Flowers of Chang'an

[My column has completed stories. Coming soon: It's an Exam! We're Doomed [Infinite]. The blurb is at the end. If you're interested, take a look~ Sending love~ Bowing~]

*Blurb

Pingkang Ward is Chang'an's most famous pleasure district, and among its many famous courtesans, Qingyan's story is the one people talk about most.

She painstakingly planned her way into marrying Chen Jinsu, an official of the imperial court, and rising from obscurity to become a phoenix among women, drawing the envy of many. But she could not outwit power or overcome fate. In the end, she became a pawn in a struggle between powerful ministers, and her life ended in utter defeat.

After her tragic death, the world lamented her fate.

Then she is reborn, back at the very beginning. Determined to change the ending of her previous life, she will never again set foot in the Chen family home.

"Have you heard? Attendant Gu married Qingyan, Chang'an's famous courtesan!"

"The third son of the Gu family, who never goes near women, and the celebrated beauty of Chang'an?"

"Yes, yes..."

Fate has already written her backstory, and she is utterly disappointed in this world. To her, affection is a weapon, a way to make men brave fire and water for her. She never expected it would one day become her refuge.

Gu Lian: "I must have owed your old Gu family a debt in my past life!"

Qingyan: "Mm. You said the same thing in your past life."

Gu Lian: "You... give me back my innocence."

Qingyan: "...I'll take responsibility for you."

Chen Jinsu: "Miss Qingyan looks at me differently from how she looks at other people. She must have feelings for me."

Gu Lian: "My wife looks at dogs the same way. You've misunderstood."

Chen Jinsu: "..."

"I love you very much. You don't need to know."

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About the upcoming story, It's an Exam! We're Doomed [Infinite]

Hello, everyone! I'm hoping to start an infinite-flow novel next. If it sounds interesting, please add it to your favorites~ Thank you (bows 180 degrees)

[Blurb]

Welcome to the New World Unified Entrance Exam for Ordinary Citizens.

Please stay alive during the exam.

Abandon your fantasies about the old world and strive to survive in the new one.

Thanks to the luck of someone who gets water stuck in her teeth, Qiao Ye becomes a new examinee.

Required courses, electives, performance scores, written exam scores...

The heavy burden of studying takes Qiao Ye back to her student days.

What she never expected was that these so-called courses and exams had nothing to do with attending class and answering questions.

Mutated monsters landing from the sea devour humans alive. Poison-proof modified cyborgs repeatedly run amok. A cloyingly sweet cream lighthouse contains heaps of bones. Being hunted by snowflakes that fill the sky is a curse straight from a textbook.

It's just an exam, they said. Take it and you'll die.

As the exams go on, Qiao Ye realizes something is wrong.

Why does this lousy System keep banning her from exams and targeting her for no reason?

The System's voice sounds familiar. Haven't I heard it somewhere before...?

Wait! Besides the exam System, why is there another System inside me?!

Everyone is on edge over their scores: sabotage, schemes, probing, cooperation...

One moment, an exam hall. The next, hell.

Qiao Ye: He can fail, but I can't. And neither can my courses.

Good luck on your exams!

Theme: Love can overcome any hardship