The matchmaker’s aide handed An Hei the portraits. He took them and pretended to have a look. But even though he held each of them for a moment, it was painfully obvious to Madam Lin that none of the portrayed women got more than a casual glance. An Hei arrived at the last portrait and …
Author: sunyagracebold
SKC C12 A Visit at the Matchmaker’s
It has been quite some time since the last chapter since I was busy but now, I will hopefully be able to post more often again. Here is chapter 12 of "Snake King's Consort" for now. Yuan Hao and Nong Bai led their king up until the door of the matchmaker and then stepped back, …
Spring Cleaning (Spring Short Story)
Seeing as I am pushing off my very own Spring Cleaning, I wrote a spring-themed short story instead that I wanted to share. It is a short and sweet one about a married couple (because I feel like we don't get enough of those) doing everyday kind of things on a traditional day that holds …
SKC C11 A Painting of the Bride
Hu Chen and the other three had returned to the snake tribe’s place after their king left for the mortal realm. To suddenly be summoned by him made their alarm bells ring. Could it be that the gods had actually attacked again? Had their king been hurt again? They didn’t dare to dally and rushed …
SKC C10 Ten Years Is a Long Time
Back in the house, Madam Yang went to look through the clothes they still had in preparation for the day when they would have to go to the matchmaker to meet with the family of the suitors. She definitely had to make sure that she and the girls looked their best that day. The first …
SKC C9 A Bride about to Be Married
"But mother, Ling Ling said herself that it will be alright if I get her dowry. She’s younger than me and has more time. What if she marries first and we can’t compile my dowry fast enough? Nobody wants an old woman. I might never be able to marry then!" Jin Jin was less than …
SKC C8 A Problem That Needs to Be Solved
The demon king did not ask but An Hei still volunteered the details of his meeting with Yang Ling Ling since he needed the help of Yaarak’s people. After all, he didn’t actually know where he had fallen into the mortal realm so he needed somebody to lead him there. Needless to say, the demon …
SKC C7 Destined to Be with a Mortal
The Yang family was struggling in the mortal realm while things were going well in the immortal realm. Over there, another two days had gone by. The snake king An Hei was doing well. His injuries were almost completely healed and there hadn’t been any news from the gods which was good news in this …
SKC C6 News from the Battlefront
Even though he could somewhat infer it, the bad news hadn’t reached the snake king’s ears yet, letting him focus completely on recovering from his injuries and preparing for returning to the mortal realm to make true on his promise and marry Ling Ling. On the other hand, her family that had originally been living …
SKC C5 An Announcement to Make
The people of the snake tribe filed into the room one by one, nervous at the prospect of finally seeing their king again. They knew he had taken that risk to make sure that they wouldn’t be hurt. And now, he had actually been injured pretty badly. They couldn’t help but feel guilty when thinking …