The Flying Sparrow's Journey

The paranormal ensemble novella "The Qilin Scroll" is available for preorder. Blurb below.

Wild, free-spirited playboy bottom × brooding, repressed, celibate top.

For twenty years, he roamed the martial world as a carefree cannon-fodder NPC.

Then one day, Que Bufei offended Shen Yintong, the biggest villain in the book.

The story barely describes this villain, but it's enough to show he's thoroughly evil.

Que Bufei immediately lost his nerve, ran for his life, and hid in the mountains for years.

Thinking the danger had passed, he sneaked back out, only to bump straight into the villain's chest.

Que Bufei: Mmm! Nice and squishy! (Fearlessly kneads.)

The next moment, he was pinned hard beneath the villain's foot.

Que Bufei yelped in pain,

then stammered out, "Could you... step somewhere else?"

The villain: ?

Que Bufei: Somewhere more dignified.

The villain looked down at him. "I think this is dignified."

Shen Yintong had never met anyone quite so shameless.

He was sly, lazy, and always sticking his nose into Shen Yintong's business. A real nuisance.

He was clearly ridiculous beyond belief...

And yet Shen Yintong couldn't take his eyes off him.

The two resented each other and fought constantly.

But somehow, their hands kept finding one another, and they kept getting closer.

They fought until they wound up in bed together. Fine. But why were their clothes getting less and less presentable?!

Que Bufei's ending: Orz

Scene 1:

Today, Shen Zhuo challenged him to a fight.

Que Bufei went to meet him, full of swagger.

"Hmph! I've gotten so much stronger lately. You definitely won't pin me down again! Hahahahahaha! Hehehehehe..."

Shen Zhuo just stared at him, blushing, as if he were about to deliver his usual threat.

After a long wait, he finally said,

"I like you."

Que Bufei: ?

Wait a minute. You're out of character.

A sourpuss paired with a shameless flirt. A man of few words paired with someone who never shuts up.

Reading Guide:

1. The top and bottom are instinctively attracted to each other. The top has a touch-starved fixation on the bottom.

2. This is an ensemble story. I'll probably tell the supporting characters' stories in extras, so they won't interfere too much with the main plot.

3. There are lots of tomb-raiding and adventure scenes, but nothing scary.

4. The top and bottom's old grudge won't affect their relationship. It dates back to the top's childhood, so I'll cover it in an extra.

5. The entire novel is finished, so it won't be abandoned. Read without worry.

Note: This is not traditional, serious wuxia. The characters transmigrate into a fanfic where everyone has climbed Mount Kongtong in the middle of the night! Expect lots of memes and jokes, with a comedic style! The protagonist talks a mile a minute! This is not a serious drama, this is not a serious drama, this is not a serious drama!!!! (Sorry if it makes your eyes bleed.)

Official title: "The Wandering Sparrow"

It'll be changed back after completion.

Over 520,000 words.

VIP release date: May 27, 2025.

First VIP chapter: Chapter 22.

● Paranormal ensemble novella available for preorder, "The Qilin Scroll":

Delicate, tearful, albino, sickly top × gentle, virtuous immortal who's been around forever.

Silly, endearing little firecracker top × gentle, patient, steady bottom.

To repay a kindness, a qilin hid the deceased youngest son of the Yu family inside its inner core, holding him in its mouth until his soul was restored.

Once he was healthy and well, the qilin delivered him to his family.

When the boy grew up, the consequences of defying fate finally arrived.

Yu Zhenshan had wicked designs on him, staring straight at his backside!

Only after Yu Zhenshan had thoroughly ravished him

did he understand what people meant by "repaying kindness with betrayal."

Yu Zhenshan: "I like you! So what if I do? I have a human heart, and you've stolen my soul. Am I not allowed to like you?"

The qilin: "What nonsense are you talking? Didn't the Yu family raise you right?"

Yu Zhenshan: "Why not say you failed to raise me right while you were carrying me in your mouth?"

How could that be?

I raised you plump and pretty. (Fuming.)

Yu Zhenshan was the Yu family's precious only son.

The third branch had no heirs. One branch was gay, and another was devoted to their careers.

Only his mother was left to suffer, miscarrying again and again without success.

Just as the family line was about to die out, Yu Zhenshan came wailing into the world, though he was terribly frail.

Doted on and pampered, the treasured darling of a prominent capital family grew up.

The Yu family: As long as our little ancestor lives a healthy life to ninety-nine, he can do anything, even something outrageous enough to make Heaven strike him down. We won't mind.

Yu Zhenshan: Eat, drink, have fun, and sleep with our ancestor.

Blasphemy! Rebellion! How could this not be an outrage worthy of Heaven's wrath?

The entire Yu family would be too ashamed to face their ancestors in the afterlife! We should all hang ourselves right now!

To make his darling give up, the qilin faked his death and slipped away.

But his darling wouldn't give up. He came out to the whole family at the ancestral shrine.

Darling: "I'm gay."

The Yu family: "That's fine! Which young master do you like?"

Darling: "He's older than me."

The Yu family: "That's fine! Older men know how to care for people."

Darling: "By tens of thousands of years."

The Yu family: ?

Darling: "Never mind. I'm going to burn incense for my husband."

The Yu family watched their beloved boy bow again and again before the statue of their ancestor...

The Yu family: Dead.

The qilin: Alive.

As the immortal ancestor the Yu family had worshiped for a century, Xie Xingzhi was troubled and conflicted over failing to set the young master on the right path.

Though he loved him dearly, he was also full of guilt.

So that day, he lay on the bed,

hesitating and stammering. "Y-you can go ahead."

"My darling, raised among gold and jade..."

How can you be so fierce?! Are you using every ounce of strength you'll ever have in this life?! Orz!!!

"Within a mote of dust are three thousand worlds; in half a fleeting instant, eighty thousand visions."

Theme: Stay positive and never give up.