Daily Life of a Bianjing Bathhouse Heir

The new novel The Dragon's Agent [Western Fantasy] is currently being serialized.

Special note: This is an ensemble story about running a shop and political maneuvering.

Synopsis:

Female Lead's Version:

Question: Anyone online? I need advice.

I started with a bathhouse, and it's on the verge of bankruptcy. To make matters worse, there's been a murder. What should I do?

Answer: You should close up and run for it, like, right now!

Lu Shangzhi, a genius in traditional Chinese medicine and wellness, looked at her younger twin brother, who was curled up trembling and sobbing at her feet, orphaned and bereft of both parents. Gritting her teeth, she accepted the System's mission while trapped in a frail, delicate body.

Save the bathhouse from imminent closure.

Luckily, one of the bathhouse's customers was a judge from the Court of Judicial Review. Lu Shangzhi teamed up with him and solved the case perfectly.

Her kind benefactor, the official, came to support her bathhouse business.

Of course she had to give him a warm welcome.

What?

Her benefactor was suffering from insomnia?

Lu Shangzhi remembered the insomnia remedy she'd just received from the System.

Perfect timing. She'd use the finest ingredients for the bath.

From that day on, her benefactor came to bathe every time he had a day off, bringing along plenty of colleagues as customers.

The bathhouse, which had been on the verge of going under, unexpectedly turned things around.

As she continued to collect rewards from the System, Lu Shangzhi began her life of building a business and raising a child. Her bathhouse became famous throughout Bianjing, and she went on to open a comprehensive wellness club. Her business empire gradually expanded, and she even opened a chain of women's clubs catering to noblewomen.

But, but, but, can someone tell her why the emperor is bathing in her pool too?

Male Lead's Version:

Ever since childhood, people said Li Nanxing was a jinx. His father died when he was born, and his mother died unexpectedly when he was twelve.

At first, he didn't believe them, but one mishap after another always seemed to befall those around him.

So after passing the imperial examinations, he chose to contend with the world's evils, becoming a judge at the Court of Judicial Review and upholding the law.

If those around him were destined to be hurt or killed, at least he could give the common people a just and peaceful world.

He never expected that a small act of kindness while bathing on a snowy winter night

would lead him to meet Lu Shangzhi, who could also treat insomnia.

After that bath, he had the first truly restful night's sleep he'd had in over a decade.

And so he fell in love with bathing.

Gradually, he noticed something strange: when he was by Lu Shangzhi's side, misfortune never seemed to haunt him.

The female lead looks frail and sickly but is actually a genius in traditional Chinese medicine and wellness VS the male lead looks wise and aloof but is actually a gentle, righteous judge with a dark side (a jinx much like Conan himself).

Reader's Guide:

1. The author is bad at history. This is an alternate ancient world, loosely based on history, with plenty of gaps. The characters, settings, prescriptions, and everything else serve the plot, so please don't scrutinize them for historical accuracy.

2. As for restrictions between men and women, that's how the story is set up. If the author says there aren't any, then there aren't any.

3. The male lead is eleven years older than the female lead, but she was twenty-six in her previous life before transmigrating, so they're the same age in a sense.

4. Please feel free to leave comments and add this to your library.

[Currently Serializing]

The Dragon's Agent [Western Fantasy]

In the year 78999 of the Magic Era, during the great age of magic ruled by the gods, everyone was born with magical power. The world revered strength, and those without magic couldn't even get a normal job, leaving them trapped at the bottom of society.

Lin Xi, an overworked office drone, transmigrated into the body of a graduating senior at Pumishil Magic Academy, one of the finest magic universities in another world.

She had an outstanding academic record.

But she really couldn't use any magic.

Faced with the orphanage director's eager gaze and nine hungry "siblings" waiting to be fed,

Lin Xi understood. Overworked office drones really weren't allowed to rest. She resolutely set off to find a job.

After being thrown out of a recruiting booth for the ninety-ninth time because she couldn't use magic and was accused of faking her credentials,

Lin Xi finally found a job at a nearly deserted booth that was willing to take her on.

She became the agent of the otherworldly divine dragon, Kanas Samuel.

In exchange, she had to help him find the parts of his body scattered across the world.

Thus began Lin Xila's body-retrieval mission across the Gram Continent.

When Lin Xila first signed the contract, she had no idea what kind of indenture she'd agreed to.

She only thought the job paid well, was easy, and offered plenty of freedom.

Later on, thanks to her notorious boss, who was hated by everyone, she ended up killing people, taking their treasures, and even fighting the gods. The work and the rewards were wildly out of balance.

Unfortunately, she realized that far too late. Her boss became her boyfriend.

She was stuck working that exploitative job until the bitter end.

Theme: Good health should always come first.