My new novel, "Hide the Monster Sister Away", is currently updating.
[Washerwoman x male courtesan]
Yi'er quietly washed clothes at a male courtesan house for years. In the blink of an eye, she turned twenty, and still hadn't found anyone willing to marry her.
The matchmaker teased her: "There are so many handsome men in the house. Not a single one caught your eye?"
Yi'er thought about it. "They smell too much of powder. I'm not interested."
Someone like that probably wouldn't like her, either.
Yi'er and he were both ordinary people, and they thought life would continue peacefully like this.
Until an old blind man who played the qin kept tossing copper coins into the well and left behind a bloodstained letter.
Until a woman in a bamboo hat dropped off a packet of wound medicine and said, "Give it to that child."
It turned out that the world held more than soapwort and face powder. There were also flashing blades and the chivalrous spirit.
Someone asked her, "Don't you want to go see the martial world?"
Yi'er shook out a bedsheet. "The martial world won't dry my sheets for me."
She wanted security; he wanted freedom.
In the vast martial world, they were simply two duckweed leaves swept together by the water.
They sought the light at the heart of the mire and found some joy amid their suffering. That was their life.
Before you read:
1. This is a labor of love based on my personal tastes. If you enjoy stories about people with unusual identities who should be twisted and bitter but instead support each other, come on in! If this kind of setup bothers you, read with caution!
2. Everyday life mixed with the extraordinary. Light wuxia, bittersweet tone.
3. My own worldbuilding. The establishment serves women only.
Blurb for "Hide the Monster Sister Away":
In the fifth year after the blue rain arrived, her elder sister got caught in it and turned into a man-eating monster.
Handing her over was out of the question, so Xiang Zhu could only secretly keep her fed.
From then on, she had to check that the water in a cup was really water before drinking it, remind her sister not to reach into the fridge, and be careful about mopping the floor in case her sister was asleep there...
Xiang Zhu had never even killed a chicken, but at night she carried a kitchen knife into dangerous areas, gagging as she picked up pieces of corpses.
Xiang Zhu had always been law-abiding and honest, but now she was full of lies, dodging the official teams sent to eliminate monsters.
Little by little, Xiang Zhu learned that monsters had different tastes:
Her colleague, who had turned into a rain person, loved gnawing on unscrupulous bosses.
The girl who was a fan prioritized eating her favorite celebrity's rivals.
And her own sister wouldn't touch her, even when hunger had reduced her to a puddle of water.
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After the blue rain arrived, some people turned into monsters, while others gained supernatural powers and became heroes. Xiang Zhu was just an ordinary office worker, one year out of university, who trembled with fear for her sister every day.
She did everything she could, rushing around in a panic. A pair of eyes was always watching her silently from the corner.
No matter how little people understood, Xiang Zhu would never give up. The one she was raising wasn't a monster. She was the person Xiang Zhu loved most in the world.
"I'm an ant in society's towering buildings, but I still want to be a giant in front of you."
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When Xiang Deng was watching "The Metamorphosis", she once asked her younger sister what she would do if she suddenly turned into a cockroach.
Her sister laughed and replied, "I'd build you a little house and make sure you had plenty of good food and drink."
Theme: No matter how awful life's script is, you have to keep going.
After finishing it, I liked the "play within a play" written by the author the most, including the story of the scholar and the snake. Like the heroine, I cried through it. I like the author's writing techniques, such as montage-like dramatic transitions and some blank processing, which is great??
The threesome here is the best... That Xu Liang is really that annoying kind of "honest person". In fact, he is selfish and stupid. When a situation arises, he doesn't think about right or wrong. He only thinks about his own shame. Even if his wife is the victim, he still blames her. He only thinks about himself in everything [rolls eyes]
Really, why did I cry several times even though I was indifferent. Because the author's description is so good, although I always want Qiao An and Yi Er to be together, I am also worried about hurting Xu Liang. He is a person who works very hard to learn to be kind to his wife. Thank you for his initiative to let go, but why did it end suddenly 😭 😭 Can I make a sequel?
