After the Chief Councilor Lost His Memory

The author's new novel, Hunter of Men, is open for advance follows. Blurb at the end.

This novel's blurb: Jian You was born into a noble family. When she was young, her parents found her a live-in son-in-law.

The two lived in perfect harmony, deeply in love.

Later, the family fell on hard times, and the live-in son-in-law disappeared. Their beloved daughter disappeared with him.

When they met again years later, he had become a powerful figure at court, second only to the emperor.

She, meanwhile, had become a maid struggling to get by. Their stations were now worlds apart.

Jian You swore that she had entered the Zhou residence as a servant only to see her daughter, not to rekindle her relationship with the Chief Councillor, now a man of great power.

But later she realized that the way the Chief Councillor looked at her was becoming more and more peculiar.

Wasn't this supposed to be the Chen Shimei story?

Scene One: Zhou Shao was walking quickly, then suddenly stopped. Jian You ran straight into him.

With her soft, warm body in his arms, Zhou Shao raised an eyebrow. "Are you throwing yourself at me?"

Scene Two: Zhao Teng accidentally saw the usually stern and cold Chief Councillor laughing and playing around with a woman in the little kitchen, both of them covered in flour. He rushed home and posted on the forum: "I accidentally witnessed my superior's private life. What should I do?"

A crowd of people replied with stories about being given a hard time by their superiors.

Zhao Teng was distraught. He was done for.

Reader note: This is a warm, everyday story. National vendettas, family feuds, and deep-seated hatred are just background details, so don't take them seriously.

Blurb for the upcoming novel Hunter of Men: In her previous life, Zhou Jin was a concubine. She paid her respects morning and evening, served tea and meals, and was tormented to death by the principal wife in less than three years.

This time, she never wanted to be a concubine again. So the first thing she did after being reborn was make a list of eligible bachelors in Xiling whom she could marry as a principal wife, going through every possible candidate.

She set her sights on the promising young master of the Sun family.

The two were deeply in love, until one day the young master suddenly told her, "My maternal uncle doesn't approve."

Zhou Jin: ...

Shao Yulou was born into nobility and looked down on everyone. He had countless admirers and was the most sought-after son-in-law among the aristocratic families. He paid no attention to princesses, commandery princesses, or noble young ladies from any family.

Then one day, he found a copy of Xiling's Guide to Eligible Bachelors. Written in elegant hairpin-script calligraphy was a list of the men least suitable to marry, with his name at the very top. Someone had drawn a thick red X over it.

Even worse, in second place was Xie Shaohai, the notorious playboy of all Xiling, a useless wastrel who spent his days fighting and sleeping with courtesans.

He couldn't even outdo a playboy.

This was simply too infuriating!

Theme: Keep hope in your heart and build a better life.