Millennium Dreams [Reborn]

Set around the turn of the millennium, with a sweet nostalgic vibe and a pseudo-sibling romance

Older, domineering Daddy x a delicate, gentle beauty reborn

"Whenever Big Brother takes off his glasses, Zhou Ruanxue knows she's doomed again!"

In her previous life, Zhou Ruanxue wanted nothing more than to escape the control of her big brother, Zhou Dongcheng, and become a true daughter of the Zhou family. To that end, she even married on behalf of the Zhou family's biological daughter, marrying a useless man with a terrible reputation.

On the eve of her wedding, she remembered how her big brother had talked with her all night.

The man reclined casually in an armchair, impeccably dressed in his suit, his expression cold and severe. The hand holding his cigarette was long and strong, his movements cool and unhurried.

Everything he said came down to telling her not to marry.

He could give her what she wanted, too.

What a joke.

He was her big brother in name, and he couldn't marry her.

Better to become a rich young wife with dignity than his canary in a cage.

As it turned out, just as her big brother had said, she had a... miserable life. Her scumbag husband didn't reform after they married. He angered her so badly that she lost her baby, and she also came down with a serious illness.

Later, she saw him on the television in her shabby hospital room.

The man had become a powerful figure on television, reaching... that position.

That same night, Big Brother finally found her and came to visit her in the hospital.

He was nearing fifty, but he was still handsome and sharp-featured. His high rank and authority had also given him a very comfortable life, lending him even more presence and dignity.

Yet the look in his eyes was the same as ever, with a tenderness and pity in it. He held her hand, no longer soft but scarred, battered, and withered, and told her that if she wanted, they could go back to how things were before.

A man like him had never married, nor had he ever had a woman at his side.

Those few days were the gentlest, most peaceful days of her life in more than forty years.

They were also the first time she realized that marriage might not be all that important.

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Reborn into another life.

She still didn't like him. He was too fierce, too harsh, too cold, and far too controlling.

But when she thought of his deep gaze fixed on her before she died, and the hand he'd clenched until his knuckles reddened,

she felt she could treat him a little better. Just a little better.

At the very least, she shouldn't drop out of school, make a fuss about having a baby, then go looking for male models everywhere after her husband abandoned her, breaking his heart all over again like she had in her previous life.

One year after her rebirth.

One morning.

Zhou Ruanxue woke up in her big brother's room, holding her aching waist.

Zhou Ruanxue: I guess I spoke too soon...

Take it back, take it back! Can I take back that last sentence?! orz

Male models are so much cuter...

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1. A sweet romance with an overall sweet tone. The age gap is six years.

2. The male lead is a virgin. The female lead was not a virgin in her previous life (if you mind that she slept with male models, this isn't for you), but both leads are virgins in this life.

Basically, it's the story of a strict, rigid big brother being forced (?) to fight over her with several male models.

Theme: In a life full of regrets, the greatest fortune is getting what you wished for.