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The ducal residence's imposing vermilion gates slowly opened. Outside, curious commoners and aristocratic sons eager for a spectacle stood packed several rings deep. In the middle of the long street, ...

Cold sweat slid down Zong Wen's cheek. His fingers clamped onto the sofa's armrest as he gave a very low, muffled groan. “Mr. Zong!” Assistant Zhou was scared out of his wits. His briefcase crashed to...

The next morning, Xu Xingye arrived at school with two unmistakable dark circles beneath his eyes. He had barely slept. Now, on the way to his classroom, he radiated the exhaustion of someone repeated...

“It hurts!” Xu Xingye ached all over, as though someone had taken his bones apart and shoved them back in at random. His eyes flew open. Instinctively, he braced a hand against the corner of the desk,...

Jingchuan, each day I measure the depth of my love and desire for you. It is like descending into an ocean trench, beyond daylight, with no knowing where the bottom lies. —Shen Jibai Qingyue Manor, th...

The air in the hall seemed to freeze. The young emperor, Li Chengqian, rubbed his eyes and looked again at Li Ce, still frozen in a jumping-rope pose. A trace of alarm entered his voice. “Imperial Unc...

The room was pitch-black. Strangely, merfolk possessed night vision, yet that ability had stopped working the moment they entered. In the center of the darkness, a torch flared with deep blue fire. It...

The sound of breaking went on for a long time in the dark. Not glass. Not walls. Something finer, like countless threads snapping at once. It seeped from the ceiling, burrowed through the gaps between...

(I) Each autumn rain brought a deeper chill. Since autumn began, more and more people in town had fallen ill. Shen Qingyu was the clinic's only physician, and she scarcely had time to breathe. Everyon...

Shangguan Jin lowered his brows and pulled aside the curtain. The person he had seized was a woman, plainly dressed, her clothes covered in blue patches. Murong Qing kept her voice low. “Who are you? ...

Ning wandered all around the area with her camera, Leo following a short distance behind to keep an eye on her. When they reached the town's only restaurant, Ning turned toward Leo, a few steps away. ...

“I know you're suffering. But your past life is over, and your next life is destined to be a very good one. Why put yourself through this?” Ling Wu could no longer bring herself to speak harshly to he...

Xu Xingye stared at Lu Siting's hand on his desk and felt his entire understanding of the world begin to wobble. What did he mean? He could only lend them to him? The guy scored thirty-seven in math. ...

With that, Yu Chong stood and looked down at him. “As for the soul-suppressing talisman, keep it.” “So you don't lie awake all night.” Then he dissolved from Ding Peichen's sight like a wisp of black ...

In an instant, Qin Ting's face felt as though it were on fire. She sat down without a word, turning the pages of her script with a furious rustle. The man who had coldly refused her a second earlier s...

Summer vacation seemed steeped in honey. Amid the milky fragrance of the dessert shop and the warm sweetness drifting from its ovens, the days became wonderfully full and light. Chen Jingming and I bo...

A few days later, Qiu Yang was forging a set of horseshoes in the smithy when Zhou Laosi suddenly ran in. “Someone's coming from the north,” he said. “Chief Liao wants you mounted.” Qiu Yang put down ...

Now, whether beneath the polar night or the daylight, they will always have each other. — Love Letter from the Polar Night Ken — “Damn. The car’s broken down.” Ning Cheng frowned at the hood, frustrat...

A husband raised for him since childhood? The phrase had been spinning around his head all day, and he still couldn't make sense of it. He'd clearly transmigrated into a story about a real heir and a ...

Shen Jibai's promise struck Ye Jingchuan as utterly absurd. It was Shen Jibai who had disregarded his wishes and forced him into this disgraceful situation. Now the perpetrator was acting as though he...

Ling Yu felt that this place was exactly as the notebook described. She also felt that using scenery like this in her own paintings would surely produce something different. She simply committed it to...

The dreary week of exams finally passed. When the bell rang at the end of the last paper, the entire sophomore building erupted in cheers of relief. As my taut nerves relaxed, exhaustion came flooding...

After leaving the house, Sheng Linyou tried everything he could think of. He called Yin Xigui. The first time, the phone rang for a long while before the call was rejected. The second time, it was swi...

“Running away may be shameful, but it works!” In the rear garden of the residence of the Duke Who Guards the Realm, Su Mian lay comfortably in a specially made rocking chair, basking in the warm sprin...

## Valdieri House Courtyard — Afternoon After opening the door, the man led Rain onto a pale gray stone path. Closely cropped lawns flanked it, their grass deep and even in color, clearly tended with ...

“Let me ask you two something. Did you park our van sideways across the entrance to an underground garage? How else does a simple audition end with the vehicle smashed to pieces? Four side windows, fr...

The man was tied up inside the trunk of his own car. When they opened it fully and saw the entire compartment, they were astonished. It must have undergone concealed modifications; from outside, there...

Guan Zhiyan finally finished examining the surveillance footage. She recorded everything she'd seen, then looked up at a cleaner passing by. Curiously, she asked the shop owner, “Do the same cleaners ...

Qiu Yang began going to the town patrol the next day. She did not directly say that she wanted to join. Each morning after finishing her work at the forge, she simply wandered to the entrance of the c...

The table-read schedule arrived with Qin Ting's script. On the way there, she repeatedly checked the densely packed dialogue and the stack of pages a full finger joint thick, then took two extra fish-...

Before leaving the City God Temple, Ding Peichen tucked Immortal Wang's soul-suppressing talisman securely into the inner pocket over his chest, then wandered out of Nancheng. It was only palm-sized, ...

From the main courtyard, Wang Guizhi's wailing rose louder and louder, as though her heart had been gouged out. When Cen Sheng stepped through the gate, several rough-work matrons were clumsily helpin...

Fang Runing followed He Yuanxia through the entrance and back into the thick darkness. The girl ahead walked too fast. The hem of her blue dress swayed twice like a fish's tail, then melted into the c...

Several bodies lay sprawled at odd angles beneath a sand dune. In the distance, countless enormous armored creatures were launching their final assault on a black-haired young man. Gripping his sword ...

The noodle shop buzzed with voices, the rich aroma of bone broth filling the air. We sat in our usual corner. Head lowered, Chen Jingming poked at the noodles in his bowl with his chopsticks, splashin...

Xiao Die closed the door. She sat at her desk, reading her reference books. She didn't notice that her phone kept buzzing. Xiao Die, I want to see you. Why did you steal my boyfriend? These were messa...

Chapter 6: The Real Address The Old Apartment — Night Rain set the fried rice noodles on the table, and Emily immediately leaned in with an exaggerated sniff. “This smells incredible! Oh my God!” Befo...

Chapter 24: Man-Made Cultivation Ji Qian’ang was nearly soaked through by the rain. Tang Yu had been shielded beneath his jacket, so he looked considerably better. Getting drenched himself was no grea...

The teacher carried in a large stack of test papers, distributing the results of the final mock exam before the college entrance exam. Each student had several thick college application guides stacked...