After Becoming a Widow, I Married my Deceased Husband’s Brother

Arui’s parents, determined to protect the family’s reputation, married her off to Qin Song, the man she had been betrothed to since childhood. But Qin Song was ill-fated. While traveling to the imperial examinations, he was attacked and killed by wolves. Before the marriage had even truly begun, Arui became a widow. Unable to bear the blow, the young bride threw herself into the river on her wedding night. She never expected to be rescued. Qin Lie had recently retired from military service and returned to his hometown, making a living as a hunter. A solitary man by nature, he kept his distance from everyone around him. Everything changed the day he saved a woman from the river. After being pulled from the water, she developed a dangerously high fever. With no other choice to save her life, Qin Lie removed her soaked clothes and held her through the entire night to keep her warm. He had never cared much for women, but he understood that a woman’s honor meant everything. Since he had touched her body, he believed he was responsible for her future. What he never expected was that the woman he had rescued was the newly widowed bride of his younger brother, who had supposedly died only days earlier. With no elders left in the Qin Family, Qin Lie took Arui into his own home out of a sense of duty. At first, he intended only to care for her and make up for her misfortune. But the gentle, obedient, and pitiful young woman slowly melted the walls around his heart. Before long, his sense of responsibility turned into something far more possessive. Just as he was preparing to make her his wife… The younger brother who had supposedly been torn apart by wolves… Came back alive. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: After Becoming a Widow, I Married my Deceased Husband’s Brother — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