

Summary of the All Hail Cousin Brother
"Alright, so this is about All Hail Cousin Brother... wait no, let me think of it differently for the rewrite.
You know that feeling when you wake up from a truly awful dream? That jolt right back to reality? Well, Yu Youyao definitely felt that. She'd been having nightmares for ages, but one particular vision stuck with her – being trapped in a horrifying arrangement, heartblood stolen by someone called Jianjia, maybe even 'harem' duty for that Marquis's spawn, Song Mingzhao... basically losing herself entirely.
Then she woke up properly scared, and decided then and there: no more fate dictating this! She needed to latch onto *something* fast. So, here comes her maternal cousin from You Kingdom – he just happened to show up! My heart just... went straight for him in that moment of panic and desperation. I guess you could say she 'woke up' clinging to his leg.
And honestly? He was a bit taken aback himself. Usually ruthless, right? But then this girl with her wide, pleading eyes – yeah, he couldn't bring himself to turn her away. So here we go: Yu Youyao gets her protector, the cousin who knew her from childhood. He helps her navigate all sorts of trouble, deals with other suitors trying to 'help' out (in ways you wouldn't want), and yeah... maybe even steers her towards some kind of power or glory.
Fast forward a few years, she's grown up, but that nightmare still hangs over things sometimes. The Marquis son, Song Mingzhao, *did* show up demanding her hand, just like in the dream! But let me tell you, waking someone up from their harem-induced slumber takes guts... and he definitely had some of that!
He pinned her against the wall with surprising force for a moment, looking intense. 'You're mine,' he basically said it low enough she could barely hear him over the surprise in her own voice. 'No one else gets you.' So yeah, that protector thing evolved into something much more possessive and... well, complicated relationship dynamics."