Hide the Nightingale

[Main story complete; bonus chapters are still being updated. Next book: Night of Lost Ways]

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#Powerful Beijing socialite 🦊 × Hong Kong heiress 🦋

#Age gap / two wealthy families marry first, fall in love later / stern, fatherly type × proud, flirtatious beauty

Blurb:

Lin An, the new head of the Lin family in Beijing, is famous for his cold nature and lack of desire.

Shen Qizhen, the pampered young heiress of the Shen family in Hong Kong, is proud and radiant.

Beijing and Hong Kong are a thousand miles apart, and these two are just as different in personality.

When news of the two families’ arranged marriage went public, Hong Kong was in an uproar!

What?! Fourth Miss Shen’s new husband is some outsider from Beijing?!

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One day, Lin An landed in Hong Kong and headed straight to the party she was attending.

The party was lively, and Fourth Miss Shen was surrounded by admirers.

A male friend asked who he was.

Shen Qizhen hesitated. “Well, we’re not exactly close…”

Lin An nodded calmly. “Mm. Her legal spouse.”

Maybe they really weren’t that close.

Everyone: “…”

2:

Everyone knew the marriage between the Lin and Shen families was nothing more than a union of convenience.

Shen Qizhen thought so too.

But after the wedding, things gradually started to feel… off.

“This doesn’t seem quite right.”

“What doesn’t?”

Shen Qizhen fell silent, cheeks hot as she shot him a reluctant glance. “I can sit by myself.”

Lin An’s fingertips casually brushed her waist as he patiently reasoned with her. “Mrs. Lin, I already indulged you earlier and didn’t kiss you in front of your childhood sweetheart.”

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At first, when people asked why they had married,

Lin An’s answer was: an arranged marriage between our families.

They would treat each other with courtesy, without needing to talk about love or bear any emotional burden.

But later, he was the first to find that arrangement unsatisfying.

All his love for her had quietly blossomed after their wedding.

“Qizhen, I’ll give you your freedom, but you have to let me love you too.”

[Reader’s Guide]

-SC | HE | 5-year age gap | Beijing-Hong Kong romance | ensemble cast | equally matched leads

-Marriage first, love later; the aloof, untouchable beauty bows to her husband

-Radiant, proud heiress 🦋 vs. seemingly celibate, calculating power player 🦊

-There’s a family-background trope, and the family relationships are in my comfort zone. An unconventional take on mistaken identities and switched-at-birth heiresses.

-The story of the heroine’s older brother from Plucking Roses. The characterizations are unchanged, though the timeline may differ. The two books stand alone and can be read separately~

Coming next ↓ Please add it to your reading list! Love you all!

Night of Lost Ways

[The powerful one lowers his head / groveling ex]

Blurb:

When they were young and reckless, neither would back down when they clashed.

After facing off against him several times,

she was the first to retreat.

Lin Tingsong accepted an offer placed before her without hesitation, then left the city, determined never to see him again.

I’ll never love Wen Hengzhi again, she thought.

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Years after their breakup, she had indeed never set foot in North City again.

But work brought her back, and the very next day they ran into each other.

As they reminisced over dinner, someone complimented her: “That’s a clever idea.”

The mood was light, and Lin Tingsong joined in with a laugh. “My ex taught me.”

As the meal was ending, she got up to go to the restroom.

To her surprise, someone was waiting outside when she came out.

He asked coolly, “Did I teach you?”

She curled her lips. “Did I say it was you?”

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/She wants him to bow to her for the rest of his life.

/They were young and inexperienced back then, and didn’t understand the depth of their feelings.

A crossover story with The Moonlight Won’t Cross the River, about the heroine’s older brother.

The blurb is still being polished. Add it to your reading list for now, everyone~ It’ll be a great read, I promise!!

Upcoming story ↓ Please add this one too! The one after this is still undecided. The title may change, so save it and you won’t lose track!

Mistaken Moonlight

[Forced cohabitation / possessive love / the powerful one lowers his head / groveling ex]

Blurb:

In the years that followed, as she traveled far and made a life elsewhere,

she gradually came to understand more deeply

The “Zhong” in Mr. Zhong’s name was the Zhong of wealth and privilege.

And the Zhong that stood between them like an unbridgeable gulf.

/Mr. Zhong, I don’t dare imagine how much you love me.

Theme: Like mountains standing firm and rivers flowing onward, may the wind rise and the crops flourish. Keep striving upward, and love each other better.