She was a secondary character, each ending tragic. And then she came to a realization. The system she was bound to was a homeless system. It did not give any newbie package, oldie package, and completing the missions had no rewards. She decided to not do missions anymore. ... more>>

System: Warning! Please complete the mission, or you will be eliminated.

Tang Guo: Dream on.

System: Host, I beg of you! Please don’t bully the main characters anymore!

Tang Guo: No way.

And then…..

System: Master, how do you plan to bring disaster to this world? Take me with you!

Tang Guo: It can be done. Check that man’s information for me.

System: *chirping* Okay! Please wait a moment, master! <<less

Great God Artemia, please grant me strength. So that—
“I can go around beating everyone up!”... more>>

***

Saelica, who died as a divine power supplier before her regression. Meanwhile, the saint of the Temple of Parmanas, Amelia, was loved by the whole world.
People didn’t know. The truth was that all those miracles were actually Saelica’s abilities. This time, she swore she would never die unjustly.
The enemy of my enemy was my friend.

First, she headed to the Temple of Artemia.
“Artemia is the best! I’ll do whatever Artemia wants! (Artemia is the greatest god. I want to cultivate my mind and body beside Artemia!)”

Thus began Saelica’s temple life.

To help with the temple’s finances, she sought out its forgotten treasures.
“High Priest! We’ve struck gold!”

She also educated her peers, the future of the temple.
“Let’s be close friends with your fist.”

But then, things started to take a strange turn?

***

“I’m always on the side of our precious Sae.”
“Sae likes me the most.”
“Honey bread said I’m the coolest.”
Where did the suspicious and hostile peers go?

“I will take this child with me.”
“No, this child has decided to come with me.”
Caught in the feud between the northern duke and the southern admiral!
“I’m not your daughter!”

And to top it all off—
She even got involved with a dangerous man.
“Is it fun playing with me? Then let’s play a bit more.”

All she wanted was to beat up the priests of the Temple of Parmanas and Amelia…
Could Saelica achieve her goal? <<less

One day, I reincarnated as the villain of the game "Gakuen Kagurazaka ," Titan Onyx. In this game, Titan's fate is a brutal series of... more>> deaths! Reincarnated as Titan, who faces death scenes in every one of the countless multiple endings, I navigate through the death flags with wisdom and knowledge! Assassination route? Let's get along with the servants! Slaughtered by monsters route? Let's get stronger for now! This is the story of Titan Onyx breaking death flags while eventually becoming the strongest. "Huh? As I break the death flags, romance flags are flourishing..." <<less

All creatures born into this world will always have a spirit in their bodies.... more>>

No matter what kind of creature it is, without exception, a spirit is supposed to dwell in it.

However, Ugetsu Akira, the eldest son of a samurai family, was born without a spirit in his body in a nation called Takamagahara, and was therefore shunned by his family and eventually banished from his hometown.

Three years later, Akira lives a peaceful life in the southern part of the island, far from his hometown.

However, those peaceful days came to an end, and Akira took a step forward on a journey to learn more about himself. <<less

When I first came into the book, my goal was just to survive.... more>>

‘I have to live longer! And be happy!’ So I did my best.

I am going to walk on my own flower path.

“Wherever I go, the seat next to you is mine. You promised to pat my head for the rest of your life, isn’t that right?” The strongest male character, who was stabbed to death in the original novel, stared at me with obsessive eyes.

If I say no, he will destroy the world.

“Yes, I’ll kill him. Then you’ll be happy, too, right?” The fifth brother looked a bit crazy.

“This is my land from here to here. And yours, too. I’m glad to be able to breathe with your grandest dreams.” The fourth oldest sister, who became the richest woman on the continent, opened the map and said that.

If I say I don’t have such a grand dream like her, I think a catastrophe will happen.

“I’m looking forward to the Winter Solstice that you’ll rule completely.” Laughter rose on the face of the butler who served me.

“If you don’t connect to Verratoux, my heart will stop tomorrow morning. Are you sure you’re okay with that?” My first sister, who was supposed to be the original successor, threatened me with her life.

And this is the biggest problem. Somehow, a faint smile raised my father’s mouth, which became stronger than the original father he was. “Independence? Try it then. I won’t even let a single ant live on this land."

“Did you think you could leave my arms and stand on your own…” He then stared at me obsessively.

They are all acting weird.

Everything went wrong.

