No.16 Inn

The Return to Capital

Shen Qingtang, the disgraced general's daughter who was exiled a decade ago, returns to the capital posing as a merchant. While running a rouge shop as cover, she secretly investigates her family's massacre, only to clash with imperial censor Pei Jingchen. As their childhood betrothal resurfaces, as political rivals' daughters approach with ulterior motives, and as a mysterious fire destroys crucial evidence—she must choose between vengeance and love. Meanwhile, in the palace shadows, the mastermind behind it all awaits her next move.

The Phoenix Perches Not on Rotten Wood

Business prodigy Shen Qiwu is forced into an arranged marriage, only to discover her fiancé Lu Chen is a corporate spy planted by rivals. As she prepares to expose the scheme, Lu Chen reveals his shocking true identity—the long-lost heir to the Shen fortune. Two proud souls engage in a high-stakes game of business and romance, but can the phoenix truly perch on this 'rotten wood'?

Ex's Thousand Tricks

When Sophie, a savvy professional, thinks she's finally escaped the clutches of her ex-boyfriend Leo, she falls into his meticulously orchestrated 'thousand tricks'—from posing as a caring old flame to win her back to framing her for a financial scandal at work, each step dripping with hidden schemes. In a cat-and-mouse game full of twists, Sophie stumbles upon Leo's true motive: not a reunion, but a revenge-driven corporate espionage plot. Torn by emotional conflicts and workplace suspense, she must unravel the truth or lose her career and love. (200 words)

Meat in 1979

Winter 1979, meat is scarce. Wang Daqiang, a cannery worker, spends half his month's wages on three pounds of pork from the black market, tearfully promising his wife and son a meat feast. As the aroma of braised pork fills their rundown apartment building, the neighbors' prying eyes, their son's excitement, and his wife's tearful hesitation cast a shadow over the hard-earned reunion dinner. Hidden beneath the greasy bowl lies a devastating truth: Daqiang was fired due to a workplace injury two weeks ago. The meat money came from pawning his family heirloom – a Shanghai brand watch. Late at night, his wife stitches his empty sleeve cuff, finding beneath the greasy bowl a crisp new recruitment notice from the textile factory...

Mrs. Wang's Identity Exposed Again

In a glamorous high-society world, Madam Wang appears as a gentle and virtuous noblewoman, but secretly, she hides a shocking past as an international agent. A mishap causes her carefully constructed disguise to slip once more, revealing her true identity. Her husband, Mr. Wang, is torn between rage and deep affection as family conspiracies and old enemies emerge. She must fight to protect their love amidst betrayal and danger, with humorous twists and dramatic revelations fueling a whirlwind of romantic turmoil that uncovers buried family secrets.

Dancing on the Waves

Lin Xi, a world champion surfer, lost her memory in a tragic accident and abandoned the ocean. Five years later, she lives anonymously as a dance instructor in a small town—until photographer Jiang Chen appears with haunting images of her past glory on the waves. He coaxes her back to the sea, unraveling fragments of her memory, only to reveal that her accident was no mishap, but a calculated betrayal. As storm clouds gather, she must dance once more on the raging waves, confronting love, lies, and the truth that could destroy her.

Full Score Mecha Project

On the eve of the college entrance exam, genius high school student Lin Mo accidentally obtains a mysterious perfect-score test paper that secretly contains blueprints for an advanced mecha. To prevent it from falling into the wrong hands, he must balance pretending to be an ordinary student while secretly building the super mecha under the pressure of the countdown to the exam. But a larger conspiracy looms—the origin of the test paper is tied to a technology war that could determine the fate of the nation.

Lucky Concubine & Fox Concubine: Forging Ahead Through Hatred

Lin Zhixia, daughter of a general, infiltrates the palace to avenge her family’s massacre—only to be labeled the “Lucky Concubine” and win the emperor’s favor, all while hiding her plan to kill him. Su Wantang, a fox demon, poses as a beloved concubine to steal the emperor’s dragon qi (needed to free her clan sealed by the royal family), faking a “dragon pregnancy” for her scheme. Once bitter harem rivals, they uncover a shocking truth: the emperor is behind both their tragedies! As the lies of “luck” and “pregnancy” unravel, will these two hate-filled women keep feuding… or team up to expose the emperor’s hypocrisy? The road of hatred is dangerous, but they’re determined to walk it to the end.

Homecoming Across a Thousand Miles: The Silent Wheat Waves

Lin Wan, a first-tier city reporter, returns to her wheat hometown in Northern Jiangsu for her grandmother's will, intending to quickly transfer the old house. But she's stopped by A Yuan, a mute teenager guarding a hundred acres of wheat—villagers call him a "disaster star" adopted by her grandmother a decade ago, whose brother died in a wheat field fire. Yet in Lin Wan's fuzzy childhood memories, there's clearly a "little mute" crouching in the wheat rows making her a foxtail grass ring. When she finds her grandmother's old diary, the last line on the fire night reads: "A Yuan's mouth was closed for me." And in A Yuan's iron box hidden under the wheat stack, there's the glass marble she lost at seven—the gift she was going to give the "little mute". The truth, like a spark under the wheat waves, quietly burns through the silence of years...