Sleepless

The polished edition of Sleepless has been signed for print publication and will probably be released this year. There'll be a repost-and-giveaway for books on Weibo when it comes out! Weibo: Jinjiang Xuan Lantian

My new contemporary romance, Professional Treatment for Chronic Leg Pain, is now serializing.

In August, I'll be taking over with Why Are You Unhappy Every Day? I'm preparing the manuscript now. Feel free to add it to your favorites!

Blurb:

[Bipolar media mogul X socially anxious disabled streamer]

A journey of mutual salvation between two people with mental illnesses.

Qin Shen has suffered from severe insomnia for three years, spending every day miserable because he can't get a good night's sleep.

After surviving countless long nights, Qin Shen happens to learn from a young woman about a magical thing called ASMR. She also has a pair of magical hands that can play all kinds of lullabies, making him sleepy, giving him the will to fight, and stirring his desire.

How to marry her becomes the most important matter on Mr. Qin's mind.

Question: What's it like to have a timid girlfriend?

Qin Shen: You coax her. You patiently hold back your temper and coax her. The road ahead is long, so you have to take your time.

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There are countless passionate, fervent feelings in this world, and far too many couples who can simply touch lips and say they like or love each other without any reservations or restraint.

For them, it just has to be a little harder.

My new novel, The Loquat Tree in the Courtyard, is now underway. It's a story about the leads healing each other. Check my author page for details!

Blurb: Gui Nian first met Chen Anzhi when she was eight. As the daughter of family friends, she was sent to learn calligraphy from him.

Hidden in his study was a piece of calligraphy, its strokes bold and forceful, bearing the five characters: "A loquat tree in the courtyard." She happened to catch a glimpse of it and felt as if she'd stumbled upon a tremendous secret, so she begged him to teach her to write those five characters.

Only later did she learn the rest of the sentence:

"Planted by my own hand in the year my wife died."

[A painter whose wife died young X the daughter of family friends]

I once saw the way you loved someone else.

So later, no matter how hard you tried to be good to me, I still felt wronged.

Coming next: Professional Treatment for Chronic Leg Pain, a sweet contemporary romance. Please add it to your to-read list!

A goofy, charming rich kid who develops chronic leg pain at a young age X a traditional Chinese medicine doctor from a family with eight generations of practitioners

Blurb from Cheng Qian's point of view (male lead):

From drinking, playing cards, and living it up to being sprawled on the sofa watching health lectures for middle-aged and elderly people.

All it takes is one bout of chronic leg pain.

Before this, Cheng Qian never imagined that he would develop this illness in the prime of his life at twenty-six. His lower-limb arteries are blocked; in severe cases, the leg may need to be amputated, and he needs a wheelchair to go out.

For a long time, he pursued his sweetheart from his wheelchair.

He learned to go to bed early, get up early, and drink hot water like her.

He even got up at six every morning and, despite his disability, resolutely joined her for tai chi.

Blurb from Jiang Zhiyan's point of view (female lead):

If Jiang Zhiyan had known her new patient was a human golden retriever with an unstoppable libido, she never would have agreed to treat him.

Right now, the patient is looking at her with sparkling, flirtatious eyes. "Even though I'm in a wheelchair now, I've still got an eight-pack and eighteen centimeters. Dr. Jiang, want to give it a try?"

Jiang Zhiyan glances at him. Her eyes behind her glasses remain unmoved as she lowers her head and writes a few bold, sweeping lines in his medical record.

"The patient exhibits serious behavioral misconduct and has verbally harassed his attending physician. Requesting transfer to the male doctors' department of rheumatology and orthopedics."

Young Mr. Cheng beams as he holds his prescription. "Thanks, Doctor. I'm going to get my medicine. See you again another day, Dr. Jiang."

ASMR: Short for "autonomous sensory meridian response." It is a unique, pleasurable tingling sensation that can occur in the head, scalp, back, or other parts of the body in response to visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or sensory stimuli. It helps listeners relax and fall asleep, and may improve their potential for sleep. For example, certain sounds can make your scalp tingle and your ears itch; a gentle scalp massage can feel blissful, and having your fingers rubbed can effectively ease anxiety.

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