When I opened my eyes, I was inside a novel.... more>>

[The Birth of a Hero].

[The Birth of a Hero] was a novel focused on the adventures of the main character, Choi Han, a high school boy who was transported to a different dimension from Earth, along with the birth of the numerous heroes of the continent.

I became a part of that novel as the tr*sh of the Count’s family, the family that oversaw the territory where the first village that Choi Han visits is located.

The problem is that Choi Han becomes twisted after that village, and everyone in it, is destroyed by assassins.

The bigger problem is the fact that this s*upid tr*sh who I’ve become doesn’t know about what happened in the village and messes with Choi Han, only to get beaten to a pulp.

“…This is going to be a headache.”

I feel like something serious has happened to me.

But it was worth trying to make this my new life. <<less

Transfer student, a head honcho in his previous school • Damn badass cool guy, Shou (Zhai Yao)... more>>

Top-notch big shot in his curent school • Reserved, cunning, and upfront, Gong (Shen Heng)

#This is a story of when one school boss meets another school boss…

Zhai Yao transferred from one rubbish school to another rubbish school, and on the very first day, he sent shockwaves through his new class, leaving his classmates utterly bewildered.

With a pale and delicate countenance and a slender figure, Zhai Yao appeared anything but the rumoured fighter who could take on ten opponents at once. Yet, the very next moment after entering the classroom, he confidently strolled to the back row, kicked a desk in the corner, and dropped his backpack on it.

The male student, who had been reading with lowered eyes, lifted his head and looked up with an indifferent expression. “Need something?” Zhai Yao glanced at the name on his book, knocked on his desk twice, and said, “Shen Xing (沈行), right? …Move aside.”

He remained utterly oblivious to the ominous hush around him—

Very well, the new student had just arrived, and on his very first day, he had already clashed with the school’s big shot.

The big shot sneered, rising to his feet. With a casual flick of his hand, he sent Zhai Yao’s backpack sailing into the rubbish bin. He corrected him, “‘Heng (珩)’.”

–

Zhai Yao and Shen Heng became desk mates.

Zhai Yao felt that his new desk mate was both devious and pretentious. Not only was he ruthless in fights, but he also always carried a book in his hands. As fate would have it, their academic standings left them ranked side by side at the bottom-most. To put it bluntly, he was nothing more than an overbearing king of pretence.

It wasn’t until one day, by a twist of fate, Zhai Yao ended up visiting Shen Heng’s home and discovered a wall decorated with certificates and awards.

Shen Heng accompanied his senile elderly grandpa. He patiently and tirelessly answered the old man’s repetitive questions while revealing his strong yet slender arms, preparing a meal consisting of three dishes and a soup.

He cast a cold glance at Zhai Yao. “Come and have dinner.”

Zhai Yao chuckled and approached, narrowing his eyes. “Tsk, you’re quite a homemaker, huh.”

Shen Heng gazed at Zhai Yao’s exposed fair neck, his eyes lingering for a moment before he averted his gaze. His earlobes betrayed a subtle blush.

–

Zhai Yao once thought that Shen Heng was a bit of a pitiful soul, implicated by the hardships of life, from being an all-around academic genius to falling into a delinquent.

To the extent that, when Shen Heng pinned him against the wall in the stairwell and even locked the door behind them, Zhai Yao still maintained a light-hearted demeanour, joking with a mindset of rescuing a wayward youth, “Want to kiss me? Wait until you break into the top 100.”

Shen Heng’s breath hitched ever so slightly, his gaze deepening with a mysterious intensity. “I’ll just get the top rank instead. Would that be enough to bed you?”

–

【Notes from Author to Readers】
【Cover Authorized^3^】
1) This story features mutual first-love (MC & ML are each other’s first love), 1v1; HE.
2) Kissing will be after the age of 18.
3) Smoking is harmful to health; the protagonists will quit smoking later.
4) Mutual redemption. The main characters influence each other, gradually growing mature and strong together. They aren’t perfect characters; they have flaws.
5) The story takes place in a very inferior and lacking-in-standards high school. In the early stages, all teachers and students are deliberately underperforming, but later, they will grow collectively.
6) Realistic, not purely sweet and refreshing. <<less

I, The Emperor’s illegitimate child, a princess only in name, married you, a war hero, as if being sold.... more>>

You taught me all about the emotion called love.

