[Dream of the Red Chamber] Lin Daiyu’s Unconventional Childhood Friend

---New novel now available: The Lady Is a Bandit Through and Through---

Blurb:

The Jia family has its Second Master Baoyu, and the Wei family has a Second Master of its own, Wei Fulan.

Whenever Wei Fulan comes up, the people of the capital all shake their heads and sigh.

He disrespects his father and elder brothers, shows no reverence for his ancestors, and even goes to a Taoist temple to dabble in the occult. His terrible reputation is every bit as bad as Jia Baoyu's.

At least, that was when Wei Fulan was still alive.

One autumn, the young master headed south to Yangzhou and accidentally drowned.

His body was brought back to the capital. No one held a funeral, no one came to mourn, and no one even wept at his grave.

A truly miserable end.

That was the version that circulated among the common folk.

That winter, Lin Daiyu traveled north to the capital.

When she left her boat and came ashore, a white Pekingese followed at her side.

They say the dog had been Lin Daiyu's companion since childhood.

Everyone at the Rongguo Mansion was astonished.

How could the frail, delicate Miss Lin raise such a vicious, nasty dog?

Lin Daiyu patted the dog's head beside her feet, equally puzzled. "He's so well-behaved. He's not a vicious sort."

The white dog nodded obediently.

That dog was Wei Fulan.

Once, Du Liniang returned to life for love. The living could die, and the dead could live again.

Now Wei Fulan spent six years as a dog, all for his immortal beauty.

New novel now available: The Lady Is a Bandit Through and Through

[Arranged Marriage to Love + Secret Crush + Groveling Pursuit]

1.

The Xie family had been an illustrious clan for a hundred years, and it had produced a notorious playboy.

Xie Yin, courtesy name Chengshu, was handsome and refined, with the easy charm of a young gentleman. He wasn't the best of the best, but he was certainly better than most.

Princesses and commandery princesses wouldn't look at him twice, but the daughters of aristocratic families flocked to him.

There was no mystery to it: his family had power and money, and he was good-looking.

Marrying into the Xie family was an opportunity anyone would jump at.

Yet such a fine match fell to a young woman no one had ever heard of.

2.

Fu Yimo grew up in the mountains, acquiring a bandit's rough-and-ready nature. At sixteen, her birth family found her and brought her back, making her the daughter of a Minister of Revenue.

When the emperor decreed a marriage, no one dared refuse.

That year, she returned to the capital and married into the Duke of Wei's household.

Her husband was her sworn enemy: Xie Chengshu.

3.

Fu Yimo hated Xie Chengshu with all her heart.

The first time they met, that bastard used his looks to trick her, knocked her out, took advantage of her, and wiped out her mountain stronghold.

At the Chrysanthemum Viewing Banquet, Fu Yimo broke off her engagement to Xie Chengshu.

"I have someone I love. I'll never be able to love you," Fu Yimo declared with absolute certainty.

The man didn't seem to believe her. He turned around and embraced her, making it look as though they had been meeting in secret.

Their wedding was inevitable.

But...

Fu Yimo really did have someone she loved.

His name was Xie Mingli.

4.

Eight years earlier, Xie Chengshu was ambushed and left stranded in the wilderness, where a tough, bandit-like young girl rescued him.

The girl liked him and wanted to write their names into a marriage contract.

Xie Chengshu politely declined.

Meeting the girl's clear, bright gaze, he told her his name was Xie Mingli.

Theme: Childhood companions grow up together and love one another