My Big Brother Coddles Me (Reborn)

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[My contemporary romance, Springtime Falling, is currently updating. Everyone is welcome to add it to their reading list! The blurb is at the very bottom.]

[Reborn heroine x older brother with a split personality]

In her previous life,

Jiang Jinye was a poor judge of character. She could have been cherished like a precious jewel, but instead she believed a scumbag's lies and fought desperately to leave the Marquis's residence and the man who was not related to her by blood, the one she called her older brother.

She hated his cold distance, yet on a night of torrential rain, he pinned her against a table.

His dark, blood-red eyes fixed on her. “Do you really want to leave me?”

To escape Pei Wanghuai, she drugged him and even plunged a knife into his body. At last, she got what she wanted.

But as she ran to the fiancé with whom she had secretly pledged herself, he treated her like trash. In the end, she died a miserable death in a desolate woodland.

Reborn, Jiang Jinye has eyes only for Pei Wanghuai.

She knows he has suffered nightmares since childhood, and that another person lies beneath his cold, striking exterior.

It doesn't matter. Whether he is gentle and austere or dark and obsessive, she trusts him without reservation.

Pei Wanghuai once held a precious jewel in his palm.

Later, she feared and hated him, blaming him for separating her from her fiancé.

She hated even more how, on stormy nights, he would lock her in a room and greedily, frenziedly breathe in the scent of her neck.

She hated him so much that...

she plunged a blade into him with her own hands.

But later, the jewel ran toward him, lifting her skirts, her radiant smile meant for him alone.

He could no longer restrain the wild longing surging in his chest.

So be it.

Neither he nor the other him could escape her in the end.

Ten years ago,

Amid the wild sands of the borderlands, Pei Wanghuai, covered in blood, performed funeral rites for Jiang Jinye's older brother, then led her by the hand back to the capital.

He told her, “From now on, I'll be your older brother.”

Ten years later,

Within the Marquis's residence, he trapped her on his lap, the tip of his nose against her elegant neck. Another kind of dark light stirred in his piercing eyes as he asked in a low voice,

“Do you like me, or do you like him more?”

#Falling for your friend's younger sister

#Becoming your friend's brother-in-law

#Jealous of myself

Reading Guide:

[1. The leads are not related by blood. The male lead is friends with the heroine's biological older brother, and everyone knows the leads are not related.

2. Both leads are virgins. Sweet romance, relationship-focused, not fast-paced.

3. The male lead's primary personality is gentle and austere; his secondary personality is dark and obsessive.

4. There are some outrageous supporting characters of both genders.

5. The male lead's surname is Pei, his given name is Wanghuai, and his courtesy name is Shiyuan.]

Please add my ongoing story Springtime Falling to your reading list!

[Completed: Why Is My Ex-Husband So Clingy?]

[Ongoing: Springtime Falling]

[Actress x athlete]

[Height difference warning]

Wen Zhinan shot to fame at the age of 20 in a film by a renowned director, but then spent five years languishing in idol dramas.

That changed when she joined a basketball variety show and tried shooting hoops as everyone teased her.

In full view of everyone, Xie Zhibei stood behind her and slowly traced his fingertips over the back of her hand, deliberately teasing her.

Yet his voice remained serious. “Relax.”

The night the episode aired, the trending topics exploded, and “Holding Hands with Zhi” quickly topped every platform!

[This is on the court, not in bed!]

[People over 20 deserve to get tangled up with each other!]

Their unexpected popularity as a couple brought reporters swarming Wen Zhinan whenever she went to the airport.

But no one knew that when Xie Zhibei's callused fingertips brushed over her, all she could think of was the night they had spent tangled together six years ago.

In a dim room, she had gone limp against him, utterly spent. He held her by the waist and pulled her upright, while her soft, pale fingertips couldn't resist pressing against his rain-soaked waist and abdomen.

The desire in the man's eyes was fierce and domineering. He gazed up at her, admiring her without restraint.

Everyone said Xie Zhibei was cold and dispassionate, famously immune to women.

Even paparazzi who loved chasing scandals and capitalizing on celebrity gossip had never caught the hot basketball star in a single romantic rumor.

But no one knew that six years ago, someone had slept with this basketball superstar and then dumped him.

He had spent six years holding back and staying away, but when he heard her say she was single, every last bit of restraint and self-control shattered.

Later, at the Xucheng All-Star Game, a reporter asked him what he thought of the hugely popular couple name “Holding Hands with Zhi.”

The man's voice was low, his tone stern.

“I hope everyone will focus on our careers. I don't pay much attention to anything else.”

The reporters present were deeply disappointed.

Just as everyone thought they'd shipped the wrong couple, Xie Zhibei suddenly lifted his eyes to look ahead, his gaze deep and mysterious, as if he were looking at someone through the camera lens.

His tone was completely different from the seriousness he'd shown moments ago.

“I said everything you taught me to say.”

“I heard them say that being obedient is one of the best dowries a man can bring to a marriage.”

[I can't hear the roar of the crowd around us. All I can hear is the thunder of our heartbeats, loud in my ears.]

[Reading Guide:

1. Both leads are virgins, they have mutual unrequited feelings, and the male lead is more in love.

2. Because of her family, the heroine is awkward about relationships at first. Don't criticize her, but feel free to criticize the male lead.

3. There's a little entertainment-industry and competitive-sports content, but at heart this is a sweet, slice-of-life romance.

4. There are no real-life inspirations. Please don't draw comparisons or mention real people.

5. The story begins with their reunion.]

Theme: Hold on tightly to love