Kissing the Crane

[My new novel, A Thousand Autumns with Hairpins, is now underway. Please add it to your collection 🥺]

[My first book, so the writing isn't great. Read at your discretion (≧.≦)/]

Blurb:

Steady, clever traveling physician x proud, sharp-tongued heir

“What did you come into this life for?”

“For someone from my past.”

Even after two lifetimes, Song Wan still couldn't understand why she had married this sharp-tongued, proud heir.

When they first met, Liang Heng mistook Song Wan for a suspect and observed her for days. Yet she was disciplined and proper, and showed no unusual behavior.

Liang Heng thought to himself, “This woman is quite calculating. She must be kept under close watch.”

Then he saw her in danger. Before the guards could act, he put himself at risk to save her.

Guard: ??

Song Wan: Thank you, Your Lordship.

On a bright moonlit night, trees of fire and silver blossoms lit up the sky.

Liang Heng lowered his eyes and glimpsed her soaked clothes, then looked away.

He touched his burning ears and thought, Her looks are nothing special. Why should they catch my eye?

Song Wan (feigning helplessness): Hmph.

The young man did not yet know that the only person who would ever find a place in his heart was right here.

He found the cure for his madness in a heart hardened by cold, and from then on, found his way to a happy ending.

As for A Wan, only after returning to the world once more did she understand that she had not come back for obsession or revenge.

The people from her past she met were no longer veiled only in blood-red gauze. Beneath the clash of blades lay hearts still true, and beneath their ragged clothes beat the steadfast spirits of gentlemen.

In short:

[Rebirth + romance + unserious crime-solving + a touch of ensemble cast]

☆☆ [This is the next book I'll start]

Blurb for the next book, A Thousand Autumns with Hairpins:

Blurb, version n

Sometimes, Pei Zhangchang was so exasperated by the little rascal he had raised himself that his heart ached, the bite mark she had left burning on his chest.

Even worse, history later recorded those chaotic days as nothing more than “the young Gaozu was mischievous.”

Those six words concealed things nobody else knew.

For instance, once they had quarreled again over her studies, and in his anger he'd snapped, “Even a pig's brain should be able to memorize a couple of lines by now.” She puffed up her cheeks, locked the door, and refused to come out, looking ready to starve herself to death.

Even Nanny couldn't coax her out.

As the day wore on, Pei Zhangchang finally gave in.

He knocked on the door, his voice sinking despite himself. “Baojiu, come out and eat.”

The person inside was quiet for a moment, then walked to the door and muttered, “What Baojiu? That's a kind of wine. I'm a pig's brain, a pig's brain, a pig's brain! Hmph!”

She sounded so pitiful and adorable that Pei Zhangchang and the people around him couldn't help laughing.

“Enough. Even a pig's brain will get a smack on the hand if it doesn't come out to eat.”

Pei Zhangchang meant what he said, so the sulking girl inside opened the door in a panic.

Eating at the same table again. How annoying!

That's what she thought as she coldly ate three bowls.

She couldn't help it. It was all her favorite food qaq

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