Misaligned Tides [GB]

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Li Nian is a total big-brother's girl. Even after getting married, she and her husband continue living in her brother's enormous villa.

Her brother is a handsome, wealthy CEO, and she's a pampered little princess. So whenever her husband treats her badly, she seizes the chance to complain to her brother.

Her brother is aloof, but he does spoil her. Yet when it comes to this, he never tells her to break up. Instead, he lectures her with a stern expression.

Li Nian even feels like her brother treats her husband better than he treats her.

Eventually, Li Nian stops bothering to ask him for help.

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Li Qing realizes that his little sister comes to him to act cute less and less often.

What's more, her relationship with her husband is gradually getting better.

Her husband has no ambition, no plans to strike out on his own, and practically worships him as his big brother-in-law.

Li Qing smiles, thinking that this arrangement is fine by him.

Until one day, he discovers that his brother-in-law has someone else on the side...

His brother-in-law has somehow learned a shocking secret.

He leans in and warns Li Qing that if he tells anyone about the affair, he'll tell Li Nian that the two of them aren't biological siblings at all.

Watching her husband go on more and more business trips, and her big brother look at her with increasingly complicated eyes, Li Nian gives them an innocent smile.

Reader's guide:

The leads are not blood siblings. Li Nian was fostered by the family, and they have never been on the same household register.

The female and male leads are in a female-led, gender-bender relationship (highly emphasized: side characters will include BL content, so readers who only enjoy one kind of romance should take note).

Written to indulge my kinks: the heroine adores women and is harsh to men, and she's an exceptionally irresistible female lead. The male lead is sexually inexperienced, and his heart and body belong only to the heroine. Feel free to dive in. The heroine's perspective is intensely satisfying. Happy ending.

My next story is open for follows: The Mermaid's Pact [GB]. Please add it to your collection:

While vacationing at the beach, Xi Jin accidentally drowns and is saved by a purehearted, kind merfolk.

He's beautiful and noble, and the next in line to become king of the merfolk.

It's breeding season, and the poor merfolk royal has missed the usual mating rituals because he saved her.

Xi Jin has no way to repay him, so all she can do is give him an unforgettable experience.

While caught up in passion, he clings to her and asks her to swear she'll love him forever.

She gives him a vague answer, thinking that promises made in bed don't count.

After only seven days together, Xi Jin is found by a rescue team.

She leaves without hesitation. The merfolk, face cold, says viciously that if she dares to leave, next time he catches her, he'll lock her up.

Xi Jin sighs.

The merfolk may be beautiful, but she still chooses a normal life.

He fails to keep her, and so he can't bring himself to imprison her, either.

Less than half a year later, Xi Jin's family arranges a blind date for her.

She sits down at the restaurant, dressed appropriately. The man in the suit across from her starts to smile with satisfaction, but before his smile can fully form, he lets out a sudden scream and bolts.

Xi Jin thinks something must be wrong with her makeup today. But everyone else looks completely unsurprised.

Baffled, she goes to the restroom. In the mirror, the woman's eyes glow blue, and a deep blue, rippling pattern marks her collarbone.

She touches the mark without thinking, and the merfolk appears before her. "I told you. If I catch you, I'll lock you up..."

An overwhelmingly possessive merfolk x a calm, rational travel blogger

Female-led, gender-bender relationship

Rekindled romance, both sexually inexperienced, sweet romance, 1v1, happy ending

Theme: Learn to love yourself.