Second Master Yan Is Sick with a Secret Crush

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Strong, hardworking, ambitious orphan who knows her own worth + elegant, proud, unattainable uncle who is secretly so in love with the heroine that he can't think straight

Zhou Ke was sent to live with the wealthy Yan family when she was ten.

When she was fourteen, Yan Chuorong took her under his wing and carefully tutored her. The girl was clever and hardworking.

She excelled in everything, from schoolwork to instruments, dance, and etiquette, and every teacher praised her.

He didn't even know when he began to have feelings for her.

By the time he realized it, the girl with the stubborn dark eyes had grown into a beautiful young woman whose every gesture reflected the bearing of a highborn lady.

She was graceful, accomplished, and poised, and everyone admired her.

They were ten years apart. She was in the prime of her youth, while his best years were behind him. He ought to let her find someone suitable to be by her side, like his nephew, who had grown up with Zhou Ke as her childhood friend!

He had to reason with himself again and again so he could face her at dawn and continue to play the elegant Second Master of the Yan family.

But those shackles had long since beaten him down. When he heard the old master really intended to arrange a marriage between the two of them, all his restraint crumbled to dust.

He loved her to the bone. He didn't want to be an unattainable flower kept on a high shelf. He wanted to kneel before her and beg her to look down at him, to let him be her lover behind closed doors.

After learning how her uncle felt, Zhou Ke finally understood that no matter how cold and distant someone had once been, once they dropped their facade, they could be shameless indeed.

Zhou Ke: "We're not right for each other."

Yan Chuorong: "Let's go to the bedroom and take a closer look at what's not right."

Zhou Ke: "..."

Yan Chuorong: "Please."

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The Sword Master and the Mute Servant

A socially clueless, overwhelmingly powerful female sword master VS a physically strong, hard-working servant who is soft as putty around the heroine

Sword Master Gong Fuhua was once a legend of the martial world.

With her black hair and white robes, she could send her flying sword across the sky and cut through the sun and moon. Everyone said her Wuyou Sword Art had reached its peak, and for a hundred years, no one would match her.

She stood on Wuyou's highest peak, drank the morning dew, and looked down on all living beings.

But no one expected Wuyou Mountain to be attacked by villains one day. The legendary sword master, clad in blood, fell off a cliff.

No one noticed that on the day Gong Fuhua fell, a tall man in ragged clothes ran away.

Many days later, deep in a secluded forest, the man carried out a bloodied figure who looked like a rag doll.

They crossed mountains, swamps, and deserts...

+++The man is called a mute servant, but he isn't mute. He just doesn't talk much.

He's tough as nails. He'll do any job that pays, whether it's hard labor or fighting, and he never lets out so much as a groan.

But he's also soft-hearted. Even when the woman is crippled, with every limb and sinew broken, and her temper grows more violent by the day, he silently kneels and lets her take out her anger on him.

He seeks doctors and medicine for her, helps her heal, and watches her stand once more at the pinnacle of the world.

Gong Fuhua lowered her eyes to look at the man on the ground. "Since you helped me in my time of need, what wish do you have? I will grant it."

The man's tall frame bent slightly. "This servant has no wish."

Gong Fuhua offered him a choice. "You could be second in command of Wuyou Mountain, with a manor, beautiful companions, and countless treasures. How does that sound?"

The man: "This servant... does not wish for that."

Gong Fuhua pondered for a long time. The tip of her Bright Moon Sword lifted the man's rough chin. She watched as the blade nicked it and a bead of blood welled from the wound.

Gong Fuhua's eyes were cool and calm. "You're not all that ugly. Would you like to share my bed, then?"

The man said nothing.

After a long while, he whispered, "This servant will do as his master wishes."

Other upcoming books:

The Adoptive Sister's Careful Scheme

Raising a friend's child, only to end up with a little monster

Stranded on a Deserted Island with My Nemesis

A young miss and her nemesis struggle to survive on a deserted island.

P.S. The leads have a ten-year age gap.

Theme: You have to make your own opportunities