You Married a Secondary Wife on Our Wedding Night? Reborn, I Marry Your Eldest Brother Instead. Why Are You Crying?

[Reborn] [弹幕] [Chasing-Wife Regret] [Second Male Lead Takes the Crown] [Palace and Household Intrigue] [Face-slapping爽文]

Shen Zhiwei, the orphaned daughter of a general's household, moved into the Duke of Zhenguo's estate before she was even married so that her childhood sweetheart, Gu Zhaolin, could lead the army into battle without worrying about things at home. She managed his household and served the matriarch.

But when Gu Zhaolin returned to the capital in triumph, he brought back a frail young woman, pretended to have lost his memory, and announced that he would take her as a co-wife.

It was all a test of Shen Zhiwei's love for him.

If she truly loved him, she would think of his needs and put up with a little hardship.

As Shen Zhiwei stood there, crestfallen, a string of comments suddenly flashed before her eyes.

“If the heroine really loves him, she should think of him and agree to let the co-wife enter the household with her.”

“Once she passes this test, won't the male lead be completely at her beck and call?”

In her previous life, Shen Zhiwei believed those comments. But instead of winning Gu Zhaolin's sympathy, she faced one ruthless move after another, until she finally died a wretched death.

Reborn, she finally understood.

Instead of helping others, she should help herself.

“You can marry the woman you love. I'll marry your elder brother, the heir. We can celebrate twice over.”

“When we meet again, remember to call me sister-in-law.”

Gu Zhaolin paid her no mind.

She had loved him for seven years. She couldn't possibly marry someone else just like that. She was only throwing a tantrum; he would wait for her to regret it and come back.

But on his wedding night, the person he wanted to see never came. By morning, his hair had turned white.

*

Gu Linyuan, heir to the Duke of Zhenguo, was aloof and strikingly handsome, without equal in the world.

By twelve, he had already mastered the art of maneuvering between rival powers. At fifteen, he had won one extraordinary victory after another. But after being struck by a strange poison on the battlefield, he fell into a coma and became the discarded son of the duke's household.

What no one knew was that his coma was an act, and so were his grave injuries and disability.

Only one thing was real: he had fallen in love with Shen Zhiwei at first sight and had been secretly plotting for her for a long time.

*

Gu Zhaolin assumed that even if Shen Zhiwei married, she would be left alone in an empty room, miserable day after day. Surely she must regret her choice by now.

So, on New Year's Eve, as fireworks lit up the whole city, he planned to elope with Shen Zhiwei and spend the rest of their lives together on the frontier.

But before he could finish explaining his plan, he saw Shen Zhiwei leap from a tall building.

As he bent down, his heart pierced with pain, he saw his supposedly sick elder brother standing beneath the city wall, full of spirit, holding Shen Zhiwei in his arms.

The fireworks blazed brilliantly, making her look all the more radiant and beautiful.

After that, Gu Zhaolin never saw fireworks as brilliant as those that night, nor did he ever see a woman with a heart colder than hers.