She and Her Younger Half-Brother

Classic household intrigue | Pseudo-incest | Play the pig to eat the tiger

“Revenge was planned, but loving you was instinct and accident!”

After transmigrating, Yan Jin became a concubine-born daughter in the Marquis of Yongchang’s household, where everyone bullied her.

She endured and struggled to survive, hoping only to uncover the true cause of her birth mother Concubine Liu’s death and establish a foothold in the inner residence.

Her legal mother was a hypocrite, her legitimate elder sister was arrogant, and the marquis’s household was full of deadly traps. She moved carefully at every turn.

The only one who shared her misfortune was her younger half-brother, Yan Xi, who became her sole ally. Together, they exposed their legal mother’s schemes and crushed their elder sister’s arrogance. Just as their feud seemed about to end and the road ahead began to clear, Yan Xi was suddenly attacked and died tragically before her eyes.

Before the funeral was even over, the old case was reopened.

Yan Jin was shocked to discover that Concubine Liu’s death was far more complicated than ordinary household intrigue. An incident in Jiangnan three years ago, a jade pendant belonging to the Li family, royal secrets... Layer upon layer of mystery churned around her, revealing a shocking conspiracy.

What she could never have imagined was that the young man, already cold in his grave, had never truly left.

When she was alone and trapped in danger, the man who appeared before her under an entirely new identity had love and hatred intertwined in his eyes.

He had never been her younger half-brother, but an orphan hiding in the marquis’s household, living only for revenge.

In this life, he protected her, helped her, and kept secrets from her. In the end, he would have to continue their relationship as a stranger.

Note: While the leads are still believed to be blood relatives, there are no romantic scenes between them.

Theme: Don’t run from your lowest moments. Become your own light and illuminate the path ahead.