The Heir's Delicate Beauty

My other novel, My Archenemy Would Never Fall in Love with Me!, is now available. Coming soon: I Slept with the Regent and Ran Away, and Secret Romance in the Eastern Palace.

Blurb:

1. Yan Qing thinks she has the worst luck.

She marries a sickly, possessive heir to bring him good fortune, and, thinking her husband has little time left to live, endures his sinister, strange temper and does her utmost to play the part of a "virtuous wife."

Who could have guessed that her husband would be moved by her? On his deathbed, he takes her hand and speaks softly to her for the first time: "Qingqing, you love me so much. Come with me!"

And so Yan Qing is forced to join him in death.

2. When Yan Qing opens her eyes again, she is back on the day she married the heir.

To save her own life and avoid repeating the same mistake, Yan Qing decides to unleash the little beast inside her and treat the heir brutally and cruelly. No matter what, she mustn't let him think that "she loves him."

Looking at the heir, who has been unconscious on their wedding bed for three days and nights, Yan Qing slaps his handsome face hard, though her voice is full of sorrow.

"My husband, you must behave. How could you not drink the nuptial wine with me?"

The heir, who should have woken up the next day, slowly opens his eyes.

He doesn't blame Yan Qing at all. Instead, he brings her little hand to his lips and tenderly blows on it again and again. "Your husband's skin is thick. Don't hurt your hand, Qingqing."

3. Pei Sheng has always believed that Yan Qing loves him.

Reborn, Pei Sheng decides to rein in his temper and make up for the regrets of his previous life, pampering his delicate little wife as if she were his most precious treasure.

Until one day,

he stops Yan Qing as she tries to escape over the wall in the dead of night. A small booklet falls out of her bundle. Inside, it says: Good grief, why does he live longer the more I torment him? Only eight days until the short-lived guy dies...

PS: Delicate beauty x sinister heir

Both are reborn. The male lead will recover from his illness later. Both are virgins, one-on-one romance.

Coming Soon: Heaven-Sent Joy

1. Su Yan wakes and gazes at the handsome, fair profile of the man beside her pillow. After staring blankly for a while, she raises her hand and slaps him.

But the man catches her wrist with ease.

He lazily rolls over, turning his back to her. Without even lifting his eyelids, he brushes her hand away and flicks his fingertips dismissively.

Golden light filters through the festive mosquito net, illuminating the red wedding quilt, the red mandarin-duck pillows... and the bright red bridal gown hanging on a rack not far away.

Su Yan: "Are you... my husband?"

The man sits up abruptly, narrows his long eyes, looks her over, then suddenly laughs.

"You have a good eye, madam."

2. Su Yan is the daughter of the Grand Tutor. Fair-skinned and beautiful, with extraordinary talent, she is the aloof, wealthy beauty whom every man in the capital longs for but cannot have.

Yet someone accuses her of putting on airs and pretending to be refined.

Lu Xingzhi is the son of the Duke of Dingguo. A brilliant warrior with outstanding martial skills, he is a famous young general.

Yet someone despises him for having no learning and doing nothing but practicing with his weapons all day.

As fate would have it, these two enemies come from families with a long friendship, and their parents force them into marriage.

On the eve of the wedding, they agree to a sham marriage. Afterward, they will act like a loving couple in public while each goes their own way in private.

But the day after the wedding, Su Yan loses her memory.

3. Months later, Su Yan regains her memory, her body covered in embarrassing red marks.

Thinking of all his deceit these past months, and of his frenzied, domineering entanglements with her last night... She calmly picks up a dagger.

Just then, Lu Xingzhi walks in from outside. The courtyard behind him is piled high with countless treasures of gold and silver.

"Madam, these are the deeds to the Lu family's houses and land, shops by the imperial city, fertile fields in the countryside, and a handwritten inscription from the master of the Ancient Cicada Temple... Oh, and I've also secured you a title as a lady of the court, second rank."

"If the rank isn't high enough for you, your husband will work harder and see what he can do."

Su Yan quickly hides the dagger behind her back.

She thinks that perhaps she can... keep pretending a little longer.

Premise: Communication is essential.