The Fake Undercover Heroine's Survival Guide

My next novel, Scheming for My Brother, features an adoptive-sibling romance with forbidden tension. Please add it to your collection! Blurb below.

Blurb:

Lu Suizhu witnessed the crown prince murder someone, and from then on disaster followed her everywhere.

First ordeal:

To escape being killed, she used the celebrated young Lord Pei of the capital. But things went awry: the clueless crown prince decided that since Pei Zhiji had walked her home, he must be in love with her, and forced her to enter the Pei residence as a spy.

Second ordeal:

She was caught stealing secrets. Pei Zhiji pinned her against the desk, leaning over her and holding her down. "What did the Eastern Palace promise you? I'll offer you twice as much." Because of those words, she was forced to become a double agent, caught between the crown prince and Pei Zhiji, walking on thin ice and suffering day and night.

Third ordeal:

The instant an arrow cut through the air, she threw herself in front of the cold-hearted young Lord Pei without hesitation. Blood soaked her clothes. Suddenly out of her mind, she wanted revenge for his arrogance and coldness over the past few months. With a bloodied hand, she struggled to caress his flawless, jade-white cheek, her voice filled with devotion. "So... Lord Pei can call me by name after all. In this life, Suizhu has no regrets."

Only when the woman in his arms collapsed did Pei Zhiji's handsome, indifferent face show rare shock and confusion. He almost lost his composure.

Fourth ordeal... Completely unexpected:

Lu Suizhu finally won her freedom by faking her death. But fate was cruel. Amid the misty rain of Jiangnan, she encountered Pei Zhiji again. Still holding a grudge over her deception, he pinned her against a pillar in the thatched pavilion and curled his lips scornfully. "Shouldn't Miss Lu rewrite her last words?"

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Pei Zhiji's perspective:

For a long time after Lu Suizhu died, he thought about her every day and could not sleep at night. In his dreams, he saw her resentful vigil and the sorrow of her reluctant farewell.

The tear tracks at the corners of her eyes and the warmth of her fingertips reminded him that a woman had lost her life for his sake.

He fell completely into self-doubt and torment, and even condemned himself as one of the rarest and most shameless men in the world: a heartless lover.

Just as anguish and regret were consuming him, Lu Suizhu appeared again at the thatched pavilion and said only, "I'm sorry."

A cool, aloof, scheming minister with a dark side x a beautiful spy who doesn't realize she's playing him

The lofty, untouchable beauty slowly gets her comeuppance.

Please add Scheming for My Brother to your collection!

Qi Cangchun ruined her brother's engagement.

In the shadows of a side gate, she watched her future sister-in-law elope with a stable hand. When she turned around, she walked straight into Qi Fengtang's deep gaze. He had seen everything.

Qi Fengtang silently covered for her, observing the proper boundaries of an elder brother.

But Cangchun's attachment to him seemed to grow stronger by the day. One day, she grabbed his sleeve, tears in her eyes and her voice trembling. "Brother... could you not get married?"

A desire that was not sibling affection suddenly flared. Qi Fengtang was struck as if by lightning. It was his failure to teach her properly, his fault. He softened his voice, tender to the point of heartbreak. "Cangchun, don't cry. It's my fault, but I really can't... love you."

Later, he drove Cangchun away with his own hands.

Qi Fengtang fell ill with lovesickness. His longing became poison, his love carved into his bones. How could he let go of the younger sister he had raised himself?

Then, in the blink of an eye, Cangchun smiled at another man and threw herself into his arms.

Qi Fengtang was not good at crying. He simply stayed sick for a long time, never recovering, until he was reduced to skin and bones.

Rumor had it that the coffin shop south of the city had already made half a coffin for the eldest son of the Qi family, the one of whom they were most proud.

Only when he heard the voice he had longed for day and night and felt a kiss land on his cheek did Qi Fengtang not resist. He knew his sister's scent so well. He was so despicable.

Qi Cangchun carefully cradled her brother's pale, handsome face and kissed him again and again. Love filled her eyes and brows. "But, Brother, no one in the world will ever love me more than you do. How could you expect me to let you go?"

Even if I fall into the deepest hell, I will be with my brother.

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The scene from long ago still lingered before his eyes. Beneath a peach tree, a pretty little girl clutched the corner of a boy's clothes and asked timidly, "Brother... no one in the world loves me more than you do, right?"

1. They are not blood related!

2. The heroine is not a member of the Qi family by blood. There's more to the story.

3. The hero is clearheaded and restrained. When the heroine loves him too much, she will force him.

Theme: Fight bravely against fate and pursue happiness.