However, you also taught me what is was like to feel misery.

I was driven by revenge when I realized that your actions towards me were false, when that woman gave birth to a child who looked just like you, when that woman tried to kill me and you didn’t even blink an eye. Then, I realized something.

I have to leave.

I no longer wanted to be a woman who was easily manipulated by others.

“I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. Asyria…”

“Please, please, can’t you come back…?”

I faintly smiled at the desperate, ridiculous look that you’d never once shown me before, even when I felt like I was going to die. By the time you came around, it was already too late. <<less

The Marquis Yunyang was deposed by the Emperor and his family ended up in dire straits overnight. As such, the Third Miss of the Shen Household, her family’s most precious jewel, found herself abandoned by all with a sick brother on her hands. Having no other choice, she set up a cosmetics shop in Chang’an.... more>>

But to the eyes of all, especially her relatives’, she had become nothing but an alluring flower any man could pick at will.

Passing by her Baixiang Pavilion, the heir to the Grand Duchy of Zhen, Lu Yan, witnessed her being harassed by the idle sons of Chang’an’s leading class. Her appearance reminded him of dreams that had been plaguing him lately, revealing to him a past with her and the sultry love affair they had shared in a previous life.

With shaking fingers, he also remembered the bitter taste of heartbreak when she left him to marry another man.

Thus, in this life, he decided to save her once more, lure her into an affair, install her as his mistress and never let her escape his sphere of influence again.

However, to keep Shen Zhen by his side, finding her a place to stay and caring for her brother was not enough. Little did Lu Yan know he would be pulled into the darkest corners of Chang’an and take part in games of power that at times implicated the Main Gentleman of the Empire, the Emperor himself. Selling what he held dearest in the process: his integrity as an official.

All for the sake of Chang’an’s First Beauty. <<less

“Do you have any last words?”... more>>

“...God, please have mercy on me.”

I was betrayed by people I trusted and eventually beheaded to death.

But when the oracle appeared, everything changed.

《The evil one has arisen, and I sent you a savior. Resist him with all your might.》

Oh, my God.

I said you should have mercy on me, but you never said that you would revive me.

Can't we just let them screw up? <<less

[Not Serious Version Synopsis]:
As soon as Lin Ze opened his eyes in this parallel world, he found himself holding a young man. Thinking he was dreaming, Lin Ze decisively devoured the person in front of him, who seemed enticing.... more>>

The next day, upon waking up, he realized that the “dream” was real!
It turns out that the young man beside him is his husband, using modern terminology…

[Serious Version Synopsis]:
Transported to a world as a destitute and foolish poor scholar, Lin Ze faces a fierce mother, a cunning younger brother, and a helpless original body that can’t shoulder responsibilities or lift a finger. Now, in order to please his “former lover turned future younger sibling,” he has to sell off his hardworking and capable husband.

This infuriates Lin Ze, a single dog from the modern era.

In his previous life, he never found a suitable bride until his death, and now this original body wants to sell off his wife? And the wife is an obedient, sensible, hardworking, and exceptionally beautiful young man who is perfect in his eyes.

To sell off such a good wife, whom the original host doesn’t touch or like, is an earthly tragedy that he absolutely cannot tolerate!

From then on, the sour scholar from Heba Village transforms into a knowledgeable, money-making expert who dotes on his wife, while also being an ambitious rural man.

