Spring’s Beauty Stirs the Heart

Please add my upcoming novel "Come and Be Mine" to your reading list. The blurb is below.

Blurb:

In her previous life, Yu Qiuyan was rescued from a fire by a young gentleman wearing a mask who called himself Qiyan. From then on, he kept her hidden away in a golden house.

But Yu Qiuyan never saw his face, not even before she died.

Back then, Yu Qiuyan leaned against the man's shoulder, her gaze wandering over his neck as she taunted him: "Even without your mask, I could still recognize you."

After being reborn, she really does recognize him, by... his Adam's apple.

At the time, her "gentle, refined benefactor" stands at the bow of a boat with a sword in hand, taunting the bandits in public as blood dyes half the river red...

The man who had once felt too ashamed of himself to let her see his true face turns out to be the Jade-Faced Asura of Great Zhao, feared by all: Prince Su, Zhang Qi. The streets say he's brutal and arrogant.

She recognizes him, but doesn't dare admit it!

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As the renowned general who protects Great Zhao, Zhang Qi has a terrible reputation. People avoid him like a wild beast, and even the girl he has admired since childhood shares their prejudice.

But suddenly, Yu Qiuyan brazenly draws close to him and constantly flirts with him.

As he suppresses the bandits in public, she trembles as she reassures the people: "With Prince Su here, don't, don't be afraid!"

She even stands up for him in public: "What's there to be afraid of about an Asura?"

Zhang Qi is falling for her more and more, but then he hears that the Yu family is discussing her wedding date.

Amid the flowers and leaves, Zhang Qi watches the figure beyond the trees and leans toward the young woman's ear.

"Song Chengyu is watching you from behind. Why not take one more step closer? Or, here's another option: turn around and tell him you'll never see him again."

Seeing her freeze, he lowers his head in disappointment and turns to leave, only for her to catch his clothes.

The beautiful young woman smiles slyly. "Sure."

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Late at night, deep in her cups, the young woman flushes and traces the man's neck with her slender, pale fingers, calling him Qiyan over and over.

Zhang Qi's face is dark as water, deep possessiveness flooding his eyes. "Who's Qiyan?"

"The one in my heart~"

That night, Zhang Qi searches every register but can't find anyone by that name. Later, when he casually brings him up, Yu Qiuyan guiltily wraps her arms around his waist and coaxes him: "That was the special name I came up with for you in private. Do you like it?"

1. Sly, alluring heroine X devoted, loyal-dog hero

2. Content note: the pacing is slow at first

3. Please feel free to point out typos. For certain reasons, part of this was converted from image to text

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Next upcoming historical romance:

Sweet, obedient angel X dark, obsessive man / a touch of wife-chasing-after-the-divorce

Wen Shizhao was born into a prominent family. She's slow-witted and mild-tempered, always a little behind everyone else.

At the Lantern Festival, she is kidnapped by villains. They threaten to kill her, and when she has nowhere left to run, one of them raises a blade to finish her off.

Just then, a man rides through the water on horseback and rescues her from beneath the bandit's blade.

The young man has strong features and extraordinary talent.

That night, young Wen Shizhao thinks she's seen a deity, and from then on, her whole heart belongs to him.

Shen Yiheng is the son of an old friend of Wen's father. Everyone in the Wen family says he's destined for greatness, and Wen Shizhao agrees.

The little girl runs to Young Master Shen's courtyard every day, even standing in the snow in the dead of winter with hot soup, waiting for him to return.

Back then, Shen Yiheng is always impatient with her. The words he says most often are, "Can you stay away from me?"

Everyone around them says the little fool from the Wen family has fallen for Shen Yiheng, and that he only humors her out of consideration for the Wen family.

Later, Shen Yiheng is appointed to an important position.

At a banquet with his fellow students, everyone congratulates him on his bright future and on winning a princess's favor.

Someone brings up the Wen family: "Our Lord Shen is no longer someone the Wen family can casually approach. Besides, how could that little fool from the Wen family compare with a princess? I hear the fool is looking for a live-in son-in-law now..."

That night, Shen Yiheng beats the speaker up.

Everyone falls silent with fear, and says Shen Yiheng can't stand anyone mentioning the years he lived under the Wen family's roof.

Under the wishing tree at the national temple, Wen Shizhao sits facing the young heir of the Marquis's household. His gaze is burning. She blushes after hesitating for a long time. "I, I get nervous and can't speak properly. I might not make a good mistress of the marquis's household. Would, would you still be willing to marry me?"

The man says something, and Wen Shizhao turns her head to see Shen Yiheng standing at a distance, his face dark with misery. Frightened, she stammers out an explanation: "Lord Shen and I, we're not involved... He was only staying at the Wen residence. He's my brother's friend. I only think of Lord Shen as, as an elder brother..."

Theme: Don't wait until you've lost someone to say you love them. Love takes action