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    Maomao sighed.

    There was no point in panicking further. She was still at home. Her identity had not yet been compromised, all she had to do was set the disguise cuff in the windowsill for a while to charge. She should just get out of bed, text Jinshi that she had made it home safe, brush her teeth to wash the foul taste from her mouth, take a shower—

    Next to her, someone snuffled.

    Maomao felt every one of her spines stand on end.

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    Or, that moment when you, a mere alien scout on a research excursion to Earth, attend your Earth maybe-friend's wrap party and wake up in your thesis topic’s bed.

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    15 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 29

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    In an alternate universe where soulmates share each other's pain, one young apothecary girl has decided she's not made for love or romance. Much to the chagrin of her soulmate, who spends his life wondering what the hell his soulmate is doing.

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    11 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 85

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    When a routine inspection turns into a fight for her life against a northern assassin, Maomao discovers that the only thing more dangerous than the poison in her veins is the terrified, desperate intensity of the Master of the Rear Palace.

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    27 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 16

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    [Prologue fic to When Camellias Bloom Again]

    "Listen, I know I shouldn't be here. I know that I am the reason you are here…"
    "Fate is twisted indeed…"

    Ah Duo brings her sick son to the pleasure district apothecary under the cover of night, which sparks the beginnings of an unlikely friendship between the son of a traveling merchant and the daughter of an apothecary.

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    26 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 35

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    Who is he?—Jinshi. Jinka. Kousen. Ka Zuigetsu. Definitely not the future Emperor. Right?

    Who is she?—The apothecary. The food taster. The lady-in-waiting. The medical assistant. Definitely not the Princess of the La clan. Right?

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    Jinshi has promised Maomao something—he would remove every obstacle to be together with her. He would become a commoner for her. But the more he tries to find a way to escape his fate, the more he seems to have a noose around his neck that threatens him to be trapped forever.

    Maomao has always been good in appearing unbothered and ignoring the obvious around her to keep her neck safe. But now she gradually has to learn that she cannot be ignorant anymore, especially when it comes to her own feelings and wishes.

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    19 Jan 2026