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[New Book] The Heir Keeps Pursuing Himself

◎ A powerful minister so frail he retires at thirty

◎ A healthy, carefree little maid

Everyone in the Pei household was saying:

The master's health was in a very bad way. The Dowager Lady was searching everywhere for a suitable woman to send to his room, so the Pei family could have an heir.

Passing by, the young cook Ajiu shook her head. "Sounds like they're pairing up pigs to breed."

The master, bundled in a thick cloak and clutching a hand warmer even though autumn had only just begun: "..."

That very night, Ajiu was sent to the master's bedroom.

Ajiu was a country girl who could eat three bowls of rice in one sitting and had a ridiculously loud voice.

Ask her about the spices in the kitchen, and she could talk your ear off. But looking after a pampered master, let alone becoming the future young master's mother, was beyond her station.

That was what everyone in the Pei household thought, from the Dowager Lady to the cooks.

But not only did the master refrain from sending Ajiu away, he kept her with him night after night.

Later, the young master was born, and the master's health gradually improved as well.

The Dowager Lady: "...Well, I suppose that works."

[Little Scene]

That winter, Pei Yan finally no longer had to stay cooped up indoors drinking bitter medicine.

With a grim face, he swung onto his horse and galloped through the swirling snow, stopping in front of Ajiu's ox cart.

His gaze was cold as a frosty blade, but his question sounded pitiful: "It's fine if you don't want the child, but you don't want me either?"

Little Pei, who had been jostled into throwing up in her arms: ?

Ajiu let out a surprised "Huh?" and leaned out of the cart. "Weren't I supposed to provide an heir? I've done my job, so I can go back to the countryside. My cousin is waiting for me... Mm."

Little Pei covered his eyes and ran off.

◎ Both leads are virgins; age-gap warning

◎ A short, slice-of-life story, around 100,000 words

*Also available for pre-order: the sweet romance The Heir Keeps Pursuing Himself

Shen Yu is a notorious young wastrel in the capital. Though blessed with a handsome face, he has a terrible temper and a peculiar personality, so everyone keeps their distance. Even dogs yelp when they see him and turn tail.

Xue Zhishan never imagined she'd get involved with someone like him.

But fate had other plans. Somehow, Shen Yu could hear her thoughts!

How terrifying! Did that mean he knew how she acted prim and proper in public, then went wild and rolled around on the floor the moment she was alone?

What should she do? Bribe him, or just kill him to keep him quiet?

-

When it came to Xue Zhishan, Shen Yu only knew her as a schoolmate, a young girl living under someone else's roof.

Then one day, Miss Xue began bringing him gifts every day. When he was punished with copying five hundred large characters, she even volunteered to do it all for him, no strings attached.

That night, Shen Yu tossed and turned, tossed and turned, and tossed and turned some more. At last he sat up and looked in the mirror, muttering, "Could she have fallen for me?"

-

A common rumor in the capital was that the insignificant Miss Xue, a cousin in the Xue family, had chased after Shen Yu and waited on him hand and foot until she finally became the heir's wife.

Shen Yu, putting it elegantly: "Pah! What a load of crap! I spent three years wooing my wife before I got her to come home with me!"

A little note:

It's the first love for both of them.

The mind-reading is a misunderstanding.

Theme: Sincerity is the ultimate winning move.