Seeking the Gardenia

Brothers at Odds | A Blood-Brother Love Triangle

1.

At fifteen, Ming Zhi, an orphan adopted by the He family, stood timidly at their door, soaked through.

The He family had two young masters.

The elder brother, He Jiashu, glanced up disdainfully without looking at her, then turned and went back to his room.

It was the younger brother, He Zhiche, who handed her a dry towel and helped her dry her wet hair.

His tenderness marked the beginning of three years of wishful thinking.

Later, in the study late at night,

He Jiashu gripped her waist and pressed her against the desk.

The cold fountain pen slid down her spine to the small of her back.

"Did He Zhiche touch you here today?"

2.

University. Winter. A cafe.

It was the six-month anniversary of He Jiashu and Ming Zhi's relationship, as well as his birthday.

Instead of agreeing to make their secret relationship public, she greeted him with a cold breakup, her face, usually so timid and gentle, now icy.

His eyes darkened like an abyss.

"Ming Zhi, was it fun treating me like a dog?"

Ming Zhi said nothing. She turned and left for another country, never to see him again.

3.

Years later, on the day He Zhiche planned to propose,

Ming Zhi was cornered by He Jiashu in a storeroom next to the carefully decorated venue. Her voice was indifferent.

"Excuse me. Move aside. I want to leave."

He Jiashu leisurely loosened his tie with one hand, revealing the faint bite mark on his collarbone, a trace of the day they had clung to each other.

Back then, he had held her in his arms, repeating her name again and again, telling her she could only be his.

"You want to leave me again?"

When she didn't respond, he, who had never once lowered his head, pleaded with her.

"Zhi Zhi, look at me. Please."

[Reading Guide]

1. The heroine has a slight fondness for the gentle second male lead early on, which is only natural.

2. The heroine is gentle and soft-spoken, with a character growth arc.

3. Both brothers are virgins. The male leads in my stories are always virgins.

4. The heroine has no actual adoption ties to the male lead's family, and they are not registered in the same household.

Synopsis archived on May 29, 2025

Coming Soon: The Illegitimate Husband

A spoiled, temperamental princess x a top tycoon daddy from Hong Kong's elite

Marriage before love | Brothers competing for a wife | Hong Kong-style wealthy family

1.

The Shu family of Hong Kong has one daughter, beautiful and brazen, doted on by her family and sent overseas to study at a young age.

Then disaster strikes: the Shu family's intended match, Second Young Master Li, dies suddenly.

Everyone fears the Li family's authority and assumes that with the engagement broken, the Shu family is sure to fall. They wait to see the Shus become a laughingstock.

Shu Pei hurries back to Hong Kong to attend the funeral of the fiance she hasn't seen in years. As the funeral is ending, a handsome man who looks exactly like the deceased in the portrait suddenly appears and calls to her.

"Miss Shu." The man's gaze is indifferent as it skims over her eyes, reddened by pretend tears.

Shu Pei thinks her dead fiance has come back to life and is so frightened she nearly faints.

"I'm Xu's older brother."

Seeing Shu Pei finally remember that the Li brothers are twins, the man calmly says, "And I'm your future husband, Li Zelin."

This time, Shu Pei is genuinely stunned.

2.

The marriage pact between the Li and Shu families remains in place, and before long, they hold a wedding that draws the attention of all Hong Kong. Even the Chief Executive attends to give a speech, and the extravagance of the ceremony goes without saying.

With the Li family putting in so much effort, Shu Pei assumes Li Zelin has been deeply in love with her for a long time.

On their wedding night, she dresses up carefully and swirls her red wine in front of Li Zelin, exuding charm.

But her husband doesn't even look up, focused only on the piles of documents on his desk.

"Miss Shu." He doesn't change how he addresses her. "I forgot to tell you: after we marry, we'll sleep in separate rooms."

Shu Pei is furious. From then on, no matter how she tries to charm her husband, he remains cold toward her.

One night, Li Zelin returns early from a long business trip abroad. Unlike his usual self, he holds her by the waist and kisses her passionately, as if he's become a different man.

Dazed by the kiss, Shu Pei is just about to playfully complain.

When she looks up, she catches sight of a tall shadow looming in the doorway.

The man steps out of the shadows, his expression utterly indifferent, but unable to hide his fury.

"Xu, stay away from your sister-in-law."

3.

Li Zexu returns, and Shu Pei realizes she's been toyed with. She shouts that she wants a divorce from Li Zelin.

On the night before she moves out of the Li family mansion, her bedroom door opens. A beast drinks from a stream, leaving her thighs slick.

Shu Pei holds Li Zelin's head and scolds him angrily. "Have you gone mad?"

Li Zelin lifts his head and wipes the moisture from his lips.

"If you divorce me, then I'll really go mad."

[Bonus Scene]

Thirteen-year-old Li Zelin watches his younger brother play with the girl promised to him since childhood. The two laugh and chat merrily, while he stands alone, as if he were an unrelated third party.

But even he never expected that one day he would dodge the punch his younger brother throws at him and turn his head with a mocking smile.

"Leave her? Sorry, I'm the one who's legally her husband."

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