I only did my very best. <<less

Apparently, I was reincarnated as a nameless mob in a Japanese fantasy game.
...and the genre of the game is a depressive game with eroticism... more>> and gore. <<less

The only flaw of actor Lee Wooyeon, who is on the road to success without facing a single slump, is that his manager never lasts.... more>> With a time period of three months to observe him as a manager. Choi Inseop becomes Lee Wooyeon's manager in search for revenge. He was not the Lee Wooyeon who was loved by people, but another Lee Wooyeon. Inseop had to uncover the truth. Because he had made a promise. <<less

The young daughter of the Mu family in Ningzhou City who had been missing for 15 years had been found. When Xiao Qianjin was brought back, rumors say that she had a rather ugly appearance.... more>>

The moment Wenli was brought back to the Mu family, she received warnings from all directions.

Madam Mu: Remember your identity. Don’t ever think to compete with your elder sister, you are no match for her.

Eldest Young Master Mu: I only have Nuanxi as my younger sister.

Youngest Young Master Mu: Bumpkin, it is embarrassing to say that you are my sister.

All the newspapers and magazines are mocking her. All the children of the Mu family are excellent, but the newly found daughter is really hard to describe.

Two months after Wenli packed her bags and moved out of the Mu family, the World Technology Competition was held in Ningzhou City and the street where she lived are filled with luxury cars.

People who once satirized her were in an uproar. Who said that this girl is raised in a poor backwater village? Which poor village can provide such a buddha?

During the two months, news broke out and a picture of the Nan family’s adopted son and the Mu family’s newly found daughter are cuddling together and is very intimate with each other.

Everyone mocked her saying that she wanted to fly up the branch and become a Phoenix, but she hooked up with the wrong person.

Who does not know that the adopted son of the Nan family is a dragged oil bottle that is good for nothing?

At the Nan family’s banquet, the head of the Nan family personally opened a car door and the person who got off the car had a delicate face and billowing lips, fascinating all women.

A girl in a luxurious dress also got out of the car and is half-hugged by him.

“Let’s go, dragged oil bottle…”

Note:
"Dragged oil bottle" is a derogatory phrase that refers to unwanted children by either stepmothers/stepfathers. <<less

The witch who had massacred thousands of people and destroyed the capital of the kingdom.
Elaine was considered a dear family to the witch.... more>>

But that night, a tragedy happened.
Elaine loses everything and wakes up to the world 20 years later.
Possessing the witch’s heart in her chest.

"Please protect him and my child…Ash."

It was the witch’s last request.
She set out to find Asher to protect him and fulfill her promise, but the young and innocent child had become a stony, cold-hearted man.

A pair of purple eyes stared at her dryly.

”Dame Elaine, was it?”
“I advise you in advance, you’d better give up.”

However, Elaine draws her sword to keep her promise and seek revenge.
Before Elaine, the truth about the witch’s death begins to unravel…

***

A glimpse of annoyance showed in Asher’s eyes.

“Dame Elaine, what are you doing?”
“Oh, well, the lid looks a bit sharp.”
“…I can open the lid myself.”

The faces of the knights around them were struck with amazement.
She dares treat the Duke of Killiard, the best knight in the kingdom, a man who is compared to the sharpest blade, like a child.
The knights thought in unison.

‘That woman, she’s not ordinary!’ <<less

Lin Momo hasn’t had a father or a mother since she was very young and lives with the grandmother who picked her up after being thrown away. One day, a person claiming to be an agent approached her and asked her to pretend to be the daughter of a certain star and participate in the recording of a reality show, and she would be given 20,000 yuan after the filming was completed. ... more>>

Looking at her poor family, Lin Momo thought for 2 seconds and agreed.

This reality show is called ‘Living with Dad’. Dad takes the baby and randomly draws a family background to experience a different life every week.

The night before the recording of the program, Lin Momo had a dream that after the program was broadcast, only the team of the former singer—Lin Cheng—had bad reviews: the daughter is not cute; the father has no fatherly love; and the father and daughter have no communication at all during the whole process.

The audience pointed out: ‘He doesn’t know how to take care of a baby at all’; ‘It’s really embarrassing’; ‘There is no sense of presence’, ‘I hate this pair the most’; ‘It’s not good-looking at all, I suggest you go offline’ and so on…

Later, more black material popped up, Lin Cheng’s career and reputation collapsed completely, and Lin Momo’s 20,000 yuan was also lost. She was forcibly sent to an orphanage with the ‘help’ of Internet celebrities and caring people.

In order to keep her 20,000 yuan, Lin Momo was determined to perform well.

