Graceful as Poison

A domineering, swaggering hero who is secretly a princess at heart x a heroine who's a timid bunny at first, then a man-eating flower. One-on-one romance. Also known as: How Do I Fix It When My Sweet Little Project-Girl Seems to Have Gone Off Track? "Her name is Lan Xi," said Master Zhou with a beaming smile as he carried the little girl over to his son. He looked at the two children standing together. "Your great-grandmother betrothed her to you. As soon as you're of age, I'll arrange for you two to get married." Lan Xi and Zhou Cheng looked at each other. Lan Xi remained expressionless, but Zhou Cheng seemed uneasy. He scrutinized her from head to toe and asked worriedly, "Is it true you can only live to sixteen?" Lan Xi was born with an unusually erratic pulse and had long known she wouldn't live long. She was just beginning to feel touched when Zhou Cheng added, "Don't you dare live too long. We agreed we'd only have the wedding ceremony. After you die, I'm going to marry someone else." He really wasn't cursing her, but Young Master Zhou was in a bind. If he didn't marry Lan Xi, his father would throw him out. But if he did marry her, he'd be betraying the childhood sweetheart he loved. At her future husband's home, Lan Xi lived on tenterhooks, always feeling that her husband resented her for living too long. What could she do? Run away, of course. On their wedding night, Zhou Cheng was knocked out in bed by a spiked cup of wine. He could only watch as Lan Xi calmly fastened her buttons, then smiled brightly at him. "Husband, let me go tonight, and we'll be even from now on. How about it?" * I'm a staunch happy-ending fan. I promise not to abandon this story and will try to update daily. Real-life commitments may make the updates irregular for a while. * They say that if you're reading and leave a favorite or a comment, the author might transform into a writing machine. (^ - ^) * Updates will be posted by midnight at the latest, usually between 4:00 and 9:00 p.m. Occasionally, there may be two updates in a day or changes to the text; I'll announce those in the blurb. If there's no update after midnight, I'll explain why in the blurb. There'll be more and more sweet treats as the story goes on. Enjoy! Here's a modern danmei story by a friend. It's super sweet: see how a cross-dressing actor wins the heart of his beloved in The Actor Is a Cross-Dressing Queen by Qing Han Wei Shuang. Another friend has arrived with a Sword Art Online fanwork. Please be aware that a husky-voiced, domineering big sister is ahead: The Snake-Obsessed Saniwa's Daily Self-Healing (Mainly Sword Art Online) by Mu Yi. A third friend has dropped in with a futuristic interstellar fantasy. Interested in a cool goddess of a battle commander? The author is soft and adorable: When the Goddess Transmigrates to the Stars by Shen Hai De Niao.