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My life ended with Yu Shen saying, “Ruan Ying, if you found out, I'd never be able to show my face again.” The rooftop railing was digging into my waist. Far below, a loudspeaker's announcement blurre...

"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...

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 ...

“Forgive my bluntness, but without the cover, I would have assumed I was reviewing a general's revenge saga set in an imaginary dynasty.” Cold air seeped through the spacious, brightly lit editor-in-c...

A voice demanding my doom dragged me awake. “Miss Su. Mr. Fu says you must sign this agreement today.” The words poured down from above, ice-cold and professionally patient. I forced open my heavy eye...

I peeled myself off the floor and called the one person who'd never graded me. "Blaire here. Talk fast, I'm mid-sketch." "Blaire. Hugo and I are done." There was a beat of silence, then a thwack of a ...

Summer vacation tasted as though it had been soaked in honey. Between the milky fragrance drifting through the dessert shop and the warm, sugary breath of its ovens, every day felt full and light. Che...

Gong Zheng connected the miniature data cloner. The advanced device didn't require the laptop to be switched on: connected directly to the drive, it could copy everything at a touch, silently and with...

To grow up, to become a calm person, requires shedding many tears. "Chairwoman Su arranged for me to pick you up and take you home." "Why do you call Mom 'Chairwoman Su'?" "Because I don't want to be ...

Wednesday was the day Shen Miaomiao hit the worst writer's block of her life. She had spent the entire morning staring at the document for Chapter Ten of her novel. Her two leads had progressed from t...

On Monday morning, the Moxiang Literature editorial office was bustling. After Saturday's team outing and Sunday's rest, everyone was in fairly good spirits. Shen Miaomiao sat at her workstation, fran...

I didn't tell anyone the whole truth for most of my life, mostly because there was no one to tell it to. My first memory is a dormitory in St. Agnes's Orphanage: forty beds, one radiator, and the soun...

At that point, what was one more scandal on top of the pile? I bent down again and pressed a kiss to Kieran Vale's cheek, slow and deliberate, while the whole booth watched. Then I looked up at Hugo a...

“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,...

Yan Yu closed his eyes, unwilling to look at his injuries. Once he'd steadied himself, he picked up the bathrobe from the floor. At least his clothes were still in the bathroom. He wouldn't have to le...

Chapter 27: Going Public It was the tenth day when everything finally settled. All of the assets under Yin Rui's name completed their transfer and liquidation, the pushback from the Yin family's old g...

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...

Chapter 26: Warmth The news that Yin Xigui had taken over the Yin family spread through the entire business world within three days. First, the personnel changes at the old residence leaked out. The s...

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 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....

Chapter 29: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter When Su Die woke again, she heard sirens. In the instant she opened her eyes, she could not tell whether the sirens came from a dream or from reality. Qin Zu...

Perhaps it was his imagination, but Shi Wei's room-change request seemed to be approved unusually quickly. They'd barely finished lunch before its status changed to Accepted. Xu Yan eagerly volunteere...

Chapter 28: Kindness Su Zhen's Diary, 1 I met a bear. The bear had two eyes, and its eyes were full of fear. The bear held a knife and locked me in a room. I kept calling my sister's name in my heart,...

Chapter 26: A Presumptuous Introduction Tang Yu's heart softened. Lin Juefei had been so busy lately that he was never around; whenever he came back, there were dark circles under his eyes, but he nev...

Chapter 25: Earning It Back Tang Yu spent the entire day's classes hopelessly absent-minded. Even sitting at his desk, he wanted to be eight hundred meters away from the person beside him. Ji Qian'ang...

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...

After Lu Chen rescued Chapter Four with his red pen, Shen Miaomiao finally learned her lesson about writing. She stopped chasing exaggerated domineering-CEO formulas and began concentrating on details...

The steady sound of a jump rope echoed through the hall. Li Ce had reached two hundred and ninety jumps. His inner robe was soaked through, and his long hair clung in disarray to the side of his neck....

Once he was in the car, Gong Zheng's craving for a cigarette returned. He silently cursed Zhao Zhouming. The bastard had lit one for him, then taken it away after barely a few drags and forced himself...

By the time the car stopped outside the villa, Sheng Linyou was half-conscious. Yin Xigui helped him up to the bedroom on the second floor and used a warm towel to wipe the cuts on his face and wrists...

Xi Yan skimmed the virtual world's background information, then promptly lay down on the ground, spread his hands, and closed his eyes. “Staying alive in this hellhole is hard enough. Who's going to b...

On Friday afternoon, Shen Miaomiao arrived outside the editor-in-chief's office with her latest printed manuscript in her arms. These were Chapters Six through Eight, which she'd spent an entire week ...

After Su Mian publicly “force-fed” Xie Wei a life of luxury, the entire capital saw how dazedly the young scholar departed. Some said the little demon king had sucked the backbone out of Scholar Xie. ...

After the call ended, Yin Xigui stood in the living room for about ten seconds. His breathing gradually slowed from ragged to steady. The grip of his fingers on the edge of his phone loosened, then ti...

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...

Friday afternoon brought Moxiang Literature's quarterly project-selection meeting. It was the most important meeting of the quarter. Senior management, editorial-team leads, heads of marketing, and th...

On Saturday evening, the publishing company's team outing brought the entire staff to an upscale restaurant for dinner. Shen Miaomiao wore a pale blue dress, her hair loose over her shoulders, with a ...