After My Elder Brother Became My Husband

(Main story complete) My next book will be Reborn to Win Over the Cold-Faced General. Blurb below.

[Calculating, doting-on-his-younger-sister male lead x sweet, oblivious female lead]

Shen Wanying had an older brother.

They weren't blood relatives, but he had been by her side since they were children.

She had called him Brother for more than a decade. Everyone in the city knew that the Marquis's daughter, Miss Shen, always had a young man inseparable from her side.

Then an imperial decree of marriage turned her brother into her husband.

He said, "We cannot disobey the emperor. Let's humor His Majesty for now. When the fuss dies down, we'll find an excuse to divorce."

She believed him. They had been together since childhood, after all. It was only a change in title. Surely life wouldn't be all that different.

But as married life went on, she gradually began to sense that something was amiss.

Until one day, she rose onto her tiptoes and placed a light kiss on her brother's cheek, just as she used to, a playful, affectionate gesture between siblings.

But the way her brother looked at her seemed to have changed.

A Little Scene:

Later, behind the bed curtains, Shen Wanying was kissed breathless. Trembling, she called out, "Brother... Aren't we siblings?"

His fingertip brushed the dampness at the corner of her lips. His voice was low and husky. "Isn't it a little late to ask that now, Wanying?"

"But you said we were only pretending..."

Xie Wuling took her by the wrist and pressed her into the layers of embroidered quilts. His kisses fell thick and fast along her neck. "I've said so many things, Wanying. How come that's the only one you remember?"

Shen Wanying tipped up her little face, her eyes clouded with mist, her fingertips trembling. All she could hear was his voice:

"Be good, Wanying. Call me husband."

I personally asked for the imperial decree. I never intended to be only your brother.

P.S. The heroine calling the hero Brother is an author-added setting.

Next up: Reborn to Win Over the Cold-Faced General

Mingxi was the most spoiled princess in Great Chu. Her father arranged her marriage to Xie Yunzheng, the General Who Guards the North.

She thought he was crude, and he thought she was spoiled. They couldn't stand each other.

It wasn't until enemy troops surrounded the city that Mingxi realized the realm was not at peace.

The northern cavalry raided the border year after year, while southern princes carved out their own territories and ignored imperial orders. Factions at court fought viciously, the treasury was empty, and the people were displaced.

But all she had ever known was the capital's splendor and the spring colors within the palace walls. She thought everyone in the realm ought to fawn over her.

On the day the city fell, Xie Yunzheng led three thousand surviving soldiers back into the city and fought to protect her as they escaped.

When the nest is destroyed, how can the eggs remain intact?

She watched with her own eyes as the great land was shattered beneath the barbarian hooves, countless palaces reduced to ash, and a century of Great Chu's foundations collapse in a single night.

Reborn on the night of her wedding, Mingxi should have been furious, but as she looked at the tall, imposing man before her, her eyes suddenly reddened.

This time, there's still time to change everything!

In her previous life, he protected her with his life. Though he loved her, he never said a word about it before he died.

Mingxi felt both heartache and smug satisfaction. Since he had died for her in his previous life, she supposed she could be patient and try to win him over.

Mingxi rested her chin in her hand and looked at him. "Xie Yunzheng, why do you never look me in the eye?"

Xie Yunzheng: "I wouldn't dare."

Mingxi: "Then am I beautiful?"

Xie Yunzheng: "...I couldn't say."

Mingxi gritted her teeth and held back.

"Then tell me, am I in your heart?"

After a long silence, Xie Yunzheng said, "My heart belongs only to our country."

Mingxi finally lost her temper and hurled a pillow at him. "You wooden fool! You died for nothing in your last life!"

Fine, a wooden fool it is. She owed him from her previous life, after all.

A Little Scene:

Butler: "General! The princess says you came home too late today. You're not allowed in the bedroom."

Xie Yunzheng pushed open the door, completely unapologetic. "I'll accept my punishment."

Butler: "General! The princess says you smell of blood and wants you to sleep in the study from now on."

Xie Yunzheng turned and ordered, "Prepare fragrant bathwater."

Butler: "General!!!"

Xie Yunzheng: "What is it now?"

Butler: "The princess says you're not gentle enough, so she's gone out to find the top-ranked scholar!"

Xie Yunzheng gritted his teeth and drew his sword.

"General, stay calm! That's the princess!"

"I'll teach that top-ranked scholar what gentle means."

Theme: Loving only one person for life