Everyone Loves Me, This Delicate Flower

Completed novel: Refusing to Date a Beastman [Western Fantasy], featuring a dark-skinned beastman and a size difference

[Upcoming Novel] The Purehearted Immortal Lord's Wife Ran Away

Newly adult fox girl Xie Yao decides to go somewhere full of men and make her mark. At her doorstep, she meets Shen Jixue, a gentle immortal lord of unparalleled grace and beauty.

"I can take you to the place with the most men in the world, but you have to become my disciple and let me teach you the Dao."

Could there really be such a good deal?

Xie Yao eagerly agrees, offers the tea of apprenticeship, and leaves the fox den with Shen Jixue and her bundle.

Shen Jixue takes her to Wanjian Sect, the greatest immortal sect in Zhongzhou. Its mountains are covered with virile men, but they are steadfast in their sword hearts and have no interest in women. Every one of them treats the sword in his hand as his wife.

They're even more chaste than monks in a temple.

The little fox, who feeds on love and passion, is dumbfounded.

The apprenticeship (indenture) contract is already in place, so Xie Yao can't just break her promise and leave. She can only stay by Shen Jixue's side for now.

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One day, Xie Yao is thrilled to discover that Shen Jixue is a highly revered ancestor of the sect, and he doesn't have a sword!

No sword means no wife!

The little fox's chance to cultivate has come!

Xie Yao starts clinging to Shen Jixue every day. While pouring tea, she pretends to stumble into his arms. During sword practice, she fakes a twisted ankle and falls against him again. When thunder rumbles, she acts bashful and slips into his bed. But even then, Shen Jixue remains unmoved. Xie Yao has no choice but to use the ultimate remedy: make the deed a fait accompli.

The next morning, Shen Jixue, who has spent the past six months pretending to be purehearted when he's actually got a heart of black sesame paste, sits up and clutches the blanket, putting on a prim air. "Yaoyao, you have to take responsibility for me."

"..." No answer.

He turns his head, only to find the bed already cold.

The little fox who had been all over him last night, passionate as fire, has run away!

A little scene from the male lead's perspective:

Reborn for another life, step one: wait for the fox to come to you. Step two: play hard to get. Last, carry her into the bridal chamber, and turn your disciples' junior sister into their shiniang (smiling).

Wait, where is your big, fluffy shiniang?!

Why did she run away!!!

[Upcoming Novel 2] My Corrupted Disciple Comes with a Bonus

Li Yuemian transmigrates into the idle old ancestor of a sword sect.

Her sect leader nephew eagerly hopes she'll open a school and take disciples, so they'll look after her in her old age and spare her a lonely, miserable end.

Li Yuemian: "Without children and grandchildren, I can finally enjoy myself."

The white-haired old man immediately tears up. Unable to refuse his earnest plea, Li Yuemian says, "All right... I'll pick one."

And so the entire sword sect holds a grand disciple-selection ceremony.

Row upon row of carefully chosen, top-quality little seedlings stand before her. Every one of them is bright-eyed and gifted, the kind of well-behaved young genius people outside would fight over.

Li Yuemian closes her eyes and points to a dusty gray spirit beast egg in the corner. "I'll take that one."

"No one said a disciple has to be human, right?"

"..." Everyone is speechless, but no one dares contradict the old ancestor.

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Li Yuemian tosses the spirit beast egg onto the back mountain behind her cave dwelling and doesn't give it another thought.

One day, she wakes to find two identical-looking young boys kneeling outside her cave. "Master, we disciples have finished cultivating and hatched today. We've come to attend to your daily needs."

Li Yuemian: "?"

The handsome boy, lovely as a porcelain doll, shuffles on his knees to her feet, tugs at the hem of her robe, and blinks his dewy round eyes. "This disciple is named Chen Xue, and my younger brother is Su Feng. Master, please grant us both a surname."

Li Yuemian: So I'm being forced into this, huh!

She takes the eggshell to argue with the sect leader. But when he learns that one egg has hatched into two disciples, he's so delighted that he immediately binds all three of their name tokens together. Now, unless Li Yuemian kills the two of them, they'll be her disciples for all eternity.

