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

"I want to break up." That was the conclusion I reached.... more>>

My childhood friend and girlfriend, Kotoba Aihara, was a perfect beauty, completely out of my league.

"I can't stand it anymore!"

*Bam!*

"Masoppu!"

Eh?! W-What just happened?!

"Don't mess with me! I absolutely won't break up with you! If you ever mention breaking up again, I'll punch you! No, I'll beat you up!!"

Um... What's going on? <<less

Chen Yuan discovered that his superpower would refresh once a week... more>>

In the first week, he noticed that every living being had a red number hanging over them, ranging from hundreds to thousands to tens of thousands. The smallest number he saw was on a teddy bear, with a number of 0.00001 on its head, and the next second, it was crushed by a large truck.

In the second week, he found that he could hear other people's thoughts, uncontrollably. Whatever others were thinking, it would continuously flood into his mind, making him too afraid to go to public places like the subway or the mall. Moreover, he dared not look directly at the quiet girl with bangs and glasses sitting in the back seat...

Subsequently, he refreshed other special abilities such as "dream connection" and "body swapping."

Several weeks later, his superpowers suddenly stopped updating. He lived peacefully for several days, thinking he was finally going back to a normal life. Just when he thought everything was going to be okay, a girl in a red dress standing under a ginkgo tree tilted her head at him and asked, "Can you see me?" <<less

In the winter of three years ago, the first locked room mu*der in Japanese history was committed.... more>>

All of the evidence pointed to the defendant. It was certain they were guilty. And yet, they were found innocent and released. Why? Because the crime scene was a perfect locked room no one from the police or the prosecutor's office could solve.

"Since the room was locked, it was impossible for the defendant to have committed the mu*der. It's no different than if they had a perfect alibi." That was the argument of the defense, and that was the argument the judge sided with.

The ruling sent a ripple throughout Japanese society. No matter how suspicious you were or how much evidence you left behind, as long as you managed to create a locked room that no one could solve, you were immune from prosecution. With the common anti-mystery fiction talking point "there's no reason anyone would ever actually commit a locked room mu*der" completely overturned, the rate of locked room mu*ders in Japan skyrocketed.

When the police proved unable to deal with the surge of locked room crime, the Ministry of Justice published an official categorization of all known locked room tricks as an investigative aid. When that proved insufficient, Division Zero of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, a police division dedicated solely to solving locked rooms, was created. When that still proved insufficient, locked room detectives, private investigators specializing in locked rooms, were officially licensed by the state and authorized to participate in police investigations. Calling a locked room appraiser, someone specializing in searching buildings for secret passages, is now a common first step in criminal investigations.

On the other side of the spectrum, locked room agents, assassins and crime planners specializing in locked room mu*ders, have become some of the most notorious criminals in Japanese history, and even a cult worshiping the scenes of locked rooms as a way to purify the souls of the deceased has made rapid inroads into Japan.

The protagonist, Kasumi Kuzushiro, is an introverted, somewhat cynical high school student who loves mysteries. Kasumi often finds himself dragged along on bizarre journeys by his flighty childhood friend, Yozuki Asahina. Due to their staggeringly bad luck, these trips often leave them in the wrong place at the wrong time to be caught up in locked room mysteries. Fortunately, another of Kasumi's childhood friends, Shitsuri Mitsumura, is the greatest locked room expert in the world, and can always discover the truth.

Hm? How did a high school girl become the greatest locked room expert in the world?

It's simple.

She's...

Volume 1 was the grand prize winner of the 2022 This Mystery Is Amazing! awards. <<less

f*ck! f*ck! f*ckKKKKK!!... more>>

"Yep, this totally an impossible game, right?"

Thrown into a parallel world by divine intervention after being killed by a falling iron pillar, a boy finds himself in a world that's more like modern fantasy than your typical Isekai fantasy. Earth had suddenly sprouted dungeons, turning it into a "parallel Earth" from a certain point in time.

