In the Central Continent

My new novel, He Fell for Me After I Accidentally Flirted with the Cool-Headed Powerful Official, is now available. The blurb is below. Feel free to visit my profile and add it to your collection!

The year Qin Wangji first got engaged, Song Zhen claimed her own fief and left the capital, fading from his life.

Later, after her engagement was broken off and the Yongning Marquis Household was falsely accused, he risked his life and committed the crime of deceiving the emperor to rescue her from the palace prison. He took her into his home and treated her with respect.

By the time she finally fell for him, he had invited all his friends and planned to let the world witness their love on New Year's Eve.

Instead, all he received was a farewell letter from her.

"I'm sorry. I never loved you, not from the beginning."

He couldn't accept it.

He couldn't bear to lose her a second time.

This time, he would have her, no matter the cost, and no matter what people thought of him.

The day they met again, he gave a cold laugh and whispered in her ear, "In this life, don't even think about escaping my grasp."

Having witnessed the emperor's cruelty and reunited with her family, Qin Wangji only wanted to obey her parents' wishes, marry her cousin, and live a peaceful life.

But just then, the man she had deceived returned to the capital in all his glory.

When she deceived him, she had never imagined that one day he would become the Crown Prince, second only to one person and above everyone else...

A few things to know before reading:

0. The heroine is sexually inexperienced, one-on-one pairing, happy ending.

1. Includes coercive romance. A mix of sweet and tart. The hero is, at heart, a hopeless romantic.

2. A romance-focused story, with lots of interaction.

3. The title comes from Cao Pi's "Good Indeed: The Departing Bird Rests at Dusk, on the Central Isle."

A preview of upcoming novel 2: He Fell for Me After I Accidentally Flirted with the Cool-Headed Powerful Official

Abstinent powerful official x stunning imperial concubine

Emperor Xuan had been dead for three years, but his restless spirit wouldn't leave Chu Yue alone.

To make him disappear for good, she sought a miraculous medicine from a revered monk.

The night she took the pill, he seemed almost corporeal. She cupped his face and kissed his earlobe, his neck...

Trembling, she tried to please him for once, but he was calmer and more restrained than she had ever seen him.

Later, when the imperial mausoleum was robbed, Pei Yan, the Minister of Justice, was ordered to investigate.

The young official's gaze was cold and his presence intimidating, yet he made her shamefully remember the night she had taken the medicine...

She knew he was a notorious, iron-fisted official, and that taking that step would mean ruin.

Still, she quietly fell for him...

Only later did she realize he was far more shameless than she was...

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Pei Yan lost his parents young and grew up aloof and eccentric.

After placing highly in the imperial examinations, he rose steadily through the ranks and became the chancellor of the realm before turning thirty.

Because of his childhood, he was cool and proud, never allowing women near him. Yet he fell hopelessly under Chu Yue's spell.

Even though he already knew she had been the late emperor's woman.

In public, he always kept his distance from her.

In private, he indulged her and let her have her way, even committing an unforgivable mistake.

One day, he learned that she saw him only as a substitute.

He pretended not to notice and went along with it, hiding her openly in his home.

His shining gaze burned into her as he gently stroked her cheek. Day after day, he whispered coaxingly in her ear:

"Say you love me."

A few things to know before reading:

1. A male substitute romance (no angst) + an aloof beauty brought down from her pedestal + an old flame rekindled.

2. The heroine has had other partners; the hero has not.

3. A sweet romance-focused story (emphasis added), with plenty of time spent on the leads' relationship. One-on-one pairing, happy ending.

(The blurb has been revised. Some earlier inspiration came from The Peony Pavilion, but after thinking it over, I decided to follow the logic and conventions of historical romance. Ghosts will be mentioned, but there are no real ghosts in the story; they are only the heroine's imaginings. The central premise remains unchanged.)

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Theme: Those who never forget will eventually be answered.