However, the father-daughter combination of Lin Momo and Lin Cheng still became the contrast team and the audience reaction is palpably different:

Other teams: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so cute!
Contrast team: Hey, my daughter is so sensible.

Other teams: It’s great to be a star.
Contrast team: The life of outdated stars is so miserable.　

Other teams: This is a parent-child interactive program.
Contrast team: This turned out to be a survival show?!

Other teams: Dad, come on, raise your children.
Contrast team who drew the [Unemployed Families] card: Daughter, come on and support Dad!

Lin Momo: “I have to work hard to make money, otherwise my father will starve to death.”

Lin Cheng: “I have to work hard to make money, otherwise I will have to take my daughter back to inherit tens of billions of property.”

——————　　

Lin Cheng, who hasn’t ‘appeared’ for half a year, received a call from his agent and was given a contract.

Lin Cheng: “Appearance fee?”

Agent: “None.” The appearance fee is 100,000 yuan, but the backer was invited to dinner for 300,000 yuan, so the remainder is negative.

Lin Cheng: “Script?”

Manager: “None.” The program team didn’t have time to write one.

Lin Cheng: “Draw lots?”

Agent: “Still no.” As the contrast team, there is no right to choose the family background.

Lin Cheng: “Is there a child?”

Manager: “Yes.”

Looking at the ‘fake’ child who looked too much like him, Lin Cheng had a weird feeling. <<less

On the dawn of a fresh New Year, an ominous figure emerged, shrouded in a guise of an angel but harboring the malevolence of a devil. With a chilling voice, it proclaimed, [Every month, you humans will be thrust into a perilous quest. Your survival hinges on overcoming 20 grueling rounds.]... more>>

Suddenly, I found myself ensnared in this dangerous survival game, a grotesque merry-go-round where every turn carried the stench of death. Yet, I was not without any defenses. I possessed an unusual power: the power to regress 100 times, a chance to rewrite my fate.

I stand on the precipice of my final regression, and I swear, 'This time, I will conquer it. I will emerge victorious.'

I'm no longer the insignificant shuttle that I once was. Today, I shed my former self, the one who had reached the pinnacle of power. Today, I am reborn for the last time as Black Scythe, a rookie player, a novice that once again will be become the Grim Reaper! <<less

Ravi, the second son of the prestigious Stein family, a lineage known for their skill in generating humanoid golems for generations.... more>>

At the skill granting ceremony held during his academy entrance, he received what was considered a "dud" skill – the ability to generate round, plump, seemingly weak golems that resembled the demonic beasts used by the Demon Lord in mythical times, a skill that was despised and feared.

Due to this dud skill, Ravi was demoted from the academy's aristocratic class to the commoner class, where he faced disdain and mistreatment due to his former noble status.

However, upon realizing he was a reincarnated individual, Ravi noticed that his dud golem's abilities had similarities to modern IT skills.

He promptly left his golem in the forest overnight to hunt mobs, and upon waking up, he found it had leveled up significantly!

As his dud golem grew and gained skills akin to smartphones and 3D printers, Ravi believed his return to the aristocratic class was imminent. However, while spending time with his childhood friend, the noble Noel, they became entangled in a conflict between students from the aristocratic and commoner classes... <<less

Ezen, daughter of the Crawford family, and Cliff, heir to the Moore family.... more>>

Her mean father destroyed the Moore’s family and captured Cliff to ens*ave and abuse him.

Ezen, who cares for him, helps Cliff to escape from her family.

“Never, never come back. Cliff Moore.”

“You will regret saving me.”

Twelve years later, Cliff returns with immense power and brutally slaughters Ezen’s family, who had trampled on his.

Ezen also tries to accept her death, but Cliff does not kill her, but instead makes her as his wife.

Sleeping with an unknown enemy, a life in which too much has been lost. After suffering, Ezen dies after giving birth to a child.

But…

Even after death, her soul, trapped in Cliff’s mansion, returns to the moment of her death, realizing the unexpected truth.

The man and woman who couldn’t be together in a fierce destiny, a spring breeze permeates their dry hearts. <<less

He was the one who would become the greatest monarch in history.... more>>

“The spot you had climbed once, there’s nothing you can’t climb again.” <<less

An artificial intelligence from the far future was reincarnated in another world.... more>>

It ended up in the body of a noble boy named Qualia, who was seen as a failure that could not use magic or a sword very well.

But even after reincarnating in a human body, it did not lose its calculation and estimation abilities.

It learned, calculated the most optimal actions in combat, and used both its memories from the previous world and magic to create super technology and strengthen its new body without limits.

