After Giving Up, I Seduce My Husband's Brother

[A new love interest story]

Xie Chaozhen always thought he'd spend his whole life in the mountains as a bandit, just like his father.

But then, one day,

he got the chance to become the princess consort, a role he'd only ever heard about in storybooks.

Princess consort!

But once the novelty wore off, Xie Chaozhen lost interest in the title.

As his father was always saying, "**[censored] you, what matters is what you can eat."

After all, no matter how nice the title of princess consort sounded, it couldn't put an extra bite of food in Xie Chaozhen's mouth. How could it be any good?

So Xie Chaozhen got ready to head back to the mountains.

But just as he turned around, he ran straight into his future husband, Jiang Yu.

Xie Chaozhen held his head. "**You [censored], watch where you're going!"

But as soon as the words left his mouth, Xie Chaozhen regretted them.

Jiang Yu was the very person who had saved his life, the one he'd been thinking about for years!

And so, his head stopped hurting, and he could eat another bite of food.

He decided to stay and be his savior's princess consort for a while.

But...

Why had no one told him this princess consort business would be so hard?

And no one had told him

that Jiang Yu... didn't like him.

The capital was so vast that Xie Chaozhen couldn't keep up with Jiang Yu at all.

Yet it was so small that there was nowhere for Xie Chaozhen to belong.

It wasn't that he hadn't tried.

In the three years since he arrived in the capital, he had worked every single day to learn how to make Jiang Yu happy.

But every day, he failed.

A full 1,100 days.

Jiang Yu's gaze had always been cold.

"Jiang Yu doesn't like him."

After getting battered and bruised yet again, Xie Chaozhen finally accepted it.

At last...

He accepted it calmly.

Xie Chaozhen put a hand to his head once more, but this time he couldn't say a word.

There was nothing left to say, he thought.

But when he turned around, Jiang Yu held him tight and refused to let him go.

He even threatened him with the life of the person Xie Chaozhen cared about most.

Xie Chaozhen gave in? He... Of course he didn't give in!

As his father was always saying, "**[censored] me, the road has two sides. If neither works, take the middle."

Since Jiang Yu wouldn't let him leave, he'd just find someone who could help him get away.

And so, Xie Chaozhen turned his attention to Jiang Yu's older brother,

the Crown Prince, Jiang Chengjun.

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Crown Prince Jiang Chengjun had been exceptionally gifted from a young age, excelling in both civil and military arts, and blessed with benevolence and virtue.

He was Emperor Taizu's most beloved eldest grandson, the heir apparent most favored by the court and royal clans, and the future emperor most eagerly awaited by scholars across the realm.

Thus, every move he made was held up as an example to the world.

He could afford no missteps.

Though Jiang Chengjun felt the world praised him too highly, he was certain he would never do anything that went against the principles of a gentleman.

Yet when Xie Chaozhen's gaze fell lightly upon him,

he found himself unable to suppress a forbidden desire:

Steal his younger brother's wife.

Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad.

Reading Guide:

1. This is a new love interest story. The true love interest is Crown Prince Jiang Chengjun.

2. The bottom and Jiang Yu will share some intimacy, but they will never sleep together, and they will always be unmarried.

3. Though the love interest changes, both tops only ever love the bottom, and neither has been with anyone else.

4. The two tops are half-brothers, with the same father. Expect an intense sibling rivalry over the bottom. If that's not your thing, don't read.

5. Jiang Yu will go through an intense, groveling quest to win his wife back, but he won't be forgiven. He'll be burned to a crisp, so consider yourself warned.

Theme: But love is the surrender of free will.