Marrying a Bandit

This novel will go on sale in reverse starting Thursday, October 20. The chapters included in the reverse sale are chapters 24-61. If you've already read them, please don't buy them again. Thank you for all your support so far, and I hope you'll continue to support me!

Upcoming novels: Her Alluring Beauty as a Concubine and The Little Fisherwoman on the River. Their blurbs are below...

Blurb: Qinzhou is home to a remarkable young woman named Lin Sou'er.

Clever and quick-witted from a young age, she could work an abacus at three and balance the books with the managers of her family's cloth shops at six, without making a single mistake. By fifteen, she had become a well-known shopkeeper in Qinzhou City.

Her life was smooth sailing, and her business was thriving. The only thing that troubled her was her marriage.

As soon as she reached the age of fifteen, her father, Lin Fugui, compiled an illustrated directory of Qinzhou City's unmarried men, determined to find a son-in-law who excelled in every skill imaginable.

But...

"This one isn't handsome, that one's family background isn't good enough, and this one looks like he'll bring his wife bad luck. How could he marry my daughter? No, no, no..." When the directory of eligible bachelors came to an end, her father was dumbfounded.

One day, while Sou'er was checking the accounts, her father Lin Fugui came in with his hands behind his back, sighing. "Sou'er, I dreamed of your mother last night. You're eighteen this year, and I still haven't found you a good match. Your mother thinks I've let her down, and she's already got a washboard ready for me down below... Sou'er, don't you feel sorry for your father?" He gazed at his daughter with tearful eyes.

Her father found new ways to urge her to marry every day. Sou'er responded every day with a blank face and a twitching mouth.

Then the eldest son of the Chang family, their neighbors from years ago, returned. He was still unmarried.

Lin Fugui slapped his thigh in excitement. What could this be but a match made in heaven, a son-in-law falling into his lap without any effort?

A clever, capable shopkeeper x a bandit who has vowed to go straight

Next up: Her Alluring Beauty as a Concubine

Ning Jiukou, daughter of the Minister of the Court of Justice, was raised at her family's country estate and grew up free-spirited and carefree.

Just as she thought she would spend the rest of her life in Ningzhou, keeping her grandmother company, her father became embroiled in a corruption case that rocked the court. To save him, she concealed her identity and went to work for Shan Chi, the notorious commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard...

A little scene:

Inside the Jiaofangsi, Jiukou wore a soft, rose-pink gauze dress and nestled coquettishly against Shan Chi's hard chest. Parting her pink lips, she blew gently into his ear and said in a soft Wu accent, "My lord, I fell for you at first sight. I hope you'll take pity on me."

With her lovely coiffure, slender waist, and pitiful manner, she was the sort of beauty anyone would want to hold and cherish. But she had run into a blockhead who couldn't take a hint. His Embroidered Spring Saber flashed from its sheath, and his eyes turned as icy as frost.

Jiukou... What do you do when the jerk refuses to fall for it? Asking for a friend. It's urgent.

Shan Chi had grown up in the strict military camps of the northern frontier. He was serious by nature and never smiled. Every time he saw Jiukou, he would frown. "You're so delicate and soft, and you pant after every step. How could you possibly manage on a battlefield?"

Later, when he saw with his own eyes his little concubine-in-name-only knock a servant flat with a stick and nimbly vault a wall to escape, he could hardly believe what he was seeing. He could only think of the sound of his face being slapped over and over as it swelled up...

Upcoming novel: The Little Fisherwoman on the River

Fan Zhongyan wrote: "People come and go on the river, all loving the bass's taste. Look at that little boat, appearing and disappearing among the waves." The waterways of Jiangnan, with their boundless misty waves, seemed like something out of a dream.

But reality was...

A shabby, broken-down boat, an honest and simple father and mother, and a whole string of little turnips with sallow faces... Gu Ning wiped her face and couldn't help bursting into tears.

From the start, she had one broken-down boat. What the hell... This was such a rip-off!

Well then, just watch me put my plan to get rich into action and lead the whole family to prosperity!

But just as her path to riches was getting started, rival warlords began fighting for supremacy and war erupted everywhere. Jiang Ning was forced to flee...

At the end of a dynasty, the emperor was incompetent, a treacherous consort held sway, and a rotten court let wars rage on, leaving the people homeless and displaced.

Qi Yao, heir to the Prince of Xuanping, had been pampered and privileged since childhood, always dressed in finery and riding spirited horses.

The spirited young man saw the chaos around him and, mounted on his warhorse, led the Prince of Xuanping's army to put down rebellions and punish traitors. He swore to restore peace and justice to the world.

When they first met, the young man raised an eyebrow. "Little cook, you saved me this time. Tell me, what do you want?"

When they met again, the young man looked at Jiang Ning with disdain. "I know I'm handsome, dashing, and impressive, but you are not allowed to covet me!"

Later, the proud heir clung to Jiang Ning's heels. "Ningning... Ningning, let's get married!"

A proud, hot-tempered heir to a prince's household x a beautiful, money-loving little fisherwoman

Please add these to your collections, dears!

Also recommended: my completed novel The Little Darling of the Farm

P.S. The protagonists of the two novels cross paths!

Theme: Love life and keep your spirits up.