A Kiss on the Brow, Amid Love and Moonlight [Republican Era]

Proud and aloof man × rose of a troubled age

Old-school stand-in romance

"Sister-in-law, am I leaving again tonight?"

The story has another 30,000 to 50,000 words before it ends, so updates may be a little slow. But I definitely won't abandon it. Feel free to wait until it's complete before reading. Thank you.

Third Miss Yin Tangxi has had something on her mind lately: she wants to adopt a child.

A few years ago, she insisted on getting a divorce. Her family never said anything to her face, but things have been awkward ever since. She doesn't want to marry again, and figures that at her age, she might as well find someone to depend on.

The spring sunshine was lovely that day. Third Miss lounged beneath the veranda, fanning herself as she watched the swallows quarrel, lost in thought. Then she saw her younger sister with flushed cheeks. It turned out someone had come to propose: the groom-to-be was the incoming Minister of Finance.

Her family had gone to great lengths to cultivate this connection, so her younger sister came to ask her worldly-wise elder sister to lend her some support. Third Miss readily agreed, dressed her sister to the nines, and accompanied her to the ball.

After a round of pleasantries, she too thought the prospective groom handsome and impressive. Yet for some reason, he seemed terribly familiar, as if she had met him before.

The newly appointed Minister of Finance, Xie Xianqing, had only just returned from overseas. He lit a cigarette, its ember flaring briefly. Through the drifting smoke, he watched the bright-eyed beauty across from him and realized she had mistaken him for someone else.

She didn't remember him, but he knew her.

She was the woman who had once left someone lovesick and distraught, with no idea whether she was alive or dead. The man she had deceived, who still couldn't find her, was none other than his own elder brother.

There was a debt to be repaid.

① The male lead is a virgin. A lightly ensemble cast. Set in an alternate Republic of China era, with no real-life inspirations. Please don't read real people into the characters.

② Updates follow the ranking schedule while the story is listed. Otherwise, updates are every other day. A short novel of around 150,000 words.

Coming soon: The Scent of Green Plums

An innocent, adorable orphan girl + a gentle, jade-like emperor in a time of upheaval

Coming-of-age romance, political intrigue. Readers who prefer chaste romances are welcome.

Seven-year-old Nian'er, a little orphan, met an immortal.

The immortal's eyes were like the moon, his smile like spring, and his voice like a clear spring beneath the morning sun in the mountains.

The immortal's arms were long and graceful, his fingertips like jade. He lifted her from a muddy stream and asked, "Does your fall hurt?"

In the quiet bamboo grove, the years slipped by. She stayed by his side for ten years, until an embroidered carriage stopped outside their home. Only then did she learn that the immortal had come from somewhere after all: he was Mu Huizhi, a great scholar, the crown prince of the previous dynasty, and the beloved of the current princess.

In the first year of Qinghe, the new emperor ascended the throne, and the whole country rejoiced.

As the young emperor gazed at the moonlight washing over the tiered towers and pavilions, he suddenly remembered a night ten years ago. Snow had been falling heavily, and a little girl had fallen asleep in his arms. He wondered whether the promise she'd mumbled with pursed lips still held true.

She had said she would be his bride.

Theme: Building a harmonious society together.