Ning Yuan
Ning Yuan has been writing baihe since at least 2008. Her extensive body of work spans a wide range of different subgenres. Notable titles include the historical court intrigue epic At Her Mercy, the sci-fi thriller The Creator's Grace, the contemporary realist duology Revolutionary Road, the pioneering showbiz trilogy Film Star Jianghu, the futuristic VR-themed Middle-Aged Love Patch, and most recently the historical cyberpunk novel To Embers We Return.
About the AuthorProfile of Ning Yuan and links to her public social media accounts, author page, etc.
WorksNovels, print editions, audio drama and manhua adaptations.
TranslationsTranslations of the novels and selected adaptations, both fan and official.
created and maintained by douqi
About the Author
A detailed author profile of Ning Yuan, providing an overview of her work and over-arching themes and motifs, can be found here.
Ning Yuan's Weibo Account
Ning Yuan's Author Page on JJWXC
Message for JJWXC's 20th Anniversary Celebration (2023)
Message for JJWXC's 21st Anniversary Celebration (2024)Ning Yuan's birthday is on the 30th of April, hence the numbers in her Weibo username!
Works
Currently SerialisingDisrespecting Boundaries
越界 (yuè jiè)
Genre: Contemporary; Romance
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
Synopsis: Jiang Siyi breaks off her engagement with fiancée Song Ti only to enter into another match of convenience with the beautiful, aloof, undemonstrative and frankly intimidating Lin Ji. Jiang Siyi had always thought Lin Ji had chosen to marry her simply because she wanted a wife who wouldn't cause trouble. How wrong she was.
UpcomingFracture
折痕 (zhé hén)
Genre: Contemporary; Romance
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
Labyrinth of Dew
露水迷津 (lùshuǐ míjīn)
Genre: Contemporary; Crime Thriller
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
Cage of Seduction
风月之笼 (fēngyuè zhī lóng)
Genre: Historical; Court Intrigue
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
CompletedTo Embers We Return
焚情 (fén qíng) | 2024 | 182 Chapters | 839,874 words
Genre: Historical; Cyberpunk
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
Synopsis: When Shen Ni, the empire’s foremost machinist, returns home victorious from battle against their long-standing foe, the emperor showers her with rewards, including the hand in marriage of the woman she had loved in her youth — Bian Jin. Bian Jin had once been the empire’s sharpest blade: a weapon in human form whose very name made their enemies cower. After a string of near-fatal battlefield injuries, however, she’s battered, broken, and stands accused of high treason, though she claims to have no memory of what transpired. Shen Ni takes on the onerous task of retrieving Bian Jin's lost memories and repairing her much-battered cybernetic spine and neural core, but Bian Jin seems to be keeping something back. Can they trust each other? And can they trust the empire?
难得 (nándé) | 2023 | 142 Chapters | 762,835 words
Genre: Contemporary; Romance
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
覆水 (fùshuǐ) | 2022 | 97 Chapters | 467,865 words
Genre: Contemporary; Romance
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
📕 Licensed for mainland Chinese print edition
Ravenous
护食 (hù shí) | 2021 | 116 Chapters | 462,652 words
Genre: Contemporary; Urban Fantasy
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
📕 Licensed for mainland Chinese print edition
Synopsis: Millennia ago, fox demon Zhao Ci and rabbit spirit Lu Jin were lovers. Tragedy strikes: Lu Jin falls into the cycle of reincarnation, and a curse is placed on Zhao Ci. For the next three thousand years, Zhao Ci protects Lu Jin from a distance, never daring to get close for fear she'll (literally) eat Lu Jin up. Set in the same universe as Things I Didn't Know.
The Creator's Grace
造物的恩宠 (zàowù de ēn chǒng) | 2021 | 130 Chapters | 522,785 words
Genre: Thriller; Sci-Fi
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
📕 Licensed for mainland Chinese print edition
📕 Singaporean English-language print edition (Rosmei)
📻 Audio Drama (Manbo) | Season 1 | Season 2
Synopsis: When her formidable older sister is found dead in mysterious circumstances, Chi Yu returns home determined to track down the murderer and bring them to justice. The most likely suspect is her sister's ex-girlfriend Ran Jin, who now controls the business empire her sister built up. But Ran Jin had always seemed completely devoted to the Chi sisters — why would she suddenly turn on them? Was her apparent devotion part of a long-running scheme, or does she have another, even deadlier secret?
