Traveling Through Nanjing 1937

Looking for Anti-Japanese War Novels Set Against the Battles of Nanjing and Xuzhou

Stories with Smart, Independent Female Leads and Male Leads Who Respect Them

The leads should actually talk to each other. One misunderstanding shouldn’t feel like the sky is falling. The hero can be the kind of man who can bring down a family with a single word, but he shouldn’t be too sleazy. Stories with a strong heroine and a weaker hero are fine too.

No Romance: A Fatherly Male Lead Whom Many People Admire

I want a character with real charisma, preferably in an ancient political intrigue story, though it doesn't have to be. Someone like the head of a big family: whenever others are in danger, seeing him puts them at ease. He can raise kids or not. I love JJ's *The Retired Emperor Is Studying Parenting*, but I haven't found anything to fill that gap.