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Xu's Dream

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35.7K words
Chapters
22

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Summary

An Xu, a girl raised in a mountain village in the northwest, studies at a university in Province A. She is brash and carefree, and scoffs at melodramatic novels and fake romance. An unusually vivid dream carries her into a strange grassland kingdom, where she becomes the Khan's daughter, a princess who must go to the Kingdom of Kangze for a political marriage. Facing an amnesiac young master, marriage disputes, and grassland wolves, she mocks the clichéd plotlines even as she is swept into the whirlpool, unable to escape. She and Kangze Yu, the third prince of Kangze, go from bickering and testing each other to gradually falling in love, with sharp push-and-pull hidden beneath the laughter. Watch this stubborn girl charge headlong between melodrama and true feeling.

Editor's review

Suited to readers who enjoy light, funny time-travel fiction: the heroine is tough on the outside and soft-hearted, constantly snarking, and the interweaving of dream and reality feels fresh. The bickering between the leads is brisk and likable. The weak points are a short length, fast plotting, some residual melodramatic tropes, and limited depth. It works well as light, sweet entertainment.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Readers who enjoy time-travel romance and light comedy
  • Readers who prefer a stubborn heroine and daily bickering
  • Readers looking for short, easy reads for commutes

Not a good fit for

  • Readers seeking rigorous historical accuracy
  • Readers who prefer long, grand worldbuilding or deeply angsty plots
  • Readers who dislike melodramatic tropes and snarky narration

Reading tips

  1. Read the first three chapters to get a feel for the heroine's snark and the dream setup before deciding whether to continue.
  2. Treat the dream world as a fictional setting and don't worry about historical details.
  3. Watch the alternating dream-and-reality narrative and the echoes of names like "Yu'er."

Contents

  1. Chapter 1: I Want to Run Away!
  2. Chapter 2: The Embryo of a Dream
  3. Chapter 3: A Political Marriage? Not Me!
  4. Chapter 4: Childhood Bonds
  5. Chapter 5: We Just Met Like This?
  6. Chapter 6: It Really Is Her
  7. Chapter 7: Return to the Palace
  8. Chapter 8: Personal Bodyguard
  9. Chapter 9: The Training Ground
  10. Chapter 10: Taking the Long View
  11. Chapter 11: Agreeing to the Marriage Again
  12. Chapter 12: "Princess Consort" Sounds Lovely
  13. Chapter 13: The Wedding
  14. Chapter 14: Camping Out
  15. Chapter 15: Playing Chess
  16. Chapter 16: Hanging Up the Armor and Returning to the Fields
  17. Chapter 17: Encountering Grassland Wolves
  18. Chapter 18: Injured
  19. Chapter 19: The Kingdom of Kangze
  20. Chapter 20: Parting Here
  21. Chapter 21
  22. Chapter 22: Yu'er

FAQ

Is this book finished?
According to search results it is complete, with 22 chapters.
Is it time travel or a dream?
The heroine enters another world through an unusually vivid dream, and dream and reality unfold in alternation.
Is the romance sweet?
It centers on bickering and marrying first and falling in love later; overall it is light and sweet.

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About the author

Qian Xiaoli Author

Qian Xiaoli is an online-fiction author about whom little public information is available; neither a detailed biography nor verified personal details have been made public. According to existing records, her writing centers on women's fiction with time-travel and alternate-world elements, and her representative work, Xu Meng, is catalogued under women's fiction and time-travel alternate-world fiction. Works of this kind typically use time shifts or imagined worlds to open up more room for character growth and emotional relationships, often emphasizing delicate portrayals of psychology and changing relationships rather than strict historical accuracy. Xu Meng serves as the main window into her writing, building its narrative around time travel and an invented world while offering pleasures familiar to female-oriented readers. Because she has published few works and public material is limited, a full assessment of her output, stylistic development, and influence is not yet possible; her characteristics as a writer and reader response await more works and information.