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Yet the resemblance between those two faces was growing fainter. Tang Yu no longer thought of Tang Yifeng the instant he saw Ji Qian’ang. They had never been the same person. How could their outlines ...

In April of my second year, Sunan No. 1 High School wore early summer at its gentlest. Fresh camphor leaves unfurled in the breeze. Sunlight slipped through the open branches and scattered restless fl...

The masked man finally loosened his grip. With a flick of his hand, he tossed the cigar onto the table and abandoned it there. Lin Juefei curled forward, taking several rapid breaths before he could b...

Zhou Bin did not disagree. “Besides reviewing the footage, we should find out whether the security chief is here today.” The guard shook his head. The chief had not come to work and had not requested ...

Yin Rui used the word “trusteeship” when he said he was taking over Yin Xigui's holdings. That afternoon, Yin Xigui was summoned to the conference room on the top floor of the Yin Group. A thick stack...

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 ...

“No.” Tang Yu set down his chopsticks and stood. “I’m finished.” Wei Yingrong asked, “That’s all you’re eating?” “I have no appetite.” She looked at him as though she wanted to say something, but ulti...

“No.” Tang Yu set down his chopsticks and stood. “I’m finished.” Wei Yingrong asked, “That’s all you’re eating?” “I have no appetite.” She looked at him as though she wanted to say something, but ulti...

Inside the cave, Yu Xinglan entered the left-hand tunnel and returned to his starting point through the right. He had explored the entire cave. Apart from dead ends, there was only this circular passa...

They waited at the school gates for less than two minutes before Uncle Chen arrived. On the drive back, the cramps in Tang Yu’s stomach intensified, and the car ultimately sped straight to the hospita...

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 ...

Ji Qian’ang had been at the Tang residence for more than a month. First, Tang Yu had ruined his eye. Then he had made him sleep on a hard bed in the side wing without so much as a pillow. And all this...

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 ...

A tingling sensation shot through Tang Yu’s waist. He slapped Ji Qian’ang’s hand away at once and muttered, “Am I really that much shorter than you?” “Then why were you standing on tiptoe?” Tang Yu an...

“Get in there!” The moment Qiu Yang opened her eyes, a kick landed on her body. “Stay put. Don’t even think about escaping.” The prison guard slammed the cell door shut without the slightest hesitatio...

It was six in the morning, and dawn had yet to fully break. The phone on the bedside table suddenly vibrated. Yin Xigui's eyes snapped open. He grabbed it and pressed it to his ear. “Speak.” Lin Zhi's...

“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...

Wen Nan stepped forward and grabbed Su Mosheng by the collar. "Su Mosheng, what gives you the right to lecture me?" "You've dirtied my collar." "Dirtied it? Can you even see what color your collar is?...

The man from the corner table had been working up his courage through two rounds of drinks, and he finally spent it on me. "Lovely lady — would you care to dance?" Every head turned toward me, includi...

During the afternoon break, Ji Qian’ang moved to the window in the last row without protest, silently obeying Tang Yu’s demand. Tang Yu glanced back. Ji Qian’ang read with his head lowered, sunlight m...

“What happened to Tingting's hind paw?” Zou Songpu had watched the newly posted cancellation video ten times before spotting a bandage around the little cat's back foot. “Dear viewer, Tingting was bei...

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’...

Thursday morning, I drag my suitcase out the door before dawn. My phone buzzes in my pocket. It ’ s Xiaoya. “ Su Qing, you really took leave? You ’ re going to miss the roast duck on Friday? What a sh...

When Tang Yifeng was alive, Nangong Min had clung to him like a ghost. After his death, the man became a lunatic. He waited for Tang Yu outside school, wept over the phone, and begged him to reveal Ta...

The battered phone in his pocket vibrated until his thigh went numb. Chi Xingran pulled out the secondhand phone with its cracked screen. System notifications kept exploding across the top like a runa...

When Yin Xigui was dragged into the basement of the Yin family's old residence, his knee struck the steps. Pain made his whole body curl inward. The man behind him showed no mercy. He hauled Yin Xigui...

Many boys their age stood taller than Tang Yu. Jiang Hao visibly did too. But someone had struck Tang Yu’s deepest wound, and nothing could stop the violence driving him now. Jiang Hao’s lower back cr...

Ji Qian’ang’s hot breath brushed Tang Yu’s nape. Every sound in the home-economics room seemed to fade, leaving only the heat of his palm. Then he released Tang Yu. “Do it yourself.” Tang Yu lowered h...

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...

Several days later, Sheng Linyou was taken away. This time there was no knock and no notice. Public Security officers kicked the door in while Sheng Linyou was chopping vegetables in the kitchen. The ...

Tang Yu sat up and tried to cover Ji Qian’ang’s eyes. “Who said you could look? Get out.” Ji Qian’ang leaned away and picked up a framed photograph from the bedside table. Tang Yu stood alone near a b...

“Do you understand French?” Tang Yu asked. “No.” “English?” Ji Qian’ang answered in precise, unhurried English. “You were looking at me before you asked.” Tang Yu fell silent. The man somehow sounded ...

The alarm rang three times before Tang Yu finally surfaced from a heavy sleep. He glanced at the clock. “Seven forty…” He shot out of bed, dragged on his uniform, and hurried downstairs. Ji Qian’ang s...

Night had just fallen when Sheng Linyou reached the teahouse. The proprietor glanced at him, eyes pausing on his collar before looking away. Sheng Linyou ignored him and went upstairs. Warm light spil...

In the days that followed, Yin Xigui began going out far more often. At first it was once every two days; soon, he was leaving every other day. Before each trip, he reported to Sheng Linyou that he an...

In the end, they still failed to prevent the meeting. It was set at a private restaurant on the east side of the city. Yin Zhengsong had arranged everything himself, even reserving the private room th...

That night, Yin Xigui's fever returned. It rose and fell over and over, refusing to break completely. His forehead felt warm, and he lay listlessly beneath the covers, coughing every now and then. Eac...