I'm red. I'm a balloon. I'm the first spectrum of a rainbow.... more>>

When you left, all you left me was a red balloon.

It doesn't matter. No matter how long, I won't give up loving you.

——Xia Zhi Chen

Once I thought love was cruel, until I met a boy, I understand that love is not bitter entanglement, but I will do everything for his sake. The right thing I've done in my life is to love Xia Zhi Chen.

——Li Xiang Wan <<less

The stunning Chief of the Da Li Temple, Su Moyi, has always been the Sheng City women’s spring dream. Yet such a celestial beauty became a demon in the Sheng City officialdom, the No. 1 ruthless official. Every day in the trial, Su Moyi mostly heard was that ‘Lord, spare my life.’ But he never thought that one day, when it was deep at night without anyone, someone could bring this sound ‘Lord, spare my life’ to make his bones soften. ... more>>

*After twelve years of disguise and ten years of tedious study, Lin Wanqing finally became a government officer, bent on overturning the wrongful death of the Xiao family. But she met a very tricky man. One night during a thunderstorm, the drugged Lord Su, with the last shred of clarity, locked himself in the room of the Da Li Temple. However, that night, Lin Wanqing, who was searching for clues to the wrongful death of the Xiao family, happened to be there as well. <<less

Shen Luo used to think that because she had no expectations of romance and was unlovably practical, she would never fall in love with a man she should not. So it was hard to believe that even though puberty had ended many years earlier, she found herself in such a dilemma. Although Wu Ju Lan was not a scumbag, liking him was not much better than liking a wastrel. He was like a dandelion dancing in the wind; no matter how beautiful he was, it did not change the ugly truth that he was a man without roots, without family, without anything to his name.... more>>

The only necessities in life are clothing, food and accommodation, fire, oil and salt. These things, be it a house or a car, be it jewelry or clothes, can be bought with money. Even if one could not afford the pricier options, there were always cheaper alternatives. However, there would never be a second Wu Ju Lan in the world; she will never find a similar man to love. Since she had the courage to face the possibility of a lifetime of singlehood, why didn’t she have the courage to pursue someone she fancied?

She was not the sort of person who was able to abandon her pride for love. Neither was she the sort who was willing to harbour an unrequited love. If she loved the wrong man, even if it pained her tremendously, she would let go of her feelings for him. But, if that person refused to leave her side, her only choice would be to stay together till death parted them! <<less

“Musketeer Code – no all for one, just one for all.”... more>>

Gibbs, Ray, KJ and Troll – a group of the most popular male students that had the best relationship in an elite boarding school. The four created the Musketeer Code – the rule that did not allow anyone among them to have a steady girlfriend, but any kind of scandals was welcomed to be shared with the others.

Until that rule was broken… and a psychotic chick sparked a tragedy that would haunt their lives. Then — <<less

During the Republic Era, the town of Changsha was guarded by nine families known as the “Old Nine Gates” (or the “Mystic Nine”). They were incredibly powerful families who wielded supreme power over everything in Changsha.... more>>

In 1933, a mysterious train pulled into Changsha station. The leader of the Nine Gates, Zhang Qishan, was also the army commander of Changsha station and started to investigate with Qi Tiezui. They discovered a highly suspicious mine just outside of Changsha. <<less

Chongzi, the pure and kind child was saved by Immortal Chu Bufu. She was determined to cultivate immortals in Nanhua but was rejected because of the devilish aura she was born with and was suspected of falling into the devil like the previous Demon King Ni Lun.... more>>

Luo Yinfan, Protector of Xianmen surprisingly accepted Chongzi as his only disciple. She relied heavily on Luo Yinfan and wished to always be by his side. Luo Yinfan also promised to protect her. The conspiracy caused Chongzi to be misunderstood so Luo Yinfan was forced to kill her to prevent her from falling into the devil.

In her second life, Chongzi came to Nanhua again and Luo Yinfan recognized her at one glance. In order to protect her, he sealed the demonic aura within her and made her his disciple. However, there was no escape from the wheel of fate. Chongzi is once again the target of a conspiracy. In anger, she embraced her demonic side and couldn’t turn back.

Fate had played a cruel joke on the two of them. One was the Xianmen Protector who carried the world on his shoulders while the other had the blood of the demon clan flowing in her veins. They were helplessly in love, helplessly turning against each other, yet they still couldn’t escape their feelings.

Fate is never merciful, the grievances between immortals and demons never end because everything has just begun. Can their love shake the rules of heaven and earth? <<less

A hardworking young woman from the modern era woke up and found she had transmigrated to the novel she had read all night. It was fine for her to transmigrate into the book, but why she had to become the vicious female supporting character? Her father was a traitor, her elder brother was a playboy, and she had already done all the bad things in her early years, so her road to saving her life was tough. The bossy male lead, the gentle second male lead, and the dashing third male lead were belong to the female lead, and they were unrelated to her.... more>>

As the story goes, she realized that the female lead could get everything with a smile and knitted brow, yet even with painstaking efforts, she couldn’t do it.

