After the Divorce, I Married My Ex-Husband's Younger Brother

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A decisive, beautiful divorcee VS a cold-looking, scheming young man

What do you do when you accidentally transmigrate into an ancient couple alongside the person who's about to become your ex-husband?

Li Anyi sneers: Divorce.

Her husband is useless, her mother-in-law is aloof and haughty, her sister-in-law is willful and rude, and the servants obey her to her face but defy her behind her back. It is all too similar to the circumstances of her previous life.

Li Anyi kicks her husband, exposes her mother-in-law, teaches her sister-in-law a lesson, and puts the unruly servants in their place.

She never expects Shen Dan, who had readily agreed to the divorce, to change his mind at the last moment and keep putting it off.

No problem. With a knife at his throat, he'll agree as soon as he sees blood.

But Shen Du, her cold younger brother-in-law, why are you looking at me like that? You're practically smoldering!

Better make a quick exit!

After the divorce, Li Anyi's long-dormant ambition reignites. She lets herself run wild, using her unique weaving and dyeing skills to open an embroidery workshop and fabric exhibition, hiring widows and divorcees and opening a school to teach women and children to read and write.

Meanwhile, young Shen Du's devotion to her is unshakable. He even follows her thousands of miles to Yangzhou.

The young man, his black hair tied high and his bearing spirited, gazes at Li Anyi with dark eyes. His handsome face is taut as he says, "Li Anyi, I'm going to pursue you."

After that, Shen Du uses every trick in the book to woo her, clinging to Li Anyi relentlessly.

During an assassination attempt, Li Anyi sees Shen Du injured while protecting her and agrees to be with him.

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Shen Du is the fourth son of the Earl of Cheng'en's household, an inconspicuous, pitiable, destitute illegitimate son whom the Shen family can casually slight and trample upon.

He refuses to accept his lot and vows to make something of himself.

A chance to repay a debt of gratitude makes Shen Du fall in love with all his heart and soul. The woman he falls for is his sister-in-law, Li Anyi.

Once he rises to prominence and regains his identity as a prince, he can finally pursue her.

When sweet words fail to move Li Anyi time and again, he starts scheming. After deliberately getting injured, he finally wins the beauty's heart.

Reading Guide

1. The romance begins after the female lead divorces.

2. The woman is three years older than the man; one-on-one romance.

3. The female lead is not sexually pure; the male lead is.

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[Greedy, Beautiful, Flirtatious Little Slacker x Cold, Unhinged Heir]

Yu Yu, a corporate drone who died suddenly in her previous life, transmigrates to ancient times. After spending sixteen years eating, drinking, and loafing around, she regains all her memories and discovers that she is the heroine of an old-fashioned, tragic romance novel.

In the original story, the heroine has a crush on her cousin, but after saving the male lead when he is attacked, she becomes the object of his affections and he forcibly marries her. Filled with resentment, she opposes him at every turn. After enduring a string of melodramatic events, including forced marriage, amnesia, running away, and imprisonment, she falls in love with the male lead and confesses to him.

He doesn't believe her. During an argument, he accidentally kills himself with his own sword.

Yu Yu, who worked herself to death as a wage slave in her previous life, smiles and refuses to follow the plot. This time, she decides to lie flat and stays inside the estate to avoid her first meeting with the two of them.

However, the male lead, who was never rescued, is gravely injured and remains unconscious. He urgently needs someone to bring him good fortune through marriage. An imperial edict ordering their marriage drops from the sky, and Yu Yu becomes the bride of Gao Jin, the male lead.

Gao Jin, heir to the Prince of Qin, is peerlessly handsome, aloof and otherworldly, with the bearing of an immortal. Yet his nature is ruthless and merciless.

In the book, he persecutes everyone who takes an interest in the heroine or whom she takes an interest in. In short, he's an unprincipled, bottomless madman.

Yu Yu: Fine. Since I can't escape, can't beat him, and can't afford to provoke him, I'll just lie flat in comfort. At least I can save a life.

After they marry, Yu Yu behaves herself. She won't misunderstand the male lead, interfere with him, or expect anything from him. She spends her days eating well, sleeping well, and having fun as she lies flat.

Gao Jin is dissatisfied, though. He raises a bloodstained finger to Yu Yu's cheek and accuses her in a chilling voice, "You don't love me anymore?"

He brandishes his sword, pointing it at himself with excitement written all over his face. "Don't be afraid. Watch closely. You'll like this!"

Help, her husband seems to have gone crazy again!

No, he's even crazier than before!

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[Gentle, Beautiful Older Woman x Fake-Dissolute, Cheerful, Truly Obsessive and Dark Man]

Ji Shutong is the eldest legitimate daughter of a marquis's household. Her mother died young, and she has a quiet, indifferent temperament, yet she has an arranged marriage that everyone envies. As the wedding approaches, the match changes from the eldest son to the second son, Yan Zhao.

Yan Zhao comes from a prestigious family. His father is Duke Yan, who wields great power, his mother is the emperor's own daughter, and his elder brother is a top scholar. Yet he is the most famous and brazen playboy in Shengjing, a devilish troublemaker whom everyone hates.

Married life turns out to be entirely unexpected. Yan Zhao is cheerful, warm, sincere, and friendly. He enjoys going boating and viewing lanterns and flowers with her, and doing all the things she never dared to do as a young girl.

He also constantly uses friendship as an excuse to cling to Ji Shutong with a grin, saying ridiculous things like, "Ji Shutong, you smell so good," and, "Ji Shutong, you're so sweet."

But she often hears strange voices when she is near him. One day, she finally makes out what they are saying. "Host, your target Ji Shutong's affection level has reached 80. You're close to the final goal: getting her to say 'I love you' herself. You're one step closer to going home. Keep it up!"

Beneath the brilliant lanterns, Ji Shutong smiles and says the words Yan Zhao has long awaited: I love you.

Yan Zhao dies.

Yan Zhufeng, who has just finished his college entrance exams at eighteen, transmigrates into the ancient boy Yan Zhao. The System tells him that all he needs to do to return is win a woman's love.

Yan Zhufeng gladly accepts. As a dissolute playboy who enjoys having his way in the world, he understands people's hearts. All he has to do is charm a woman, lower himself to pursue her, and she'll fall in love with him.

But that woman turns out to be his brother's fiancée. He can't stand the thought of someone else having his target, so he steals her away.

Everything that follows is astonishingly easy. A few smiles, some kind words, and a handful of outings bring her affection level to 80.

Yan Zhufeng scoffs at how cheap love is.

His mission completed, Yan Zhufeng returns to the modern world. That very day, he begs the System to send him back, to Ji Shutong's side.

Yan Zhufeng cannot live without Ji Shutong.

In the seventh year after leaving Ji Shutong, Yan Zhufeng returns. Yan Zhao, who should have died, is still alive and remains Ji Shutong's husband. They even have a child together.

Yan Zhufeng also has a new identity: Yan Zhao's uncle.

All he can do is watch the family of three with a dark, resentful gaze, night after night tormenting himself as he condemns the woman who changed her heart.

"Ji Shutong, you betrayed me after all. I don't blame you, but can that counterfeit satisfy you? Ji Shutong!"

"Ji Shutong, you forgot me!"

"Ji Shutong!"

Theme: Never look back.