A Little Rascal

The print edition is now available at major retailers. @August Little Glutinous Rice My new novel, What a Huge Lazy Fish I Am, is finished too. Come check it out! [Male Lead's Blurb] There's a mysterious big shot in the venture capital world. Rumor has it he's devastatingly handsome, but extremely low-profile. He's never set foot outside City B in eight years, and he never lets a single photo of himself get out. At a banquet one night, someone worked up the courage to approach him after a few drinks and fish for information. The man looked languidly thoughtful as he slowly lifted his eyelids and said, “Because there are monsters outside the city.” Everyone: “...” Later, Shen Zhao suddenly moved his home to City A, shocking everyone. “Didn't you say there were monsters?” “Yeah. A monster lured me there.” “...” [Female Lead's Blurb] Zhou Li was doted on from childhood, which gave her a willful personality. When she was fifteen, Grandpa Zhou publicly promised to grant her one wish. Zhou Li tilted her head and fixed her gaze squarely on Shen Zhao. “Him.” From then on, the city had a couple forced together by fate. All the wealthy young women cried and complained on Shen Zhao's behalf. Later, the Zhou family went bankrupt, and Zhou Li went to say goodbye to Shen Zhao. The young man looked at her with deep phoenix eyes. “Don't you like my face? If you leave, I'll make sure you never see me again.” Zhou Li left, and the couple split up. * Eight years later, in City A. Zhou Li had learned to be an utterly ordinary person: unremarkable and composed, with no delusions of grandeur. She unexpectedly ran into her unrequited love and walked right past him without changing her expression. The man lounged against the sofa, stunningly handsome. He called out to her in an unhurried voice: “You're pretending you don't know me?” Zhou Li: “...” #A silly little sweet romance where the male lead keeps saying he won't pursue her, until he can't hold out anymore, rushes off in the middle of the night to find the female lead, and pretends they just happened to run into each other# *Willful girl × bewitchingly handsome big shot *Lighthearted / mutual pursuit / both are each other's first love / no major angst -Next up: What a Huge Lazy Fish I Am, now underway- -Lazy-fish goofball × self-loving psycho / both chaste / redemption / mutual pursuit 1. In her previous life, Ling Li was a workaholic. In the end, she worked herself to death. Only as she was dying did she learn that she'd somehow offended the Heavenly Dao and been punished. Her fate was to die sooner the more she cultivated. The only way to stay alive was to lie flat. Ling Li, struck to death by heavenly lightning: In my next life, I'm going to lie flat and live a long, healthy life T_T When she opened her eyes again, six hundred years had passed, and the Heavenly Dao had changed drastically. It was said that after she died, the Divine Lord Zhu Yan fell into darkness, and the Heavenly Dao reversed. The Demon Lord became the ruler of heaven and earth. The immortal sects were preparing to assassinate the Demon Lord. They turned to her: “Ling Li, are you willing to destroy the Demon Lord and save all living beings?” Ling Li, who only wanted to lie flat this time around: “I'm willing to destroy the Demon Lord and save all living beings. But I'm one of those living beings too, and I only want to be the one who gets saved, not the one who dies trying.” The immortal sects: “...” 2. Zhu Yan was the son of the Creation God Emperor, possessed the bloodline of creation, and had the most beautiful face in all six realms. During his ten thousand years as a Divine Lord, he appeared in the dreams of countless goddesses and immortal maidens. But for some reason, one day he suddenly rebelled against himself and overturned the Heavenly Dao. Even so, he still had no shortage of admirers. Take the most beautiful woman in the Immortal Realm, for example. Men who liked her filled all six realms, yet she wanted only to become his Demon Queen. But Zhu Yan was cold, ruthless, and merciless. When the beauty took advantage of the chaos to try to kiss him, he ran her through with his sword. Ling Li, who witnessed it all: What a gorgeous man, crazy and self-loving! * Later, Ling Li and Zhu Yan accidentally entered the Burning Rhino Mirror together. Legend says this mirror can sense the deepest wishes of those who enter it and grant them what they desire. It's an exceptionally considerate magical artifact. But Ling Li's experience inside it was indescribable. For some reason, every night she would end up in Zhu Yan's bed. No matter what she tried, even turning herself into a tree and planting herself firmly in the ground, she would still wake up in Zhu Yan's arms the next morning, clinging to his strong, solid waist like a little bird and nestling against his chest. Thinking of what a self-loving man the Demon Lord was, Ling Li decided to lie flat. “Just kill me.” Instead, the Demon Lord, who used to kill without batting an eye, looked at her with a merciful expression. “Your crime doesn't warrant death.” Completed novels: Mountain and River Betrothal, an ancient-setting political intrigue: crystalline snow atop lofty mountains × a splendid flower of earthly riches. Hard-hitting political intrigue and breathtaking romance. Theme: Accept the ordinary and face an ordinary life with composure