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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 ...

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...

When the white light faded, I found myself standing in front of a workstation. Sticky notes covered the partition. Three monitors were stacked at the edge of the desk, a packet of spicy snacks was wed...

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 ...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

“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...

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...

There were no lights in the stairwell. When Fang Runing stepped onto the first stair, something thick coated the sole of her foot—neither quite liquid nor solid, carrying a sharp, bloody reek. She did...

Liang Zhecheng bent down, picked Lu Nan up, and settled him in the armchair in front of him. Then he leaned close and took an enormous sniff. “Yes! That's it! That cat smell!” Poor little Lu Nan tucke...

“Huh?” Qian Yu froze. Xie Yingying blinked and looked up at her. “Eldest Senior Sister, have you forgotten? Amu curses every male creature that sets foot on Yunliu Mountain.” Was this one of those hor...

The story continued, accompanied by the queen's voice. The merfolk had once been a prosperous race. Then, three hundred years ago, the balance between the races shifted. Humans, who had always ranked ...

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...

Ling Yu truly did not care much about the accusations. Still, in her present state she was unsuited to drawing another comic. She believed she needed more training before attempting a second one. What...

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...

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...

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...

“Little Nine, please—don't leave me!” Her eyes were tightly shut. Blood stained her lips, and her unbound hair lay scattered around her. Her robes had been soaked through with crimson. Frail as a with...

The basement of the Zhao residence. The darkness was almost absolute. Blood and rust tainted the stale air; chains clattered against one another. Anyone stumbling upon the room might have mistaken it ...

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....

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...

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 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 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, ...

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...

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...

Pei Jin explained, “Actually, I'm not interested in any of this.” Ling Yu had no intention of pressing him for his reasons. If he didn't want to discuss it, there was no need to keep asking. She merel...

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...

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...

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...

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? ...

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...