Crooked Reasoning

[Next up: Writing Ten Li of Bandits. Please add it to your reading list!] The Second Master is handsome and refined, with red lips and pearly white teeth, a man like an immortal. Chief Constable Song falls for him and spends years turning it over in his mind, only to discover that the man is wicked to the core and loves to twist logic. The Second Master has a bad back, wakes up grumpy, and is always throwing cutting remarks at him. He's hardly a suitable partner. But Chief Constable Song is in love, so all he can do is humor him. Liang Ye: "Song Qingxiao, can you stop looking at me like that?" Song Qingxiao lights a cigarette and smiles. "Lin-ge, I'm admiring you." A note for readers: An alternate-history Republican-era setting, with no real-life inspirations. Coming next: Ten Li of Bandits. Please add it to your reading list! A handsome young man born in a bandit stronghold has always been arrogant and domineering, thinking that being a bandit is his destiny. But even bandits have dreams. "I, Lu Shi'an, the Wildcat, will become the fiercest bandit within ten li, strike terror into the hearts of the Hu people north of the border, and keep Xunmen Town safe and peaceful!" He shouts at the snow-covered mountains. His roar shakes the snow from the trees, and he laughs like a child. "Brother Song, what do you want to be when you grow up?" Song Beining grips the reins, squeezes the horse's flanks with his legs, and says gently, "I hope the north will be peaceful, with no more bandits or brigands." "..." The Wildcat runs his tongue around the inside of his cheek, draws his short blade, and says, "Come on, let's fight to the death." A lawless, troublemaking bandit beauty of a bottom, with all kinds of outrageous antics, versus a refined, elegant top, a county magistrate sent undercover by the imperial court, learned and eloquent. Hilarious!!!!!! Weibo: @AugustThreeWrites Theme: Ah, love~