Five Years After My Dark, Obsessive Brother Went Missing

Fake siblings / Alternate universe / Sweet ending / A husband who keeps his wife on a short leash / Extremely possessive

A brooding, patient older brother who forces his love on her x a resilient, brave, oblivious little sister

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To clear the Jiang clan's name, Jiang Fengji disguises herself as a man and infiltrates the imperial court.

Captured one day, she is taken deep into the Imperial Prison. Standing before her is a man in splendid robes, tall and graceful, with refined features. At first glance, he is unmistakably her older brother, Jiang Yun, who disappeared five years ago.

His face is icy, and there is not a trace of affection in his eyes as he looks at her.

Everyone around them kneels and respectfully addresses him as “Lord Gu.”

He did not die in a foreign land after all. Instead, he changed his name, became a lackey of the emperor, and betrayed the Jiang clan.

The cold lash in Gu Tingyun's hand rests against her chin. His expression is calm.

“I will ask you one question. Answer truthfully, and I may spare your life.”

“Who are you, and why have you come?”

Jiang Fengji lifts her head and meets Lord Gu's indifferent gaze without fear. She sneers.

“Just a wretched life.”

She deliberately turns her face aside. The barbs on the whip cut her skin, and blood streams out. She clearly sees Lord Gu's hand twitch back ever so slightly.

“I came to look for my brother, who disappeared five years ago. Everyone says he's dead, but I don't believe it.”

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It took so much effort to find her brother, and yet he refuses to acknowledge her.

Jiang Fengji knows he must have his reasons. If the mountain will not come to her, then she will go to the mountain.

He was the one who said he didn't know her, yet in the end he was also the one who angrily carried her on his back, grumbling,

“Don't you care if you live?”

She mutters aggrievedly, “It's not like you care about me anyway.”

He suddenly stops walking. His voice trembles a little.

“Fengji, I'm sorry I didn't protect you.”

*

Her once-illustrious brother has been changed by the imperial court, his disposition twisted. And when she learns that he has been poisoned with a Gu, his body covered in scars, Jiang Fengji's heart nearly breaks.

One night, Gu Tingyun's Gu poison flares up, leaving him burning with fever and pain. By coincidence, Jiang Fengji comes barging in, worried about the injuries he suffered that day.

He tries to restrain himself, but the moment he sees her, he can't help pulling her into his arms.

“Brother... you...”

His eyes shift. After a long moment, he says hoarsely,

“Fengji, be good.”

“B-Brother... what are you doing... I'm your sister...”

“I told you already. I'm not your brother anymore.”

A deep kiss falls upon her.

Theme: Finding a way to survive when all hope seems lost