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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...

Ever since Lu Chen had pronounced her first three chapters “a huge improvement,” Shen Miaomiao had let the success go straight to her head. “Sweet contemporary romance? Is that all there is to it?” On...

It was the third month of spring in the twenty-fourth year of the Jianping reign, in the Great Qi dynasty. On the top floor of Taibai Tower, the capital's most prestigious and extravagant establishmen...

The doors of the apartment building were all tightly shut. The voices of gossip rose and fell like waves crashing against rock—even sealed in, they still possessed the fire-drawn force of moths hurtli...

“I want to make money! I want a fat savings account!” With his daily mantra complete, Xi Yan threw himself into work as though someone had given him a shot of adrenaline. His colleague across the way ...

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...

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...

The smell of mildew seeped from every crack in the basement walls. Sheng Linyou knew it well—just as he knew the thing fastened around his neck. He gave a derisive snort and ran his fingers over the b...

The news of Xiao Die's parents' deaths spread quickly through the apartment building. Yet it was the handsome class president who lived on the first floor who broadcast her misfortune to the entire gr...

The weather stayed clear for several days after that. Yin Xigui holed up in the house and refused to go anywhere. Like a cat basking in the sun, he spent each day sprawled on the sofa with those finan...

Lin Ting had been out enjoying herself with Shen Yueji for a while now, but the day had finally come when she could no longer avoid a banquet. The invitation had arrived at the villa half a month ago....

I thought our next meeting might come on some distant day—at a crowded turn in a stairwell, perhaps, or before a noisy cafeteria window. We would nod politely, two strangers who vaguely recognized eac...

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 ...

The tension in the room had stretched to breaking point. Jiang Yuejian wiped the slender silver tube with strong liquor. Firelight danced along its surface, making it look like a cold snake poised to ...

Senior year began earlier than any other grade. The chill of the first lunar month still lingered; the snow on campus had been swept to the roadside and piled into gray-black mounds. Bare branches poi...

For three full minutes after my car pulled away, I said nothing at all. Neither did he. Then I told him. I won't repeat what I said. Some of it was cruel, and I meant every word, and I'd say it again ...

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...

Xiao Die wasn't afraid of hardship. For her mom and dad, she was willing to do anything. How many days were left until the college entrance exam? In those fleeting days, every single one felt like an ...

Xiao Die couldn't quite figure it out—her best friend always seemed capable of conjuring up some risqué scenario in her mind. Once, when the two of them were walking past a certain adult goods shop, L...

Lin Ting couldn't settle down in her studio today. She singled out Shen Yueji to accompany her out. Over the next three hours, Shen Yueji went from a personal bodyguard who had been bored out of her m...

The ocean stretched endlessly before her, a profound and boundless deep blue. That was all she could see in her eyes—nothing but deep blue. As she turned the key in the lock, she overheard Auntie Li a...

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 was sentenced to ten years for fraud. Xiao...

“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...

The question, asked so abruptly, made Guan Zhiyan freeze for a beat. She shook her head at once. "Of course not. We're not police—we're here strictly for the money. When someone won't come out to meet...

This summer was hotter than any summer before. Xiao Die was successfully admitted to A University, but she was still worried about tuition and living expenses. Lu Na's uncle paid her wages for this mo...

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...

Listening to Shen Jingyu's childish questions, Ye Jingchuan felt a tangle of emotions and had no idea how to answer. A three-year-old did not understand death, and he couldn't bring himself to say som...

Su Mian leaned over Taibai Tower's carved white-marble windowsill, chin propped in his hand, leisurely watching that timeless historical drama unfold below: “Rich Young Bullies Torment Poor Scholar.” ...

Chapter 16: Currents Beneath the Surface The news came on the evening of the third day. Sheng Linyou was chopping vegetables when Yin Xigui answered the phone. Through the half-open kitchen door, he h...

Ji Qian’ang stopped walking. The corridor stayed silent for so long that Tang Yu almost began to regret speaking. Then the person across from him answered, “I can.” The tightness in Tang Yu’s chest lo...

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 humid heat of August rose like steam, and the sea breeze from Victoria Harbour swept through Central, carrying the briny scent of the water. Tang Yu had just stepped out of the taxi when a wave of...

The first batch of twenty Tianxuan blades — delivery in forty days. I did the finishing. Xiao Sun did rough grinding and semi ‑ finishing. Sixteen hours of work every day. The first ten went smoothly ...

After Old Liu arrived, the workshop became four people. Me, Xiao Sun, Lin Kai, and Old Liu. Old Liu couldn ’ t do finishing, but he had spent fifteen years at Tianchen on equipment maintenance and mat...

The day the Tianxuan blades arrived, I held one in my hands for a long time. It looked similar to the WZ ‑ 16 blade, but the moment I touched it, I could tell it was different — lighter, with a pale g...

Three days after Zhang Mingzhe left his card, another person showed up. Qian Zhiyuan. General Manager of Tianchen Precision. He drove a black Audi A6 and parked at the workshop entrance. I saw him get...

The news of Tianchen losing the WZ ‑ 16 contract exploded in the industry. A precision manufacturing company with annual revenue over two billion — its core project gone, just like that. Old Liu sent ...

News of Tianchen ’ s troubles spread quickly. The industry is small. In the aero ‑ engine precision processing field, there are only a few hundred people nationwide. When something happens at one comp...

With Xiao Sun on board, the workshop ’ s capacity barely caught up. I did the finishing. He did rough grinding and semi ‑ finishing. The final surface correction was still done by me. ASG ’ s orders s...

In the second month of the workshop ’ s operation, ASG added three more orders. Forty ‑ two blades in total. I worked alone, fourteen hours a day, non ‑ stop. Master Zhao came by once. Seeing me grind...