Forging Blades (Matriarchal Society)

[Warm, puppy-like heroine X sharp-tongued hero who says one thing but means another] (This story is complete. I'm working on a new one.) Qing Di traveled a thousand miles to the sword-forging hall in the northern desert to become an apprentice, only to be kicked out of the courtyard on her very first day. A strange-tempered Master Hua lived there. Word was that this master, Hua Jiu, had just driven away his thirteenth apprentice. Everyone at the sword-forging hall was taking bets on when she'd leave. She waited and waited, but Hua Jiu never opened the door for her. She waited through the long passage of time. Until one day, Hua Jiu walked out of his little courtyard and said to her, "Come on. Let's go home." Later, she asked Hua Jiu, "Well? Are you coming home with me or not?" Tags: Wuxia-inspired world, female-led master-disciple romance with a younger male lead, slice of life, slow-burn romance, mutual healing [Check out my new story] (female Alpha, male Omega): The person who bullied me at school is now in my hands A research-obsessed Alpha scientist with negative social skills X a delusional Omega major general who's fallen from grace The Federation's most badass major general is actually an Omega, and went into heat in front of everyone on the battlefield! The Omega's pheromones sent the army into chaos. Not only did the Federation lose a crucial battle, but he was also captured by the Imperial forces. The battered major general was sent straight to an Omega reform center to make one last contribution to society. One day, a young scholar who'd returned from studying abroad in the Empire applied for research materials. So the former major general was packaged up and sent to the scientist for research. He clung to one last desperate hope until he saw the legendary scientist. It was the very bookworm he'd bullied mercilessly at the Federation's Fifty-Fifth Middle School. He still remembered pinning her to the ground and beating her until she called him Daddy. He knew: he was done for. But the scientist thought the same thing. Former major general: What do you want to do with me? Scientist: B-big... big shot, don't come any closer! Scientist's perspective: An Ta stayed up late playing games, and when she opened her eyes the next morning, she found herself five years in the future, in a post-apocalyptic world. Her old enemy was now in her hands, as her experimental subject. That's right, scientists have the highest status in this post-apocalyptic world. The good news is that she's now a biomedical scientist. The bad news is that she has no idea how she became one. She studied intelligence at university! Just as she was about to die alongside her old enemy, An Ta realized: Why does this world, five years in the future, look so much like that post-apocalyptic game I used to play? Tips: Apocalypse, wasteland, power progression, enemies reunite, team up to build a base. Theme: Hold fast to your original aspirations, and you'll see things through to the end.