The alpha younger sister of a Hong Kong City power player x her frail, aloof omega widowed sister-in-law. 1v1, both virgins. Female alpha has no accessories. The older brother and sister-in-law were in a political marriage, with no feelings or prior experience. The brother is already dead when the story opens!
Qin Yan suddenly awakens to the fact that she's the scummy alpha antagonist in a Hong Kong-style novel: she forces herself on the female lead, then abandons her, and is ultimately killed by the female lead's powerful older sister. Qin Yan plans to stay away from the plot, but on the very first day after awakening, she goes into heat and is coaxed into marking an omega who smells of sandalwood.
The next day, Qin Yan wakes up groggy to find the bed in disarray and the other person gone. Who was the person she shared that night with?
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At her brother's funeral, Qin Yan meets her frail sister-in-law, Tang Xinlan, for the first time.
Her sister-in-law is graceful and stunning. Before marrying, she was the most beautiful woman in Hong Kong City, but her delicate health and cold temperament made her a sacrificial pawn in a marriage alliance with the Qin family.
Her sister-in-law looks as though she has spent ages grieving for her brother without sleeping. As she moves about greeting and attending to the guests, her steps sway and her legs are so weak she can barely stand. Her eyes are flushed, and her voice is so hoarse she sounds as if she has cried all night.
Her sister-in-law is beautiful and fragile, like delicate porcelain. A glimpse of the smooth, pale skin at her chest nearly makes Qin Yan lose her senses.
Qin Yan thinks that she really is a scummy alpha, the sort who can fall for her sister-in-law at her brother's funeral, right after spending a night with a stranger.
But changing the person she falls for still counts as escaping the plot, doesn't it?
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Everyone in Hong Kong City's upper circles knows that the Qin family's new heir is ruthless and decisive, and treats neither business partners nor subordinates kindly. The one exception is her frail, newly widowed sister-in-law, whom she looks after with the utmost care.
When her sister-in-law is hospitalized with a fever, Qin Yan drops an important meeting and stays by her side around the clock.
When her sister-in-law has no appetite because of her weak stomach, Qin Yan, who has never set foot in a kitchen, rolls up her sleeves and cooks, coaxing her to eat at least a little.
When her sister-in-law feels lonely and afraid of the dark at night, Qin Yan even holds her close, surrounding her with her warm, sunlit pheromones to soothe her to sleep.
So is Qin Yan looking after her sister-in-law on behalf of her dead brother, or looking after her for herself???
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When Tang Rou, Qin Yan's own long-lost first love from the story, returns from overseas and sweetly calls Tang Xinlan "Big Sister," Qin Yan belatedly realizes that the female lead's powerful older sister is none other than her own frail sister-in-law, Tang Xinlan. To save her life, Qin Yan makes a run for it.
But just as she reaches the airport, she sees her sister-in-law, who was receiving an IV in the hospital not long ago, waiting there with a knowing smile. Her belly is slightly rounded.
The woman peels off her suppressor patch, her cool sandalwood scent spilling over Qin Yan's neck. With flushed eyes, she grips Qin Yan's wrist and gently places her hand on her belly. "Xiao Yan, how can you bear to leave our baby without a mother?"
Qin Yan is momentarily stunned.
So it wasn't just the powerful older sister who was her sister-in-law.
The sandalwood-scented woman she'd spent that night with was her sister-in-law too.
It turns out she never escaped the plot at all.
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Fine. If she can't escape the plot, then she can't escape the plot.
Her sister-in-law simply smells too good.
Theme: A healthy relationship