The Fake Heiress Is Too Delicate to Care for Herself

◇ The dual-yandere, forced-love, and groveling-afterward story next door, Tethered Kite, is now underway!

◇ [A sweet little enchantress with amazing martial arts and acting skills x a cool, self-possessed minister who can't resist being teased]

On the day A Wan came of age, she learned that the General's Mansion had another young lady, and that she was merely the villainous fake heiress in the vulgar romance novel Marrying the Lovely Maiden.

Faced with the true heiress's endless torment, and even the loss of her betrothed cousin, who had been seduced by the girl, A Wan remained unmoved. She only wanted to uncover her origins and leave the General's Mansion as soon as possible. Who would have thought she'd end up attracting Pei Langxing, the Chief Justice of the Court of Judicial Review?

At first, A Wan thought she would use him to investigate her origins, and that it was merely a temporary expedient. So she hid her many martial arts skills, pretended to be a helpless, delicate little beauty, and married him.

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After spending time together, A Wan began to think that keeping him sweet on her and getting a convenient husband who suited her wasn't such a bad deal.

Until the truth came out: A Wan was the daughter of a disgraced minister. She asked to be released from the marriage and slipped away while Pei Langxing wasn't looking.

When Pei Langxing found the smiling young woman in the misty rain of Jiangnan, he felt a pang of grievance, and his eyes reddened before he knew it. Lost and forlorn, he murmured, "Since Yan Niang lied to me, why couldn't she have kept on lying?"

[Bonus Scene]

Pei Langxing had always thought that he had married the most delicate little white flower in Yongjing. She couldn't bear the wind or the rain, and he was afraid she'd break if he held her in his palm or melt if he kept her in his mouth.

When A Wan heard that Pei Langxing had been bullied while working a case undercover, she took out the nine-section whip she hadn't touched in ages and stormed into a ruined temple, where she beat up the local thugs.

Disguised as a beggar, Pei Langxing saw the little flower wield her whip with impressive skill, thrashing the street thugs and kicking one so hard he couldn't straighten up. The gang wept and begged for mercy.

A Wan raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Who was it that beat up my husband yesterday? Step forward and own up!"

The little flower hadn't realized he'd seen the whole thing and was frozen in shock. Taking advantage of the commotion, she dropped her whip, hurried over to him, slipped off her embroidered shoes, and burrowed into his arms. Without even blinking, she lied, "Husband, my hands and feet hurt. Hurry and rub them for me."

Pei Langxing's lips curled slightly. His eyes were full of helpless amusement as he sighed silently in his heart: Little liar.

Reading Guide:

1. The heroine develops a green-tea streak to protect herself.

2. This is a fictional setting, so don't nitpick the details. Everyone is a native of this world, and there are plenty of original world-building details.

3. 1v1, happy ending, very sweet (no refunds if it's not sweet, that's the main point).

4. One is good at acting, and the other plays along. The male lead is tricked into giving his heart and body early on, yet trusts the heroine completely. Later, there are plots involving his identity being exposed and her running away.

5. The couple name is Wan Xing, fill in the blank~

Updated blurb saved by screenshot on April 20, 2022

Here's a preview of Tethered Kite, a dual-yandere story with a groveling-afterward romance. If you like it, go add it to your collection~

[A beautiful, calculating princess who plays hard to get & a seemingly innocent but secretly ruthless, obsessive young lord]

After losing the war, the arrogant and imperious Princess Minghui, Yan Mingge, lost her family and had no choice but to take her younger brother and seek refuge at the Marquis of Ningxi's residence.

The young lord of the Ningxi Marquisate, Lu Yun, had been bullied by her as a child. He watched coldly as the servants abused and tormented the Yan siblings, whose family bore the burden of national hatred and a blood feud.

In the rear garden, the young woman in a plain white dress gritted her teeth and shielded her frail younger brother. She silently endured rotten vegetables and stinking eggs, but refused to offer a single explanation.

Lu Yun found it pointless and stepped forward. He glanced at them coolly. Everyone thought the young lord couldn't stand seeing them bully the weak, and waited for him to admit his mistake and accept punishment.

Instead, the elegant, refined young lord raised the princess's chin with a bone fan and said mockingly, "Still think you're a princess born to wealth and honor?"

Yan Mingge's face froze, turning pale as paper. Then she heard him order loudly, "If the princess wanders off again, no servant in Biehan Court will keep their position."

Everyone in the Ningxi Marquisate knew that the person young lord Lu Yun hated most was his cousin, who was staying at Biehan Court. Even Yan Mingge herself thought so.

So she feared Lu Yun like a tiger and avoided him whenever she saw him.

At the same time, she did everything she could to ingratiate herself with the women of the household, hoping to secure a marriage and leave the Lu family with her younger brother as soon as possible.

But the moment she set her sights on her cousin from the merchant Li family, she met Lu Yun's hawklike gaze, cold as ice.

That night, the candle burned down in Biehan Court until dawn.

After losing her virtue to Lu Yun, Yan Mingge didn't want to marry. She only hoped her younger brother would grow up soon, so she could enter a Buddhist monastery with no worldly ties.

But the Marchioness noticed what was going on and was the first to arrange Yan Mingge's marriage to her cousin from the Li family. Lu Yun remained composed and promptly agreed to marry the daughter of the Ruan family, setting both weddings for the same day.

On her wedding day, Yan Mingge had failed to elope and was led into the bridal chamber in a daze. Someone lifted her veil, and she saw Lu Yun's unusually heated eyes. He ran his fingers through her hair, his voice hoarse and tender as he said, "A Yuan, you can only marry me."

Blurb first posted on March 25, 2022 (screenshot saved)

◇ A recommendation for my friend Fugui Jinhua's The Pampered Concubine. A flirtatious green-tea consort brings an aloof, noble minister down from his pedestal. Come take a look~

Qin Guanyue was born with an alluring figure. After being switched at birth, she went from a lowly incense maiden to the Noble Consort Li, who was about to be buried alive with the emperor.

In Qin Guanyue's eyes, Gu Heng, the flawless minister who was revered by the world, was her lifeline and her ladder to success.

Even if she had to use every trick and scheme, she was determined to make him her willing captive.

When Gu Heng exposed her identity, Guanyue knelt by his knee with tears in her eyes, looking utterly pitiful. "I knew nothing could be hidden from Your Excellency..."

To persuade Gu Heng to help her, Guanyue swayed her graceful waist and spoke with seductive red lips. "Does Your Excellency not want a child of your own?"

After using Gu Heng, Guanyue worried that he would keep pestering her. Turning her back to him, she lowered her eyes and pretended to weep, acting as if it pained her to let him go. "How could Your Excellency ruin a lifetime of good repute for me?"

At first, Gu Heng detested Qin Guanyue's eyes. They always seemed to be secretly flirting, and looked far too frivolous.

But afterward, every night he was tormented by erotic dreams. Whenever she appeared in them, all he saw were those shy, coy eyes that seemed to invite him to pluck her.

Even though he knew she was hypocritical, selfish, greedy, and afraid of death, he still couldn't stop himself from falling for her. He sank ever deeper into her bedchamber, nearly going mad...

Until one day, he saw Qin Guanyue throw herself into someone else's arms, her face flushed with shyness.

Gu Heng's expression darkened, his gaze so cold it seemed to frost over. With a sharp crack, he snapped the jade horsetail whisk in his hand.

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