Painkiller Rhythm

My new novel, Guests of Spring Breeze Are Such a Handful, is now posted in my collection. Its blurb is at the bottom. The collection also has my completed novel, The Late Return to the Nest. Welcome, everyone~

Blurb for this novel:

Foley artist (director) x pianist

Jiang Lai always knew a quiet, uneventful life was the safest choice for her. She never expected to get involved with a woman as alluring as Yuan Jinyu.

No one knew that, in that villa so at odds with her own life, she'd spent the night in the bed of Yuan Jinyu, the rising star of the piano world.

She thought their entanglement would be confined to those few months, and that they'd never have anything to do with each other again.

But who could have guessed that seven years later, she'd run into her ex again, the woman who so often appeared in her dreams to collect on an old debt of love?

And how did she end up in that bed again...

Yuan Jinyu, whose success knew no bounds, couldn't understand how someone as cold and heartless as herself could fall for a pawn.

She thought it was just an illusion, a passing novelty from her youth.

But after seven years apart, why did those clear eyes still linger before her?

At last, she had to admit that she still missed her so much.

1. Five-year age gap

2. They aren't listed in the same household register

3. No romance before both are adults

Blurb for the new novel, Guests of Spring Breeze Are Such a Handful:

Tavern owner in an ancient town (writer) x flirtatious Chinese ink painter

Ever since Ye Zhengjing returned to the ancient town, she knew her life would be just like her mother's and sister's: running the two taverns and inns, year after year, meeting travelers and then parting ways with them.

That was until a renowned painter visiting the ancient town to find inspiration came to her tavern.

Ye Zhengjing couldn't care less how many achievements or how much fame the woman had, nor did she care whether the so-called aloof beauty really had a pair of captivating eyes.

She just wanted to sell a few more taels of wine and make some money.

Who would have thought that this money would somehow end up being made across the street, at the inn?

After a few days of doing business that was anything but clear-cut, the young Miss Ye returned to the tavern and issued an urgent notice:

From now on, no one is to let that woman inside.

Unfortunately, business is business.

No one would turn away the God of Wealth who came by every night.

They'd just send her over each evening to escort the inebriated Miss Bai back to the inn only a stone's throw away.

After making that trip again and again, sooner or later she'd be too slow to get away. The woman would pin her against the door, her peach-blossom eyes flashing with a teasing smile. "Wasn't Miss Ye awfully bold that night?"

At certain moments, Ye Zhengjing would always find excuses for her own surrender. They wouldn't see each other again anyway, so there was no harm in being a little bold.

She just hadn't expected that her connection with this woman would be more than a fleeting springtime affair...

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According to her original plan, Bai Qingmo only meant to find some inspiration in an unfamiliar place.

She never thought she'd fall for someone in that centuries-old town.

Even less did she expect that she truly wouldn't be able to forget the woman who stood beneath the dim yellow lights every night.

Later, on her first night back at the inn, she received a transfer from someone, with a note saying it covered her expenses at the tavern and inn over those few months.

She accepted the money and replied: The youngest boss provided pretty good service, but her attitude wasn't great. She barely deserves three stars.

That night, someone knocked on the door.

The cool, aloof young boss stood outside, her handsome features full of conflicting emotions. "You really dared to come back?"

1. Three-year age gap

Theme: Face your own life with honesty