There was no heroine halo and golden finger. Watch her as a vicious female supporting character reversing a bunch of bad cards in her hand and changing people’s hearts step by step! <<less

Chu Liuxiang is a martial arts expert whose prowess in qinggong is one of the best – if not, the best – in the jianghu... more>> (martial artists' community). He wields a metal hand fan as his weapon and uses it only for self-defence. Despite his superb combat skills and impressive qinggong, one of his definitive traits is that he has never killed a person in his whole life – not even an enemy. Usually, he relies on his wit, experience and calm to solve mysteries and overcome enemies who are far more powerful than him. The identity of his martial arts master is unknown, and even the well-informed Shuimu Yinji (水母陰姬) could only deduce that he is an apprentice of Ye Di (夜帝), a character from Daqi Yingxiong Zhuan (大旗英雄傳), another of Gu Long's novels <<less

In this world, There are Confucians, Daoists, Buddhists, Demons, and Arcanists.... more>>

Xu Qi'an, a police academy graduate, suddenly finds himself waking up in a prison, set to be exiled to the frontier three days later...

His initial goal was to protect himself in this world with no human rights and to be able to live a leisurely life as a rich man.

...

Many years later, Xu Qi’an looks back on the past, with long-dead enemies and friends, as well as the numerous bones he has left behind.

As the Yangtze River flows eastward, the waves wash away the heroes; right and wrong, success or failure will all turn into nothing but history.

However, just like the sun’s rays gleaming over the towering mountains, after each sunset, a new sun will rise. <<less

Ryoichi, a soft-spoken and quiet fifteen year old, meets Naomi, a young girl who is battling a life-threatening illness through her childhood friend, Tetsuya, who is the ace player of their school’s baseball team.... more>>

As they become closer, she opens up to him about her fears and secrets, and he also comes to deeply care for her. But one day when he visits her at the hospital, she suddenly asks him: “Why don’t we commit a double su*cide?" <<less

“I wonder if my feelings will reach you, who has grown up without knowing love and who has become tired of life. You are not alone anymore.”... more>>

–so reads the letter Ririka, an eighteen year old who has grown up in an orphanage and who has tried to kill herself multiple times, receives unexpectedly one day after her latest su*cide attempt. The sender of the letter, Motojirou’s, honest words strike a chord in her heart, and she decides to write a reply. As they begin to exchange letters back and forth, Ririka begins to slowly open up to the mysterious author of this letter whom she has never even met before, but an unexpected fate awaits the two… <<less

White Horse Neighing in the West Wind by Jin Yong was first serialized in the newspapers in 1961.... more>>

Li Wenxiu, a young Han Chinese maiden, loses her parents in the Gobi Desert while escaping from a group of bandits who are after a map of the Gaochang labyrinth. Placed on a white steed, she flees to Kazakh territory and is taken into the care of Old Man Ji, an elderly Han Chinese man. While growing up, she meets Supu, a Kazakh boy, and starts a romance with him. However, Supu's father disapproves of the relationship between his son and a Han Chinese girl, so they are forced to separate.

Several years later, Li Wenxiu meets Hua Hui, a hermit, in an oasis in the Gobi Desert, and helps him cure his wounds. Hua Hui feels grateful to her and accepts her as his apprentice and teaches her martial arts. She returns home in the midst of heavy snowfall and sees Supu, his father, and his new lover taking shelter in her house. Chen Dahai, the leader of the group of bandits who killed Li Wenxiu's parents, arrives at Li's home and suspects that the map he has been hunting for is inside the house. He ransacks the house for the map and eventually finds it. The secret of the map is revealed when blood is spilled onto the cloth. Chen wants to silence Supu and the others but is stopped and defeated by Li, who has disguised herself as an old man.

Chen Dahai flees with the map and finds his way to the labyrinth, while Li Wenxiu and Supu gather five others to join them in pursuing Chen and the bandits. The seven of them make their way to the labyrinth, where they are surprised to find ordinary items associated with Han Chinese culture instead of treasure and riches as they expected. To their horror, they encounter a "ghost" who haunts them by killing their companions without leaving any traces. Just as they are about to flee, Supu learns that his lover has been kidnapped by the "ghost" and he tracks the "ghost" to its lair in the labyrinth, where he discovers that the "ghost" is actually a martial arts expert in disguise.

The "ghost" tells his story and reveals that he was forced into exile because he was betrayed by his apprentice, who is actually Old Man Ji. The "ghost" is the hermit Hua Hui, whom Li Wenxiu saved earlier. To everyone's surprise, Old Man Ji is revealed to be actually a man in his 30s in disguise as an old man. Old Man Ji and Hua Hui start fighting with each other. Li is shocked to realise that the two, who are close to her, are actually enemies. Hua Hui eventually dies in his futile attempt to kill everyone in the labyrinth. After leaving the labyrinth, Li Wenxiu hears the true story behind the items hidden in the labyrinth and their origins. She decides to leave the land for central China as she feels miserable after the loss of two of her loved ones and the marriage of her lover to another woman. <<less

