Are My Beautiful Eyes Blind?

[A cool, calculating male lead with two secret identities × an arrogant, spoiled, foolish beauty of a female lead]

As the most celebrated beauty in Shengjing, Xie Zhixiu was stunning beyond compare and had a betrothed, the heir to a noble title, whose name was known throughout the capital. Her life was reasonably comfortable.

She never imagined that one day her betrothed would bring home a woman from Jiangnan.

The woman's name was Pei Xu. She was tall and cool in demeanor, with the ethereal beauty of an immortal, and an imposing air that put her beyond anyone's reach.

The heir to the Yongning Marquis fell so completely under her spell that he was with her every day. After that, the noblewomen of Shengjing laughed at Xie Zhixiu behind her back, and every nobody started strutting right up to her face.

In a fit of anger, Xie Zhixiu found herself a young man. He was gentle as jade, considerate and attentive, and humble and courteous. He was far better than her perpetually cold-faced betrothed.

She was immersed in her lover's good looks every day. Afraid of frightening him, she never let her true nature show, always presenting herself as a gentle, refined woman.

*

Pei Xu had endured hardship and walked through years of bloodshed, yet he had never been able to let go of his childhood sweetheart.

When he returned home, she was still the same. The only troubling thing was that she often made trouble for his public identity, playing little tricks on him again and again. Since she was too foolish to make them work, Pei Xu had to worry she would hurt herself before she could hurt him, and he covered for her every time.

*

After making a fool of herself in front of everyone, Xie Zhixiu hated that Jiangnan woman named Pei Xu with all her heart.

She not only sent people to cause trouble for the shop Pei Xu ran and deliberately ruin her reputation, but had even humiliated her to her face. She dreamed of trampling her underfoot.

But as if blessed by the heavens, the woman's business kept growing, and her good name spread throughout Shengjing. Xie Zhixiu was so furious she nearly ground her silver teeth to dust, glaring every day as she searched for something to hold against her.

One day, she went to trip up that country bumpkin as usual, but accidentally discovered the woman's big secret.

She was a man!

Xie Zhixiu trembled with excitement, wishing she could shout it out so everyone in Shengjing could see the woman's true face.

She smugly went up to expose the man's disguise, circling him and clucking in amazement. Pei Xu lowered his head, his ink-black hair spilling down to cover his forehead. His expression was hard to make out, but he was dressing with leisurely ease.

He casually tugged at his waistband. The moment Xie Zhixiu realized something was wrong, he had already seized her wrist.

"A Xiu..." Pei Xu sighed languidly and raised his eyes, revealing a gloomy yet refined face.

"You've spent months with me," he said, his gaze regretful but dangerous. "And you still don't recognize me?"

(The male lead is over 180 cm in his original body. When dressed as a woman, he takes drugs [with no side effects] to make himself a little shorter, over 170 cm [and very cool]. Apart from the scenes where the female lead bullies him, most of their interactions are when he is dressed as a man.)

Blurb dated May 13, 2022.

Theme: Look beyond appearances to see the truth.