Fateful Encounters
逢场入戏 (féng chǎng rù xì) | 2020 | 89 Chapters | 370,782 words
Genre: Contemporary; Showbiz
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
📕 Licensed for mainland Chinese print edition
📕 Taiwanese traditional Chinese print edition (Cherry-Apple Cultural)
📻 Audio Drama (Fanjiao)
Synopsis: Chen Ge, a promising young actress trying to jump-start her stalled career, is thrown together with top scriptwriter Luo Jingyi (whom Chen Ge has always admired deeply) while filming a countryside-themed reality show. Attraction soon blossoms between them, but Chen Ge must overcome her hero-worship of Luo Jingyi, and Luo Jingyi her reluctance to let another person disrupt her well-ordered life, before they can come together.
The Cultivation of a Prime Minister
养丞 (yǎng chéng) | 2020 | 356 Chapters | 1,715,913 words
Genre: Historical; Court Intrigue
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
📕 Taiwanese traditional Chinese print edition (morefate)
📻 Audio Drama (Fanjiao)
Time
时光 (shíguāng) | 2019 | 119 Chapters | 386,656 words
Genre: Contemporary; Realist
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
Let's Get Married First
可以先结婚 (kěyǐ xiān jiéhūn) | 2019 | 124 Chapters | 663,542 words
Genre: Futuristic; VR
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
📕 Licensed for mainland Chinese print edition
📻 Audio Drama (Fanjiao)
Middle-Aged Love Patch
中年恋爱补丁 (zhōng nián liàn'ài bǔdīng) | 2018 | 177 Chapters | 969,116 words
Genre: Futuristic; VR
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
📕 Licensed for mainland Chinese print edition
📕 Taiwanese traditional Chinese print edition (morefate)
📻 Audio Drama (Fanjiao) | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3
🎨 Manhua (Bilibili; under the title Perfect Girlfriend Online)
🎮 Licensed for videogame
At Her Mercy
我为鱼肉 (wǒ wèi yúròu) | 2017 | 264 Chapters | 1,247,563 words
Genre: Historical; Court Intrigue
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
📕 Taiwanese traditional Chinese print edition (morefate)
📕 Singaporean English-language print edition (Rosmei; under the title At the World's Mercy)
📻 Audio Drama (Fanjiao) | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3
Synopsis: Zhen Wenjun, one of the Yu Empire's most decorated generals, and Wei Tingxu, the most powerful minister at court, appear to be loving wives. In fact, one of them is a spy on a deep cover mission to assassinate the other. A tale of betrayal, love and reconciliation set against a backdrop of a fictional dynasty where women have only recently won the right to rule, to hold high office, and to marry other women.
Things I Didn't Know
我不知道的事 (wǒ bù zhīdào de shì) | 2016 | 170 Chapters | 692,451 words
Genre: Contemporary; Urban Fantasy
🔖 Webnovel (Locked on JJWXC)
Something I Need to Tell You
有件事想告诉你 (yǒu jiàn shì xiǎng gàosù nǐ) | 2015 | 159 Chapters | 630,263 words
Genre: Contemporary; Sci-Fi
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
Synopsis: Up-and-coming scriptwriter Ye Xiaojun is not a fan of her new boss, media CEO Lu Jingsheng. Lu Jingsheng is a ruthless businesswoman who cares only about the commercial success of her projects, and Ye Xiaojun refuses to make the artistic compromises she demands. Ye Xiaojun is alarmed, therefore, when she begins receiving emails from a mysterious correspondent claiming that she and Lu Jingsheng will soon become romantically involved. This novel combines a story about how two very different people navigate a relationship with a brutal, unflinching depiction of the darkest excesses of the entertainment industry.
