My Childhood Friend Has Ulterior Motives

The fake Gu family young lady: petite and delicate, gentle, kind, respectful, and yielding.

The real Gu family young lady: a hot-tempered big sister who'll fight anyone who crosses her.

The fake Yan family young master: refined and elegant, a peerless gentleman.

The real Yan family young master: shamelessly persistent, with a terminal case of lovesickness.

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The Gu family is a renowned scholarly household in the capital. The old master dotes on his youngest daughter, but she is determined to become a female general. She spends all day running to the General's Residence in the west of the city, not for the handsome Yan family young master, but to get the old general Yan to teach her a move or two.

Then one day, the Yan family young master asks her, blushing, "Who is the one you love?"

Gu Pan raises her chin, full of spirit. "The one I love will be the greatest martial artist in the world. No one will be able to defeat him."

Hearing this, the Yan family young master puts down his book of sages and starts practicing with his spear.

Gu Pan: "?"

1. The Yan family young master, who takes one step at a time to trick his sweetheart into marrying him × the Gu family young lady, who doesn't realize she's walking into a trap.

2. Both are virgins. The male lead has no concubines or bedroom attendants.

3. A story about a scheming childhood friend finally devouring the sweet-and-sour childhood sweetheart he's coveted for so long.

Blurb for My Husband Fell for My Looks:

In the autumn of the eleventh year of Yongkang, the daughter of the Minister of Personnel married the son of the richest man in the capital.

A friend asked Shen Yuan, "What do you like about her?"

Shen Yuan: "I like that she's pretty."

A maid asked Cheng Sheng, "What do you like about him?"

Cheng Sheng: "I like that he's rich."

She covets his fortune, and he lusts after her beauty. But no matter how much they scheme and plot, nothing can compete with two people wanting the same thing and falling deeper with every step.

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To Shen Yuan, gold is more dependable than silver, power is more dependable than gold, and the fickle human heart is the least dependable thing in the world.

Then he married a sweet, gentle young woman.

The thing Shen Yuan had once disdained most was this so-called affection. Only after experiencing it himself did he realize how impossible it was to resist, how it could tear one's heart apart.

1. All sweetness, no angst. Both are virgins.

2. A female lead who cons men out of money, sex, and love × a male lead so poor all he has left is silver.

Theme: Companionship is the longest confession of love. The person you should cherish most may be the childhood friend who has always stayed by your side.