The Male Lead’s First Wife in a Harem Novel

Li Chao transmigrated into a novel written for a male audience.

The hero comes from humble beginnings but has extraordinary talent. His path to ascension is lined with countless beauties, and he ends the story with one wife and nine concubines.

The aloof senior sister, the delicate junior sister, his childhood sweetheart with a betrothal promise, even the demon sect's temptress and the Holy Maiden of the Joyful Union Sect...

And she becomes the harem hero's first and principal wife.

For Li Chao, this is like a bolt from the blue.

But she can't change the plot. When she turns eighteen, the harem hero joins her sect, the Tianji Sect.

Lin Yan isn't quite what she expected. He's mild-mannered and reserved, with a plain, kind look about him. He doesn't seem the least bit flirtatious.

But Li Chao doesn't dare believe it.

Lin Yan, born with a sword bone, quickly wins her father's favor and becomes the sect master's personal disciple.

He also becomes her junior brother.

Perhaps because of the plot, Lin Yan falls in love with her at first sight. The light in his eyes is so bright she can't bear to meet his gaze, and it even frightens her.

Afraid of ending up as one of Lin Yan's harem members, she tries to derail the plot by making things difficult for him at every turn. She never gives him a kind word, hoping he'll grow to resent her and give up.

But to her disappointment, even after she's put him through the wringer, Lin Yan's feelings never waver.

He can only kneel before her, supporting his bloodied, battered body, and ask again and again whether he's done something wrong.

Li Chao feels helpless.

Perhaps the laws of this world can't stand to see the male and female leads stray from their destined path. During a trip to a secret realm, the two are afflicted with a love gu and forcibly bound together.

The love gu is potent. They must cultivate together every month to ease its effects, or their meridians will reverse and their cultivation will be wiped out.

There is no cure for the love gu. Her father already thinks highly of his junior disciple Lin Yan, and can't bear to see the two of them carrying on without being married, so he immediately arranges their wedding.

Though unwilling, Li Chao ultimately chooses to marry him.

But she never gives in. She continues to glare coldly at him and keeps a close eye on Lin Yan.

The moment she catches him getting close to another woman, she plans to report him to her father and divorce him.

She's not about to become the inhuman principal wife from the original story.

But somehow, Li Chao can't find a single fault with Lin Yan.

In public, he keeps himself pure and never says more than a few words to other women.

At home, Lin Yan is obedient and gives her whatever she wants.

He's practically a different person from the womanizing male lead in the book.

Later, by a stroke of luck, Li Chao learns the truth.

She had been reading a fanfic heavily rewritten by a pathetic loser!

The original was a pure-love story. She and Lin Yan were devoted to each other their whole lives and ascended together in the end.

Reader's Guide

An ordinary Mary Sue sweet romance.

The writing is simple, so readers with high standards may want to skip it.

A cool, cute, aloof senior sister x a grassroots, domineering cultivation hero junior brother from a male-oriented web novel.

The protagonists aren't all-knowing and have flaws.

The premise and blurb make the setup clear, so skip it if you don't like it.

The male lead is sexually inexperienced.

Theme: Independence and self-reliance