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Outside the apartment building, a fierce gale raged, and sheets of torrential rain seemed to swallow the whole city. Xiao Die held back her sobs. She finished the congee, then sank into a deep, heavy ...

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...

"Chairwoman, it's the president of P Company on the line." Su Yue had no time to continue seeking justice for her daughter. Her partnership with P Company was far more important. Seeing that Su Yue wa...

Servers like these loved silver most of all. Without silver to smooth things over, they would naturally tell certain things in full, scarcely caring about the eventual consequences. Murong Qing was ab...

Chapter 5: A Very Suspicious Alpha For the next few days, Rain deliberately packed every hour of her schedule. Classes in the morning, revisions at the library in the afternoon, a shift at the café in...

Chapter 4: The House Behind the House Valdieri House — 1:17 a.m. At 1:17 in the morning, lights were still burning in the Valdieri family's true Manhattan residence. It was not, of course, the detache...

“A bargain?” Xue Miao leaned against his wheelchair beneath the moon, narrow eyes studying an unexpectedly interesting intruder. “What do you possess that could serve as a bargaining chip?” Cen Sheng ...

The hall went silent. Wang Guizhi steadied herself against the table, all color gone. Jing Shishi hid behind Xue Wenyan. Xue Wenyan snatched Xue Miao’s letter. “Mother, the censor is investigating the...

The basketball had shattered the frame of Ji Qian ang s glasses, and the broken pieces had pierced his left eye. Ji Qian ang bent over, covering his eye with one hand. Blood seeped through his fingers...

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 next day, Monday. The early morning sun cuts through the glass curtain walls of the financial district, cold and glaring. In front of the XX Bank headquarters. Thirty ‑ three office workers in for...

Pain flooded every bone in Cen Sheng’s body. She tried to scream, but a rag stuffed her mouth. Gongs and drums thundered outside. A suona wailed through the winter night. “Seal the coffin!” The last t...

Out of the office building. The sun is blinding. I squint, holding my cardboard box, standing on the crowded street. Where will I go? What will I do? I don t know. But I m not anxious at all. My bank ...

Lady Li’s every word carried the same regret: if she had spoken sooner, perhaps none of this would have happened. Murong Qing did not know how to comfort her. Everyone interpreted guilt differently. W...

Nangong Min remained unmoved. “You know what the Tang family would do if he came out to them. He needed someone absolutely safe—someone like me—as cover. He chose this path and enjoys it. You shouldn’...

When the TV station crew arrived at the university to film an interview, Qin Ting and her assistant Xiao Zhou were already making a desperate escape from the restroom.The Insta360 camera was still han...

Day twenty ‑ three. Old Liu sent me a WeChat late at night. ASG sent people. Followed by a frightened emoji. How many? Three people from the Quality Department. The one leading them seemed pretty seni...

The school doctor went to the pharmacy for medicine and asked Ji Qian’ang to keep watch. Ji Qian’ang returned carrying a cup of warm water. Tang Yu lay on the bed beside the window, body curled in on ...

“Minister Shangguan…you know the stories about the plum blossom, don’t you?” Murong Qing asked when she saw recognition in his face. Of course he did. The Plum Blossom Thief had committed another crim...

Night fell over Chang’an, and the Jinwu Guard began its usual patrol. The patrol officer led from the front. As he scanned the street, a cat cried somewhere nearby. Perhaps someone had startled it, or...

Yin Xigui lowered his lashes, fingers twisting the corner of his shirt. “I am a young master, but no one wants to come here.” He paused, his throat moving faintly. “Father says I don't deserve servant...

For the next several days, Shang Zhu’s movements were nearly restricted. Did He Yi’an, the sect leader, truly have nothing better to do than follow him? “Your Excellency,” Shang Zhu asked consideratel...

Guan Qingyun went down to the second floor and turned left. A sign reading TECHNICAL UNIT came into view. She pushed open the door and spoke before anyone could greet her. “I need the survey report fr...

After living on Silent Reflection Peak for years, Shang Zhu knew exactly where its silence ended. He left the wooden house beneath trees older than Lingyun Sect itself. Each had developed a spirit—and...

“Heh…” Flames licked mercilessly over Shang Zhu’s body. There was nowhere to hide inside the pill furnace, and fresh kindling kept falling from above. His wonderful master and Bai Tiansheng had done t...

Chapter 1 New York. A little after eight in the evening. The private dining room was on the top floor of an upscale restaurant. Beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, the lights of one of New York s wea...

Lu Siting's furious voice chased him from behind. Clutching his schoolbag, Xu Xingye rushed out of the classroom without looking back and ran down the corridor toward the stairs. School had just ended...

“Alpha.” The word echoed through Rain’s mind. This world recognized far more than the old binary of man and woman: Alpha, Beta, and Omega. The law forbade forced matches and denied anyone the right to...

The air in the private room seemed to freeze solid. Zong Wen's icy face betrayed nothing. He simply released his grip without the slightest hesitation. The absolute force controlling Chi Xingran's wri...

Chapter 2 Rain looked up. Celestina s smile softened again. Would that be all right? Her voice was quiet, almost tentative. Rain straightened stiffly, clutching the tissue in her hand. Celestina s gaz...

“No wonder you're still such a useless, good-for-nothing fool after all these years! How could a son of mine, Qin Shaofen, be this worthless?” “I hear Qingbai topped the college entrance exam even whi...

Faint morning light entered a side hall of the prince's residence. Last night's chaos had passed, but an awkward silence still lingered in the air. Jiang Yuejian was joining two lengths of hemp rope, ...

At dawn, four police cars stood outside an abandoned factory on the outskirts of Jinghai City, their yellow crime-scene tape glaring in the pale light. Guan Qingyun had been up all night and rushed ov...

Qiu Yang settled into the smithy. Before dawn the next morning, Old Liao was already hammering iron out front. Hearing the blows, Qiu Yang rose, washed her face, entered the shop, and crouched beside ...

Zhao Jian'an stared at Qiu Yang for a long time before saying, “Then leave tomorrow.” Qiu Yang noticed nothing unusual. She nodded. “All right.” That night, she packed her bundle. She folded her cloth...

When Qiu Yang rose the next morning, Zhao Jian'an was already in the courtyard. Crouched beside the well, he splashed water over his face, then stood and shook it from his hands. “Come out with me tod...

That night, Qiu Yang lay in bed thinking over Uncle Zheng's words. She turned them over again and again. After several passes, she realized something: deep down, she was not surprised. It felt strange...

Life in the apartment building was like a dream. Su Mosheng no longer woke in the deep of night. He thought of that girl with the stubborn eyes. Their farewell had not been a grand one. Unlike Su Mosh...