A Deadly Secret, also translated as Requiem of Ling Sing and Secret of the Linked Cities, is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha).... more>> It was first published in the magazine Southeast Asia Weekly (東南亞周刊) and the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao in 1963. Its original Chinese title was Su Xin Jian before Jin Yong changed it to Lian Cheng Jue. The story revolves around the adventures of the protagonist Di Yun, an ordinary young peasant, who is imprisoned after being framed. In his quest for vengeance, he accidentally acquires the Liancheng Swordplay manual (連城劍谱), an ancient artifact not only prized for the skills detailed inside, but also for containing a secret leading to a treasure. <<less

The Book and the Sword is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised between 8 February 1955 and 5 September 1956 in the Hong Kong newspaper The New Evening Post.... more>>

Set in the Qing dynasty during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1735–1796), the novel follows the quest of the Red Flower Society, a secret organisation aiming to overthrow the Qing government, and their entanglements with an Islamic tribe in northwestern China. The "book" in the title refers to a Qur'an that was stolen from the tribe while the "sword" refers to a sword given to the protagonist, Chen Jialuo, by his first romantic interest, Huoqingtong. Historical figures such as the Qianlong Emperor, Zhaohui (兆惠), Heshen, Zheng Xie and Fuk'anggan also make appearances or are mentioned by name in the novel. One of the female protagonists, Princess Fragrance, is loosely based on the Qianlong Emperor's Fragrant Concubine.

This novel was Jin Yong's debut, and it quickly established him as one of the new masters of the wuxia genre.Alternative English titles of the novel include Book and Sword: Gratitude and Revenge and The Romance of the Book and Sword. <<less

Professor of Medicine with Gao Leng Poison Tongue × Rare Disease Gene Carrier Warm and cute, cured, dedicated, and guarding her. She thought her life... more>> had already been seen at a glance, but he gave her a romantic and grand future. "You clearly know that I have no future to speak of..." "Su Wei'an, you don't need a future, because I am your future." What he wanted was not the joy of passing by, but the ability to stand together through the storm. <<less

Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain, also known as Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain, is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was... more>> first serialised in Hong Kong between 9 February and 18 June 1959 in the newspaper Ming Pao. The novel has a prequel, The Young Flying Fox, which was released in 1960. Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain is one of Jin Yong's shortest novels, with only 10 chapters. The chapters are labelled in numerical order, instead of Jin Yong's typical style of using a short phrase or duilian as a chapter's heading. <<less

This is the third and the last part of the story arc collectively known as The Legend of Chu Liuxiang [楚留香傳奇]. Although not absolutely necessary, reading the first two books is recommended, since there are references to these books.... more>>

Returning from the Great Desert (see Book 2), Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua have a series of encounters with Li Yuhan and his wife, Liu Wumei, a former apprentice of the Stone Avalokiteśvara (Shi Guanyin). Eventually, these encounters led Chu Liuxiang to the final showdown against the Shuimu Yinji, the mistress of the Holy Water Palace, and solved the mystery of the ‘Trush’.

The chapter started from chapter 63 as the continuation from The Great Desert which ended at chapter 62. <<less

This novella by author Bi Yu is set against the backdrop of China's War of Resistance against Japan. It focuses on the battle of wits and bravery between the intelligence agents of the Kuomingtang and the Chinese Communist Party. It has heroics, assassinations, war, love, vengeance, and more.... more>>

The Rebel holds human life in esteem, showing compassion for the uncertain fate of people deemed insignificant. It contains a chance encounter with love and love's regrets, and the choice and persistence to keep faith. <<less

Returning to his houseboat, Chu Liuxiang discovered that Su Rongrong, Li Hongxiu, Song Tian’er had been kidnapped by Hei Zhenzhu (see Book 1). Chu Liuxiang immediately set forth on a long journey to the Great Desert [i.e. Gobi] with his friends, Hu Tiehua and Ji Bingyan. In the desert, they encountered the most beautiful, the most vicious, the most ruthless, but with the highest martial art skill – foe, the Stone Avalokiteśvara (Shi Guanyin), while were also being s**ked into the political struggle within the tiny kingdom of Qiuci.... more>>

This is part two of the trilogy Fragrance in The Sea of Blood, The Great Desert and The Trush, so the chapter started from chapter 28 as the continuation from Fragrance in The Sea of Blood which ended at chapter 27. <<less

This is the first of the five novels that are collectively known as The New Legend of Chu Liuxiang [楚留香新傳].... more>>

Rumor has it that a strange island called the Bat Island contains numerous treasures and luxuries. The island was actually a black-market auction place featuring exclusive items, such as martial art manual that was not supposed to be passed on to outsiders, as well as secrets, of Jianghu. From time to time, the island’s master, who was known as the ‘Bat Prince’, would send exclusive invitations to select guests to visit the island to participate in this auction. All business deals were conducted inside a pitch-black cave to maintain secrecy.

Through a series of serendipitous events, Chu Liuxiang and his friends Hu Tiehua and Zhang San make their way to Bat Island with other companions. Along the way, some of their companions were mysteriously mu*dered. On the island, they eventually uncovered a sinister plot masterminded by the ‘Bat Prince’. <<less