[Abduction and possession | Brother's widow | Intense, flirtatious tension]
On the night of her wedding, Yuan Jingmo became a widow.
The Yan family gave her a life of fine clothes and good food, but expected her to wait until her brother-in-law, Yan Heng, had a child, then take the child in as her own to carry on her late husband's family line.
For Yuan Jingmo, a concubine-born daughter who had endured years of torment at the hands of her legitimate mother, becoming a mother without the pain of childbirth and enjoying wealth for the rest of her life seemed like a wonderful bargain.
But she forgot that Yan Heng was still unmarried. Where was a son supposed to come from?
The first thing Yuan Jingmo did as the Yan family's eldest son's wife was find a bride for her brother-in-law.
*
Yan Heng was as beautiful as an immortal, cool and aloof, like the moon in the heavens, beyond anyone's reach.
He caught a distant glimpse of his sister-in-law at the funeral hall. From then on, her figure often appeared in his dreams. Soaking in cold water, Yan Heng told himself that this woman must be a witch.
He watched coldly as she arranged his marriage. Her slender fingers brushed over the portraits of beautiful women, but all their splendor paled beside her radiant smile.
Yan Heng frowned. The spell had finally reached his heart, and there was no cure.
He smiled faintly. "Since you want a child so badly, Sister-in-law, why not have one with me?"
*
At the Mid-Autumn banquet, she got drunk and wandered into the study.
The man in fine clothes and dark robes emerged from the shadows, approaching her with a low, husky laugh. "Sister-in-law, you've been avoiding me for so long. So you were saving me a surprise."
Only then did she realize what was happening. She called him "Little Uncle" and turned to run.
But he grabbed her by the waist and pinned her against the cold desk. Moonlight shone through the window, revealing the bone-deep madness and possessiveness in his eyes.
"Calling me Little Uncle? You're mistaken, Sister-in-law."
"From the very first time I saw you, this title was never what I wanted from you."
*
When Yuan Jingmo was young, she rescued a boy from a group of thugs.
Then she coldly abandoned him.
Every time the man she called Little Uncle pinned her to the bed and ravaged her without restraint, Yuan Jingmo wished she could slap herself twice. If she could do it over again, she would never be so kind as to let a wolf into her home.
[Reader's Guide]
1. Both leads are each other's first and only, happy ending.
2. Warm, carefree widow who seems not to care about anything x aloof and pure in public, unhinged in private, untouchable brother-in-law.
3. The older brother really is dead, and the couple never consummated their marriage.
4. The male lead both hates and loves her. He torments her mercilessly early on, then spoils her endlessly later. Both characters have arcs of growth.
Theme: Debts must be repaid sooner or later.
