[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-a-marriage-in-name-only-my-stepbrother-won-t-let":3,"chapter-a-marriage-in-name-only-my-stepbrother-won-t-let-a-marriage-in-name-only-my-stepbrother-won-t-let-chapter-60":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","A Marriage in Name Only? My Stepbrother Won't Let Me Go",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1326661,1761,"Chapter 60: Throw Pei Yan’s Things Out","a-marriage-in-name-only-my-stepbrother-won-t-let-chapter-60",60,"\u003Cp>When he woke from the dream, Pei Yan was in a daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Wanying’s soft sobs seemed to still echo in his ears. He had apparently said some harsh words, then left the bridal chamber without a second glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Wanying called out to him, but he only walked faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when he could no longer hear her voice, he woke completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his consciousness slowly returned, Pei Yan scanned his surroundings. The inn room was spartan. Where was the festively decorated bridal chamber?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no exquisite decorations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of the myriad things a woman owned, no vanity by the window, no rouge, powder, or jewelry...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And, of course, no Mei Wanying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It was just a dream,’ Pei Yan thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But everything in the dream had been too vivid. He could even recall his own thought processes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The details of his intimacy with Mei Wanying also felt incredibly real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if it had actually happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Yan stared at the canopy of the bed and suddenly laughed. Dreams were the opposite of reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Wanying hadn’t climbed into his bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn’t fought, and they weren’t married.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all fake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’When that day truly comes, I won’t make Mei Wanying spend her wedding night alone.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’ll see the wedding ceremony through to the end.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I want to see what Mei Wanying looks like in her wedding dress, too. A shame my dream self ruined it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Yan pressed a hand to his chest. A dull ache tightened within him. He took a deep breath, which eased the pressure slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He told himself again that all the unpleasantness had been fake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The second half of the dream... that’s what’s supposed to happen between us.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Mei Wanying is going to have my children.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Lots of them.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She said so herself!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mere thought made Pei Yan’s body flush with heat. He glanced down, a flicker of embarrassment in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know what was wrong with him. Lately, whenever he thought of Mei Wanying, a certain part of him would act on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t like this before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Yan suspected this was happening because he was having too many indecent dreams, all of them starring Mei Wanying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, no one knew but him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, he’d die of shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’No one else can find out, and Mei Wanying, least of all. She’s still just a young girl who doesn’t understand anything.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If she found out what he’d been dreaming, Mei Wanying would be so mortified and furious that she would surely stay far, far away from him.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Yan went to the bathing chamber for a cold bath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scenes from the dream replayed in his mind, over and over, impossible to shake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want to banish them. He let the images take over his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’A child husband is still a husband. Sooner or later, they would truly be husband and wife.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What’s the harm in thinking about it for now?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man’s muscles bulged, sharply defined. Veins traced paths up his forearms. His Adam’s apple bobbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah Yin...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two words escaped his thin lips, a soft and tender whisper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long while later, Pei Yan emerged from the bathing chamber and hung Mei Wanying’s handkerchief up to dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked utterly refreshed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Thankfully, I saved the handkerchief from the brazier that day. At least I have a memento.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spreading a sheet of paper, Pei Yan decided to write a letter to Mei Wanying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked up the brush, but he didn’t know what to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d never been in the habit of writing to Mei Wanying...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat at the desk for a long time before finally writing just a single line: \"All is well. Do not worry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the letter arrived, Mei Wanying and her party still hadn’t reached their ancestral home in Jiangnan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mrs. Mei was in poor health, and Mei Wanying, having been raised in comfort, was equally unsuited for the rigors of a long journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, they were in no hurry. They traveled at a leisurely pace, stopping to rest in any city they came across and slowly making their way toward their destination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This way, they could appreciate the scenery, experience different local cultures, and avoid exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon receiving Pei Yan’s letter, Mei Wanying suspected someone was playing a prank on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glanced at the sun—it hadn’t risen in the west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Why would Pei Yan write to me?