josei novel
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Luo Jingyu was extremely uncomfortable. At this moment, he wanted to run away quickly. After reading Zhan Xi’s lip movements, his mind exploded. He frowned and signed: [No, no, we need to get married first.] “But why?” Zhan Xi found his stubbornness quite adorable sometimes. She had already climbed onto him, her right arm wrapped…
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After Luo Jingyu returned, he quickly made samples of the purple twilight flowers and sent them to Du Hengzhi via local delivery. After receiving them, Du Hengzhi messaged Zhan Xi on WeChat saying the flowers were beautiful and would look even more stunning on the dress. He was bursting with inspiration and working on the…
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Zhan Xi added Du Hengzhi on WeChat and told Luo Jingyu and her brother about it. Zhan Jie immediately opened his phone and asked, “Du what? How do you write it? Let me search.” “The ‘heng’ from ‘permanent’ and the ‘zhi’ from ‘knowledge’,” Zhan Xi said as she leaned next to her brother to look…
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A light rain was falling, making the weather pleasantly cool. The autumn heat wave that had raged for a week was finally subdued by this fall rain. It was now late September, and according to the weather forecast, Qiantang’s hot and humid weather was coming to an end. Du Hengzhi stood idly in the corridor,…
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The matter came so suddenly that Yu Daqing barely balanced the accounts by pawning some of his wife’s jewelry. Dou Xiuchang arranged for the Dou family’s financial office to audit the accounts. Seeing that they matched, he had Yu Daqing sign off. The aunt sent a ceremonial gift of two hundred taels of silver, along…
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In his letter, Dou Shiying first addressed Yu Zai’s marriage, then listed a long series of estates and properties he planned to allocate to Dou Zhao. Finally, he asked Madam Zhao, “…if you have any objections, you can discuss them with Sixth Master.” He had entrusted this matter to Dou Shiheng. Madam Zhao frowned while…
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On Weibo, Xu Qingyan, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke up. She reposted Xiyu’s Weibo with the comment: [Xu Qingyan]: I’ve been following this matter. As a teacher, I know Luo as someone kind, sincere, humble, and hardworking. I believe in his character and professional abilities. As an artisan, I despise…
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Pang Yulou had three brothers: Pang Jinlou, Pang Yinlou, and Pang Xilou. Pang Jinlou was capable, having taken control of the Pang family shops while his brothers were still naive; Pang Yinlou was shrewd, knowing he wouldn’t get far helping in the family shops, so he sweet-talked their father into giving him private funds to…
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Zhan Xi picked up the bag that Luo Jingyu had dropped on the ground, not even checking what was inside, and held hands with him as they walked home together. They were both in good spirits, and after a brief exchange, they realized they had been thinking about the same thing. This must be what…
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That evening, Dou Zhao, who was kept at the East Residence, lay in Six Aunt’s inner chamber’s gauze cabinet but couldn’t fall asleep. Half of the West Dou family’s property was now hers? In her mind, she kept seeing her father’s face – gentle yet determined – as he crumpled up the document. A quarter…