Now in this world, the boy, Gray, faces the challenge of conquering the so-called "Five Great Dungeons" as a trial from the gods. But the abilities bestowed upon Gray are honestly weak.

With the power to materialize "Toy Box of Nostalgia" (Toy Box), Grey's abilities seem underwhelming.

"Dammit, God! Are you telling me to go die?!"

And thus begins the saga of Gray trying to conquer dungeons with his lackluster powers while trying to recruit stronger allies... <<less

A game appeared inexplicably on Han Qing’s cell phone after her marriage came to an end: modify the past every ten days.... more>>

So he changed his dislike of learning from childhood to extreme love.

I thought it was just a game.

Unexpectedly, the next day, after the divorce procedures were completed, everything changed.

Hundreds of imposing staff in suits and leather shoes drove a hundred luxury cars to pick him up.

There are more than a dozen bank cards in the wallet, and the deposits are all nine figures.

There are many strange friends in WeChat, and the phone numbers of many important people in the phone book.

Countless questions popped up in my mind.

The ex-wife and ex-mother-in-law are so regretful that their intestines are green. <<less

The three secrets of the best cultivation guide: live, live well, live for a long time!... more>>

Becoming a cannon fodder female partner who will die in three chapters, Zhang Yiyi decisively opened the self-help mode.

This is the story of a little girl who fought out of billions of cannon fodder and finally ascended to break through the void. <<less

People often remark on the extraordinary luck of the fourth daughter of the Jing’an Hou Mansion. She enjoys favor in the palace, has a lineage, and hails from a prestigious family. Truly, her glory knows no bounds! However, Shen Chuliu herself is unsure of how she arrived at this point.... more>>

Initially, when other concubines showcased their talents in music and dance, Shen Chuliu declared she was not an entertainer. When they composed poems and created art, she stated she had no intention of taking the imperial examination. When others mocked her lack of favor, she merely smiled, reminding them of her noble origins.

The emperor was left with no choice; he couldn’t ignore the concubines who failed to please him, especially when their maternal families held significant power. Shen Chuliu was indifferent to it all, allowing her relatives to act as they pleased. Upon entering the palace, she began to embrace a carefree attitude.

The liberation felt good initially, and it continued to feel good. After all, comfort is paramount in life. If things become too oppressive, even the emperor is powerless! <<less

The dynasty is crumbling, order is not yet established, the chessboard of vying for power has long been set up, with beauties smiling enchantingly among... more>> the pieces, and generals leaving behind countless bones.
A young man comes gracefully, plunging into this game of power struggle for the throne. <<less

One year's time can accomplish many things. Xu Jiashi deeply despises Chen Yao, as she has turned him into something less than human, like an unscrupulous dog.... more>>

She senselessly imprisoned him for a year, and then inexplicably released him. However, those disgusting and despicable factors have taken root in his body, rendering him unable to turn the situation around. He can't even get aroused by female seduction, but in the midnight dreams, just hearing her insult him as a despicable dog makes him ache with desire.

He has thought many times that if he were to meet Chen Yao again, he would make her suffer and wish she were dead. However, when they truly come face to face, he willingly kneels before her and licks her legs like a dog by her side. <<less

Die in Water and Revive in Fire Ji Hanyue was born of a general. On the evening when she married the Crown Prince, she was... more>> framed and pushed into a lake. Before she died, she was told that both her father and sister had been mu*dered. When she woke up in a fire, she found herself reincarnated as her cousin Qu Moying, a blind daughter of the Vice Minister of Works. With a hateful stepmother and sister, the poor girl lived in forsaken circumstances and used to be timid and isolated. The fire gave Ji Hanyue a new life and changed Qu Moying’s life. The vengeance started. In the previous life, Ji Hanyue married the Crown Prince, while in this one, she took the fancy of his uncle. What kind of marriage was waiting for her <<less

Han Shu was an older female white collar worker. She took a plane to go on a business trip overseas. The plane crashed and fell into the sea. When she woke up, she realized that she had become a scoundrel who lived in the family compound, and everyone targeted her with scorn.... more>>

It turns out that she transmigrated and became the vicious female supporting character in an online novel she was reading on her cell phone. She had just married a commander named Jiang Yi due to an arranged marriage.

