Her Late Husband's Older Brother Was Once the One She Loved Most

Double Inheritance / Possessive Love / The Wife-Chasing Crematorium (Main story complete) (New story now available)

Feng Yihan once loved a man. He was as unreachable as the moon in the sky, and she was determined to marry no one but him.

But on the day she came of age, he threw the token she had given him to express her feelings into the water, saying that he could never love someone of such poor character as her.

By a strange twist of fate, a young gentleman came to her rescue, and the two married, becoming husband and wife.

After their wedding, they treated each other with respect and lived in harmony. Her unattainable first love also left for the frontier and did not return for years because of the war.

Gradually, happiness went to her head. She was cherished and treasured, and forgot that long-ago incident.

In the third year of her marriage, her husband was discovered to be the missing youngest son of the Duke of Ning's household. Their good days didn't last long: she had barely been the second wife for any time at all when her husband fell ill and died.

She had no children and was still young, yet now she was widowed. Just then, her late husband's elder brother returned, and her mother-in-law proposed that he inherit both branches of the family.

Yihan stared in shock at the cool, upright figure before her, feeling as if she had fallen into an icy cellar.

The memories of being rejected years ago came flooding back, leaving her ashamed and humiliated.

Yihan met his cold, unfeeling gaze and was certain he would refuse. After all, he despised her, and she didn't want to betray her late husband either. She clung to the faint hope that she might spend her life by an oil lamp, worshipping the Buddha.

To her surprise, the elder brother gave a slight nod and agreed.

Yihan stared at him in disbelief, but this time, she wanted nothing to do with him.

Ning Zongyan despised Feng Yihan. She was scheming and disreputable. Three years ago, he had rejected her, never imagining he would see her again as his younger brother's wife.

After all these years, she had not changed. He felt guilty toward his mother and younger brother, so he agreed to inherit both branches of the family, hoping to make the Feng woman behave herself.

He never imagined that one day he would put on his younger brother's clothes and slip like a ghost into that lightless room. With a helpless smile, he would say, "Didn't you say my eyes look like his? You can pretend I'm him, if you like."

Blurb written on April 25, 2025, and archived. Reposting is prohibited.

Reading Guide:

The heroine is not a virgin, while the male lead is. The aloof beauty realizes his feelings and gets his comeuppance. Possessive love, truly possessive love!!! Classic melodramatic tropes. The male lead convinces himself he's in love.

Note: The second male lead is the true cinnabar mole. Anti-piracy protection: 60%.

Upcoming: "Reborn, Only to Find My Husband Is Actually My Elder Brother-in-Law"

Feudal, abstinent family patriarch x delicate, voluptuous beauty

Qu Yaoyu woke on the seventh day after her husband's death, shocked to find herself in bed with her elder brother-in-law. The marks covering her body made it clear what had happened.

She thought she was doomed, but her brother-in-law merely said, "Come back to Luoheng Residence with me. I'll report this to your aunt tomorrow." After enduring her mother-in-law's torment for so long, she agreed without hesitation.

For the next ten years, Xiao Tingshu treated her wonderfully. The only strange thing was that he wouldn't let her go out alone, and wouldn't allow her to smile at other men, not even servants.

But an accident took Xiao Tingshu's life, and the Xiao clan elders poisoned her for having an illicit affair with her husband's brother.

After being reborn, she saw Xiao Tingshu again and called him "husband," instinctively throwing herself into his arms.

Who could have guessed that Xiao Tingshu would frown and quickly step aside, leaving Qu Yaoyu to fall into the nearby bushes, her hair in disarray and mud all over her?

The Xiao Tingshu who had always called her "darling" in a soft voice was now not only cold-faced, but had shock and disgust in his eyes.

"Sister-in-law, you've mistaken me for someone else."

Qu Yaoyu went pale, and the words that followed made her feel as though she had fallen into hell.

"You've married my third brother, Sister-in-law. I hope you'll be careful with your words and actions from now on, and never do anything indecorous that would damage your reputation."

As he spoke, a slender, elegant woman stood beside him, a sharp contrast to Qu Yaoyu's alluring, improper manner. After the warning, Xiao Tingshu left with the woman at his side.

Only then did Qu Yaoyu realize that her former husband wasn't dead yet.

And Xiao Tingshu, her elder brother-in-law, hadn't been reborn like she had. What's more, he already had a fiancée.

As head of the Lanling Xiao clan, Xiao Tingshu had always been diligent and scrupulous, restraining himself and observing propriety. Unless something went wrong, he would marry his chosen fiancée, and they would treat each other with mutual respect and face life together.

Until his younger brother took a wife.

Xiao Tingshu disliked the woman, finding her alluring, timid, and unwilling to attend to proper matters. He felt a woman like that would one day hold his younger brother back.

The more he saw her, the more he disliked her, and Qu Yaoyu gradually kept her distance from him.

Until the day he thought he must have gone mad, wanting to commit the most shameful acts of all: kill his younger brother and take his wife.

Reading Guide:

The heroine is delicate, loves to cry, and is fragile. The male lead dislikes her at first, then realizes his feelings and gets his comeuppance.

The heroine is not a virgin, while the male lead is. In his previous life, the male lead took her by force, but the heroine was too clueless to notice.

The second male lead didn't die in the second life. He competes with the male lead for the heroine.

The male lead has a breakdown and chases his wife in a crematorium, gradually remembering his past life.

Message: The past will never come back