The Spouse-Swapping Game

Brother-in-law romance.

"I never cared about her affection. Just one look from you makes my heart skip a beat."

Jiang Ye always thought that once she came to Hangcheng, she and Xiao Boyan would get together.

From high school through college, they were more than friends, but not quite lovers.

Everyone said Xiao Boyan was protecting her under the guise of friendship.

It took Jiang Ye seven years to understand her own feelings. But when she finally confessed, she discovered that Xiao Boyan had another woman by his side.

Not just anyone, but her older sister, Jiang Yunshu.

And what made things even more complicated was that Jiang Yunshu already had a boyfriend.

Jiang Yunshu and Qu Yingchuan had been together for eight years. Their relationship was stable, their parents approved, and they planned to get married in a couple of years.

Jiang Ye had never liked this "future brother-in-law."

That was because Jiang Yunshu often said he had no sense of romance and was as dull as a block of wood.

Jiang Ye knew Jiang Yunshu had never really planned to marry Qu Yingchuan.

Until then, everything Jiang Ye thought she knew about Qu Yingchuan came from "what Jiang Yunshu said."

That changed when she started working at Wensheng Media and became Qu Yingchuan's subordinate.

Everything began to go off course.

Jiang Ye discovered that her sister was a liar.

In reality, Qu Yingchuan was witty, considerate, discerning, and had great taste...

At some point, Jiang Ye began to harbor feelings she shouldn't have.

After the torrential rain that day, Jiang Ye finished celebrating Jiang Yunshu's twenty-eighth birthday. Her sister said something urgent had come up at work and left with her coat.

Jiang Ye knew perfectly well that she was going to Xiao Boyan's apartment. Meddling, she reminded Qu Yingchuan to pay more attention to her sister.

To her surprise, he didn't appreciate it. Instead, he pinned her to the sofa and demanded, "Jiang Ye, am I nothing but your sister's boyfriend to you?"

Jiang Ye didn't answer. He bit down hard on her lips.

At Jiang Ye's mother's birthday banquet at the end of the year, both families tried to move the Jiang-Qu marriage forward, but Qu Yingchuan was nowhere to be seen.

In the service room beside the hotel banquet hall, Qu Yingchuan pressed Jiang Ye against the door. His breath was hot as he kissed the edge of her lips and asked, "Not hungry? I ordered all your favorite dishes, but you barely ate anything."

"Qu Yingchuan, to your family, does it really make no difference whether you marry me or my sister, as long as you're marrying a daughter of the Jiang family?"

"It makes a difference." Qu Yingchuan held her in his arms and soothed her over and over. "I only want you."

Both leads are inexperienced / Happy Ending / Seven-year age gap.

Content warning: Before meeting the female lead, the male lead didn't know what it meant to fall for someone. He was once involved with her sister, but they had broken up long ago. Later, they pretended to still be a couple to appease their families. The sister had one-sided feelings for the male lead, but eventually gave up in disappointment. They were never physically intimate. The female lead is not a homewrecker.

The title, blurb, and central premise were finalized on February 19, 2024, and screenshots have been saved. Please don't copy them.

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