The Bandit Girl and Her Tender, Devoted Husband

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Blurb:

Tang Di is the daughter of the chief of Congqi Mountain and a young lady from a marquis's household. Raised by her mother to be well-read, she is both talented and beautiful, though she inherited a touch of her father's bandit spirit.

One day, she was sheltering from the rain in a teahouse at the foot of the mountain when she encountered Li Shanpu, who was sipping tea by the window. She was struck by his beauty and decided to abduct him to the mountain and make him her husband.

Li Shanpu, the young master of the Provincial Governor's residence, is handsome and graceful, and excels at both his studies and commanding troops. But though he is over twenty, he has never spent time with a woman.

When Tang Di paid him a visit, she merely moved a little closer and stared at him for a few moments. His ears turned bright red with embarrassment.

To help him uncover military secrets, she tricked him into going to a brothel. He was so angry he could only scold her softly: "How can a young lady behave like this?"

She accidentally got him drunk and stayed by his side all night. Only when their feelings were at their most intense did she learn that he was already engaged.

She sat alone by the window, weeping, while he hid the handkerchief embroidered with the character "Di" at the bottom of a chest.

By chance, they encountered assassins outside the city together, and Li Shanpu risked his life to protect Tang Di.

It was the first time in his life he'd touched a woman. He was too rough, leaving her covered in bruises. She cried and called him a blockhead.

He carried her back to Congqi Mountain. Unable to forget her, he decided to break off his engagement and follow his heart.

Tang Di thought she'd found sweet romance, but she never imagined that being with this purehearted young gentleman, as wooden as a block of timber, would be such a headache.

As time passed, Tang Di finally resigned herself to it. "He's so handsome and devoted. What else can I do but spoil him?"

Li Shanpu: "I'm slowly figuring things out. Besides, which one of us is spoiling the other?"

The mountain stronghold's spoiled young lady and the purehearted, charming gentleman

* Not a strong-female-lead story, but a sweet romance focused on feelings. If you can't stand lovey-dovey scenes, please don't read.

* Happy ending

The Taoist Priest and the Female Demon

[White-Cut-Black Taoist Priest and a Bewitching, Fierce Female City Lord]

Yao Huayin, the city lord of Shaoyang's five cities, is renowned for her alluring beauty and ruthless nature.

In the third month of spring, she executed a spy in the mountains outside the city. After wiping the flecks of blood from her jade-white fingers, she leaned against the mountainside to admire the brilliant wildflowers.

A little Taoist priest fleeing with a bundle on his back emerged from the woods. Handsome and refined, with eyes bright as stars, he and Yao Huayin met each other's gaze. For a moment, neither spoke.

"You're so beautiful, Sister. Are you a fairy?"

The little Taoist's smile was like a clear mountain spring.

Yao Huayin slowly leaned toward him, one delicate brow raised, her eyes full of charm.

"A fairy? I'm a female demon who specializes in sucking out people's life essence!"

Yao Huayin had never met a man so pure and refined. She kept the little Taoist by her side, and they were together day and night.

From then on, Yao Huayin often woke with rosy cheeks, looking at the little Taoist with shy desire in her eyes.

Her attendants all said the little Taoist was handsome and had won the city lord's favor. Only he knew that it was all a dream.

Late at night, with the candlelight in the room glowing softly, Yao Huayin fell asleep once more, breathless.

The little Taoist lifted her gauzy inner robe. The vine-flower he'd tattooed onto her jade shoulder was now as red as blood.

His clear, springlike gaze turned cold in an instant. His fingertips traced Yao Huayin's face, even more breathtaking than when she was young. The memory of eight years ago remained before his eyes: on her orders, his family's corpses had been hung from the city gates for all to see.

A strange smile crept over his slightly twisted face.

"A female demon? Sister, do you know what a demon is?"

Upcoming novel: Matchmaking for Love

[Stubborn Girl Who Only Cares About Making Money and a Peacock Spirit, a Lovesick Young Master and Playboy]

Li Fanxin is the daughter of a matchmaker. With her silver tongue, her widowed mother has arranged countless marriages, bought farmland, built a house, and still had enough money to send her daughter to school. Their life was full and comfortable.

Then her mother suddenly died, and the local bully who ruled the family's farm came after Fanxin. Without rent coming in, she had no way to make ends meet and could barely afford to feed the little girl in her care.

As the rice jar at home neared empty, Li Fanxin wiped away her tears and decided to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a matchmaker.

The trouble was, Fanxin didn't know any eligible, unmarried men or women in town. She cupped her pretty face and thought long and hard, then turned to the little girl beside her, who'd just come of age and had an enormous appetite.

The little girl froze. She hurriedly put down the second bowl of rice she'd just picked up and waved her hands in alarm.

Just as Fanxin was fretting, a white dog barged into the courtyard again. It was a little dirty, but it looked very much like the one owned by Master Zheng of the eastern part of town.

Fanxin's eyes lit up. Why not arrange a match for anyone who needed one?

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Zheng Fei is Master Zheng's only son, and a notorious playboy in town.

That day, he was drinking and making merry in his own courtyard when the steward told him a matchmaker had arrived. He flicked open his fan and, annoyed, propped his foot on a nearby stone stool.

"I'm rich, long-legged, handsome, and my hair shines. The girls who like me won't leave even if I chase them away. Why would I need a matchmaker to find me a wife?"

Who would have thought the visitor would be a pretty young woman, her expression timid but tinged with stubbornness, holding a freshly bathed white dog whose fur was still damp?

Zheng Fei couldn't help looking at her again, but the girl said:

"I was wondering, is the dog at your residence looking to get married? Shiny coat, long legs, handsome too. Just one string of cash."

Zheng Fei: "..."

Theme: Keep striving to break free of constraints, and you'll eventually find the one you love.