A Prescription for Skin Hunger

Qin Hai is an elite lawyer. Beneath his sharp suits lies a condition branded into him by childhood trauma: "skin hunger." He craves warmth but hates being touched. Every accidental brush feels like a burn, making his carefully controlled mind unravel.

Su Hanyun is his psychiatrist, cool-headed, rational, aloof, and unsentimental. He can solve the most complex psychological puzzles, but can't figure himself out: why does his heart go completely out of control whenever Qin Hai comes close?

"Mr. Qin, I'm treating you, but your fingers are undoing my buttons... Can't you tell treatment from being turned on?"

Su Hanyun pressed the tip of his fountain pen to Qin Hai's Adam's apple, leaving a chilling mark.

"Dr. Su, is your heart racing because of me, or because your professional composure is failing?"

Qin Hai's thumb brushed Su Hanyun's pulse. Their breaths mingled as reason and desire clashed at close quarters.

In this game, whoever falls first loses.

Then a knife wielded by a disgruntled patient shattered the illusion of calm. Qin Hai blocked it with his bare hand. Blood soaked through his suit, yet he smiled at Su Hanyun.

"Can you tell the difference now?"

"The distance you need for treatment... or what I want: you."

Su Hanyun's voice trembled as he ordered, "Touch me, Qin Hai. That's a doctor's order."

Next story: Every Time I Transmigrate, I'm the One on the Bottom, a long-form novel

Ye Tianxi, an actor from a B-list lineup, has a secret: he's been in love with the straight Gu Yan for ten years. With no hope in sight, he begins to transmigrate... But the parallel worlds are a little strange.

ABO: Alpha Gu Yan bites his gland, his canine teeth sinking in. "The mark has taken effect. You're mine."

Deep Sea: Mermaid Gu Yan's tail coils around his waist, scales scraping his inner thigh. "Land-dweller, accept the ocean's mark."

Zerg: King Zerg Gu Yan wraps him up like a cocoon, his abdominal limbs pressing against the base of his thighs. "Breeding season. Cooperate."

Interstellar: Warden Gu Yan pulls open the buttons of his prison uniform and sneers. "The first rule of this prison: obey me."

Ancient Times: General Gu Yan opens his hostage's fine robes, his armor pressing against his pale skin. "A political marriage? Why not take me as your lover instead?"

Demon Realm: Dark mage Gu Yan bites his fingertip, mingling their blood in a curse. "The contract is sealed. Your soul belongs to me, to drink in."

In all nine lifetimes, Gu Yan loves him to the depths of his soul. The ABO marshal overturns the regime for him, the leader of the deep sea massacres the rebels for him, and the interstellar warden destroys the surveillance footage for him...

Nine world-shattering loves, and yet not one complete night together. Every time, he transmigrates back at the very last second. Ye Tianxi: This is harsher than getting stuck at a censorship review!

After nine lives, he'd had enough, and Ye Tianxi gave up. Back in the real world, he packed up his ten-year crush and prepared to run away, only to find Gu Yan, drenched from head to toe, blocking the doorway, his eyes darker than the night.

"Ye Tianxi! You ran away from our wedding night nine times! It's time to pay your bed debt for the tenth..."

Also known as The Record of Gu Yan's Nine Lifetimes of Being Unable to Perform

Theme: Love can heal anything