The Romantic Tales of Yanyun

All the facets of life, captured in words

[Otome Fanfiction · Historical / Republican Era / Modern · Yan Yun IF Route]

Official settings:

Jiang Wulang (Jiang Yan): After bringing a child back from a battlefield of thousands, he sheathed his sword and his affection, and stopped getting involved in the affairs of the martial world. People in the jianghu tease him, “You’re more practiced at tying up your hair than at wielding your sword now.”

Zhao Guangyi (Jin Zhongyuan): By day, he is a stern magistrate; in secret, he assumes another identity and smiles lightly amid the bustling streets. “What a chance meeting, miss. Do you still recognize me?”

Other IF settings:

You: A bride sold into a wealthy household to bring good fortune. Over the course of nineteen years, you have long since learned to keep your head down. You thought you would be trapped beneath the archway of chastity for the rest of your life, but you never expected someone to teach you how to write “Liberty.”

Jiang Yan (Jiang Wulang): He returns from studying abroad to find his father newly dead. In the mourning hall stands his “stepmother,” dressed in bridal robes and seven years younger than he is. He assumes she will be another puppet molded by feudal ethics, until he discovers that what she keeps under her pillow is not Lessons for Women, but a pair of scissors sharpened to a gleaming edge.

Zhao Guangyi (Jin Zhongyuan):

He always carries two things in his military uniform pocket: a Browning pistol and a box of rouge. The hand that has shot traitors can also draw the most fashionable willow-shaped eyebrows for you. Only after meeting you does he understand that the hardest act is pretending until it becomes real.

Reader’s note: Each official-setting story is independent, with no connection between them. If the title has no number, there is no sequel. The Republican-era and modern fanfiction stories are both long-form and unrelated to the official settings.

The world is vast, yet all it takes is one encounter