My Assassination Target Can Hear My Thoughts

Half-Baked Female Assassin vs. Sharp-Witted, Frail Regent

[Blurb]

Xiaoyu was an assassin.

She'd been in the business for over two years, and her track record was... hard to say.

If she kept slacking off like this, she'd be kicked out of her school.

Desperate, Xiaoyu finally talked and tricked her way into landing the first job of her assassin career: kill the most powerful man in the capital.

The regent, Zhou Xunran.

She'd heard the regent was frail and sickly, panting after three steps and stopping to rest after five. Clutching her Thirty-Six Strategies for Killing, Xiaoyu happily declared, "A mere little regent? Piece of cake!"

After a serious illness, Zhou Xunran gained the ability to hear other people's thoughts.

He used it to secure his position as regent.

And to evade every assassination attempt.

One day, a female assassin arrived at his residence. Every day, she clutched a little notebook and muttered to herself:

[First attempt, Your Highness, I'm going to assassinate you. Take this sword!]

[Second attempt, Your Highness, I'm going to kill you with a borrowed knife. I've put hedinghong poison in your soup!]

[Thirty-sixth attempt, Your Highness, tonight I'll use the beauty trap. I'll be waiting for you in bed!]

Zhou Xunran waited in his room all night.

At dawn, dark circles under his eyes, he found the woman fast asleep and demanded, "Where's your beauty trap? And the skimpy little bellyband you promised?"

Xiaoyu, eyes wide with shock: Damn it, how can he hear my thoughts?

Spoiler:

The mind-reading is fake. The male lead is just observant and good at drawing conclusions. He thinks he can hear thoughts, but in reality he has a psychological disorder.

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Coming next: [Married First, Love Later: Fiery Little Pepper vs. A Volcano Waiting to Awaken]

Blurb:

Yang Mingchun came from a distinguished family. Her parents doted on each other, and her older brother spoiled her.

When she came of age, her parents arranged her marriage, and she wed Zhou Xuguang, heir to the Prince of Liang.

They were well matched in family background and appearance, a truly suitable couple.

There was just one problem: Zhou Xuguang loved the people, not beautiful women, and devoted himself entirely to state affairs. He was even busy attending to government matters on their wedding night, leaving his bride alone.

He was a good official, but not a good husband.

Some said the noble young lady wouldn't be able to endure her husband's coldness, and that sooner or later the two would fall out.

Yang Mingchun just laughed.

Her mother had made sure her father took only one wife. How could she possibly be some naive little flower?

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Zhou Xuguang believed a man should marry a virtuous woman.

She would manage the household and wield authority, while he served loyally and rose through the ranks. Husband and wife as one, a perfect match.

He was quite pleased to marry Yang Mingchun. She came from a good family, had a good temperament, and was graceful and proper.

They treated each other with respect. Their life was peaceful, but happy.

Then, after more than a month, Zhou Xuguang finished his government work and returned to their room to make up for their missed wedding night.

After one passionate night, his wife left him completely unprepared.

The next morning.

For the first time in his life, he slept past his usual hour.

When he got out of bed, his legs were so weak he nearly fell.

His back was covered in scratches, and even moving his arm hurt.

Through the dressing mirror on the table, Zhou Xuguang saw his wife on the bed. The woman who had always seemed virtuous, gentle, and dignified was wearing a smug, sly smile.

His wife had two sides to her. With a headache, Zhou Xuguang left their bridal chamber.

Yet that very afternoon, he returned home half an hour earlier than usual.

From then on, the sight of Zhou Xuguang, heir to the Prince of Liang, arriving early and leaving late at the palace was never seen again.

Theme: Don't judge whether someone is good or bad based on rumors