The Tribulation of the Peach Runaway Blossom
逃花劫 (táo huā jié) | 2015 | 111 Chapters | 372,081 words
Genre: Xuanhuan
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
Synopsis: Chuxi, a low-level peach-blossom spirit, accidentally swallows a pill containing the essence of an ancient god. Now every single demon and spirit with dreams of power wants her to be their cultivation partner. Thus begins an extended adventure that sends Chuxi fleeing from eldritch mountain to mystical ocean to magical kingdoms of all sorts.
Hunger (originally published as Hunger. Lust)
食 (shí) (originally published as 食色 (shí sè)) | 2014 | 117 Chapters | 353,765 words
Genre: Contemporary; Romance
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
📕 Taiwanese traditional Chinese print edition (morefate)
📕 Vietnamese print edition (Amak)
Synopsis: Chen Qianyu, an outspoken food critic and blogger, visits a new restaurant with an interesting gimmick: every day, the most beautiful woman who patronises the establishment will be presented with a special, off-menu dish cooked by master chef Zhang Jingxin herself. Putting on her sweetest manner, Chen Qianyu requests the special dish of the day, and is flabbergasted when Zhang Jingxin tells her 'no'. Thus begins the tale of their charmingly screwball courtship, with lots of heart and exquisite descriptions of delicious, delicious food.
Attraction
吸引力 (xīyǐn lì) | 2012 | 102 Chapters | 317,732 words
Genre: Contemporary; Realist
🔖 Webnovel (JJWXC)
Synopsis: In this sequel to Revolutionary Road (aka The Path of Life), Wei Jing tries to pick up the pieces of her life after the abrupt termination of her last relationship. Smitten rich girl Yan Lie is more than ready to help her move on, but can Wei Jing really leave the past behind?
The Path of Life (originally published as Revolutionary Road)
生命之路 (shēngmìng zhī lù) (originally published as 革命之路 (gémìng zhī lù)) | 2011 | 91 + 72 Chapters | 267712 + 174832 words
Genre: Contemporary; Realist
🔖 Webnovel (Season 1) (locked on JJWXC)
🔖 Webnovel (Season 2) (locked on JJWXC)
Synopsis: A duology about the lives and loves of four close friends trying to navigate life in the big city: Yang Youjing, who is perfectly average yet strangely attractive to powerful, competent women; brash, outspoken, fiercely loyal Ding Youlei; soft-spoken, mild-mannered Gu Yizhe; and closed-off, hard-edged Wang Ruoxi.
Film Star Jianghu
御姐江湖 (yùjiě jiānghú) | 2010
Genre: Contemporary; Showbiz
🔖 Webnovel (Book 1) (locked on JJWXC)
🔖 Webnovel (Book 2) (locked on JJWXC)
🔖 Webnovel (Book 3) (locked on JJWXC)
Synopsis: This trilogy is often regarded as having pioneered the baihe showbiz genre.
For a full list of Ning Yuan's works, including short pieces and lesser-known pre-2014 novels, see her author page on JJWXC.
Translations
Fan TranslationsTo Embers We Return
焚情 (fén qíng) | 2024 | 182 Chapters | 839,874
Genre: Historical; Cyberpunk
💻 English fan translation by douqi (ongoing)Collection of sex scenes from the works of Ning Yuan, posted off-site from JJWXC
💻 English fan translation by douqi (ongoing)Perfect Girlfriend Online, manhua adaptation of Middle-Aged Love Patch
Genre: Futuristic; VR
💻 English fan translation by Zephyr Scans (ongoing)
Official Licensed TranslationsThe Creator's Grace
造物的恩宠 (zàowù de ēn chǒng) | 2021 | 130 Chapters | 522,785 words
Genre: Thriller; Sci-Fi
📕 Singaporean English-language print edition (Rosmei)
At Her Mercy
我为鱼肉 (wǒ wèi yúròu) | 2017 | 264 Chapters | 1,247,563 words
Genre: Historical; Court Intrigue
📕 Singaporean English-language print edition (Rosmei; under the title At the World's Mercy)
Hunger (originally published as Hunger. Lust)
食 (shí) (originally published as 食色 (shí sè)) | 2014 | 117 Chapters | 353,765 words
Genre: Contemporary; Romance
📕 Vietnamese print edition (Amak)