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[Disciple-Perspective Blurb]

The eldest disciple has glossy black hair and a gentle, refined manner. Cool and aloof, he is like a handful of fresh snow on a branch, his eyes lowered in serene compassion.

Yet in the dead of night, he sits in the lecture hall where his master taught during the day, stroking the cup she used, as if he can still feel its softness beneath his fingertips. He stays there until dawn.

The younger disciple has sharp brows and bright eyes, his long hair tied high. Defiant and unruly, he is like a blazing fire.

He stands brazenly outside his master's bedchamber, half his face hidden in the mottled shade of the trees. Through a half-open window, he stares straight at her until the sun rises.

And what's more...

These two disciples have exactly the same face.

Their personalities are completely different, so it's usually easy to tell them apart.

But their master doesn't know that when she calls one disciple by name while they're alone together, the one present might well be his brother pretending to be him.

After all, as long as he can be with his master, what does it matter whether he's the older or younger brother? ^_^

[Note] The eldest disciple is a caring, gentle male bodhisattva. The younger disciple is a fiery, affectionate hothead. The twin brothers are dragons.

[Upcoming Novel 3] Long Night, Dawn

Shi Jin and Shao Yanshi have only met three times.

The first time, at a club on the hundredth floor of a high-rise. Smoke mingled with the scent of strong liquor and perfume, and the place glittered with decadent luxury. This young man, whom Hong Kong's property tycoons all bowed and scraped to, personally returned the lipstick she had dropped.

The second time, beneath the hazy lights of the carousel at Hong Kong Disneyland, with orange-yellow lamps and indistinct background music. Her nominal fiance had left her by the roadside, and he happened to be alone too.

The third time, at the entrance to the Civil Affairs Bureau.

One red marriage certificate in each of their hands.

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"Mr. Shao, are you sure you want to marry me?"

After they leave the Civil Affairs Bureau, Shi Jin still can't believe it. "As the bride price, you're giving me half the assets under your name, half your real estate, and all your jewelry collection?"

Shao Yanshi nods with a smile, his dark eyes deep behind his glasses. "I'll give you my salary card, too."

"But I have one small request."

Shi Jin nods knowingly. That's how a businessman should be: a heartless capitalist.

"Sure, name your terms."

"After we marry, we'll sleep in the same bed. We'll hold hands when we cross the street, wear matching outfits to banquets, and... from today on, you'll call me husband."

Shi Jin: "...Huh?"

Is this guy crazy?

A spoiled, headstrong heiress from Hong Kong's elite circles vs. a powerful man who's hopelessly in love

"On lonely nights by a solitary lamp, I'm lucky to have you by my side."

(Sorry, the free promotion is too good to pass up, so I'm putting the upcoming novel blurbs first.)

[Blurb]

When Zhao Zhizhi wakes up, she vaguely remembers that she has been reborn in her third year of middle school.

She cups her chubby cheeks and has no intention of picking up a face-slapping comeback story. Instead, she gives the art of being a couch potato her all:

Eat when there's food, drink when there's a drink, lose a little weight now and then, and if it doesn't work, just accept what fate has in store.

But as a lovely flower who blooms all on her own, she gradually notices that the looks her proud childhood friend, her older brother in the military, and the gentle doctor give her are getting stranger and stranger.

And then there's the mysterious uncle who appears in this life...

Is Mr. Baili, who is rumored to "have mysterious powers," following some dark, tragic romance plot? She's caught him sneaking looks at her more than once (her smile slowly fades).

A sunny, handsome childhood friend, a cool and distant older man, a taciturn older brother, a scheming white lotus doctor.

Which one of them will end up with Zhao Zhizhi, this lovely flower?

The male leads, in one line:

Childhood friend number one: "Professional chubby-girl caretaker."

Uncle number two: "Given another chance, I won't miss you again."

Military officer number three: "Zhizhi is mine."

Doctor number four: "The ones who show up first are just setup. I'm the real winner."

[Reading Notes]

1. The heroine is a universally adored beauty, the ultimate Mary Sue.

2. The heroine grows into her flirtatious side. Who wasn't tempted by a few handsome heartthrobs when they were young? (lights cigarette)

3. An everyday-life story.

Theme: Take life seriously and grow up strong!