Ang, I feel that things have come to this, there is no such thing as he or not, everyone is just trying their best to live.
I particularly like this story. I cried several times during the middle of the night. The relationship between Qiao An and Yi Er is simple and innocent. They first formed a friendship by chance. After experiencing deception, they trusted each other more and became lifelong friends. Qiao An liked Yi Er and felt sorry for her, but Yi Er's feelings were always unclear. If it weren't for the threat of entering the palace, there would still be time for them to experience and clarify their feelings for each other🥹 Unfortunately, Qiao'an couldn't help Yi'er without redeeming herself. In the end, it really hurts me to see the two of them so far apart... Especially Yi'er endured, got used to, and adjusted in a new relationship. Although he was lonely, sad, and missed his friends, he also worked hard to run the marriage😭 Qiao'an, Although he redeemed himself and bravely expressed his feelings to Yier, he was still rejected. The person who was most afraid of loneliness said it didn't matter... Thank you... We can be happy together in the next life😭... Every encounter is precious, and every separation makes me afraid that we will never meet again. With such a cherished mood, carefully cherish the person in your heart...😭
At the beginning, Wan Jin's appearance gave me a very bad impression of her. After seeing the story of Swordsman, I vaguely knew that it was a true story, but I didn't expect that the female thief turned out to be Wan Jin, and I didn't expect that she would tear up the letter (maybe because I thought it was a tender story), and I didn't expect that she would later say that everything was just to become a master. Although the description of her is not long, it surprised me again and again. There is no doubt that Yi'er is a very good person. Everything about Zhubi's return to Guanyu Hall made me panic. I didn't want him to fall in love with Yi'er, and what he went through would make him a loving person. I also didn't want him to stay in Guanyu Hall forever. He has his own ideas and desires, and he shouldn't be trapped by these. Fortunately, nothing I was afraid of happened. (As for whether he likes Yi Er or not, it doesn't matter as he said) This is the ending I like very much. I noticed Yingyu and Ye Weichun early in the morning. Yingyu always said that Ye Weichun asked her to clean up early, and the ending was as I thought. But I still took a chance when Ye Weichun made his promise, maybe... Maybe they can really make it happen? Because Yingyu was very happy during that time, I couldn't bear to think about her unhappiness. Fortunately, Yingyu finally found happiness. She always pursued love bravely, and she deserved such happiness. (I cried when I read Ying Yu's Marriage. I always felt that the parting at that time was a lifetime, and the transportation links were not as developed as they are now. The separation was really forever. Fortunately, the author gave me the bridge of letters, so I wouldn't be sad for a long time) Regarding Hongying, in that letter I learned that he also had his own little thoughts and tricks, which I liked to hear, but later I always felt that he was not full enough (perhaps because the author said at the end that he wanted to focus more on one person, so Hongying was missing a little bit). But everything between him and Yier made me feel warm. Maybe this lack of fullness made me feel safe with him, because he will not do anything to hurt Yier, and as long as Yier looks back, he will always be there. The interaction between him and Yi Er always makes me wander between friendship and love, which is blurry. I can't even tell what kind of friendship it is, but I seem to understand the mutual support mentioned in the text better. He always said that what I am best at is waiting, which makes me sad the most. At the beginning, he made a decision that he made after two years of free observation in vain. Yier, who had been waiting patiently, got married. He was afraid of being lonely and always told Yier not to forget him, and that it would be okay to forget him. Xu Liang is a very interesting person. I understand his ego and doesn't know how to love others. A person who has relied on himself since childhood will indeed be more immersed in himself. His reticence is really annoying. He doesn't ask or explain when things happen, which makes people feel frustrated. I am even more angry at his lack of consideration and attentiveness. But think about it, isn't this normal? Not everyone is like Qiao An and Ying Yu, and it is precisely because of Xu Liang that Yi Er understands his own feelings better. He is not a perfect person, but he is not a bad person either. In the end, he chose to get married with a lover, which can be regarded as a turning point for this person, from being altruistic to altruistic. I remember that after Yi'er got married, she was having dinner with everyone. She was distracted thinking about everything in Guanyu Pavilion. I think Xu Liang should have noticed it at that time, which also made his subsequent success a little more interesting. 10
