The Boss Can't Be My Brother

Lin Zhaozhao is an overworked secretary.

She used to think her role was to stand beside the CEO and say, "The young master is finally smiling."

Then one day, her mother found a new partner, along with two "bonus brothers."

The elder brother, Xie Lin, is a rising star in traditional Chinese medicine.

The second brother, Xie Jing, is the obnoxious boss she secretly curses every day...

At a family dinner,

Xie Lin takes her pulse. The usually cold and aloof man furrows his brow. "Your pulse is weak and deep. You should cut back on sex."

The whole room falls into awkward silence.

Xie Lin turns a cold gaze on his younger brother, Xie Jing. "You too."

The silence grows even more awkward.

The suited man being called out only smiles, unconcerned. "How can young people exercise restraint? It's not like our big brother, who's already getting on in years."

Lin Zhaozhao stares at his shirt, unbuttoned to the second button, and remembers:

This man pins her against her desk and kisses her in his suit during the day, then comes home and acts like a loving brother at night.

A boss is a boss, and a brother is a brother. How could her boss be her brother...

Xie Jing: But your boss can be your husband.

Fake step-sibling romance / brothers' rivalry. The blurb contains misunderstandings.

Please note:

Neither parent has legally registered their marriage, and there's more to the story.

When the leads get together, they have no blood relation whatsoever.

They aren't on the same household register.

Sharp-tongued tech tycoon in a suit x sweet-looking secretary who's a sarcastic commentator on the inside

A light, funny, sweet romance. Readers with high expectations for prose may want to give this a miss.

*Descriptions of traditional Chinese medicine and other professions serve the plot and may differ from reality. Please don't take them as fully accurate or scrutinize them too closely.

Blurb archived on 2025.2.23

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After Zhou Zhiyin breaks up with He Zesi, a wealthy physicist with a bright future,

everyone around her thinks she's at fault for failing to seize the chance to marry up.

Zhou Zhiyin doesn't deny it or agree. She never reveals the real reason the two broke up:

That day, she discovered a secret in the basement of his villa.

One day, a new executive, He Zenian, arrives at Zhou Zhiyin's company.

She has already met him once before.

At his home.

She had just finished having sex with his younger brother when she came out and saw He Zenian.

He gave her a cold look, as if she were a dog.

Zhou Zhiyin tells her best friend that her ex-boyfriend's brother has become her boss.

Her friend anxiously asks what she should do.

Zhou Zhiyin looks perfectly innocent. "What can I do? I guess I'll have to sleep with both brothers."

Later, when He Zenian has bruised her waist from gripping it too hard and still refuses to stop, he admits that he's a dog who comes running whenever she calls.

Zhou Zhiyin regrets it. If only she hadn't acted out of spite.

Theme: Love can erase prejudice.