Snow on Distant Branches

[Not well-written, so I don't recommend it, babies!]

Reborn, Yao Zhixue is determined to change her fate of dying in misery in her previous life. Before the real daughter returns, she plans to marry herself off.

But choosing a groom proves difficult.

If she wants her parents to agree on short notice, it has to be someone they can't refuse.

Looking across Yanjing, the only suitable candidate is the unruly heir to the Prince of Huaibei.

So she pulls out all the stops, even disguising herself as a man to chase him to the academy.

But no matter what she does, he won't give in.

Yet when Yao Zhixue chooses someone else, he storms into her room, seething with rage.

"You let him pick up your handkerchief?"

His bright black eyes, as if tempered in fire, fix on her.

"You provoke me and still think you can marry someone else? In your dreams!"

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Rong Qiu hates being deceived more than anything.

That's why he never dares to believe everything Yao Zhixue says.

But she is just too clingy, so he has no choice but to come to her home and ask for her hand.

That very day, he hears her telling someone else:

"Anyone will do. I just don't want to stay at the Yao residence."

He remembers all the sweet nothings she'd said to him.

It doesn't matter if they were lies. Sooner or later, he'll make them come true.

*

Rong Qiu understands that although Yao Zhixue says she likes him, there isn't a trace of love in her eyes.

She has always had him dancing in the palm of her hand.

But he doesn't mind.

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An irresponsible little scene:

Rong Qiu is always furious with Yao Zhixue.

Her way of making it up to him is:

(peeking around): Are you really crying?

Rong Qiu (hurriedly wiping away his tears, speaking harshly): No!

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A proud, fierce heir who gets very jealous * a dense girl who can't flirt but tries anyway

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An unconventional story of a girl disguised as a man

Imperfect characters

A light, fluffy story, just read it for fun

A sweet little treat

A short story, around 200,000 characters at most

Highly fictionalized, so don't take it too seriously

Romance-focused

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Yu Youyang has a special constitution and has been pampered since childhood. Before her father went into seclusion, he found her a furnace cauldron to cultivate from.

That night, Yu Youyang dreams that the world she lives in is a book, and her powerful father is nothing more than an opportunity for the male lead to ascend.

So the first thing she does after waking up is insist that they send the furnace cauldron away.

But her father, who has always doted on her, refuses.

"Youyang, it's not that I don't agree, but you can only survive by cultivating from him."

Her plan fails. Dejected, Yu Youyang returns to her room. As soon as she opens the door, she sees Yan Chi's pale, feeble face, worn out from being cultivated from too much.

"Young Lady," he says, forcing a smile. "Did I do something wrong? Are you dissatisfied with me?"

Looking at the face he shares with the male lead in her dream, Yu Youyang resolves to make him leave of his own accord.

She tries everything she can think of. Even as he kneels to put her shoes on, she doesn't forget to mock him:

"You're nothing but a dog I raised."

Yan Chi chuckles softly, tightening his grip on her slender ankle. He looks up at her, his gaze burning. "Then will the young lady keep only me as her dog?"

Yu Youyang: "?"

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Almost everyone in the cultivation world knows that Yu Youyang keeps a furnace cauldron. He is exceptionally talented, and his cultivation advances by leaps and bounds.

Someone makes a jealous remark: "No matter how impressive he is, he's still just a lowly furnace cauldron."

The person in question overhears.

Rumor has it that this furnace cauldron is cold-blooded and ruthless, and everyone is on edge.

But Yan Chi says shyly, "It's my honor to be the young lady's furnace cauldron."

Everyone: ...

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Yu Youyang's fiance comes to see her and knocks for ages, but no one answers.

He's puzzled. Didn't she ask him to come at this time?

Inside the room, Yan Chi wraps his arms around Yu Youyang from behind. His warm lips slide from her neck to her ear, and his voice is a little hoarse.

"Shh, Young Lady. You wouldn't want him to hear us, would you?"

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A slightly yandere heroine × a not-quite-right hero

Theme: Face life with optimism