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In the past, he would be away on campaigns for a year or two at a time and never wrote me so much as a single word.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the handwriting was definitely his, and below the signature, he had even stamped his personal seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole thing was too bizarre. Mei Wanying had no idea what Pei Yan was trying to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He told me not to worry.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’ve already let him go. Why would I be worrying about him?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So full of himself,\" Mei Wanying huffed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she hadn’t read the letter, Ding Xiang nodded instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Some people are certainly full of themselves,’ she thought. ’Her Ladyship hasn’t mentioned him even once this whole time!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In another year or two, Her Ladyship will have forgotten him completely.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Let’s see if he regrets it then!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Wanying tore the letter to shreds and tossed it in the wastebasket. Out of sight, out of mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had just disposed of the letter when someone came to report that the Prince Chen Mansion had sent her gifts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They asked if she wanted to inspect the items first or have them loaded directly onto the carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Wanying didn’t want anything from Pei Yan. She told them to send it all back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was done with Pei Yan. All she wanted now was to return to her ancestral home and live a quiet life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t want to get entangled with him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever they had sent, she wasn’t curious and she wouldn’t accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lady, they said that if you refuse to accept this, they’ll just send something else, and they’ll keep sending things until you’re satisfied.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Wanying’s expression shifted. \"To not be bothered again. That’s what I want.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But these are His Highness’s orders...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rage flared in Mei Wanying’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What on earth is Pei Yan trying to do?!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Why does he always have to do the exact opposite of what I want?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’When I wanted letters, he was too stingy to give me a single word.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’When I wanted gifts, he would send them to the Mei family in the name of the Prince Chen Mansion.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Never to me, Mei Wanying, personally.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In this new life, I’ve seen things clearly and decided not to get entangled with him.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But now Pei Yan was shoving things I don’t want in my face. Wasn’t he doing this just to spite me?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like a stone thrown into a placid lake. The initial splash subsided, but the ripples continued to spread, one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like Mei Wanying’s heart at that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was hard. \"Either take it back the way you came, or throw it away. From now on, I forbid anything from the Prince Chen Mansion from ever appearing before me again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chests were filled with priceless jewelry and ornaments. How could they just be thrown away?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Mei Wanying was furious, and the men from the Prince Chen Mansion didn’t dare to get on her bad side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could only resort to a roundabout tactic, saying they would leave the items for now. After they sought instructions, if Prince Chen gave the order, they would take them back to the Capital City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In other words, her authority meant nothing. Only Pei Yan’s approval mattered.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Wanying felt a suffocating tightness in her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if she were back in her previous life, where her words were useless and the staff of the mansion refused to obey her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She wasn’t the mistress of the Prince Chen Mansion, but a guest!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In this life, I haven’t married Pei Yan. Why should I have to suffer this humiliation again?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Wanying shot to her feet. If she couldn’t command the people from the Prince Chen Mansion, then she would have her own people throw the things out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t care what he had sent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I just hope we can make a clean break, and that he stops doing these inappropriate things!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her emotions were in too much turmoil. After just a few steps, Mei Wanying’s head suddenly swam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Ding Xiang hadn’t been there to catch her, she might have fallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Wanying had an eye condition. In the past, a quack doctor’s treatment had backfired; the medicine she took had made her dizzy and nauseous for days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Xiang instantly recalled that incident, and her face went white with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quick, fetch a doctor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1479,"2026-06-05T19:26:55.507Z",1,"novelbin.me","ba875dc51858ce2d9906cbfd3110fb5c5c5a3be499fed3995221dd01bda4248c","a-marriage-in-name-only-my-stepbrother-won-t-let-chapter-61","a-marriage-in-name-only-my-stepbrother-won-t-let-chapter-59",175,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fa-marriage-in-name-only-my-stepbrother-won-t-let-cover.jpg"]