ShuiShu

Meili is a once-in-a-generation beauty raised in secrecy in the inner courtyards. To keep her safe from the palace concubine selections, her family conspires to make everyone, including her, believe that she's ugly. The secret's revealed when 3 peeping Tom’s get more than they bargained for spying on the 'ugly sister' bathing.
The perverts are best friends, a young commander, the second prince, and an admired poet, and the 3 young men compete fiercely for her affections. As Meili emerges from 16 years in seclusion, her deeply rooted body dysmorphia has hilarious consequences as she misreads her interactions with men and proves to be a far more complex puzzle to woo than any of them are equipped for.
A cdrama romcom where a young girl is a glittering prize trying her hardest not to be won.
[#teen #lovequadrangle #historicalromance #romcom #chinesedrama #sweetromance] 
EXTRACT: Meili slipped out of her robe and sat on a ledge in the warm pool. Her long black hair cascaded down her back, tiny silver bells tinkled as she moved.
It felt wonderful to be free of her chest binding. It was starting to get quite painful. She didn't dare stop wearing it in case it encouraged her already disconcertingly large breasts to keep expanding.
It was onto this scene that the Commander, the Prince and the poet happened, as they soundlessly raised their heads above the peaked roofline. For a full minute not one of them moved or breathed.
Her long hair covered her generous curves, allowing tantalising glimpses. She reached behind her neck to push back her hair.
Commander Bai, realising what was about to happen, clamped each of his hands firmly over the eyes of the Prince and Tan Bowen. A fight broke out on the ridge-line as the men clawed and scratched in a panicked attempt to see what came next.
Meili looked up in fright, just as the commander forcefully pushed his two friends, sliding them down the steep rooftop.
For just a split second, the eyes of Commander Bai and Meili met.

Sharing a Pavilion With You

Tricky lay in the shade keeping half an eye on the proceedings as his mistress knelt by the Emperor's lotus pond, throwing handfuls of fish food to the colourful big carp whilst chatting to them.

The dog was on alert as a eunuch approached Meili stealthily from behind, creeping so as not to make any noise.

Feeding the Emperor's carp was one of Meili's new daily tasks.

"Yes, hello fishies. It's nice to meet you all. I'm going to be feeding you from now on. Please look after me, and I will look after you," she introduced herself to the beautiful, rare specimens of fish.

Meili half-turned to see what had Tricky growling all of a sudden.

She saw a flash of a eunuch's light green brocade robe, but no more than that, as the man shoved her roughly into the pond.

She fell into the deep water, scattering the fish and rapidly sinking as her shoes and heavy clothing dragged her under the dark surface.

Am I Drowning?