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Also featuring: Shen Ni DOESN'T technically touch Bian Jin, Bian Jin still nearly has an orgasm on the spot
Extract from Chapter 34 of the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: The warmth of Shen Ni’s hand glided across her skin from the promised half a finger’s width away, stirring up faint currents in the air between them. Bian Jin had imagined that this would be easier to bear than direct physical contact, but it was proving quite the opposite. Those rippling currents against her skin only roused in her a tremulous longing, an overwhelming desire to be touched. Waves of heat surged through her, piling up layer by layer, fanning to life the secret flame deep inside her body. With every wave, that flickering flame grew steadier, hotter, brighter, until it became a conflagration. Tongues of fire licked teasingly at the tenderest part of her heart; her body heat rose precipitously. A delicious tingling sensation was spreading down from her face and neck along her spine; the lower half of her body felt as if it were melting again. Her hands gripped the sides of the workbench tightly as she tried to hold back the shudders that were threatening to rip through her.
February 11, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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Chapter 34 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up!

(Shen Ni: I construct intricate mathematical models which allow me to touch the skin of other women, i.e. my wife)

🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2026/02/11/t...
Cover image from the JJWXC version of To Embers We Return Extract from Chapter 34 of the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: A simple touch on the cheek from an ordinary acquaintance would yield a standardised tactility score of fifty. A caress on the same spot from a skilled and passionate lover would produce a much higher tactility score, between seventy-five to eighty-eight. The highest tactility score that had emerged from these studies was ninety-nine from the face, and one hundred and eighty-nine for the neck. As one went further down, the intensity of each subject’s response was determined largely by their own natural sensitivity and the skill of their respective lovers. The question of ‘skill’, of course, did not even arise where Shen Ni and Bian Jin were concerned. Yet even though Shen Ni was not actually touching her, the tactility score from Bian Jin’s face was already close to the maximum score that had been observed from her test subjects’ necks. In other words, all Shen Ni had to do was move her hand in a caressing gesture while it was still half a finger’s width away from Bian Jin’s cheek, and Bian Jin would feel it as intensely as if some master of seduction were kissing and nibbling at her throat.
February 11, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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Reviews: The Rose in the Abyss (深渊的玫瑰) by Wu Liao Dao Di (无聊到底) and Salieri and Mozart (萨列里与莫扎特) by Z Lu (Z鹿), both very enjoyable reads

🔗 review here: baihe-media.dreamwidth.org/79349.html
Illustration for The Rose in the Abyss. In the foreground is Chu Ci, a young woman with long silver hair, sitting down. Standing next to her is Chai Yuening, a young woman with short golden hair. The backdrop is of a ruined post-apocalyptic landscape. Cover art for the mainland Chinese print edition of Salieri and Mozart. Xia Qianzhi, in a long flowing green dress holding a microphone, turns slightly to her right to look at Yu Qiutang, who is wearing full Chinese opera dress
February 8, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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her/them (tho i guess more handsome than pretty)
February 8, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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screaming

