Chineseamerican Stories

Growing up Toisanese (the real pronunciation is Hoisanese) in the San Gabriel Valley suburbs of Los Angeles, I was an awkward but observant Toisan Girl. I never really fit in anywhere - straddled between American and Chinese cultures as an ABC. Between a paranoid born-again Christian mother, and a rageful, hardworking father behind closed doors, I somehow survived. Many a misadventure unfolded through my coming of age years....

LATER CHAPTERS. ML (Stephen Yang): "chrysie~ my darling come let's do something secretive" FL (Chrystal Zhu ): "STOP calling me like that who is your darling wanna get some shots?" ML: "you want to give me an injection?" keep dreaming who do you think I am? FL: "you think I don't have a syringe?" with that Chrystal started to search around her but where did it go? ML: "are you searching for this? come here..." with a seductive to he called her showing the syringe Not knowing anything Chrystal went near him to get back the syringe but instead of getting it she got two tight spanking on her butt "Ah!!!! it hurts.... you stupid idiotic pervert" Chrystal yelled at Stephen ML: "Oh the compliment you gave me is good. Let me show you what perverts do" __________ Chrystal Zhu is a nurse while Stephen Yang is a doctor the both were arranged marriage which was bestowed to them by their grandparents. But they both knew each other since High school Stephen Yang was rejected by Chrystal Zhu when he proposed her. Let's see how their life would be __________ The start would be slightly sour but I do hope that the upcoming chapters would be good.. Keep supporting this book and thankyou.

Mindy Lee's life turned upside down when she got pregnant at 14. She had to drop out of school and work long grueling hours at the only place that would hire her - Molly McCammon's "Sunrise" restaurant in the Valley. Over the years, Mindy cleans up her act and begins to love cooking. She has a clean cut boyfriend and co-parents with her ex in a civil manner. Everything begins to turn upside down again when she falls in love with Saloma, a Mexican hipster surfing instructor who also happens to be the very hot girlfriend of her ex-husband. Will Mindy Lee misbehave and feed into all the negative shame of her past? Or will she learn to love and forgive herself for all that she can never be? Mindy Lee Sunrise is a story about tenderness, forgiveness, women, and starting again.

~An anthology written for Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month '23, '24, and '25~ It's no surprise that my stories are all written from the heart. I've been thinking, though - home is where the heart lives. Maybe I should write about my home this time around. These stories, accompanied with notes about identity and diversity, intertwine into a possibility of how culture shapes who we are today. Embark on adventures or relish in the little moments in life, filled with Chinese history, culture, mythology, and more - tidbits from where I live and where my heart lies. Each story will acclaim and pay tribute to where I am and what made me, me. After all, there's no shame in loving who you are. ------------------ Accolades: 🏅featured on @IdentityandCulture's 2026 AAPI Heritage Month / API Month Reading List 🥇1st in the Glorious Awards 🥇1st in the Dazzle Awards: Random Category 🥇1st in the Brumous Collab Awards 2024: Best Opening Line 🥈2nd in the Categories Mini Awards: Best Opening Chapter 🥉3rd in the Valentine Awards: Diversity Genre

4/16/21 Dear Diary, So apparently I'm supposed to be keeping a diary now. Adults are so weird. I mean, you don't talk for months because COVID has made you realize you don't have any friends and bam! They give you a book thinking it's gonna solve everything. ~~~~~~ Story summary inside :)