Villager A (in shock): He’s here again! That Lin guy from the Lin family is walking around with his wife and carrying his child. Everyone, quickly come up with words of praise for his wife and son, or we’ll be beaten again!
Villagers (whimpering): Oh no, we have to come up with a different compliment every day, without repeating, racking our brains to bully people…
Villager B (in awe): It’s over, it’s over! That Lin guy passed the imperial examination and has come back to our county to become the county magistrate. Everyone, quickly line up and clap your hands to welcome him, or else we’ll be beheaded!
Villagers (whimpering): Oh no, why won’t this guy leave us alone…

Note:

Main focus: Fluffy romance! Mutual pampering between the seme and uke.
Three genders: Ger, Woman, Man, in this world.
Farming, business, and imperial examinations are included, but the power and nobility of the court are briefly mentioned. The main focus is on making money, building infrastructure, and pampering the husband. <<less

Because of you, I became a better me.... more>>

The first time Sheng Renxing met Xing Ye, the other had dragged him into a skirmish.

That fight had been exhilarating.

The second time they met, Xing Ye had just finished a round in the ring. He had stood in the centre, entire body covered in wounds, his downcast gaze bypassing everyone else to land on Sheng Renxing.

Sheng Renxing had taken him home.

The third time, Sheng Renxing had arrived at his new school with a head full of red hair. He was met with the sight of Xing Ye in the classroom, all properly-decked out in his school uniform.

Their grades: Sheng Renxing scored 148 points while Xing Ye scored 18 points.

Later:

Blood continued to drip down Xing Ye’s brow ridge. He pressed Sheng Renxing against the door with one hand, his teeth sunk into the boxing glove of his other hand. There was a vicious light in his eyes— “Stay out of my business. Keep your sympathy. The people here aren’t your friends—they’re all madmen or human scum.”

Sheng Renxing: “…Can the human scum in front of me let go?”

He was the weeds set ablaze amidst the night sky. Even after exhausting everything he had, all that could be seen by passing strangers were flashes of embers and ashes.

But one day, a phoenix descended from the skies and made the weeds his home. <<less

Awakener of the Water Clan. ... more>>

I was called as the disgrace of the duke of Elheim and was used as a sacrifice for my twin.

In this life, I gave up everything and left the family holding the villain’s hand. I rescued the patriarch of the villain family, the former duke, and the heir one after another.

But the villains are acting weird.

“Lili, do you want me to buy you the Imperial Palace?”

“Liarte, Grandpa brought some candy.”

“I told you this, you’re the only one for me.”

Somehow everyone seems to be tamed, maybe it’s a mistake…….? <<less

The young lady from the Xue family was talented and beautiful, and married the dream husband at the age of 16. They had a loving and harmonious relationship and were together for 3 years when her husband attained the title of Imperial Scholar.... more>>

Now that he had attained glory and honor, he was dissatisfied with his commoner wife. He craved power and wealth; in his quest to become prince consort, he regarded her as an obstacle to marrying the princess and was willing to mu*der both his wife and children.

The arrogant and willful princess stood before her and ridiculed her: “So what if you are exceptionally beautiful and have unparalleled talents? After all, you are only a small official’s daughter, for this princess to crush you – is just as simple as crushing an ant to death!”

Her reputation was smeared, she committed su*cide by hanging, her brother was mu*dered while seeking justice for her, and her old father fell ill from the chain of grievous news and passed away.

During the 42nd year of Hong Xiao’s reign, Yanjing’s no. 1 beauty, Xue Fang Fei, passed away. She reincarnated into the body of the Grand Secretariat’s daughter, Jiang Li, who drowned and was granted new life!

She got into a prominent family and engaged in dirty, underhanded dealings non-stop. She came across all sorts of bad characters, be they monsters or freaks, she dealt with them accordingly. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

Once she was soft-hearted, but now she has become heartless! Jiang Li swore never to be an insignificant character again, and never to allow anyone to trample over herself again. This lifetime, she would seek justice by having her revenge and resolving this blood feud!

He is Northern Yan’s youngest duke, he is unrestrained and beautiful, he is capricious, and he collects the world’s strangest flowers.

Everyone said that the Grand Secretariat’s second daughter is spirited and lovely, pure and kind, and that she is likened to a white lotus.

He is clad in beautiful, red clothes, and retorted with a smile, “A white lotus? She is clearly a man-eating flower that eats people without spitting out bones!”

Jiang Li: “Duke, careful you don’t break your hand.”

