My Brother’s Possession

At six years old, Xue Yaoyao’s father brought back a mistress from Jiangnan — and along with her, an illegitimate wild child whose father’s identity was unknown. From that day forward, Xue Yaoyao had a new “younger brother” with no blood ties to her: Jiang Lanzhou. Her parents’ marriage crumbled, and Xue Yaoyao grew to hate the mother and son pair. Whenever she got the chance, she ordered the servants to ab*se them in every way possible. She tormented them nearly to death and finally had them thrown out of the Xue family. What she didn’t expect was that one day, Jiang Lanzhou would return — as the heir to the Great Zhou Empire. At twenty-one, the Xue family fell from grace. All adult men ...