The Stockholm Lover

(As usual, in UC-style clickbait) [Breaking news! The eldest young lady of Fengshan Prefecture is looking for love, but the Third Young Master of Fengshan won't stand for it!

Fengshan Garter Factory is having a big sale! We offer professional brother-in-law beating services. Just 88, just 88, and we'll beat that brother-in-law all the way back to his mama!]

[Complete and ready to binge] (The bonus chapters are on their way, but traffic's a bit heavy.)

1. Republican-era setting / alternate history / happy ending / lots of 48-meter broadswords

3. Older woman, younger man: upright, proper eldest young lady X wolfish third young master

4. Updated every night at ten. Stab someone once, sleep well. (You can cross this line out now.)

5. Also known as: (as usual, making things up)

When a Cross-Dressing Man Meets a Cross-Dressing Woman (Male Lead: Hold on?)

Falling in Love with a Woman Who Never Comes Home (Male Lead: ...I demand a producer credit and a rewrite.)

6.

“Mr. Robber, I don't have a penny on me. What are you going to take?”

He replied, “Ten years of yearning, and a beauty worth a kingdom.”

“I don't care whether you're worthy or not. I like you. I don't need you to be worthy.”

They were so young and reckless back then.

“I'll never love you again, or anyone else.”

7. Whether this is an angsty or a sweet story is in the eye of the beholder. The author considers herself a sweet-romance writer. I welcome all objections and will never change my mind. Hmph! (Unleash Xiao Guo!)

8. Weibo: @Tuolaji Bei Bujing 2.0. Check out the little skits and sharpening stone.

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