Ji Heng: “Such a ferocious man-eating flower, of course I’m going to snatch it home to safeguard.”

An unrestrained hunk vs a daughter from an aristocratic family. The pair of wolves in sheep’s clothing join hands to tyrannize the world. <<less

Fang Huaining – The ace of University A’s Computer science department, handsome, intelligent, self-disciplined, aloof, an expert in programming theory, and has many admirers.... more>>

Li Ting – The class-cutter of Jiuliu University, a work maniac who swept through the twelve big streets around campus, eager to fight, unsociably eccentric, stingy, silent, mastered many foreign languages, and has many haters.

Classmate asks: Ace, the handsome takeout guy who’s been coming here to deliver eel rice-bowls actually did a German translation for our professor, did you introduce him?

Fang Huaining: No, not familiar.

Gay friend asks: Li-zi, the bigshot from Comp Sci came over and paid for our meals, is he someone you know?

Li Ting: Who? Not familiar.

…

Li Ting: Why do you always take the bus all the way to the suburbs to steal the vegetables I grow? Am I familiar with you?

Fang Huaining: Then why do you always change your IP address to stalk my personal website? Am I also familiar with you? <<less

One day, when a novelist woke up from a restless sleep,... more>>

he realized that he had transformed into his 12-year-old self. <<less

Princess Leah wrote a su*cide note ahead of her wedding.... more>>

It was because she was certain that she would die after the wedding night; a miserable end of a princess who devoted her life to the country and to the royal family.

But before giving up her life, Leah planned her last revenge to the family, one that would surely leave them in ruins even after she became a cold corpse.

She would bring them shame by being a non-virg*n bride.

“Why did you throw away your first experience? Don’t you just want to run away?”

“I… I want to die.” Leah impulsively confided to the man she slept with for one night. <<less

Ji Zhen Tang first saw Zhong Yu Bai at her boyfriend's birthday banquet.
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... more>> from earlier. The man smiled gently, with a comforting tone, "Let me walk 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

From the awkward extra luggage from her mother’s first marriage, to the wife of the treacherous minister whose power could overturn the world, Yu Lingxin... more>> whose every step was filled with difficulties finally exhausted herself out, closing her eyes with regrets. But, who knew, when opening her eyes once again, she actually returned to her thirteen year old days in the boudoir again. Wait, a certain someone at this time, shouldn’t he be bedridden, how come just this shameless, unable to get rid of? <<less

Mu Yun Gui was the white moonlight of the male lead in a cultivation-based book.... more>>

Mu Yun Gui herself didn’t know that she was a short-lived white moonlight, until one day, a junior sister who was the eldest lady from a prominent family came into her life and turned her life upside down.

Her childhood sweetheart slowly got estranged from her and became close to the junior sister. In the end, he even abandoned her to save that junior sister.

When Mu Yun Gui plunged into the deep sea, she saw a triumphant smile on the junior sister.

At that time, she knew that the junior sister was a girl from a different world, and this world was a book. The cause of her cultivation stagnation was that the girl had robbed her luck.

After the fall, Mu Yun Gui opened her eyes and found that she was not dead, but fell into an underground cave.

In the cave, there was a ten-thousand-year-old ice block with a person inside it. Mu Yun Gi thought that this person also like her fell into the forbidden area, and out of good intentions, she unlocked the seal.

Jiang Shao Cai was sealed in an ice block for ten thousand years.

Suddenly one day, he was awakened by a girl. The girl was embarrassed, but still smiled at him and said, “Did you fall too? It’s okay, I will save you.”

The girl didn’t know that the boy she saved was a legendary genius from ten thousand years ago, who was abandoned by the immortal world and fell into the dark. <<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

She was originally the young miss of the Marquis Estate, but became a peasant girl due to a mixed-up at birth.... more>>

With great difficulty, she grew up into a delicate beauty, but no one wanted to marry her.

Rumors said she was ugly and was born a fool, and that she was a star of disaster that brought about the tragedy of her parents.

However, the husband she picked up midway was the future Grand Secretary.

