Late Return to the Nest

My new novel, A Guest of Spring's Many Visits Is So Hard to Handle, is out. The blurb is below!

Blurb for this novel:

A seemingly innocent but secretly cunning, rebellious Western doctor x a cool, reserved traditional Chinese doctor with a strong possessive streak

When Xia Xiao was seventeen, her family, who were about to move abroad, sent her to live with an old friend because she was too rebellious.

It was called living with someone, but the aunt barely came home either. In the enormous house, Xia Xiao did whatever she pleased every day.

Until one day, a woman who claimed to be the aunt's younger sister moved in. She was stunningly beautiful, yet cool and stern.

Xia Xiao thought they would simply keep out of each other's way. She would lock her door and carry on enjoying her freedom.

It wasn't until the woman dragged her off to study traditional Chinese medicine and all kinds of cultural subjects that she understood her predicament, through endless tears day and night.

She endured it for over a year before finally getting a chance to escape. She thought she would never see the woman again, but a few years later, she knocked on that door once more.

This time, she would make the woman pay her back for all those tears.

Yu Jin was born into a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and had been regarded as the heir since childhood. By a twist of fate, she ended up taking responsibility for a rebellious girl.

She spent a long time diligently teaching the girl all kinds of things, day and night.

In return, she got an "I hate you" and news that the girl had been accepted into a Western medicine program overseas.

Eight years later, when the girl returned, a friend asked Yu Jin if she was finally going to keep her canary by her side this time.

She smiled. She didn't want the girl to be a canary. She wanted her to soar above the clouds, like a wild goose that would always return.

1. No romantic relationship before adulthood!

2. Six-year age gap

My new novel, A Guest of Spring's Many Visits Is So Hard to Handle, is out. Blurb:

The owner of an old-town tavern, who is also a writer, x a flirtatious traditional Chinese painter

From the day Ye Zhengjing returned to the old town, she knew her life would be just like her mother's and sister's: running their two taverns and inns, year after year, meeting and parting with different passersby.

Then one day, a renowned painter visiting the old town to find scenery stopped by the tavern.

Ye Zhengjing didn't care how accomplished or famous she was, or whether the so-called aloof beauty really had a pair of captivating eyes.

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

Who could have guessed that the money would somehow drift from the tavern to the inn across the street?

After several days of an ambiguous business arrangement, the young boss returned to the tavern and issued an urgent notice:

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

Unfortunately, business still had to be done.

No one would turn away a Goddess of Fortune who came by every night.

They could only send her each evening to escort the drunk Miss Bai back to the inn just across the way.

After enough trips back and forth, there was bound to be a time when Ye Zhengjing was too slow to get away. The woman would pin her against the door, her peach-blossom eyes flashing with an amused smile. "Weren't you pretty bold that night, Boss Ye?"

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

She just hadn't expected that what she had with this woman would be more than a one-night fling...

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

She never expected to fall for someone in that century-old town.

Nor did she imagine she would truly be unable 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 listing the total cost of her months of spending at the tavern and inn.

She accepted the money and replied: The youngest boss gave good service, but her attitude wasn't great. Three stars at best.

That night, someone knocked at the door.

The cool, distant young boss stood outside, her handsome features clouded with complicated feelings. "You really dared to come back?"

1. Three-year age gap

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