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Yu Xinglan closed the interface. Based on the forum posts, he would look for the merfolk's homeland first. The sea in front of him seemed the most likely place to find it. He looked around. The water ...

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, ...

The thumping started at eight a.m. on the last morning of my leave. Furniture legs on hallway marble. The elevator chiming over and over. A voice — Trask's, unmistakably, in full evangelical flow — sa...

Many boys their age stood taller than Tang Yu. Jiang Hao visibly did too. But someone had struck Tang Yu’s deepest wound, and nothing could stop the violence driving him now. Jiang Hao’s lower back cr...

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-...

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...

At the biggest amusement park in New York, Charlotte bounced in Luna’s arms, pointing excitedly at the carousel. “Mommy, I want to ride that one!” Luna smiled and gave her cheek a gentle pinch. “Okay,...

Ding Aonan, terrified the person ahead would change his mind the next second, scrambled to keep up. The apartment blocks near the back street were old, and the stairwell lights were broken too—even da...

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...

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...

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...

That fifteen hundred came from Old Liu. “ Yuan Ge, it ’ s just fifteen hundred. Don ’ t be polite. ” Old Liu sent me a screenshot of the WeChat transfer. “ Use it. No need to pay back. ” “ I have to p...

The morning's work was nearly over. Shen Yueji saved her document, picked up her mug, and took a sip of water that had long since gone cold. A sudden commotion erupted across the office, followed by t...

(I) Each autumn rain brought a deeper chill. Since autumn began, more and more people in town had fallen ill. Shen Qingyu was the clinic's only physician, and she scarcely had time to breathe. Everyon...

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...

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...

Just when I thought my senior year would march to its end on schedule—tense but steady—fate bared its ugliest fangs. Life's hammer falls hardest when you are least guarded, closest to happiness, and i...

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 ...

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...

Guan Qingyun weighed Zhao Lin’s tone. Could the security chief truly have nothing to do with this? But without help from someone familiar with the building, no outsider could possibly have discovered ...

Qian Yu tilted her head to look at the unknown mass behind the immortal master. It was still twisting, but it had grown much smaller—from the size of an adult to the size of a child. Qian Yu took two ...

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...

## 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 ...

By May, the last chill of spring had vanished from the wind. It carried an ever-deepening heat, announcing the true arrival of summer. The annual May Fourth Youth Day celebration—one of the most eager...

After morning exercises on the fifth day, Lin Ting sat on a stone bench in the garden drinking water while Shen Yueji stood beside her wiping away sweat. Her phone vibrated. A short message from Sheng...

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 ...

Sheng Zeyun shifted in his seat, clasped his hands over his knees, and turned to the practical details. “My wife leads a simple life. She mostly stays at the villa, painting, reading, or occasionally ...

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...

That night, Yin Xigui's fever returned. It rose and fell over and over, refusing to break completely. His forehead felt warm, and he lay listlessly beneath the covers, coughing every now and then. Eac...

“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, ...

Time flashed by, and it was March. Through Ling Wu's tireless efforts, she had, in half a year, achieved something like actual learning. When Qingchen heard, he decided to find an occasion to take her...

“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...

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...