Biting the Pearl

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The palace coup claimed Qi Yao's husband's life.

Her long-lost former lover had transformed into the most powerful and influential man in the new dynasty.

Noble families across the capital vied to curry favor with this new power and marry into his family, but he became engaged only to Qi Yao's husband's younger half-sister.

Using this marriage as an excuse, Xie Huaiyin came and went from the estate openly. No one knew what happened in the bridal chamber Qi Yao had once shared with her husband, beneath the red candles and soft curtains, as Xie Huaiyin wickedly toyed with her, her hairpin askew and tears glistening in her lashes:

"When you cried like this, how did he comfort you?"

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After the Zhang family's tower came crashing down, Qi Yao faked her death and left Luoyang to make a living. Her former wealth and splendor vanished, and she chose a commoner she could build a life with.

That day, the man went out to work as usual. He had barely stepped outside when he was seized. Xuanjia Guards had surrounded their home, layer upon layer.

The commoner was pinned face-down before Xie Huaiyin, dressed in black and clad in finery, stripped of all dignity and treated like a dog.

In his fury, he laughed instead. Unhurriedly, he pried open her lips and kissed her gently:

"Yao Yao, don't tremble."

Mad Dog x Precious Pearl

#Both are virgins. The heroine had not consummated her marriage before her husband's death.

#The male lead only loves the heroine. His engagement to her sister is just an act.

A growing protagonist, not a perfect character.

#Don't abandon the puppy twice.

A preview of my upcoming novel, "Waking Up as My Stepbrother's Wife"

Cui Jie is Jiang Fuyu's stepbrother. Though people speak highly of him, praising his striking bearing and formidable presence, and calling him Luoyang's most outstanding young gentleman, Jiang Fuyu knows that Cui Jie is maddeningly proper. They never have a conversation without arguing after just a few words.

But one day, Jiang Fuyu wakes up in bed and discovers that she has somehow become Cui Jie's wife.

What an absurd joke!

Jiang Fuyu refuses to believe it. Cui Jie must be playing another trick on her.

Her body also feels strangely sore and weak, but Jiang Fuyu does her best to ignore these details and angrily picks a fight with Cui Jie.

After listening to her, Cui Jie behaves very uncharacteristically and doesn't argue back at all.

Jiang Fuyu sneers, "So I was right about you, you..."

As she watches, Cui Jie says nothing. He lifts her leg and pushes into her just like that, and Jiang Fuyu's cry of "Bastard" is shattered into fragments.

Even at this moment, the bastard Cui Jie has time to admire Jiang Fuyu's expression. Shamelessly, he lowers his head and sucks on her lips. "A Fu, you're much more honest when you react like this."

A preview of my second upcoming novel, "Cicada's Song"

Lian Ying is the only woman among the martial performers. One day, a lavishly dressed noblewoman arrives at their troupe.

The lady wants to find her daughter a bodyguard who can also teach her martial arts.

When she sees Lian Ying, the lady's eyes light up.

In her view, men are too clumsy and awkward. A woman would be a more thoughtful and attentive instructor.

At the lady's request, Lian Ying goes to the family estate to teach the young noblewoman. The lady says her daughter is gentle and delicate, and asks Lian Ying to patiently teach her some self-defense.

The lady was being modest. She never mentioned that her daughter stood seven feet tall, looked more imposing than her, and was built for martial arts.

But when Lian Ying sees the young woman's breathtaking face, she understands why the lady worries that her daughter might be bullied.

Lian Ying devotes herself to teaching the young woman martial arts.

One day, the young woman stares at her, then suddenly kisses her.

Later, the lady hurries over to see Lian Ying. It turns out her daughter never wanted to learn martial arts. Before Lian Ying arrived, she had already run away, leaving a letter for her eldest brother telling him to make sure he sent that female martial artist away.

Lian Ying falls into deep thought.

No wonder he learned everything at once and even managed to apply it in new ways. He had been playing her for a fool.

And he kissed her, too!

Message: Freedom is worth more than gold.