Following the Creek

A short, sweet romance of around 100,000 words After being reborn, Ye Zhuxi discovers that being around her husband from her past life, Zhang Xingzhi, makes her feel good. Whenever she gets close to him, she can't help wanting to touch him, kiss him, and take things further. Sometimes, scenes of them being intimate even come to mind: in the bridal chamber, in front of the mirror, in the study, and in... All of those scenes eventually come true. In her past life, Ye Zhuxi and Zhang Xingzhi married not because they loved each other, but because their parents arranged it and a matchmaker brought them together. More importantly, he held a high position at court and had an excellent reputation. He was gentle as jade, kindhearted as a bodhisattva, and an ideal match. Now, she has been reborn one year into their marriage. Just as in her previous life, they act like a loving couple in front of others. In private, he follows the way of a gentleman and treats her with tenderness and consideration. But Ye Zhuxi knows that in truth, there isn't much real affection between them. Just as Ye Zhuxi thinks everything is no different from her previous life, she gradually realizes that something about Zhang Xingzhi seems off. He kills people as casually as if he were peeling a radish. Later, she accidentally wanders into a place and discovers it is covered in portraits of her, with her name filling the walls. The place seems steeped in a frenzied, twisted obsession, both mad and uncanny. And the estate belongs to Zhang Xingzhi. Just as Ye Zhuxi is about to leave, she hears the quiet sound of a door opening behind her. She turns and sees Zhang Xingzhi enter. His shadow falls over her, but his voice is as gentle as ever. "So you saw it all." Ye Zhuxi looks at him, and more inexplicable scenes come to mind... Something about being tied up, bound. The scene is set in this very room, covered in portraits of her. 1. A married-life romance with a focus on everyday life. 2. An alternate version of the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties, mixed with a bit of everything else. 3. Synopsis written on 2025/1/17, with a screenshot dated that day as proof. Completed on 2025/9/15. Coming soon: Welcome to the Adult Dating Game When Nian Zhi wakes up one day, she finds a game called "Adult Dating" on her phone. No matter what she does, she can't uninstall it. She is transported into the game world to date people. Her assigned love interest happens to be her young landlord, Tan Congxu. He is of mixed Chinese and foreign heritage, comes from an excellent family, and is a bona fide child of destiny. But he has a nasty personality, is arrogant and rude, and looks down on absolutely everyone, including her. If Nian Zhi so much as touches him, he has to wipe his hands, claiming to have severe germophobia. For this reason, Tan Congxu has never dated anyone. He seems practically asexual. He dislikes being touched and can't stand intimate interactions with other people. He thinks kissing means getting someone else's saliva in your mouth, which is disgusting. And yet this very person enters the game with her... Dating Stage One: Hug for one minute. Dating Stage Two: Kiss the other person's cheek. Dating Stage Three: Kiss for at least ten minutes without stopping. Dating Stage Four: Caress the other person with your hands. Dating Stage Five: Gradually increase physical contact, such as kissing the other person's body. Dating Stage Six: Take a bath together. Win the challenges and survive. Fail, and you'll be trapped in the game forever. Nian Zhi hopes she and Tan Congxu can work together to beat it. Tan Congxu doesn't want to be trapped forever either, so he swallows his disgust and agrees. But little by little, something changes. At the final stage, players can change their love interest. Nian Zhi decisively chooses to switch. Tan Congxu is clearly not normal. The further she gets in the game, the more excited he becomes. He doesn't just swallow her saliva, he even swallows her... Synopsis written on 2026/4/27, with a screenshot dated that day as proof. Coming soon: My Unrequited Love Is the Demon Lord A sincere girl x a snake demon Hua Shijing has been orphaned since childhood. Her neighbors think she's bad luck and are always bullying her, blaming her whenever anything goes wrong. Her uncle and aunt spend all day thinking of ways to marry her off. Hua Shijing only wants to get away and live in the bustling capital. The year she came of age, she met a handsome, gentle, and courteous young gentleman. She heard he was a civil official from the capital. After they had spent some time together, he asked if she would leave with him and marry him. Of course Hua Shijing is willing to leave. More importantly, ever since she met him, no one has dared to bully her. There's just one strange thing: everyone who bullied her has died. Their remains are nowhere to be found, as if something ate them, leaving only a pool of blood. Xiao Zixi is a snake demon and the Demon Lord. Once his cultivation reaches a certain level, he must undergo a tribulation of love. He must go to the human world and find a wife, then earn her love to break through to the next level. After they marry, he keeps a close eye on his wife's feelings at all times. His wife doesn't like kissing for longer than a quarter of an hour. She says she can't breathe and wants to pull away. Snakes are lustful and have mating seasons. His wife can't be intimate with him for too long because she's only a frail human and can't take it; she'll faint. Besides, he can't reveal his true form. A snake's body is vastly different from a human's, with two sets of organs. She is his wife, so he should accommodate her. But although his wife keeps saying she likes him and loves him, his cultivation shows no sign of breaking through. Only belatedly does Xiao Zixi realize that his wife doesn't like him or love him. She's only using him. Also, his wife seems to have recently noticed that his true form is a snake. When they are intimate, his snake tail keeps appearing against his will and wrapping around her, frightening her into thinking a bug has crawled onto the bed. Synopsis written on 2025/12/8, with a screenshot dated that day as proof. Theme: The world isn't simply black and white. All that matters is having a clear conscience.