewoman born to privilege. You deserve nothing but the best."
Lou Yingtong would rather die than submit. After escaping, she was attacked and fell into a ravine, losing her memory.
When she opened her eyes, a handsome young man stood before her, graceful as the moon. He said he was her brother.
The two siblings had no one else to rely on, so they leaned on each other. But Lou Yingtong unexpectedly regained her memories.
"Twelfth Brother..."
Lou Changxu froze. The mask of a gentle, refined gentleman shattered, and he gazed at his little sister with shameless longing and greed.
Later, Lou Changxu bit the soft flesh on the inside of her thigh and asked in a husky voice, "Fifth Sister, have you calmed down yet?"
Before You Read
* 1v1, both leads sexually inexperienced, three-year age gap, height difference (185 vs. 158)
* They are not siblings! They are completely unrelated by blood! Their relationship is purely familial for as long as they believe they are siblings!
* Childhood friends and fake siblings, amnesia involving the daughter of an enemy, a brother who schemes to take his sister by deceit and possession, groveling to win her back, and all kinds of classic melodramatic tropes. The male lead has had designs on her for a long time and has plotted for years. The plot is heavily connected to the previous generation.
Theme: I happened to arrive when spring was gone, and when I left, the whole city was in bloom
