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"A kiss? And here I thought you had grander ambitions... That first time we met, you were threatening all sorts of..." "I said a kiss, so a kiss. Nothing more." Gong Si said it word by word, watching ...

Chapter 1: The Debt and the Sale (Part 1) Emma Craven discovered that her life was over at exactly 2:37 p.m. on a rainy Tuesday, while trying to untie an impossible knot in her shoelace. The kitchen p...

After hanging up, Xiao Wang sent over all the files at once. On the personal file, Zhou Xun lingered longer than once: Li Tan had served three years in prison, and not for anything dignified—petty the...

Gong Si left, and only Gong Shiwen and Gong Zheng remained in the office. Gong Shiwen walked over slowly and reached out, stroking the sharp line of Gong Zheng's cheek with unexpected tenderness. "The...

The Heaven-class private room of Taibai Tower was the most extravagant gold-burning den in the whole capital. By now the table was laden with delicacies beyond counting: minced fish dressed in golden ...

Day had barely broken when the black sedan Fu Jingchen sent was already blocking the gate of the side courtyard. Lawyer Chen stood by the car door in a neatly pressed gray suit, holding last night's u...

She'd braced for a long wait before catching Qin Zheng. Instead, the moment Li Funing went to bed, the ghost delivered himself. Ling Wu went on high alert, yellow talisman clutched in her hand. What w...

The alarm went off at 6:12 a.m. Not 6:15, as Fábio had intended, because he’d set it incorrectly the night before—too nervous to get anything right, including his own fingers. He sat up in bed and sta...

Yan Yu's pale eyes flew wide open in shock. He couldn't understand why Gu Huaizhi would say that. Before he could ask, the man closed in and closed a hand around his throat. “I don't need your explana...

Chapter 4: The Debt and the Sale (Part 4) Emma adjusted her posture, squared her shoulders, and took her first real step down the ground-floor corridor. The black-and-white marble beneath her sneakers...

The first day of the fifth month, outside the Hanlin Academy of Great Qi. The new second-place scholar Xie Wei reported for his first day of morning roll call. He had risen at cockcrow, dressed with m...

"Aria? She's nothing but a bit of fun." The words stopped me cold in the hallway, two chilled bottles of champagne in my arms and a bag of ice pressed against my ribs. Three years. Three years of comi...

They had played too long and nearly forgotten the actual business at hand. With the Shen-Li wedding drawing near, Yunshu asked Ling Wu when they would go to the Li residence. She wanted to see the sch...

Dawn was barely breaking when Ling Wu yawned at the yellow talismans blanketing her table. Cultivation really was an excellent way to kill time. She'd tossed and turned all night after getting back—pa...

As his fingertip roughed across the yellowed edge of the photograph, the whole slapdash, glib, don't-give-a-damn act on Chi Xingran's face wiped itself clean. On the front of the photo was a mud-cover...

A chill shot up Chi Xingran's spine, but the moment his eyes landed on that handsome face inches away, he froze all over again. The heavy bruise-dark circles under Zong Wen's eyes had faded by more th...

Love breeds worry; love breeds fear; and love that cannot be had breeds a darkness all its own. Qin Zheng had become a ghost—so his love could never be. Shen Ci had fallen one step short—so his love c...

Never had Ling Wu imagined that one day she'd get to see those storybook illustrations performed live, right before her eyes. It all started at noon, right after the two of them had finished enjoying ...

Three minutes later—no one knew what Luna had said—Victor stood where he’d been left, hollow-eyed and lost. Luna had turned, gotten into the car, and the car pulled away from the airport. Daisy didn’t...

Qingchen's words were like a thunderclap, setting Ling Wu's ears ringing. Over and over, one line repeated in her head. —"When you ascend, I will take you as my bonded companion." Her jaw hung open, h...

The café was called Grão Verso. Fábio discovered it on his second day as an intern, when he got off the subway ten minutes early and decided to walk around the block instead of heading straight to the...

Gu Qingbai's furious questioning left her with nothing to answer back. "I've told you — your big brother is not a good person. Staying with him will ruin you!" "That's not how I see it." What Gu Qingb...

Crying drifted in faintly from outside—"Wuwuwu..."—enough to unsettle anyone's heart. Qian Duoduo mouthed silently: "Someone's crying." "I'm not deaf," Xu Changhuan replied. Well, fine then. The cryin...

When it came to Gu Zai'an and Gu Qingbai, Qin Shaofen was two entirely different people. With Gu Qingbai she was gentle and attentive, patting his head and comforting him: "Qingbai, keep your distance...

Qin Zheng glanced at the rabbit lantern, then at Shen Ci's fleeing back, and shook his head, laughing. He'd likely provoked some young miss again. Setting the lantern aside, he took up his brush and w...

Shen Yueji sighed. She hadn't wanted to dig all this up again, but since Lin Ting had asked, staying silent would only let the others dig out most of it anyway — better to say it herself. "Cheng Chi c...

Yu Chong stared at him, cold as frost. "Say that again." Ding Peichen was already laughing too hard to breathe, though he fought to keep his volume down. "Godzilla! Or one of those three-headed, six-a...

That night, after they got home, Lin Ting did indeed ask about Shen Yueji and Cheng Chi's history, her gaze curious, sizing her up. "You and Cheng Chi — were you two a couple?" Shen Yueji thought for ...

After they left the infirmary, Xu Xingye didn't head straight back to the classroom. He drifted slowly down the corridor toward the stairwell. The teaching building emptied quickly after the final bel...

Lu Siting didn't stay seated for long. He got up, walked over to the water dispenser, took a paper cup, filled it halfway with warm water, and set it down on the small table by the bed. When he was do...

Through the banquet, the oil-paper umbrella swayed from time to time. Ling Wu knew perfectly well it was Qin Zheng fidgeting, but with her master present she couldn't slip away. At her fourth light ta...

Xue Wenbin had not gone far down the path toward the back courtyard when he stopped. Autumn darkened early. Just past the you hour, the sky had already deepened to dark indigo. No lamps were lit in th...

He Yuanxia didn't move. She crouched on the edge of the ledge, the wind snapping her blue dress like a small flag. She looked at Fang Runing, and in those black eyes something was shaking violently. N...

The man at the door stood against the light, tall and broad-shouldered, in an indigo-dyed rough-cloth working outfit, a short knife at his waist, his boot tops caked with yellow loess - he had plainly...

If it was a false entrance... then where was the real one? He was nearly without a clue. Shangguan Jin knew which way Murong Qing had gone when she left, but the particulars were beyond him. He rubbed...

It was the only piece of evidence she had left behind. When all this was done she lowered her head again and pressed forward quickly, not daring to look up once more at her surroundings. Following the...

The Old Apartment, Night Emily had heard Rain's muttering and glanced over. "That's exactly the problem." Emily lowered her voice. "Hey, think carefully - have you broken off any strange willow branch...

The Old Apartment, Night Emily tapped the tip of her chopsticks against the table. "The Valdieri family has deep mafia roots. There are plenty of stories online about their early business: harbor smug...

Fang Runing went down on one knee and lowered He Yuanqiu from her back. He Yuanqiu's feet touched the mud. She swayed but didn't fall, steadying herself on Fang Runing's shoulder for a moment, then sl...