Han Shu, the vicious female supporting character, was from the city, and Jiang Yi’s hometown was in the countryside. She looked down on her country husband, but she would never dare to disobey her father, who was extremely strict. She had no choice but to marry Jiang Yi.

Han Shu was crafty and unruly, and she used her beauty to flirt with other people. She ignored her husband, Jiang Yi, did nothing around all day, and was oppressive in the family compound.

Later, she hooked up with an idle member of society and fled to a city in the south. There, she did not change her bad habits and continued to flirt with other people. In the end, she was killed in a jealous fight that she caused.

Anyway, she was the kind of female supporting character in a TV series who did not survive more than two episodes. The character’s main purpose was to promote the development between the male lead and the female lead.

Her husband rose through the ranks and became a powerful general. After she left, he quickly married the female lead, who was a pure and kind angel. She had always sympathized with him and secretly loved him. The female doctor, Ding Lan, confessed to him, and they got married, and lived happily ever after.

“Oh! Why am I so miserable?!”

After transmigrating, Han Shu decided that she had to figure out a way to be by her husband’s side to keep herself alive, and then see if she could return to her world.

When she saw her husband’s real, stunning, and handsome face that looked like he walked out of a manga and his honey-colored eight-pack abs, she changed her mind. She had to stay by her husband’s side no matter what and being a general’s wife wasn’t a bad idea. She was going to try her best to hook up with him! <<less

One night, Oscar picked up the key to a safe he had once desperately searched for. The person who came with it became a living key was a woman, extraordinary in every aspect. Her tearful eyes, naive actions, even her name and appearance. The woman was oddly irritating. He was even displeased at having to ponder how to describe that irritation. So, he wanted to temporarily put it out of sight, in a place where it couldn't be seen.... more>>

“I... want to be by your side.”

It was too ridiculous to be sincere, and far too pathetic to be temptation.

Therefore, the one who was ensnared was undoubtedly an idiot.

Even when subjected to all kinds of insults, the woman approached until the end. On those small, soft palms, which knew no calluses, Oscar von Reinhardt was played with.

So, I must hold you accountable.

To you, who never had sincerity, not even for a single moment.

Until the very end...

To you, who even hid your name from me,

I will hold you accountable, very cruelly.

Oscar von Reinhardt – The head of the Reinhardt dukedom, with black curly hair and blue eyes. He owns the railway that crosses the Norfolk continent and the largest steel company on the continent. He is willing to do anything for his goals, even if it means kissing the back his enemy’s hand. He has brought his ruined family back to prominence through extreme efficiency. Therefore, he spurns himself for falling for the wiles of such ridiculous seduction, nor can he forgive the woman who made him feel this way.

Han Seo Ah – A mixed-race individual with brown hair and brown eyes. She has been an outsider from the moment she formed her first memory. Her appearance stands out, to the point she is suspicious of her birth. The starting point of her sin was when she came into existence. Therefore, she wishes to atone for all her wrongdoings; to her grandfather, and to that man whose mere presence makes her heart flutter. <<less

For ten years, he had loved her, but with just one word of "brother," she rejected him completely.... more>>

His dignity was trampled upon, yet she remained indifferent to his feelings. It was only when He Ju finally woke up to the truth that he realized his love was not even worth mentioning in her eyes.

With a plane ticket and a long-planned confession, He Ju finally understood that there were people in this world who loved him foolishly.

He Ju no longer obsessed over the past, and instead focused on the person in front of him.

However, when he achieved success and had a loving wife, his former lover came crying to him: "Brother He..." <<less