It's So Hard Being a Young Lady in the Family

[A pure two-person romantic comedy with little plot]

Here is the synopsis:

Jiang Can is a young relative staying at her aunt's residence.

By all rights, she should soon be able to marry her cousin.

She never imagined that her usually kind aunt would encourage her to seduce the aloof, abstinent heir.

How despicable! But she really needs the money!

.

The heir is cold and arrogant, and his family has a grudge against the Jiang family. Jiang Can once offended him, so there was no way she could get close to him.

She decided to give up and let things happen. Her maid turned around and betrayed her, locking her in a room with the drugged heir.

Muttering that it was all over, she turned to run, but someone grabbed her arm.

She stumbled, dazed, into his arms.

"Why are you running?" Lu Xuan asked coolly. "Can't you think on your feet?"

"??...??"

"For instance..." He still looked as cold as frost and snow as he leisurely untied the jade belt at his waist and placed it in her hand.

"Your cousin can use the excuse of changing my clothes right now."

"!"

Reading guide:

1. A single-minded, wooden beauty x a cold, abstinent heir. SC, fictional setting.

2. Content note: This is actually a lighthearted, slice-of-life sweet romance. It may not satisfy readers looking for something more intense.

A preview of the upcoming book, After I Offend My Sickly Cousin: Honest Little Lamb x Noble Heir

After Zheng Yao and her mother sought refuge at the prince's estate, Zheng Yao found herself in an awkward position. With no one to talk to, she could only write her troubles on fallen leaves and toss them into the Qingxi River.

"The food is cold and greasy."

"My knees hurt, and my back aches. Could I ask the doctor to come tomorrow so I can sleep in?"

As the twelfth lunar month drew near, she wrote, "I want to have some thick winter clothes made."

"It's dry and dusty. I hope Mother's cough doesn't act up."

She had only meant to vent, but who could have expected that within days, the estate would hire a new cook and the steward would bring her fabric?

A sage-like doctor even came to the door, and her mother's cough got better!

Zheng Yao was amazed to discover that the troubles she'd sent downstream seemed to have been solved one by one.

Perhaps there was a benevolent river spirit in the Qingxi River.

Living as a dependent, Zheng Yao felt as adrift as duckweed. All her troubles combined were still less worrying than her future marriage.

So she tentatively made a wish to the river spirit.

The next day, her cousin, the heir, who was refined and noble, bright as the moon behind clouds, and had long secluded himself at a separate residence due to illness, unexpectedly summoned her.

*

Xie You, the Prince of Qin's heir, had been both a scholar and a skilled martial artist, with a brilliant future ahead of him. But illness forced him to leave court, and from then on he shut his doors to visitors and wasted away in seclusion.

Now his old illness was improving. Matchmakers were practically breaking down his door, yet he ignored them all.

In a quiet place,

bamboo rustled softly, and the Qingxi River flowed on.

Zheng Yao's face turned pale with alarm. "Why isn't the river spirit granting my wishes anymore...?"

Xie You smiled slightly and wiped away her tears. "The laws of heaven are impartial and treat everyone alike. I, too, made a wish to the Qingxi River."

"Now it's time for Yao Yao to fulfill her promise."

Theme: You give me the courage to face everything