After Losing My Memory, I Became My Adoptive Brother's Caged Sparrow

[I'm my brother's lover.]

Before reaching this shocking conclusion, Chen Jiaojiao thought he was the luckiest person alive: a prestigious education, an elite career, financial independence, and a rich, handsome boyfriend, Meng Jin, who spoiled him rotten.

Five years ago, he fell into the sea and hit a reef. Meng Jin risked his life to save him.

When he woke up, he had no memories. Meng Jin built a whole new world for him:

"Your name is Chen Jiaojiao."

"We've known each other since we were children."

"You've been chasing me for years."

"We... love each other deeply."

The man's eyes were gentle, his logic impeccable, his feelings sincere. Chen Jiaojiao believed him.

For the next five years, he lived in the honeyed world Meng Jin had made for him, until someone pointed at him in the street and yelled, "You're nothing but a substitute. Meng Jin keeps you around only because of that face!"

Chen Jiaojiao felt as if he had fallen into an icy abyss.

Details he'd previously ignored suddenly became evidence: he'd never met his family or friends, Meng Jin disappeared on a regular basis, and he was forbidden from returning to the country...

On the sixth day after confirming that he really was a "substitute," Chen Jiaojiao took off the ring Meng Jin had given him. His voice cool as frost, he formally broke up with him. "Meng Jin, let's break up."

"Jiaojiao, don't be like this."

Meng Jin still used his usual coaxing, child-soothing tone to comfort him, but behind his back, his knuckles were clenched white. He was used to controlling everything, yet now he tasted the terror of losing control for the second time.

Chen Jiaojiao raised his eyes and pressed him. "Does your white moonlight look like me?"

He didn't notice Meng Jin's relief or the smile that flashed in his eyes.

"What brand of shower gel does he like? What color pajamas does he wear?" Chen Jiaojiao stepped closer. In his anger, he said whatever came to mind, his voice trembling. "Does he tremble in your arms like this?"

During their argument, Chen Jiaojiao accidentally stumbled and fell down the stairs.

When he woke again, his memories surged back like a tide.

He remembered. His name was Chen Xueyan, the fake young master who had usurped the place of the real heir in the Meng family. He also remembered why he'd hurriedly fled on a cruise ship all those years ago.

Looking at Meng Jin, anxiously waiting by his bedside, he could only find the situation ridiculous.

The older brother he had admired and respected most not only harbored forbidden feelings for him, but after his memory loss, had spun an enormous lie and turned him into a secret "substitute lover" no one could know about.

Remembering how his brother had deceived him over the past five years, Chen Jiaojiao said icily, "Mr. Meng, this act should end now."

Meng Jin heard him and let out a low laugh. He leisurely loosened his tie, then unceremoniously pulled him into his arms and held him captive. Pinching his chin with his fingertips, he tilted his face up and studied it carefully.

"End?" Meng Jin leaned down. His gaze was pitch-black, his hoarse voice wrapped in scorching breath as he spoke by Chen Jiaojiao's ear. "Jiaojiao, the act can end, but then I'll get to have you openly and honestly."

Reading guide:

1. The couple is devoted to each other, body and soul.

2. They're not on the same household register. Their romance begins only after their family relationship is dissolved.

Theme: Loving someone is like tending a flower.