After Dreaming of My Fiancé's Elder Brother

After dreaming of my fiancé's elder brother, I woke up in a panic.

Shen Xi is the secret illegitimate child of the Shen family, struggling to survive in the vast estate. To escape, she has spent years plotting and finally secured an engagement with her fiancé, whom she views as her lifeline. However, a sudden high fever plunges Shen Xi into a wild and ambiguous dream where she shares a bed with a man she cannot see clearly, engaging in intimate acts. This happens every night. She wakes up with a flushed face each time, never knowing who the man is. Until one day, she meets the eyes of her fiancé's elder brother.

Her fiancé's elder brother, Shen Chengyan, is like an orchid or a jade tree—noble and distant, the pure snow atop a high mountain. Shen Xi cannot believe she dreamt of doing such wild things with him and feels she has profaned him. But Shen Chengyan's gaze is deep and heavy, pressing down on Shen Xi so much that she dares not look up. "Are you afraid of me?"

Feeling guilty, Shen Xi tries her best to avoid him whenever possible. Unexpectedly, as the wedding date approaches, the groom is changed. Shen Chengyan grabs the back of her neck, restraining her within an inch of his space with irresistible force and forcing her to look up. His tone allows no argument: "This engagement can only be between you and me." "You may hate me, but we are destined to be entangled until death.

Shen Chengyan first saw Shen Xi in a dream, when she was not yet his brother's intended wife. He only remembers that face, delicate yet stubborn, leaping down from a height with sleeves fluttering in the wind. Since she entered his dreams, Shen Chengyan has not slept well a single night. The vermilion lips and snow-white neck torture his last bit of sanity. After longing for something he could not have for so long, his delusions became boundless. Since the delusion has arisen, he might as well snatch her.

Later, Shen Chengyan accidentally learned about Shen Xi's unspeakable dreams. Inside the warm gauze curtains, red candles flicker. He loosely wraps his arms around her, easily holding her in his embrace. He lowers his head and lets his fingertips gently trace along her collarbone. "In the dream, when you were aroused, were you also this afraid of me?" "Xi'er, you dreamed of me kissing you here... or was it here?"

Reading Guide: 1. 1v1, both first-timers, happy ending. 2. Forced love, dog-blood warning (melodramatic tropes). 3. The male lead is a high and aloof good brother in the early stages, becoming a possessive obsessive man later on. 4. The female lead dreams; the male lead dreams of past life entanglements. 5. The plot and career lines serve the romance. It's not that the characters lack intelligence, it's that the author does; just read for fun. 6. The dynasty is fictional, please don't investigate deeply.