A Friend's Wife Could Be Mine in the Next Life

Pre-release: The Empress Becomes a Kept Woman. Click the author's page to add it to your library~~

Chen Ming'er comes from a humble background, but she was born with a ravishing face. One tilt of her brows is enough to ensnare the soul.

The wealthy young men of the capital are all wrapped around her little finger.

All except Shen Yuanjia, the fifth young master of the Pingyang Marquis household, who has never once looked her in the eye.

*

Chen Ming'er marries into the grand Min family in a blaze of glory.

But fate is cruel. After just half a year of sweet married life, Chen Ming'er is cast aside and forgotten.

As Chen Ming'er lies alone, enduring neglect and torment in the Min household, her life nearly over,

Shen Yuanjia comes to take her away, fresh from the battlefield and still wearing his armor.

*

When she opens her eyes again, gongs and drums are blaring outside. Wearing her wedding dress, Chen Ming'er promptly decides to pretend to be sick and mute.

After many twists and turns,

Chen Ming'er ends up in Shen Yuanjia's hands once more.

As the youngest great general in the Liang dynasty, Shen Yuanjia is arrogant and proud, looking down on everyone. He doesn't even care for the emperor's only daughter.

Others assume he is ascetic and uninterested in women, until he steals his friend's girl.

[Pre-release: The Empress Becomes a Kept Woman. Click the author's page to add it to your library.]

[A story that goes from the pleasure quarters to becoming empress of the realm.]

Su Yu is the top courtesan at Qingyuan Spring. One day, someone spends a fortune to buy her freedom.

But nearly six months have passed, and Su Yu still hasn't met the young master who bought her freedom...

*

Liu Xian often dreams of a woman's thin silhouette. In an ancient temple on Mount Yan, she never turns around.

The eunuchs are repeatedly sent to Qixia Temple by imperial order to find her, but to no avail.

Later, a peerless beauty appears in his dream. Her smile steals his soul.

*

He takes her out of the pleasure house and into the imperial palace, teaching her step by step how to become empress.

He is a brilliant ruler and the Son of Heaven.

But Su Yu doesn't know that Liu Xian is afraid of her for a long time, because every time she cries, he has nightmares.

* A fictional Han dynasty setting, with a real-life story as its inspiration. Quite a few readers had already guessed it.

* The heroine has no golden finger. The last line of the blurb is just a joke.

* Sweet.

* The emperor's secret identity as he pursues his wife.

Modern pre-release: Be Good, Don't Swear

After two TV dramas become smash hits,

screenwriter Tao Yiren gets thoroughly exposed.

The old story of how she made a grand romantic pursuit of Tan Yi in high school

trends on Weibo for an entire day.

**

@Netizen RabbitWhoCanNeverGetFull: Wow, Yiren is so cool! What was the Tan family's young master's problem?

@Netizen IRefuseToWearLongUnderwear: Turns out girls are the best at flirting with girls. I wish I could be a guy and have Sister Yiren pursue me once.

@Netizen YourJungleIsMyHome: Tagging my girlfriend. Look at her~

@Netizen TanYiIsMyHusband: So my goddess and I have the same taste! Aaaaaah!

Before the gawkers could catch their breath, Tan Yi's Weibo post that night crashed the platform's servers once again. He wrote:

What goes around comes around. How about I tell everyone how I'm pursuing you now? @Tao Yiren

**

The whole internet: We accept the dog food. Get married right now!!!

Platform staff: Does Mr. Tan really have to post in the middle of the night?

Public account big shot: Fine, I'm not going to sleep.

Gorgeous, cool, and universally adored top screenwriter X aloof, repressed, celibate internet mogul

[Scene that sums it up]

Tan Yi leans against the balcony railing, his eyes deep and distant with drink. "Yiren, I once viewed this world with the greatest malice, and you were a ray of light shining into my black-and-white world..."

"Oh, screw you," Tao Yiren says without holding back. "Do you even know what you did to that ray of light that shone in?"

At last, Tao Yiren has cursed him, and Tan Yi is delighted. He chuckles, gazes at her with tender affection, and slowly licks his lips. "Be good. Don't swear."

Theme: Women's independence and personal growth