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“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,...

Xu Xingye nearly bolted upright off the cot at the word “family.” He forced himself to stay still, pulling the blanket up a little and keeping his eyes shut, playing dead. The school doctor stood wher...

Ding Peichen had barely walked beyond the campus gates when Guan Heng sent a message: “I’m here. Where are you?” He shared his location and waited beneath a crooked locust tree. In truth, he did not p...

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...

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? ...

The elderly residents of the nursing home wore childlike, innocent smiles. Their faces were lined with wrinkles, yet they seemed happier than Xiao Die. BR Group chairwoman Su Yue's car was parked in a...

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...

In the Celestial Realm, at Carefree Pavilion, Qingchen placed the final stone. The game was decided. Sifan stared at the wreckage of his position and groaned. “Why do you drive me into a dead end ever...

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....

Shen Jibai's promise struck Ye Jingchuan as utterly absurd. It was Shen Jibai who had disregarded his wishes and forced him into this disgraceful situation. Now the perpetrator was acting as though he...

Three minutes later—no one knew what Luna had said—Victor stood where he’d been left, hollow-eyed and lost. Luna had turned, gotten into the car, and the car pulled away from the airport. Daisy didn’t...

By the time the plane touched down safely at London Heathrow, it was already two in the morning. Tonight they would overnight in London and fly straight back to New York the next day, and after that c...

Li Juan. The name instantly brings a blurry figure to my mind. Quiet, introverted, wearing black ‑ rimmed glasses, always in ill ‑ fitting office clothes. She has such a low profile that if she didn ’...

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...

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...

The first time Fang Runing died, she felt nothing but an infinite lightness. She lay in bed listening to the monitor flatten into one long tone, nurses' footsteps approach and fade, and her mother sti...

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...

Victor had barely stepped through his own front door when his mother’s call came in. He stared at the caller ID, brow knitting, and only answered after a few seconds. Mida’s voice came through. “Victo...

"You think I'm playing hard to get ?" I laughed. I actually laughed, leaning forward over his desk, close enough to watch the shock flicker in Hugo's eyes when he found nothing there but ice. "I don't...

Mo Ruxuan watched his little maneuver, caught his hand, and said, "That sort of thing can't hurt me." Lin Zijing flushed red with anger. "What's that supposed to mean? You look down on me." To think h...

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...

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...

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 ...

Victor made his exit with the sunrise and the professionalism of a man who has smuggled himself out of hostile airspace before — folded blanket, empty water bottle carried out under his coat, a squeez...

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. L...

In the end, Ji Xunzhi did snatch the Wordless Heavenly Book back from Ling Wu. After that, he dared not flaunt it again—especially not in front of her. He smoothed the creases his grip had left, then ...

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...

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 ...

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...

At half past ten at night, the Moxiang Literature editorial office was still brightly lit. Outside, the city had fallen asleep, with only scattered headlights cutting through the darkness. But this se...

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...

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...

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 ...

For the next two days, Shen Miaomiao might as well have unlocked a cheat code. By day, she sat at her desk at the company, writing like mad. At midnight, she took her place in front of her phone, punc...

11:59 p.m. Shen Miaomiao sat cross-legged on her sofa in oversized pajamas. A single floor lamp cast a warm yellow glow through the living room. On the table sat an unsweetened Americano that had long...

“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...

Qin Zu vented his cruelty against the windowsill of the F Group president's office. Today was his last day working at F Group. He imagined the day he would become a king—the entire world under his con...