[Bauhinia Legacy Series, Book 3] The Jewel of the Orient isn't all that true to its name - most inhabitants of Hong Kong never get to enjoy the high-end splendor the city boasts. Yeung Tze Yan is more than eager to return to the city she calls home, but she has become nothing but a forgotten name in her family's triad organization, the Bauhinias. Her unexpected return sends a wave of shock throughout the household. Under the lead of her fearsome father, the Bauhinias have gained notoriety over the years, but Yan's brother Hak Keung is eager to take charge. Feeling determined to be recognized, Yan decides to collect intel about the Bauhinias through her passion for cosmetics and fashion, exchanging innocuous disguises for gossip and heist locations. Through her small business, she learns about her brother's malicious - yet rightful - intention to take over the Bauhinias. It doesn't help that Yan must care for a young prodigy orphan who shows up by her shop window one day, begging to join the triad. After Hak Keung's takeover, the tantalizing call for power and greed slowly takes root in his mind. Yan must make dangerous decisions that could change her life forever. Secrets become as precious as currency, and Yan must learn to balance the fabrics of fate in her hands. Will fashion be her escape or her end? Will she be able to navigate between silhouettes and shades of gray? Above all, if there's one thing clear to Yan, it's that all that glitters is not gold. --- The prequel to Amelia's action-packed world in 'The Cantonesia Caper' has arrived. Dive into Aunt Yan's treacherous tale of the spaces in between black and white... Note: Can be read as a standalone. --- ONC Prompts used: #13, 67, 95 --- Accolades: 🏅Honorable Mention: The Nova Nexus #GirlPower Awards 2024

His parents, once lured in by the Gold Rush and the follow-up construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, incarcerated God knows where. Non-fluent in English, he now sits solitaire on the brink of success-driven insanity. Come 1943, a pale white hand, with wounds of red and blue shows him fearless hope anew. Will the paranoia instilled by an eking Cold War, its personified bearer your bitter-cold silhouette, break them before his paper sons go through? Content Warning: This fic will include allusions to racial discrimination, albeit from a historical perspective. Namely, against the Chinese American pre, post and during WWII.

"Báichī, bèndàn, shǎguā. I hear you, and I know you are calling me stupid." "You don't joke around with friends?" he asked defensively. "I would never presume to be friends with you," she shot back. As soon as the words were out of her mouth, Zoe regretted saying them. "We aren't friends?" Kai had the same hurt puppy look on his face that he did when they were filming at Garrett's and no one would talk to him. *** Zoe Young was taking a year off from law school to study business at the University of Chicago when she literally collided with Kai Chen, fellow b-school student and part of a group of four friends known as "the Bosai." He's also the handsome but arrogant scion of a wealthy Chinese family. As Zoe and her friends get to know the Bosai boys, friendships are struck, romantic feelings develop, and cultural conflicts arise. And while Zoe struggles with her own identity as a Chinese adoptee, Kai fights to be independent of his powerful family. This is my take on the Hana Yori Dango/Boys Over Flowers/Meteor Garden story with characters that are eight to 10 years older and set at an American university. I rated this "Mature" because of strong language. I hope you enjoy it.

The Half Fable, Sunny Fei, goes to the one place where she thought none of her past mistakes could haunt her. Somewhere she and her family would hopefully be safe. Then a woman's severed head turns up, and Sunny remembers that she is far from safe.

I wrote this for a narrative project for my English class las year. My assignment was to take some true event that had some connection to a minority to group and explore their challenges. Being the AoS obsessed person I am, I chose to do mine on Chloe Bennet and how she changed her name. I did end up watching some of her interviews where she talked about her name and her past, but a lot of this is mere speculation. I don't claim to know how Chloe actually felt throughout this process, and this could be totally off base. And yes, the title is actually a nod to 2.12 in the show.

How Elizabeth Chen found a missing puzzle piece in the form of Christian Lim.

𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 (𝚊𝚍𝚓.) /ˈnevərˈendiNG/ "(especially of something unpleasant) having or seeming to have no end." _ Kamila Wang was the model of high school girls her age: smart, pretty, social. Scouted as a runway model at 11 and now working towards boosting her college applications, Kamila's one and only goal in life was to get rich and enjoy it when she gets older. As junior year lies ahead of her, the pressure just grows stronger (like with any highschooler). However, the stakes only get higher as Kamila is invited into a whole new world and becomes more and more involved with the upper echelon aristocrats she so dearly had wished to become a part of. In reality, things aren't as simple as just networking. The upper echelon's version of ideal is far from Kamila, and just because she's become rich doesn't mean she's enough. Etiquette lessons get added on top of her previous schedule, and interactions between herself and the upper class become priority instead of her previous goals. She needs to change completely. Without enough time, she has to choose just how much of herself she's willing to give up just to fit into this new persona. Well, as long as she reaches the top, there's no problem in sacrificing everything. Right? _ Helia Rosworth has never liked the environment at Goldencrest Academy. Not the teachers, and definitely not the hypocritical students secretly competing with one another just for a college. The most hypocritical of all? His so-called "best friend", Kamila. However, as she grows increasingly distant towards her friend groups and starts becoming a version of herself that even the previous Kamila would've hated, he just knows that something is wrong. And he's going to fix it.

"Huang Zhenghua, what are you doing in America?" "Me? I'm cultivating immortality." "Come on, I'm serious." "So am I." "Ha! There's no spiritual energy in America." "Who told you that? There's plenty-just hidden." Huang Zhenghua, a Chinese-American nobody, accidentally inherits the legacy of a powerful cultivator from the Beidou Realm. From that day on, while others chase money, fame, and Hollywood stars, he chases the Dao. Scarlett Johansson wants to meet him? "Not interested." Megan Fox? "Tell her I'm in seclusion." In the land of fast food and flat screens, one man dares to seek enlightenment-and maybe a little immortality-between yoga studios and Silicon Valley startups.

Sixteen year old Evaline is a Chinese American junior in high school. One autumn day, while returning home from SAT prep, she receives the news: her older brother, Vincent, is dead after a college party and too many bottles of wine. For Evaline's tiger parents, Vincent was the golden child. The valedictorian of his class and a sophomore at Stanford, Evaline has spent her whole life living under Vincent's shadow. Now that Vincent is gone, Evaline is shattered. She is forced to confront the painful process of grieving, and begins to discover that maybe Vincent wasn't the perfect son she'd always admired.

Three women, two generations, one meal. Holly is a college student caught in the ridge between childhood and maturity. Doris hovers nervously, a once-loving auntie turned stranger by time and personality. Mama: the woman who binds them together, once the boldest of the three but suffering from dementia. One runs from the past, one still lives in it, and one cannot help but let go of it. What remains unsaid stifles the home, and they all stopper their suffering with mouthfuls of rice.

Two friends growing up in the American Midwest, one Chinese-American the other, Turkish-American, have their lives turned upside-down by the 9/11 attacks. They struggle to come to terms with what it means to be American in a world where they never quite fit in.

Isabel Leung has perfected the art of looking fine. Dean's list, leadership positions, internship lined up - everything in its right place, nothing that actually means anything. She stopped playing piano years ago. Stopped drawing. Stopped letting people close enough to notice. It's easier that way. The last person she wants to spend her summer with is Nathan Cheung - golden boy, Google intern, the person who has always made her feel like she's running a race she didn't sign up for. But when Isabel is sent to Hong Kong to care for her ailing grandfather, Nathan is there too, pulled back by something he won't talk about and a family that's quietly falling apart. Hong Kong doesn't let either of them perform. In the slow heat of the city, in her grandparents' small warm flat, in late nights on a rooftop with nowhere else to be - Isabel starts to see Nathan differently. And Nathan, who has been paying attention to her for years, is finally close enough to be seen back. The Distance Between Us is a slow burn romance about two people who have been running from themselves, and what happens when they finally stop.

Love is an agile fish, and those seeking it are the riders of a slow boat sailing on a mellow river. It's a rare thing to find love, a rarer one to catch it, and the rarest to keep it. And when two women stumble upon this precious gem, they are forced to consider whether to unearth it or not. OR... Two old souls find each other in a new world.

If you were thinking this was somewhere close to crazy rich Asians I don't think you're in the right place. However if you've been scrolling through SAD on fb, constantly laughing about the memes on everydayasian , and constantly counting the coins in your coin pouch