It became a guardian knight that protected people’s smiles, as a human heart steadily bloomed inside it. <<less

Anneliese, a young lady, has been hailed as a talented lady since she was young.... more>>

However, her fiancé, the crown prince, breaks off her engagement and tells her that he will banish her.

Angered by her treatment of their daughter, her family decides to move to a neighboring country.

She made picture books for her younger twin siblings, made beauty products, calculators, and useful items for refrigerators, and built a hospital for the poor.

When Anneliese's surrounding countries learned of the rumors about her, they set out to obtain her...! ? <<less

In a world ravaged by a virus turning people into zombies, the zombie kings wage war against each other, leaving humanity in despair.... more>>

When Ji Yanqing was escaping, he softened his heart for a moment and rescued two little buns. The tiny, dirty pair looked pitifully frail, pulling at Ji Yanqing’s heartstrings, and he vowed to take good care of them.

However, when faced with betrayal and surrounded by zombies, Ji Yanqing thought his end had come. To his astonishment, the two little buns he was protecting in his arms let out a milky roar, sending the zombies fleeing in terror.

Bun No. 1: “Whoever dares to bully dad again, Zai Zai will eat him in one bite!”

Bun No. 2: “Dad says not to eat weird things. Today, Zai Zai was good, didn’t bully zombies or eat weird stuff!”

___

After he lost his cub, he embarked on a relentless pursuit, aiming to confront the legendary zombie king, a creature feared by both deities and mortals alike: ” . . . ”

Ji Yanqing QAQ : “I don’t know what happened, it wasn’t me, they started it!”

When Ji Yanqing encountered a man who, despite being a fearsome Corpse King, was unexpectedly cold, handsome, and alluring, he decided to flee.

On the first day of his escape, Ji Yanqing was so anxious he couldn’t sleep.

On the second day, he felt a sense of happy and carefree.

On the third day of running away from home, Ji Yanqing suddenly found himself being blocked on the doorstep by one enormous, two mid-sized and three small sized corpse kings.

That night, gazing at the imposing figure of the Corpse King sprawled on his bed, Ji Yanqing couldn’t help but shed tears of frustration, QAQ , why did even the big one rely on him?

One-sentence summary: After picking up the Corpse King's cubs, the Corpse King came knocking on my door.

Theme: In the face of desperation, embrace hope. <<less

Aihara Runa was a person who had been living in hell of misfortune. One day she found herself in a strange stage, apparently her soul was reaped without permission and sold at an auction to gods from another world along with her 28 classmates. But there was a trouble, it seems that Aihara’s soul was extremely smelly and stinky. Instead of getting a buyer, she was thrown away and with her soul in danger of disappearing. ... more>>

However, when her soul was about disappear, she met an unnamed goddess who claimed herself as a god’s vessel. The goddess said that she can help Aihara to get reincarnated but with one condition, that is to bring her along and get reincarnated together. Aihara who was about disappeared accepted the goddess' condition and got reincarnated successfully as Emmy. But apparently, the hard life still continued even after reincarnated too….

If there’s no food, then let’s get some bugs!!! Let’s just enjoy this hard life together with the reliable partner [Omake-sama] inside my head and have fun instead.

As Emmy managed to survive while watching and getting involved in the events of another cheat reincarnations, she grew into an irregular. This is a story about Emmy, a soul who managed to survive from disposal by gods. However, she doesn’t know that her reincarnation did not list in fate's archive and unconsciously broke the gods’ scenario one after another. <<less

In the spring of 1945, Shen Ruozhen, a patriotic banker, secretly sent out the last batch of anti-coins and closed Fuhua Bank. ... more>>

However, during the safe transfer, his ship was shipwrecked.

As he lost consciousness, he thought he was going to die.

Later, he heard someone talking beside him, reciting a pair of elegiac couplets.

When he opened his eyes, he found himself lying in a 21st century advanced ward.

There was a handsome but indifferent stranger sitting by his bedside.

“Who are you?” Shen Ruozhen asked.

“Don’t you remember me?” the stranger replied.

“I don’t know you,” Shen Ruozhen said.

“Chu Zhichen, it’s no use pretending to have amnesia after such a big accident,” the stranger said.

Shen Ruozhen was confused.

He had never heard of Chu Zhichen before.

But as he looked at the stranger’s face, he felt a sense of familiarity.

