After the Dew-Drop Lovers Are Reborn

Ongoing novel: Sharing Spring Nights in a Painting with You, among others. Come give them a read~ One-line summary: After a well-hidden lecher loses his own stash of erotic stories.

The main story is complete. All bonus chapters will be released as special extras.

[Blurb]

1.

Luo Qingran is a high-born young lady renowned throughout the capital, and she never puts a foot wrong in word or deed.

But after drinking two cups of wine laced with a love poison, she and the man she loves, Pei Zhiyan, unexpectedly become secret lovers.

For a few nights each month, this noble, elegant chief councilor opens the window of her boudoir and slips past the bed curtains, the pomegranate-red fabric, to join her in bed.

By the time Luo Qingran wakes in the morning, Pei Zhiyan has always left. Only occasionally does he leave behind a gift meant for the moonlight in his heart.

She can't have the person she wants, and neither can he. That's fair.

They both know their relationship is an accident, a temporary arrangement. Neither mentions marriage or the future.

So when she gets a second life, Luo Qingran, who has already exhausted herself to no avail, doesn't want to keep banging her head against a wall.

2.

After being reborn, Pei Zhiyan hesitates again and again. Should he put everything back on track, or should he let himself and Luo Qingran become entangled once more?

Before he can decide, Pei Zhiyan sees Luo Qingran stop the cup of wine that was supposed to be handed to him and pass it instead to her childhood friend, a young general.

The two laugh and chat, drinking together with easy familiarity, as if they were a perfect couple.

It's painfully grating to look at.

3.

Pei Zhiyan has always known Luo Qingran is an uncut jade, and has wanted to protect her and keep her safe from harm.

But after being reborn, he sees her more clearly and cherishes even more the way she shapes herself into who she wants to be.

She can't wait to venture into the wide world, and he will be the wind that helps her sail far.

Even if she may no longer need him, that's all right.

Reader's guide:

1. Both leads' first love, happy ending.

2. Archived on July 8, 2023. Weibo: @Xijiejiu

Author's page: Sharing Spring Nights in a Painting with You, among others. Come give them a read~

One-line summary: After a well-hidden lecher loses his own stash of erotic stories.

Gu Qingyan is the model of a distinguished young lady from one of the capital's great families. Not only is she refined and self-possessed, but her skill with brush and ink is so exceptional that few can compare.

But no one knows that when she's alone, Gu Qingyan hates rules most of all and dares to do as she pleases...

She has not only read every erotic novel and illustrated bedroom manual on the market, but, finding them bland, has started drawing her own.

In the booklet no one must ever see, the woman is naturally her.

For the man, Gu Qingyan carefully chose Lu Xun, the broad-shouldered, slim-waisted, handsome, otherworldly young general.

Lu Xun is handsome, and being a general gives her plenty of scenarios to draw.

He also has a reputation as a libertine, which helps keep her guilt to a minimum. Gu Qingyan is very pleased with her choice.

Until one day, Lu Xun inexplicably starts appearing in Gu Qingyan's dreams every night.

Along with all those blush-worthy scenes from her booklet.

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Lu Xun has always been easygoing and free-spirited. He never thought there could be anything between him and the dignified, elegant Gu Qingyan.

But one day, he starts dreaming about her every night.

In the dreams, the two of them...

get pretty carried away.

Lu Xun nearly believes the rumors about himself, that he's a lecher who lives for lust.

Until one day, he happens upon a booklet Gu Qingyan has left behind.

Lu Xun, flipping casually to the last few pages: "...You can do that position?"

I don't believe it.

Many years later, when faced with a wife who insists they do it once and then take six days off, Lu Xun always remembers that distant afternoon when his wife broadened his horizons.

Gu Qingyan downs a gulp of tonic soup. "I'm not talking about it, I'm not talking about it."

Theme: A free spirit and honest love.