The little monk she adopted from up the mountain was the future Godly General of the six states.

Even the elderly woman she saved in passing turned out to be the Empress Dowager.

A certain man said viciously, “Wife, who dares to bully you? This husband will end them for you!”

The Godly General said, “Big sister, no matter where you want to go in the territory of the six states, I’ll clear the path for you!”

The Empress Dowager said, “Did the Emperor bully Jiao Jiao? Wait here! Aijia will go dispose of him!”

[A tyrannical beautiful Female Lead who can rely on luck but insists on using strength] & [A Male Lead with broken wings who hides himself deeply] <<less

Tong Xuelu had the nickname Queen of Green Tea. ... more>>

She was stunning in looks, has a shapely body, and had a lot of suitors, although she had never been in any serious relationships.

By the time she was done being a green tea and was about to be a nice person, her retribution had caught up to her!

She had transmigrated into a book. Into the 70s where materialistic goods were rare and she was a poor soul who was the fake daughter of a wealthy family!

Per the story, she would be face slapped by the real daughter who was rebirthed, be married to an old man who had once been married, and finally die from domestic violence.

Tong XueLu: ……I’d rather continue to be a green tea.

Raise three bosses of the future and be a salted fish such that all she had to do was to lay around and wait for things to be handed to her. [check]

Cheat her way into a government-run restaurant and have good food every day. [check]

Use her agility and wit to avoid being faceslapped by the real daughter. [check]

As far as an excellent green tea was concerned, she would be able to handle any scripts handed to her and still end up the winner.

***

Wen Rugui, a physicist, was young, handsome and had his entire life ahead of him. He had, however, let his research distracted him from starting a family.

All of his bosses were eyeing him to become part of their family.

Until one day.

Wen Rugui brought a charming girl into his research facility and with love in his eyes announced, “This is my fiancee. We are here to report our upcoming matrimony.”

His bosses: Shocked beyond words.

His female colleagues: All hearts are broken.

Tong XueLu: Sorry, all. My charm is but a passive skill. <<less

Shu Ran grew up listening to the stories of the educated youths of the past. When a certain big businessman was young, he went to the countryside and had a son, Xu Shen. Later, that son became the greatest villain of the era, both admired and feared by common people. ... more>>

When Shu Ran woke up, he realized he was now living in 1983, and that villainous Xu Shen was about to become his brother-in-law. Ah, no, according to the latest news, he was about to become his husband?! QAQ!

Longing for a family of his own, Xu Shen intended to marry the eldest girl of the Zhou family. As a result, his little brother-in-law hugged his waist twice and his resolve was broken.

It happens that my sister doesn’t want to marry him, so this brother will have to rise up to the occasion!

Literary beauty shou X affectionate big boss gong pairing. <<less

Cui Xie, a modern college student, transmigrated into the body of a son of a fifth-rank official in the powerful Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, shortly after... more>> transmigrating, his father banished him to Qian’an, Hebei, the family’s ancestral home. He took two servants with him to live in the small county, but from then on, he lived well, made good money, and took the Imperial examinations. Step by step, he clawed his way back up and returned to the glorious capital city to walk a road of clear skies and embark on the path of an official’s life. <<less

Jin Xiuzhu is dead, swallowing a cup of poison wine, ending all her past grievances. Before dying, her only wish is to be reborn as a man in the next life, as being a woman is just too bitter.... more>>

Her parents favored sons over daughters, selling her off at the age of seven. She ended up in the Marquis' mansion, becoming a lowly maid, toiling tirelessly every day. Later, when she was transferred to the courtyard of the eldest son, the lady of the house feared that her beauty would seduce the eldest son and decided to marry her off to a servant who beat his wife. It was then that she actively resisted.

Using all means, she became the honored Lady Jin in the backyard, thriving even after the mistress of the house passed away.

Unfortunately, the Marquis' mansion fell out of favor, siding with the wrong master. With the ascension of a new emperor, all the men in the Marquis' mansion were beheaded, and the women were given poison wine to end their lives.

