The Chief Minister's Little Childhood Friend (Reborn)

[The main story of I Haven't Been a Celestial for Ages, next door, is complete. Come check it out, darlings!] [Childhood sweethearts from the solar system x a future chief minister who seems gentle and refined but is actually ruthless] [Preorders for A Chan and Jiang Li are up. It's called Chan Shi Yue. If you're interested, go add it to your collection!] Weibo: @Jinjiang August in Summer [Female Lead's Story] When A Li was nine, an injured young gentleman moved in next door. He was so handsome that he looked like a painting, peerlessly beautiful, and A Li secretly liked him for a long time. When she was fourteen, she heard that the young gentleman had been "abandoned." She mustered her courage and went next door. "Don't be sad, Huo Jue. She doesn't want you, but I do." As soon as she finished speaking, Huo Jue threw her out. Beneath the bright spring sun, the young gentleman's gaze was colder than the ice floes on Lake Kaiyang. Jiang Li walked away, feeling terribly wronged. A couple of days later, she returned with a purse of money. But this time, the young gentleman behind the door seemed like a different person. He watched her in silence, his deep, fathomless gaze seeming to cross the vast distance of time and settle heavily upon her. After a long while, he caught a lock of hair on A Li's shoulder. His usually cold eyes softened with a faint smile, and he asked gently, "Do you still mean what you said that day, A Li?" A Li: "I-I do." - A Li always thought she was the one who won Huo Jue back. Until one day, she opened an old book and found countless little portraits hidden inside: nine-year-old A Li, ten-year-old A Li, eleven-year-old A Li... Every stroke depicted her. Only then did A Li realize that perhaps, through all those years she had never noticed, Huo Jue had secretly liked her for a very, very long time too. [Male Lead's Story] Huo Jue carries a blood feud. In his previous life, he was a powerful eunuch who held the court in his grasp. He watched his enemies fall one by one, and at last avenged himself, but then he regretted it. All he wanted was to find the girl who had kept coming to the palace to ransom him after he was castrated. When he opened his eyes again, Huo Jue had returned to the age of sixteen. Outside the door, the girl clutched a silver purse, blinking her dewy eyes as she looked at him anxiously. Huo Jue's breathing faltered. His heart felt as if it had been seared by hot blood, burning with pain. His fingertips trembled as he murmured, "A Li." He had never dared to hope. After crossing a mountain of corpses and sea of blood, A Li, whom he had lost through the long years, had truly returned. Reading Guide: 1. The male lead was never abandoned. In both lives, he only ever loved the female lead, and fell for her very early. 2. In his previous life, the male lead was a powerful eunuch, both mad and devoted. His morals exist only for the female lead. There is a secondary CP in the book (important!!!). Their story is closely tied to the male lead's revenge plot and takes up a considerable amount of space. If you don't want a secondary CP, please read with caution. 3. The setting is very loose, with mountains of original details. Please don't overanalyze. My thanks. 4. The author has the bloodline of a prophet. Official readers may offer feedback, but please don't insult the author personally or attack the author's values, or you may awaken the author's bloodline. Be careful!! Next historical romance: Will My Late Wife Talk to Me Today? I'm moving this one up the queue because I feel strongly about the story. The leads have great chemistry. It's a romance-focused writing exercise in emotional tension and character dynamics. I'll start posting once I've saved enough chapters to finish the main story, hopefully next summer. [An exiled princess's path of revenge, exiled princess x powerful minister of an enemy state] Spring of the twenty-first year of Qianyuan, capital of Chen. Two mysterious guests arrived at the estate of Liu Cang, a prince of a different surname. One was Zhao Linyun, a princess of Zhao who had been in exile for eleven years. This princess was truly remarkable. Not only had she escaped the current Zhao emperor's purge eleven years ago, she had also managed to build a considerable force, ready to return to Zhao and seize the throne. Her odds of success were low, but what if she actually pulled it off? Liu Cang was a worldly man and would naturally not pass up the chance to help her when she was down. The other was Cui Xun, head of the Cui clan, one of Chu's most prominent families. It was he who had personally placed Chu's young emperor on the throne. This young man from the Cui family held enormous power at a young age. He was clearly ruthless, and they said he was also a devoted lover. Half a year ago, his beloved wife died in a fire. He had rushed into the flames without regard for his own life, just to bring back her charred bones. Though the two distinguished guests were meeting for the first time, for some reason neither seemed to like the other. Both were equally cold. Liu Cang hurriedly ended the banquet. To make amends, afterward he sent three handsome men to the princess of Zhao and stuffed three beautiful dancers into the waterside pavilion where Cui Xun was staying. That night, Cui Xun, a "widower" for half a year, learned that his "late wife" had not sent back the three bewitching young men. He crushed the jade pendant at his waist. - During their three years of marriage, Cui Xun had always treated Zhao Linyun well. He had given her all the respect and affection a husband could give his wife. So when Zhao Linyun pressed a dagger to his throat, she never truly meant to kill him. Cui Xun let the blade cut his skin and leaned close to her ear, laughing softly. "Whether you're Zhao Linyun, princess of Zhao, or Lin Yun, daughter of a minor official in Chu, my wife will always be you and only you. Your husband will always be me and only me. Any man who gets close to you, if you touch one, I'll kill one." Reading Guide: A sweet romance with a serious plot. No presence, no sparks: a husband-pursuing crematorium. The leads are biologically obsessed with each other, but both have their own schemes, mostly the female lead scheming against the male lead. Preorders are so hard to promote! If you like historical romance, please add it to your collection, darlings. Love you all =3= Theme: Press forward bravely through adversity, cherish those before you, and have the courage to face life's trials together with the one you love