Scheming Love: The Ailing Physician Consort

I've loved you for six years. Now it's your turn to love me.

What does it feel like to suddenly discover that someone you thought hated you has actually loved you all along? Chang An thought it was unbelievable...

The first time Chang An saw Feng Shuchen, she wondered how there could be a boy so dazzling in all the world. He was not yet twenty, but already had the looks of a jade beauty. She couldn't help trying to please him and get closer, but the result was a complete disaster. After that, she learned not to expect anything from anyone. She drew a circle around herself, letting no one in and never stepping out. She seemed carefree, laughing and joking, living freely, yet stubbornly guarded her walls and let no one get close. But the one person she had once thought hated her insisted on barging in, staking his claim and ruling her heart.

Feng Shuchen, the most dazzling young noble of the royal family in the capital, was born to stand out. His greatest regret in life was that, as a boy who didn't know any better, he knocked a girl named Chang An off her horse, with consequences he could never undo. He had been angry and acted on impulse. Back then, he had no idea that Chang An would become someone he cherished for the rest of his life. By the time he realized it, she already saw him as a terrifying menace and wanted nothing to do with him. But Feng Shuchen had never been one to give up easily. Chang An, whether you're ready or not, I've already begun.

When scheming meets scheming, and love meets intrigue, after six years of secret love, "I love you" becomes "We were always meant to love each other."

Excerpt One: "This is unbelievable."

"The wise don't speak of the supernatural," Chang An replied calmly, glancing at her friend.

"I just saw your young lord walking with a beautiful woman, laughing and chatting with her. Isn't that unbelievable? He's always so cold he's practically hopeless. Since when does he smile? And with a woman, no less!"

"Mm."

Mm? That's it? What kind of response is that?

That evening, the leading man in the rumor finally couldn't stand it and came to see her. After making small talk for a while, he finally asked, "Did Gu Yingxue tell you anything today?"

A faint smile flickered across Chang An's lips, then quickly disappeared. She asked, looking puzzled, "No. Why?"

Feng Shuchen frowned. That didn't make sense. He'd deliberately made sure Gu Yingxue saw them. Given her temperament, there was no way she wouldn't tell Chang An.

Li Chang'an looked at the man's confused expression, a faint smile playing at her lips...

Excerpt Two: "I've come to ask Doctor Chang An for her hand in marriage."

"Oh, I'm her fiance," Feng Shuchen said calmly.

His proposal was defeated before it even began.

"Did anyone come looking for me today?" Chang An asked the person reclining against the couch.

"No." He lied without batting an eye.

"Oh, is that so?" Chang An deliberately drew out the last word, then continued, "I just ran into one of my patients on the way home. He said he'd come to see me earlier."

"Really? I must have remembered wrong." What a casual, detached tone.

"Feng Shuchen, since when are you my fiance?"

"Soon. I'm just stating a fact that's about to become true."