The Happy Life of the Mountain King

My new novel, The Pearl House of Fine Delicacies, is now updating. Please add it to your favorites!

A fierce bandit queen with overwhelming strength in ancient times × a modern shut-in with a sharp tongue at first, then a sweet, doting golden finger

After an intense gaming session, Zhang Chaoshen, a modern gaming shut-in, accidentally transmigrates to ancient times and wakes up in a miserable, run-down bandit stronghold. He has become the man of the domineering bandit queen, Jin Xiangyu. After struggling with the situation for a while, he makes up his mind: since he can't go back, he might as well help Queen Jin restore the stronghold to its former glory!

They can't keep robbing and pillaging like they used to. Why not draw on his gaming experience, build basic defenses, grow crops and raise fish, then go into business and make a fortune?

But when did the bickering between the two bandit leaders start to feel different?

[What to know before you dive in]

1. This is a story about the ups and downs of a bickering couple. Third-person narration, one-on-one romance, happy ending.

2. The leads don't just fall in love. They also make money, go on adventures, fight villains, and deal with rivals in love.

3. Don't underestimate a tomboy. One day, she'll become so beautiful she'll leave everyone around her dazzled.

My new novel, The Pearl House of Fine Delicacies, is now underway. Double updates on August 7 and 8, then daily updates.

The food-loving Yuan Zhu, daughter of the Marquis of Dingbei, gets married. Her groom is Zhao Zhen, the dashing young prince of Qi, renowned throughout the capital. At the wedding, the young prince carries another woman away.

Yuan Zhu isn't upset. Since the Six Rites haven't been completed, they aren't husband and wife. I'll leave once your injury has healed. Until then, I'll use an alias and open a pastry and confectionery shop.

And so the capital gains a celebrated pastry shop, the Pearl House. The imperial physicians face a new mystery: why hasn't the young Prince of Qi's minor injury healed, even after all this time?

Before you read:

1. A clever, cheerful foodie with a knack for cooking × a gorgeous, proud beauty who says one thing and means another, and loves to eat.

2. Probably a short, sweet romance. They both love each other from beginning to end, but one of them makes such a mess of things that it turns into a story about winning his wife back.

3. The dynasty is fictional, and shares a setting with my other historical romances. There are many liberties, so don't scrutinize the historical details.

[My completed novels]

Completed historical romances: The County Princess Yanluo, The Bandit King's Happy Life, and The Story of Qing He, Palace Consort

Completed contemporary romance: The Puppy I Adopted Turned Out to Be My Boss

[Future novels, release order undecided]

Historical romances coming soon: Snow Falls Beneath the June Blossoms, Dancing Plum Blossoms in the Desert

Fantasy romance coming soon: The Princess Movie Star

Contemporary romances coming soon: Louis's Roses, The Sister Who Doesn't Want to Get Married

Theme: Making money, building a career, and falling in love beat robbery and pillaging