Is My Father-in-Law Trying to Kill Me?

| Angsty melodrama | Sweet and sour | One is clueless, the other is grumpy |

A quick-witted, sarcastic, face-loving, medicine-obsessed heroine with multiple secret identities x a gloomy, haughty, stunningly beautiful eunuch hero with a slight ghostly air

When Qin Huanyuan transmigrated, she heard that she was to be married off to bring good fortune to a powerful old eunuch. In a fit of anger, she ran away from the wedding and went into hiding in the mountains.

But she had barely enjoyed a peaceful life when a sudden assassination attempt turned everything upside down.

And the person trying to kill her was also a eunuch!

To keep her identity from being discovered, Qin Huanyuan disguised herself as a man and joined the army.

But there, she once again came across Shen Anxian, the androgynous eunuch who had tried to kill her. She was even assigned to serve him personally.

This is a disaster...

Terrified that he would discover who she really was, Qin Huanyuan quickly tried every trick she could think of.

She fawned over him, protected him, and watched her every step. She even ended up saving him several times without meaning to.

A few months passed. Shen Anxian let her get away with all sorts of cheek and no longer got genuinely angry with her.

She figured they had become brothers by now. Even if he discovered her identity, he probably wouldn't hold it against her.

But just when she was feeling pleased with herself, he got drunk one night, gripped her wrist tightly, and said something that startled her.

"Everyone likes you and wants to be close to you. I just wish I could tear them to pieces... Even if you're a man, you're still mine."

But Qin Huanyuan wasn't moved by any of this. She was so terrified she could barely move.

This is an even bigger disaster. She had played the part of a man too well. She was only devoted to medicine and had no interest in romance!

Still, she never imagined that Shen Anxian would fall for "him"!

But the worst part was that she was a woman!

Facing his increasingly intense gaze and his unpredictable moods, she wanted to run away at once. But whenever she looked at his extraordinarily beautiful face, her heart gave a few strange, traitorous beats.

In a panic, she repeatedly warned herself to stop being so lovestruck and resolved to flee.

But why did she keep running into this man no matter where she went!?

...Bonus Scene

After months apart, Shen Anxian saw the person he had searched for so desperately dressed in women's clothes, smiling sweetly, surrounded by honored guests, and standing beside an unfamiliar man.

He was so jealous he could practically see red.

When the guests had all left and darkness hid them from view, he grabbed the person on her way back to her room and said in a trembling voice by her ear, "You scoundrel, why did you deceive me?"

Qin Huanyuan, suddenly pulled into his arms, turned around. The moment she saw that beautiful, familiar face, the anger and wariness vanished from her expression. She threw herself into his arms and cried, "My lord, you're finally back! I've missed you so much!"

?

Shen Anxian flushed at her words. He had meant to question her, but she tugged him close and kissed his forehead, making his heart tingle with warmth.

How audacious... How could she be so improper, so unpredictable!

He looked at her mischievous grin and tried to suppress the smile tugging at his lips, but there was nothing he could do.

Oh, well. What did it matter if she broke the rules?

Even if she was still deceiving him, her lies filled his heart with joy, and he was happy to believe every one of them.

Reading Notes:

Updates follow the rankings before the story goes premium, then one chapter daily, usually at nine in the evening.

One-on-one romance, happy ending. The heroine is something of a mild heartthrob, but only the leads have mutual feelings.

The hero isn't gay. He is a real eunuch.

The heroine is a little liar, the hero isn't very smart, and they're a cute couple who fall for each other.

Special note: The medical content in this story is only there to serve the plot. The author isn't a professional, so please just enjoy it for what it is. (Rolls away cutely.)

Theme: Practice makes perfect, even in medicine.