Latest Manipulative Protagonist Novel

【Brother Takes Younger Brother's Wife + Deliberate Seduction】

(Black-bellied Vicious Woman vs. Ascetic & Cold Young Grand Tutor)

In her previous life, Pei Jingxu faithfully observed three years of widowhood for her husband, Rong Xuanzhou, who was presumed dead in battle. However, she waited only for him to return to the capital with Bai Shutong, the widow of his comrade, and their two children.

Rong family parents remained silent, only urging her to be virtuous and magnanimous. Bai Shutong possessed peerless beauty, and soon after arriving in the capital, she caused powerful nobles to vie for her favor. Even Rong Xuanzhou was captivated, showing her gentle care and protection.

Ultimately, Pei Jingxu was drowned in a lotus pond by an admirer of Bai Shutong, as a token of allegiance. Only at the brink of death did she realize she was living in a storybook featuring a 'magnet for everyone's love,' and she was merely a stumbling block on the path to the heroine Bai Shutong's glorious reign in the capital.

Reborn into this life, Pei Jingxu, as the vicious female supporting character, realized she needed to find a powerful backer before the heroine returned to the capital. Thus, her thoughts turned to the peerlessly elegant, ethereal and upright eldest son of the Rong family, the current Grand Tutor — Rong Jianxue.

That night, Pei Jingxu, with crimson-tinged eyes and thinly clad, soaking wet clothes, wept like a pear blossom bathed in rain as she knocked on his door. "Brother-in-law, Second Brother isn't here, A'Xu is really scared..." Rong Jianxue's gaze was cold and deep, and the Buddhist beads concealed in his sleeve tightened one by one.

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After Rong Xuanzhou returned to the capital, he discovered that his 'plain and simple' wife no longer clung to him, but instead frequently entered and exited his elder brother's residence. Having always known his elder brother to be stern, Rong Xuanzhou coldly told her, "If you soften your stance, I'll ask Big Brother not to punish you."

Behind the screen, Rong Jianxue pulled her half-exposed jade arm back. The man's gaze was murky, and he answered for her in a hoarse voice, "She deserves punishment."

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Later, Pei Jingxu ran away. Outside the city, private soldiers lined up, and the man approached her step by step, his eyes filled with overwhelming desire. "A'Xu is right, we should have a child now."

Reminder for the plot: The male lead and the male supporting character are not blood brothers.

I am an honest female beta living in the slums, riding a rickety old bicycle through wooden shacks to deliver goods.

I respect the elderly, care for the young, and even pay 40% of my salary in taxes, regularly praying at church. Who wouldn't call me an honest person?

However, I was arrested, accused of assisting rebellion by transmitting intelligence. Locked in a dark little room, I defended myself: "I'm innocent! I was working hard on the night of the incident!"

But the inspector, who had long coveted my body, wanted me to be his lover, or else he'd have my younger brother expelled from school. I had no choice but to succumb to his power.

Later, the inspector's husband found out and, enraged, came to my door. I had to tell him everything to prove I was forced. He told me that they had actually grown tired of each other long ago, and if I could also become his lover, they would have a reason to divorce. I had no choice but to agree.

Still later, the political rivals of both men seized upon this leverage and forced me to testify in court. For their safety, I had to submit to the political rivals.

To insult my dignity, the political rivals corrupted my soul with money every day. Go away, you damned money, just go away. My noble character will not allow anyone to defile it.

Bai Wuyong is the female lead's alias; her real name has a different arrangement. Most of it is first-person perspective, with occasional omniscient perspective.

There is no biological younger brother, but there is a younger lover. The female lead is a master of disguise, a calculating liar, constantly planning to climb the social ladder by any means necessary.

There will be death scenes; those who mind should not enter. Multiple relationship lines will develop, and the female lead does not use "Jinjiang points"; she does everything herself. There is no plot where the female lead is marked, nor will she mark others (but it's not ruled out that someone might beg to be marked by her).

Today, I'm "forced" to be intimate with people. My resolve is, to never give up for a better life.