——

The phrase “偷风不偷月” is a Chinese idiom, and its literal translation to English is “Stealing the wind, but not the moon.” This idiom is often used to describe someone who is content with small gains and is not greedy. It implies that a person is satisfied with obtaining just a small advantage or benefit, rather than trying to achieve something much greater.

The phrase also has a more negative connotation. It can be used to describe someone who is deceitful or manipulative.

—— <<less

I'm Leaf, a pharmacist in a remote village. Suddenly, a nobleman comes and takes away my fiancée, who is also my master's granddaughter.... more>>

She makes me work for her and it seems like she's been seeing someone else behind my back.

She tells me she's marrying the nobleman and wants me to leave the pharmacy I inherited from my master.

"How about you work for me as my servant at the noble's mansion?"
"Forget it... I don't want anything to do with you anymore!"

I get angry, leave my fiancée and the village, and start traveling. There, I save a girl from an attack in the forest and discover I'm an incredible pharmacist with amazing combat skills like an S-ranked adventurer.

Later, I become successful in the royal capital. Meanwhile, my fiancée and the nobleman face tough times after pushing me away.

"Give me the usual medicine."
"I can't give you the usual without Leaf!"

The nobleman, disliked by the villagers (who are actually retired legendary heroes), falls from grace, and my fiancée's luck takes a turn for the worse... <<less

Tired of loneliness, Lulu decided to create a homunculus (a human made of magic). She went to kidnap a human man to get the most crucial ingredient, ‘the human seed.’ On her way back from failure, a man attacked her and she accidentally cast ‘obedience magic’ on him…... more>>

Come to think of it, why would I let him go? I can obtain the seed from this man. The problem is, I don’t know how to extract it. I must keep this human with me until I figure it out.

He said it was dirty, so he washed himself and cleaned her house. He even cooked delicious food. Above all, she liked the warmth of his embrace at night. Lulu’s desire for a human grew further, one who resembled him. Meanwhile, she discovered how to extract the seed…

* * *

It was a familiar summer night, the same arms she had always fallen asleep in, yet at this moment, the air carried a strange heat she’d never felt before.

“You always want me.”

Ervandas raised his hand and trailed his fingers down the curve of Lulu’s lower back.

“Ah!”

Lulu’s body twitched at the indescribable tickling sensation.

“Just a moment ago, you were about to swallow this whole.”

The ‘this’ Ervandas referred to brushed against her underneath. The blunt, still-damp tip glided over the gap in the thin fabric. The moment she felt the sogginess, Lulu tried to wriggle out of his embrace. But as if anticipating that, Ervandas exerted more strength in the arms that held Lulu.

“But why are you retreating when I said I would give it to you?” <<less

Shi Qinglou, an expert in agriculture, opened her eyes after her death and transmigrated into an ancient peasant girl.... more>>

In the beginning, she was sold by her family and forcibly taken away to be buried with the rich son who was about to die of illness in the county town.

Shi Qinglou rolled up her sleeves and fought back.

Controlling evil with evil, and controlling violence with violence. She made her family cry and made them take the initiative to retire her from marriage, and support her.

After turning around, she took the initiative to marry Xiao Hanzheng, who was in a coma after being separated from his family.

Shi Qingluo looked at Xiao Hanzheng’s weak mother, weak younger sister, and well-behaved younger brother. She touched her chin in satisfaction.

From then on, she took on the important task of supporting the family, grasping the planting and breeding, leading the whole family to become rich, and accidentally becoming the richest woman in the country.

Xiao Hanzheng woke up.

His younger brother who drowned was alive and kicking. His younger sister who was dragged and buried alive after marriage was still at home. And his mother who went to the mountains to earn money to buy him medicine and was bitten to death by wild animals was still alive.

The point is that when he woke up, he had a capable little wife.

His mother and younger siblings all depend on and loved this little wife.

He looked at the little wife: “You support the family, so what should I do?”

The little wife: “You are in charge of being as beautiful as a flower, and you will be my backer when you take the imperial examination and become an official.”

Xiao Hanzheng’s cold heart came back to life, “Okay!”

From then on, he rolled up his sleeves and went to work. From being a young scholar, he became the most glorious and powerful minister.

Everyone in the capital waited for Xiao Hanzheng to divorce his mountain village wife. Countless ladies wanted to marry him and become his wife instead, but who knew that he would keep doting on his little wife?

Only he knew that from the moment he woke up, his little wife was his salvation in this life. <<less

In his previous life, when Ye Chaoran was 16 years old, he was suddenly visited by a rich man who told him he was the young master of the Fang family who lived in a different city.... more>>

Little did he know that the purpose of his biological parents was just to find a heart for his brother who had a heart disease.

