My Cousin Has Her Eye on Me

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Jiang Pei'er is a cousin who lives with the Tan family. Beautiful and delicate, she has been obedient for years, yet her aunt still plans to send her off as a concubine to the elderly Commandery Governor.

With nowhere else to turn, she fixes her sights on the Tan family's eldest son, who has a lame leg.

If she has to be a concubine, she might as well pick a handsome one!

Everyone thinks she's lost her mind! The eldest son is cruel and ruthless, and ever since he was injured on the battlefield last month and came home with a limp, his moods have been even more unpredictable.

What's more, she's the niece of Xue-shi, and the eldest son and his stepmother have always been bitter enemies. Everyone suspects he might skin her alive.

On a lonely night, Jiang Pei'er clutches Tan Xuanping's injured leg and wails, her eyes stinging from the chili oil, while tenderly pouring out her supposed "love" for him.

"Elder Cousin, Pei'er truly wants to take care of you."

"Take care of me?"

The beauty's clumsy seduction makes Tan Xuanping, seated in his wheelchair, smile. He doesn't call her out, though. "So, Pei'er, are you offering yourself to me?"

Remembering the two maids beaten to death in his courtyard, Jiang Pei'er shrinks and begins to tremble. She wants to back out, but the Commandery Governor's bald, leering face flashes through her mind.

Her tearful eyes meet his handsome, moonlit face, and she instantly finds her courage again, clinging tightly to his leg and refusing to let go.

She has no idea that the lifeline she's clinging to is looking at her with barely restrained madness.

After waiting all these years, she has finally come to him of her own accord.

A little guide

The heroine's aunt is the hero's stepmother. They are not blood related.

One-on-one romance, both leads have no prior partners.

The hero's leg is only temporarily lame. He'll recover later.

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Blurb

By imperial decree, Meng Suisui, County Princess Anlai, is to marry Xiao Changfeng, heir to the Marquis of Pingxi.

Meng Suisui is dumbfounded when she receives the decree, and close to tears.

There's only one reason: when that infamous killer Xiao Changfeng first arrived in the capital, she had thoroughly offended him, relying on the emperor's favor.

The more fun she'd had tormenting him back then, the more she regrets it now!

Her food-loving best friend hands her all the silver she's saved and tells her to run away that very night.

Meng Suisui thinks of her little brother, who's barely taller than a radish, and shakes her head miserably. "No, my brother's legs are too short to run fast."

He's her only family. Even if he's still a little radish, she can't leave him behind.

Her best friend, who's only just learned a few basic martial arts moves, declares boldly, "Don't worry. I'll help you kill him, then you won't have to marry him."

Watching her best friend draw her sword and swing it around, nearly stabbing her, Meng Suisui gives up entirely.

To keep her best friend from meeting an untimely end, she might as well get married!

Before the wedding, she crams every military strategy book she can find. There's no way she can't outsmart a mere warrior.

On their wedding day, Xiao Changfeng lifts the curtain of the bridal sedan and sees his soon-to-be wife holding a copy of The Thirty-Six Stratagems, eyeing him warily.

He glances at the page and asks teasingly, "Wife, which stratagem are you planning to use against me today?"

He thought she'd come crying and beg him to call off the wedding. He never expected her to have already planned their married life together.

A little guide

* A beautiful, clever, and composed heroine vs. an ambitious, wolfish hero

* A powerful partnership. The hero will dote on his wife like crazy later on.

My completed novels, Year After Year in the Snow and After Our Divorce, the Heir Set His Sights on Me, are available in my profile. Enjoy!

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