Jin Xiuzhu closed her eyes in relief, but little did she know that when she opened them again, she had somehow transmigrated to a completely unfamiliar dynasty, as a widow whose husband had just died. Not only that, when her husband's comrades came to visit the family, she resorted to tactics to latch onto them, all for the sake of leaving the impoverished countryside.

Looking at the bare walls of the house and the man lying next to her, Jin Xiuzhu made up her mind, closed her eyes, and lay down to continue sleeping. <<less

The brilliant and young high minister, noble and benevolent in character, was once renowned in the capital.... more>>

Once the situation at court changed, his identity was questioned, and his name had since been tainted. As such, he left for a faraway place.

The pure and innocent pearl of the Zhen family, favored and loved by all, once led a smooth and tranquil life.

Overnight, the great mansion completely collapsed. She married a bad husband, and her soul succumbed to eternal rest. One day, she awoke from a great dream.

Confronting the junction of fate, she was determined to change the course of events.

Their reencounter transformed the trajectory of their lives.

With his life-saving grace and meticulous care, Pei You’an brought hope to the helpless her.

Staying by his side in happiness and in sorrow, in life and in death, Zhen Jiafu reawakened feelings of concern in the apathetic him.

A letter replete with ardent love: traveling a thousand miles to be with the gentleman.

Despite the chill of the snowy night, with warmth sustained by love, the two hearts were the most intimate they had ever been.

Although the world has its ups and downs, with you keeping me company, this life is enough. <<less

For some unknown reason no matter what Ruan Tang does, he is regarded as a black-hearted lotus by people. Any type of relationship he has falls through, every friend and lover leaves him for his younger brother, Ruan Xi.... more>>

After his reputation is thoroughly ruined and all his loved ones have either left or betrayed him, he decides to give up.

So when his family tries to pressure him into marrying one of the most infamous royals, Duke Auston, he agrees.

After he marries Auston, he finds this infamously ugly, disabled Duke to be surprisingly cute and decides to seriously pursue him. Ruan Tang finds not only his happiness but also a caring husband who helps avenge the grievances of his “poor, bullied” Omega. <<less

Narumi Kouta was a second-year high school student. His mother remarried, and along with his new father, he now had a talented step-sister. Unable to adjust to his new life, he took a part-time job to escape from his new family and spent his time at a family restaurant until the last minute on his way home.... more>>

One day, Kouta noticed that there was another student who was killing time at a certain seat at a certain time, just like him. Her name was Kazemiya Kohaku. She was a celebrity at Hoshimoto Gakuen High School, where Kota attended. She had the same beauty that rivaled that of the popular idol sister, but unlike that sister, she was a cool beauty who kept people away from her.

Although they were both aware of each other's presence, they never came into contact with each other. One day, however, when the restaurant was crowded, Kouta happened to be shown to a seat next to Kohaku. Furthermore, a phone call came in from his family member. When he finished that call, Kohaku started talking to him…

“...Narumi, are you also having a hard time staying home?”

Their relationship began as “just killing time together at a family restaurant at night.” At first, it was supposed to be just that.

“Hey, we're surprisingly......” “We're very much alike. In more ways than one.”

–As they spend time together, they gradually begin to be attracted to each other. <<less

‘Navia Agnes,’ adopted to marry the Crown Prince on behalf of the Duke of Agnes’ ill daughter.... more>>

“I want to be a real family.”

Navia, who had been hung up on her family’s affection, does her best to become an empress while being abused, but the moment Vivian, the duke’s biological daughter, is cured, her family abandons her.

No, it would be fair to say that they abandoned her every time.

“How much longer do I have to try? To be your family.”

Navia took off her blood-soaked gloves.

Then on her right wrist, an invisible number that wasn’t visible to others was revealed.

1

Looking down at the numbers, she calmly confessed.

“Now, I’m going to stop playing with family games.”

At that moment, the number on the wrist changed.

0

Like that, a life that started again.

“If you touch me, you’ve to pay the price.”

Will she be able to take revenge on the Duke of Agnes and find a temporary family to protect her until she reaches adulthood? <<less