I Picked Up a Sickly Beauty, but He Turned Out to Be a Brooding Yandere

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Currently serializing: The Lowly Maid Who Stole His Heart and Ran Away. A lying lowly maid VS a hypocritical young master with a dark side. Also known as: #After She Stole His Heart and Ran, the Young Master Became Brooding. The blurb is at the end. If you like it, please add it to your favorites to show your support!

Blurb

Dark, scheming man in disguise as a woman VS a scatterbrained heroine

#Warning: Don't pick up the wild grass by the roadside!

Yan Qingzhao rescued a sickly beauty.

She brought her into her home, treated her like a confidante, and the two became inseparable.

Then one day, the once-frail and harmless woman could take on a hundred people by herself. Her frame gradually grew broad-shouldered and long-waisted, her voice deepened, and when she sat astride Yan Qingzhao, it felt as though a bar of black iron pressed beneath her.

Yan Qingzhao complained more than once that Miss Zhao was stiff and not soft or warm at all.

But each time, Miss Zhao would avert her eyes and stammer, “M-Maybe it’s because I like you so much, Qingzhao.”

Once again, on a rainy night, Zhao Jing arrived at her door carrying his bedding and knocked. His voice trembled as he said, “Qingzhao, it’s pouring outside, and the roof of the side room is leaking again.”

Yan Qingzhao had no choice. Pushing her doubts aside, she pulled him into her arms. “Just go to sleep. I’ll stay here and keep watch.”

Beside the bed, Zhao Jing buried his face in Yan Qingzhao’s neck, unable to hide his delight. “You’re so good to me, Qingzhao.”

If only she could always be so good to him, and only to him

Yan Qingzhao thought Miss Zhao was wonderful in every way, except that she watched her far too closely.

One day, she sneaked off to an inn to watch a dance performance, and happened to hear that a young lord had arrived in Guangling. She had wanted to go see him with the noble young ladies.

Everyone said the young lord was as beautiful as a woman, like a celestial being.

But when she lifted the curtain, she saw Miss Zhao!

Yan Qingzhao recoiled in horror. The person behind the curtain raised his eyes and fixed them on her.

His usual gentle, bodhisattva-like face now looked like a demon from hell. Zhao Jing opened his eyes, and the red mole at their corners looked as though it had been stained with blood.

He advanced step by step. “Qingzhao, you know now?”

Reader's Guide

1. Both leads are each other's first and only, happy ending.

2. The heroine is not a strong woman. Features a man disguised as a woman; melodramatic plot.

3. The plot and romance are evenly balanced.

Pre-release: The Lowly Maid Who Stole His Heart and Ran Away

A lying lowly maid VS a hypocritical young master with a dark side

#After She Stole His Money and Ran, the Young Master Became Brooding

Cui'e transmigrated into the body of a lowly maid in the Cui household. She worked day and night, with no idea when she might earn enough to buy her freedom and leave.

She heard that the second young master, Cui Zhang, had returned from Jiangnan, gravely ill.

Everyone in the household said the second young master was generous and charitable, renowned for his kindness.

Cui'e set her sights on him.

She would seduce him.

Gazing into Cui Zhang’s clear black-and-white eyes, Cui'e once again accepted the jade bracelet against her conscience.

The bracelet was translucent green and flawless. It would surely fetch a good price at the pawnshop.

“Thank you, Yanyu. I’ll be going back now.”

Cui Zhang clutched the hem of her clothes. “See you tomorrow, Cui'e. I have something important to tell you.”

Cui'e’s heart pounded. These past few days, he had been staring at her for longer and longer. “All right.”

That very night, she begged the steward for permission to leave, took the money, and fled far away.

The next time she saw him was on a rainy night.

Guards surrounded her room.

Cui Zhang turned around, emotions surging in his eyes.

When he looked at her, it was as though a hungry wolf had its prey in its sights. His gaze clung to her, strangely fervent.

The scene felt like the calm before a storm.

Terrified, Cui'e instinctively turned to run, but the guards had already blocked her way.

Five years had passed, and Cui Zhang had long outgrown his youthful innocence.

“Cui'e, when you deceived me, you should have known this day would come.”

Cui Zhang’s hand restrained Cui'e by the waist, but when she cried out in pain, he loosened his grip slightly.

“Cui'e, you must have been living quite happily all these years without me by your side, right?”

“Cui'e, you have no conscience.”

“Cui'e, you’re so cruel.”

Before Cui'e could even defend herself, she was imprisoned.

Reader's Guide:

1. Both leads are each other's first and only. The heroine is three years older than the hero.

2. Neither lead is perfect, and both have moral flaws. The heroine cheats him out of money and affection; the hero is lovesick and goes mad for love.

Theme: Cherish life