trust li yuan to bring the gay genderfuckery
February 5, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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Baihe book mail: 桃李不言 by Yi Zhan Ye Deng
February 5, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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Baihe book mail: As She Wished (如愿) by Qin Si (秦寺)
Mainland Chinese print edition of As She Wished, surrounded by merch
February 5, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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Baihe book mail: Greed (贪心) by Jing Wu (璟梧)
Chinese mainland print edition of Greed, surrounded by merch
February 5, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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Baihe book mail: If I Could Mail You a Book by Yi Zhan Ye Deng (with author's signature + handwritten quote)
Mainland print edition of If I Could Mail You a Book, surrounded by merch Signature page
February 5, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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will be watching closely for signs of gay
Promotional poster for The Unseen (暗处) Promotional poster for 双姝美探
February 2, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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Promotional art for the audio drama adaptation of Bowing Down (折腰), based on the novel by Qingtang Shuan Xiangcai
Promotional art for the Bowing Down audio drama, showing the two main characters dancing on stage in floaty dresses. Art by 指居为马
February 1, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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Promotional art for the Piaopiao audio drama, based on the novel of the same title by Qi Xiao Huang Shu
Promotional art for the Piaopiao audio drama, showing main characters Tao Jin and Chen Piaopiao encountering each other between two flights of stairs. Art by 烛非鱼 Promotional art for the Piaopiao audio drama. Tao Jin sits on a fancy upholstered sofa with Chen Piaopiao sitting on the floor in front of her. Art by 烛非鱼
January 28, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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once again over-engineering my baihe tbr pile for the next while. judge my reading choices here: baihe-media.dreamwidth.org/78736.html
Set of six cover/promotional images for six baihe novels, in two rows of three. Top, left to right: The Flame Tree by Jue Ge, An Incantation for Subduing a Dragon by Ruo Hua Ci Shu, Time by Ning Yuan Bottom, left to right: Calming the Wind and Waves by Yu Huan, 365 Ways of Surviving at a High Difficulty Level by Mo Ran Piao, Song of the Peach Blossom by Ruo Hua Ci Shu
January 27, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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Also featuring: Shen Ni touches Bian Jin's hand, Bian Jin tries her best not to have an orgasm on the spot
Extract from the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: Cradling Bian Jin’s ungloved hand in hers, Shen Ni ran a finger over the cut across Bian Jin’s palm, inspecting it closely. Her full attention was fixed on the wound. Very delicately, she rubbed at the skin around it. ‘Can you feel that?’ Bian Jin said nothing. Shen Ni turned her hand over and kneaded it gently, all the way from the joints of her fingers to the back of her hand, massaging the skin. ‘What about that?’ There was still no reply from Bian Jin. ‘You haven’t lost your sense of touch completely, have you?’ Bian Jin’s head drooped. Her ears had turned utterly red from Shen Ni’s ministrations. I can’t go on like this. Even though she was doing her very best not to think too hard about what was going on, a flush of heat was already sweeping over her. It had come much more swiftly than she’d expected. Extract from the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: Shen Ni looked up, and saw that Bian Jin did not seem like her usual self. Why were her eyes glazed over? ‘Don’t do that, please…’ Bian Jin’s voice was impossibly soft, with a faint tremor in it that she seemed to be trying to repress. ‘I can’t feel anything else,’ she said. ‘I can’t feel anything except you.’ She was finally telling Shen Ni the truth now; she’d accepted her fate. ‘Except me?’ asked Shen Ni. Clever though she was, Bian Jin’s words still left her momentarily puzzled. I disinfected everything right in front of her, she thought. And I’m only holding her left hand, not her right. What does she mean, ‘Don’t do that, please’? Once again, Bian Jin had no idea what to say. How was she supposed to tell Shen Ni that those few light touches had been enough to make her body melt completely?
January 21, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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Chapter 33 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up!

(in which Li Si gets to shoot a really really big gun)

🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2026/01/21/t...
Cover of the JJWXC version of To Embers We Return Extract from the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: Li Si stood atop a table outside an eatery some twenty-five feet behind Dou Xuanji, carrying a Gatling gun bigger than she was. Its barrels revolved at high speed, firing out several hundred bullets each second. A pair of sunglasses perched on the high bridge of her nose, and her cheek bulged with the lollipop she was sucking on. The roar of the Gatling gun was deafening. Li Si planted her feet firmly where she stood, bending her knees slightly against the recoil, and did not move an inch. She fired off tens of thousands of rounds without a pause. Gunpowder smoke choked the air; casing after spent casing tinkled onto the ground, until the street was littered with them. Li Si was drenched in sweat from the exertion.
January 21, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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Pre-orders now open for volume three of the manhua adaptation of Her Mountain, Her Sea
Cover art for volume three of the manhua adaptation of Her Mountain, Her Sea. The main characters Chi Tang and You Yu lie next to each other on snowy ground. They're both dressed in winter clothing
January 19, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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some of the art for the book and inclusions
Book art for The Guest. Jiang Jinyue lies in an open coffin with Lan Yan standing over her Book art for The Guest. Lan Yan and Jiang Jinyue sit together in front of a floor-length window with fireworks going off in the background Book art for The Guest. Lan Yan and Jiang Jinyue sit side by side on a bench in a sunny garden Book art for The Guest. Lan Yan and Jiang Jinyue lie side by side on the grass with a bicycle next to them
January 11, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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Pre-orders now open for The Guest (嘉宾, published in print as 别时茫茫) by Yu Shuang (鱼霜)
Promotional image for the presale of the print edition of The Guest, showing a woman in a bridal gown and veil overlaid with suspiciously bloodstain-like rose petals
January 11, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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bonus art
Bonus art for the Shrine audio drama adaptation. Art by 阿馨馨
January 7, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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Promotional art for both seasons of the audio drama adaptation of Shrine, based on the novel by Qi Xiao Huang Shu
Two pieces of promotional art for the audio drama Shrine. Art by 指居为马
January 7, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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i'd have the same question tbh if i were a guest at this wedding
December 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Review: Memories of a Shanghai Summer (沪夏往事) by Shi Ci (是辞), Republican Era tragedy which did not quite work for me

🔗 read here: baihe-media.dreamwidth.org/77548.html
Promotional art for season one of the Memories of a Shanghai Summer audiobook, showing Xie Wanjun in a grey-green qipao and fur coat against a backdrop of a period-appropriate newspaper's front page Promotional art for season two of the Memories of a Shanghai Summer audiobook, showing Qin Shuining in a qipao holding a ruler against a backdrop of a period-appropriate newspaper's front page
December 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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in the very unlikely event that anyone was wondering what had happened to li chu aka prince wei: he's doing the tangpro equivalent of hanging out in his basement playing call of duty
Extract from Chapter 32 of the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: The fleeing crowd hammered at Li Chu’s gates again and again, but he was sitting in one of the inner rooms, lost in a full holographic simulation of a beast fight. His excitement wound up to fever pitch, he placed a huge wager on one of the combatants. A servant came rushing into the room. There had been an outbreak of violence in the Eastern Market, he told Li Chu, and the townsfolk were now at their gates begging for help, and could His Highness give them shelter? Li Chu did not even bother to take off his virtual reality headset. At the words ‘townsfolk’ and ‘shelter’, he shoved the servant out of the room. ‘Can’t you see your master is busy?’ he snapped. ‘Leave. Now.’
December 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Chapter 32 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up!

(in which Bian Jin continues to find herself extremely turned on despite even more blood and even more eldritch horrors)

🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2025/12/27/t...
Cover of the JJWXC version of To Embers We Return Extract from Chapter 32 of the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: Blood was seeping out of the half-healed cut across Bian Jin’s palm. Shen Ni had stitched it up for her perfectly, but it had split open again under the stress of battle. The sight of it made Shen Ni’s heart ache. ‘This is such a deep wound. Didn’t you feel it?’ she asked. Why else would Bian Jin have claimed that it wasn’t her own blood? Bian Jin had never been particularly good at lying. And now Shen Ni was finally confronting her about the secret she’d kept hidden for so long, and she was holding Bian Jin’s hand as well. That delicious, tingling sensation she both feared yet — in some deep part of herself — yearned for was beginning to spread slowly up her arm, towards her heart. Bian Jin did not speak for fear that she would make some unseemly noise. Instead, she bit her lip and nodded silently.
December 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Review: Home for the Funeral (奔丧) by Nan Hu Tang (南胡唐), folk horror which (at least for me) did not quite live up to the hype around its author

🔗 review here: baihe-media.dreamwidth.org/77284.html
Cover of the JJWXC version of Home for the Funeral
December 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM