Open Up! It's Me, Your Brother

Dark, unhinged, pathological love / reborn / first love / fake substitute

Radiant, adorable girl x dark, unhinged male ghost

In her previous life, Lu Zhaowei rescued Xie Yuan from her younger brother, believing it was the beginning of his redemption.

Xie Yuan, the son of a powerful minister, fell in love with her at first sight and married her, taking her away from the tiger’s den that was the Lu household. She thought she had found a good man.

Then his mistress showed up, and her family fell from power. At last, she realized that everything had been a lie...

Even their first meeting had been fake.

Reborn, Lu Zhaowei swears: if she meets Xie Yuan again, she will never lift a finger to help him!

Looking at the familiar figure being beaten by her “younger brother,” Lu Yao, she parts her red lips and speaks, each word cold as ice:

“Hit him. Beat him to death!”

The man being beaten suddenly looks up. His eyes brim with a vicious, sinister darkness, almost feral, unlike anything she has ever seen.

Her heart skips a beat. Why does that look feel so unfamiliar?

Yet fate has other plans, and in the end she is forced to marry “Xie Yuan.”

With the script of her previous life in hand, she resolves to take revenge.

She pretends to get along with her “husband,” secretly making use of his power as she settles the scores from her past life one by one!

Strangely, someone always gets there ahead of her and clears away the obstacles.

Until one late night, her usually aloof “husband” suddenly restrains her. His breath is hot, and his eyes hold an obsession and madness so intense they cannot be dispelled. “Qinqin, I will never let you get hurt again.”

Lu Zhaowei turns ice-cold. She has never told anyone in this life that her childhood nickname is “Qinqin.”

He... has been reborn too?!

The male lead’s perspective:

The Xie family has twin sons. It’s a secret.

I have a secret too: I’m not Xie Yuan. I’m Xie Heng.

The first thing I did after being reborn was become Xie Yuan.

I followed Xie Yuan’s plan from my previous life and approached her.

But why is this life a little different from the last? She seems to have gotten smarter.

Despite a few complications, I still managed to marry her.

This time, I’ll live in harmony with her, in a loving and trusting marriage!

I’ll cover for her, take revenge for her...

But why won’t she even spare me a glance?

She’s even paying less and less attention to me...

What?

Wasn’t she deeply in love with me in my previous life? Why doesn’t she feel the same now that it’s me?

Reader’s guide:

1. The male lead is the younger twin, Xie Heng. He is dark, unhinged, and reborn.

2. The plot serves an intensely push-and-pull romance. It features obsessive, pathological love, so proceed with caution if that bothers you.

3. 1v1, both leads are virgins, happy ending.

4. The male lead is a virgin in both lives. The female lead had a man in her previous life, which drives the male lead wild with jealousy and resentment. The older brother is a disposable character in the second life and won’t cause trouble.

5. A radiant, clear-headed heroine bent on revenge vs. a dark, unhinged male lead who is a substitute and secretly protects her, with a possessive love that stops at nothing.

Written April 15, 2025 (copyright registered)

Theme: Love yourself.