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The day my supplier approval came through, Mr. Lu called again. Mr. Song, we re raising our offer to three hundred fifty thousand a year, plus a relocation allowance and housing subsidy Mr. Lu, thank ...

F Group had once been a commercial empire in Y City, fleeting as a passing cloud. Qin Zu had once been glorious beyond measure. His photograph frequently graced the covers of financial magazines. Back...

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, ...

When Qiu Yang woke, she found herself lying in a soft bed. A cotton quilt covered her, carrying the clean scent of soapberries. Everything around her felt light and warm, as though safety itself had w...

The café Lu Nan had been heading for was called Cats in the Alley. Its owner, a fairly young man named Xu Zhiyang, had expected him for an interview two days earlier. Xu Zhiyang had called twice witho...

The man before her was the Left General of the Jinwu Guard—and also her childhood companion, Jiang Qinghe. Jiang Qinghe's eyes had gone considerably stern. "A-Qing..." She cut him off before he could ...

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...

Lu Nan was being held in a strange man's arms. He opened his mouth, but not a word came out. All he could do was marvel inwardly: a hero could still make a dazzling entrance without a thunderclap over...

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...

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...

Because of the festival, school ended more than an hour earlier than usual. I packed my bag and waited beneath the enormous camphor tree at the school gates. The shade was dense and the cicadas deafen...

The moment they entered the room, Shen Jibai shut the door. When he looked up, his gaze was immediately caught by Ye Jingchuan. Jingchuan had just finished bathing, water still glistening on his skin....

“Limited edition? You're fishing for a sugar daddy with a nine-yuan-ninety knockoff, shipping included. Lady, is your dignity made of plastic too?” Chi Xingran stood at the table in Private Room Eight...

After half a month with the town patrol, Qiu Yang had learned the camp's rules. She patrolled the border every morning, practiced with her blade for two hours on the drill ground afterward, and rode a...

The room was dim. Li Ce had been laid flat on a crude wooden couch. Without the slightest ceremony, Jiang Yuejian lifted his black, subtly patterned robe, exposing his strong lower back, slick with co...

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...

Propped on one elbow, Ji Qian'ang half sat up and glanced at Tang Yu. "Nothing. Just now, my hand went numb too." "I couldn't exactly leave it hanging there, could I?" Tang Yu was speechless. The man ...

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 sighed at him. He was here because Kieran's little speech had lit him up like a fuse, and he needed somewhere to put the fire. Fine. I'd been putting out Hugo's fires for three years. One more, and ...

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? ...

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 ...

Lin Qinyan was pushing Gu Zai'an into a stall when a pale hand caught his arm. Gu Qingbai's gaze moved back and forth over their closely pressed arms. At last, he pulled Gu Zai'an in front of him and ...

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 following afternoon, Shen Miaomiao came into the company late, sporting a pair of dark circles. She'd worked past midnight the night before, then tossed and turned at home over Lu Chen's jacket. A...

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...

Yin Rui came just before dawn. When Yin Xigui received the call, he was sitting on the steps outside the Public Security Bureau. The night wind tugged his coat tight, then loose again. Dew had dampene...

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 ...

Chapter 23: The Price of Helping a Seedling Grow Tang Yu felt as though he could lift a hand and touch the black sky above him. Ji Qian’ang carried him with absolute steadiness toward the lawn beside ...

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...

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...

Chapter 4: No More Running Qiu Yang heard the scream but did not stop. She turned and returned to the Zhao residence. Zhao Jian'an had not come home yet. She put the vegetables in the kitchen, fed a s...

Chapter 3 When Pei Jin approached with the grilled skewers, he found Ling Yu drawing in a small sketchbook. She worked with such concentration that even people passing beside her failed to disturb her...

## 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 ...

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 ...

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-...

“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...

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...