After My Brooding Stepson Set His Sights on Me

Six years after their divorce, Chen Wan was plagued by restless nightmares.

At first there were soft kisses, their breaths entwining. Then her clothes came half undone, and a haze of springtime desire blurred the scene. The man's burning palm roamed over every inch of flesh she had never dared show anyone, making her moan and weep until her whole body was limp and sore.

She lived with her stepson in a border town military settlement. Though blind, she was kind to others and had never provoked the thief who climbed over the wall to steal a kiss.

She was a widow. If she told anyone about such a private matter, they would laugh at her, so she could only comfort herself: perhaps her late husband missed her and had come to meet her in a dream.

After enduring it for several months, her lower abdomen began to swell. She was diagnosed as pregnant!

Not knowing whether it was a ghost's child or whether she had been violated by a thief, Chen Wan was so anxious she wept herself sick. She had no choice but to ask her stepson for help, hoping he would bring her medicine to abort the child.

"Don't be afraid, Sister. I won't let your child be born without a name or a place in the family."

He drew her into his arms. His shoulders were broad, his body solid, and he was no longer the little boy who used to cling to her skirt and call her "Mother."

He was the only one she could rely on.

*

When the Prince's residence was confiscated, the powerful fell and their followers scattered. Chen Wan sold everything she owned and ran from place to place to buy his life back.

From then on, Li Min no longer believed in the law or in justice. Chen Wan was all he had eyes for.

They depended on each other and stayed by each other's side day and night. As the years passed, Chen Wan seemed more and more graceful and beautiful in his eyes. She would tap his forehead with a fingertip, trace the tip of his nose, and stir up the restless, inexperienced feelings of a young man.

His father had promised to look after her for the rest of her life. Now that his father was dead, it was only right that he fulfill that promise.

Protect her, have her, and the perfect ending would be within reach.

Just as her child was about to be born, Chen Wan ran away with another man.

*

Three years later, the Minister's residence held a banquet, attended by the Crown Prince.

Magnolias bloomed in full glory in the courtyard. Beneath the trees, a beautiful woman played the zither, cool as the moon, with slender fingers and lowered eyes. She was a sight that took one's breath away.

The Crown Prince lifted his chin, his gaze cold and proud. "Who is that?"

The Minister smiled obsequiously. "Your Highness, she is a concubine of my household. She has a passing knowledge of music."

A little later, Chen Wan hurried from the banquet and was pinned beneath the covered walkway. The person behind her spoke in a hoarse voice, seasoned by years of hardship. "Sister, are you trying to leave me again?"

He kissed her lips, stifling each of her soft, tearful sobs.

From then on, she could never escape his grasp, no matter where she fled.

Gentle, honest wife x obsessive, possessive stepson

1. The woman is eight years older than the man. Their romance begins after their familial relationship is severed.

2. The female lead is not a virgin, but the male lead is. Romance-focused, with an obsessive younger man relentlessly pursuing her. The plot serves the romance.

3. Synopsis archived on September 7, 2026.

Theme: Don't live in the past. Focus on the present.