The Keepsake I Gave Was Bought Wholesale

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Also known as "They All Went Crazy After I Faked My Death": Fake death, hidden identity revealed, and a romantic rivalry showdown

A gentle, elegant top scorer / a cool, pure-hearted young heir to a prince / a stern, aloof junior judge of the Court of Judicial Review / a spirited, dashing middle-ranking general

On the very first day Yan Zhao was recognized by the Yan family, she was faced with a huge problem.

She had been a little Taoist nun staying at the Lotus Temple. Her income usually came from selling incense plaques she made herself, so she would often sweet-talk young masters and noblemen, spinning them stories about love. Surely they'd forget all about her as soon as they turned around. With so many noble young ladies in the city, who would remember her?

But after she faked her death and left, they all went mad, demanding to open her coffin and examine her body. They refused to believe she'd died of a sudden illness.

Yet now, their names all appeared right before her eyes.

This was the guest list for the banquet the Yan family had arranged to welcome their daughter home.

Yan Zhao: Thanks, but no thanks. I just got back and already want to leave.

Even though she did her best to dress so she looked different from before, several cups shattered around the banquet hall as soon as she appeared.

The free-spirited Fengyi middle-ranking general stopped visiting the Lotus Temple and began spending every day in the teahouse nearest the Yan residence.

The stern, cold Chief Judge of the Court of Judicial Review would lose himself for a moment when he saw her, lower his head and apologize, then hurry away as if some painful memory had been stirred up.

The usually cool and detached heir to Prince Xiang's family was caught mumbling her name while under the effects of an aphrodisiac.

And the man who had promised to marry her after coming first in the imperial examinations turned out to be her father's favorite student. She couldn't help running into him at the residence all the time, but every time he looked at her, Yan Zhao felt a chill creep down her back.

She had no idea how much viscous emotion those brown-black eyes held.

Yan Zhao sighed.

All she'd done was sell them incense plaques for two taels of silver more than they were worth. Why were they all acting like they wanted to cling to her?

It wasn't like they were tokens of love.

Hm? Did she actually call them tokens of love back then?

Before you read:

1. All male leads are sexually inexperienced.

2. Many details are authorial invention. Please don't nitpick historical accuracy.

3. This isn't a choose-your-own-husband story. The main story has an open ending, with separate routes in the bonus chapters.

3. Hope you enjoy reading! Come chat in the comments!

4. Please don't offer unsolicited writing advice.

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Coming soon: "The Harem Protagonist, But a Mecha Pilot"

A romantic rivalry showdown with one woman and many love interests, plus a coming-of-age story about mechs in space.

20,0000 words already drafted. Join with confidence.

Song Zhenyi, a new student just accepted into military academy, dies unexpectedly the day before registration. When she wakes up, a System has appeared in her mind. From then on, she starts working to help the original story get back on track.

Unfortunately, because the original story is a one-on-one romance, she not only has to maintain a harem, but also has to keep the fish in each pond from finding out about one another...

She had no intention of tempting anyone, but the System's "compulsions" made the harem grow larger and larger.

But can anyone tell her why these people jumped into her pond one after another before she even made a move to win them over? Some of them even went out of their way to join.

When you keep walking by the pond, it's only a matter of time before you fall in. When the romantic rivalry showdown finally arrives, all she can do is try to explain carefully:

Actually, I have my reasons... If I say this wasn't what I wanted, will you believe me?

The handsome, broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted mecha student pins her against the wall, slowly rubbing his lips against hers as he asks, "That time, did you call me 'Zhouzhou' or... 'Zhouzhou'?"

The cool, shy youth wraps his arms around her from behind, brushing his lips over the pale nape of her neck again and again as he murmurs, "Zhenyi... Isn't having me enough?"

The frail young master embraces her with one arm while scrolling through photos of her with other people with the other. His gaze is cold as he carefully presses kisses to the flushed face of the person in his arms.

The stern, aloof major general slowly wipes the tears from her face. Looking into her eyes, he says earnestly, "It's all right. As long as it's you, anything is fine."

Song Zhenyi had thought she'd stumbled into all this by coincidence, and kept her distance as an outsider. At worst, she'd flirt and run. After all, she was only an insignificant supporting character. But as she repeatedly revisits her memories, she discovers that she seems to have a deeper connection with them.

--Memory World 1

Post-apocalyptic world: Brothers turn against each other in a romantic rivalry showdown

Cold, sharp executive / refined, scheming researcher x clever, sunny puppy-like girl

--Memory World 2

Western fantasy world

Cool, holy priest / rebellious, passionate knight x noble girl marked by an evil spirit

Reading guide:

1. All male leads are sexually inexperienced.

2. Warning: classic Mary Sue harem fantasy.

--Coming soon: "Inciting a Rebellion in a Romantic Rivalry Showdown"--

Romantic rivalry showdown / godfather and adopted son turn against each other

A gentle, sinister regent with overwhelming power / a passionate, sunny young general x a cool, spirited little Taoist with an aloof attitude

To avenge her family, Xie Xiyun is willing to put herself in harm's way.

Grand Academician Du Xun gives her to Prince Jin, Shen Jingyuan, who holds the imperial court firmly in his grasp.

When Prince Jin was still the third prince, countless people in the capital had fallen for his gentle, lotus-like face. Now that he has risen to high office, even more people flock to him.

But ever since she entered the prince's residence, bluish-purple marks would often appear on her body. She assumed she'd bumped into something during the day, until one night she woke from a nightmare and saw a shadow cast on the screen. Only then did she understand...

Later, she sneaks into the study to search for secret intelligence, only to find a pile of her discarded belongings in a cabinet. Even inside a locked sandalwood box, she discovers her own intimate undergarments.

Only then does Xie Xiyun realize that the aloof Prince Jin, who seems so heartless, has a dark and deranged side.

Realizing she has nothing to gain from Shen Jingyuan, she turns her attention to Pei Xiao instead.

She seduces Shen Jingyuan's adopted son.

Though seduction might not be the right word. Ever since their first meeting, the young general has stuck to her like soft candy clinging to a hem, impossible to shake off. His love is like the most vibrant flower in spring, passionate, magnificent, and brimming with life.

But Xie Xiyun doesn't need flowers.

On her chessboard, there have only ever been blades and bloodshed.

Driving a wedge between Shen Jingyuan and Pei Xiao seems easy enough. Shen Jingyuan was Pei Xiao's adoptive father for seven years, but when it came time to act, he didn't seem to hold back.

Xie Xiyun watches with cold eyes.

In the game for the realm, she is a chess piece. But where that piece lands is for her alone to decide.

A female lead who trains men like dogs. I like writing dark, obsessive men who hold power in their positions but are at the bottom in their relationships.

Content warnings:

1. The female lead is not a good person and will become emperor.

2. All male leads are sexually inexperienced.

3. The female lead mostly uses the male lead for her own ends.

Intended theme: In life, never place your faith in just one person