Oh my god, my contract has been terminated. Oh no, no, my writing style is really good. Will you go to other platforms? Woo woo woo
I really liked the story in Guanyu Pavilion, and I didn't write about it anymore. I didn't even write about the story of the male and female protagonists getting together. What a pity. What shocked me the most in the whole story was that Hongying had such a character at the beginning. Such a character turned out to be the male protagonist, but I was still quite interested in this kind of character [Like]
Throw flowers!! I finished reading it in one go. I liked Yi'er's character very much from the beginning. She is a very down-to-earth and kind-hearted girl. I am very happy to see her and Qiao An get together in the end! In fact, in the plot, Yi Er makes choices based on his own ideas, whether to accompany Mr. Chai or to manage his marriage to Xu Liang. I personally want to call this a quality that represents a "good person". Being brave and shouldering responsibility is not something that can be done easily, so when she chose to take up the burden because she cared about others, as an outsider, I felt that there was no need for her to do it, but at the same time, I admired her for having the courage to choose to do so. What surprised me the most was the final scene after getting married to Xu Liang, because there wasn't enough foreshadowing from the moment Yingyu was asked to take care of the baby to the moment Yier got married urgently. It felt a little rushed, and the plot setting was quite forced. Moreover, there are not many chapters left in the later chapters (maybe because I have read less short stories), and I am a little worried that the process of Yi Er and Qiao An's mutual understanding will also be rushed. Unexpectedly, the process of their emotions from enlightenment to regret and finally consummation was explained in detail and smoothly later. The atmosphere around Yi'er after she got married to Xu Liang made me feel like there was no end in sight at first, but Yi'er took the initiative to influence and change Xu Liang. Seeing the change in Xu Liang's attitude towards Yi'er, I thought, "I'm so desperate. Is there something about Xu Liang that makes Yi'er unhappy?" Can the marriage be dissolved naturally if Yi'er is hurt? "Xu Liang began to change his mind and learn from Yi'er. It's not wrong to live a good life in an ordinary way. How to do it!" But the last chapter mainly uses Xu Liang's perspective to show his feelings about the relationship between Yi'er and Qiao'an. It's actually not too surprising, but I still want to sigh. I really didn't expect that in the end it was because of the good qualities of the three people that they compared each other's feelings and reached the final ending. After seeing Yi'er confess his feelings and choices to Xu Liang and Qiao An, he buried his feelings for Qiao An and went to watch Qiao An's performance as a close friend. After Qiao An was freed, he went to study under a teacher and showed up when Yi'er needed help and took the initiative to ask Xu Liang. Become a puppet, speak for Xu Liang, and make a wish to wait for Yi'er's next life; Xu Liang listens to Yi'er's suggestions, slowly learns to change, takes the initiative to take care of Yi'er's feelings, gets along with Qiao An, observes his and Yi'er's emotions and thoughts, and finally chooses to let Yi'er leave. Every step they take makes me feel their heart, and I am really happy to see this story! I can't believe that I just wanted to see Feng Chen's rescuer at first, but I didn't expect to be so moved in the end. After reading it, I still felt that I was still unsatisfied. I wanted to see the daily interactions between Yi Er and Qiao An, and I wanted to know what kind of life everyone in the article would live in the following time, and whether Yi Er would meet again. But anyway, thank you to my wife for writing this article! I hope they can live better and better in the book, and so will everyone in reality, spread flowers and spread flowers [spread flowers]
The writing is very good. I cried a lot. Fortunately, it is he. Can I write more stories about Yi Er and Qiao An after they got together?