The parents who he tried to please: “When the operation is successful, we’ll directly announce that he suddenly died.”

The older brother he wanted to be close to: “Don’t appear in front of me. Disgusting.”

Even the man Ye Chaoran cared about most only regarded him as a substitute.

As for his beloved younger brother Fang Yan, Ye Chaoran thought he was the only one who was good to him. Until the last moment, when he showed his true face.

It turns out that all along, he’s only been ridiculed, rejected, and hated.

Then he was reborn.

Now, Ye Chaoran just wants to repay his adoptive parents, get revenge while he’s at it, and live his life well.

–

Ye Chaoran, who’d just been found, refused to leave with his biological parents. The Fang family tried everything, giving him houses and cars, then persuading, then coercing. Finally, they prepared to kidnap him by force.

But bodyguards in black descended from the sky and threw the garbage aside.

An old man showed up, looking calm and proud: “Who dares to touch anyone from my Ye family?”

Ye Chaoran was confused: “Who is this?”

The adoptive father looked sad: “My father.”

Only then did Ye Chaoran realize that his adoptive father turned out to be the richest man’s runaway son!

His family is countless times richer than the Fang family! <<less

I was driven out of my family for failing to awaken spirit abilities. ... more>>

While living in the underworld as an exile, I found a boy abandoned in the woods.

I was alright with naming the amnesiac child ‘Edell’ and becoming his temporary guardian, but…

“Well, I guess I have no choice but to kill you. You’ve seen my face, after all.”

It turns out, the child I found was the evil villain who had been executed by the protagonists of the original work two years ago!

I don’t know why he took on the appearance of a child, but—

“Sister Ciella, don’t abandon me.”

At the sight of Edell’s teary eyes and pitiful expression, I couldn’t bring myself to send him away or abandon him.

He’s still a child. If I teach and discipline him well before he regains his memory, he’ll become a good kid, right?

* * *

A man with hair as black as the night sky and eyes as mysterious as amethysts wore a rueful expression.

“Sister Ciella, I told you we’d get married when I grow up.”

Ah, I shouldn’t call you Sister anymore, right? What should I call you from now on?

He took my hand and pressed it against his cheek, a captivating smile appearing within his eyes.

“Darling.”

Both ecstasy and madness were contained within those gently curved purple eyes.

“If you run away again, I’ll kill you.”

At this rate, I’m about to be devoured by the villain I raised. <<less

Ji Zhen Tang first saw Zhong Yu Bai at her boyfriend’s birthday banquet.... more>>

Amidst the clinking of glasses, the man sat calmly in the midst of swirling smoke, unruffled, quietly listening to the conversations around the table.

Her boyfriend leaned in to whisper to her, giving her a heads-up: “That’s my third uncle, don’t provoke him, I can’t handle it.”

On the same day of the birthday banquet, her boyfriend got drunk and embarrassed her in front of everyone.

Leaving the Zhong family mansion, she walked in the rain. Before long, an umbrella was held over her head, and Ji Zhen Tang looked back.

The person following her turned out to be the same uncle from earlier. The man smiled gently, with a comforting tone, “Let me walk with you a bit.”

–

Meeting her ex-boyfriend again at a friend’s gathering, they were now former lovers.

Ji Zhen Tang overheard her ex-boyfriend’s tone full of envy as he talked about his uncle, mentioning how Zhong Yu Bai bought a tea plantation in the prime land of the mountains and rivers for his little girlfriend.

People started gossiping, “Which woman is so lucky?”

Before anyone could finish their words, someone stepped in from outside. The man exuded an imposing aura, silencing the whole room.

Without paying attention to anyone else, Zhong Yu Bai walked straight to Ji Zhen Tang and gently embraced her.

“The feng shui of the mountains and rivers is suitable for begonias. Since she likes it, everything is negotiable.”

–

Ji Zhen Tang had heard about Zhong Yu Bai from others, portraying him as a high-status, gentle and wealthy man. Mr. Zhong was perfect in every aspect, except for being too ruthless and not understanding the meaning of compassion.

But she had clearly seen it. When she was sick, he patiently brewed medicine for her by the stove, gently massaging her numb and painful hand until late into the night.

He spoke words of comfort in the softest and gentlest manner, afraid of troubling her.

“Does it still hurt?”

Zhong Yu Bai listened with a smile, his eyes full of affection as he gazed at his sparrow—

“She is a bird, and I am not her cage.”

“I am her sanctuary.” <<less