“I know he is hypocritical and cunning, inconsistent inside and out, ruthless, selfish and willful, and possessive, but that doesn’t stop me from liking him.” — Lin Fei... more>>

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As the most popular romance novel of the year, “Under the Rose” features its most intense rivalry not between the female lead and the supporting female character, but between two male supporting characters.

The “White Moonlight” Lin Fei is the male god of the campus, whom the female lead has had a secret crush on for years. He is aloof, indifferent, handsome, and noble, looking down on everyone else, and excels academically, consistently holding the top position in his grade. He later becomes a successful entrepreneur and a regular on the Forbes list, representing the eternal moon in the female lead’s heart.

The “Cinnabar Mole” Ji Leyu is the dark antagonist who pursues the female lead but never wins her over. He is ruthless, two-faced, and hides malice behind his smile. When he goes crazy, no one can stop him, especially with the powerful Ji Group backing him, making him even more arrogant and domineering. Ultimately, he becomes the mosquito blood in the female lead’s heart.

After being reborn back to her high school days, Song Qiang decides that this time, the moment she sees Ji Leyu, she will run away and never give him any chance to get close to her again.

However, before she has the chance to run, she sees Lin Fei standing beside Ji Leyu.

They go to school together, eat together, go home together, and participate in extracurricular activities together.

Song Qiang even sees Ji Leyu pulling Lin Fei by the collar to kiss him.

Song Qiang: !!! Let go of her male god!!

Just as she is about to rush over, she is shocked to see her male god lower his head and kiss Ji Leyu on the lips.

Song Qiang: ????

What happened to being aloof and heartless?!

Male god, what is going on?!

Song Qiang cautiously observes in secret and is horrified to discover that her former pursuer and the one she used to pursue are now together!

Her “White Moonlight” and her “Mosquito Blood” are together!

Song Qiang: …This world seems a bit off.

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Song Qiang confirmed that Lin Fei and Ji Leyu were together. She didn’t want her male god to get hurt, so she quietly reminded Lin Fei, “Do you know that he’s not as well-behaved and cute as you think? He’s much more complicated than you imagine!”

Lin Fei’s tone remained as calm as ever, “I know.”

“I know he’s hypocritical and cunning, inconsistent inside and out, ruthless, selfish and willful, and possessive, but that doesn’t stop me from liking him.”

“To me, he is the most well-behaved and adorable.”

How could he not know?

Since the age of six, Lin Fei had known what kind of person Ji Leyu was.

But he loved this imperfect yet irreplaceable Ji Leyu in his heart.

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Ji Leyu leaned against Lin Fei, rubbing his head against Lin Fei’s shoulder and whimpering, “Come on, comfort me.”

Lin Fei put down his book, turned, and kissed him on the lips, then patted his hair. “Good boy.”

Ji Leyu hugged him tightly, like a rose with its thorns retracted.

— Dazzlingly brilliant, yet blooming for only one person.

He was his bottom line, he was his devotion.

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Lin Fei is the top, Ji Leyu is the bottom.

The structure of the first sentence of the synopsis is inspired by “The Painted Veil.”

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《面纱》 (The Painted Veil) is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, published in 1925. The story is set in the 1920s and revolves around the tumultuous marriage of Kitty Garstin and her husband, Walter Fane, a bacteriologist. The plot thickens when Walter discovers Kitty’s infidelity and takes her to a cholera-infected region in China, where he works. The novel explores themes of love, betrayal, redemption, and the complexities of human relationships.

The title “The Painted Veil” refers to a line from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s sonnet “Lift Not the Painted Veil,” which suggests the idea of not looking too closely at life’s illusions or the facade people present to the world.

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The phrase “子非鱼” (zǐ fēi yú) originates from the classical Chinese text “Zhuangzi” (also known as “Chuang Tzu”), which is a foundational work of Daoist philosophy. This phrase is part of a longer passage that involves a dialogue between Zhuangzi (also known as Zhuang Zhou) and his friend Huizi (also known as Hui Shi). The dialogue goes as follows:

Zhuangzi and Huizi were strolling along the Hao River when Zhuangzi said:

“The fish are swimming so freely, this is the happiness of fish.”

Huizi replied:

“You are not a fish, how do you know the happiness of fish?”

Zhuangzi responded:

“You are not me, how do you know that I do not know the happiness of fish?”

The phrase “子非鱼” directly translates to “You are not a fish.” It is Huizi’s argument challenging Zhuangzi’s assertion about knowing the happiness of fish. The broader philosophical implications of this dialogue revolve around the nature of knowledge and understanding, especially concerning different perspectives and subjective experiences. <<less

Yan Luqing was reading the heart-ab*se novel of the year when she was on the plane.... more>>

Among them, the most popular is not the male lead and female lead, but the villain who has been persecuted by countless lunatics, Gu Ci.

When Gu Ci was young, his beauty was infinite, but his family’s financial situation fell behind and his parents were retaliated by their enemies. His beautiful obsidian-like eyes were blinded by poison. And in the end, he was secretly ‘hidden’ by a mentally ill woman who had a crush on him.

After experiencing all this, the young man who was originally like a breeze and misty moon was completely blackened.

Who does not feel heartache for a beauty who was strong but miserable? Yan Luqing also felt her heart ache and scolded that mentally ill woman very angrily.

Who knows that when the plane crashed, she became the female partner, who tried to monopolize Gu Ci, that everyone shouts to beat.

The time happened to be the first day of the ‘Hiding Gu Ci In The Golden House’.

Recalling the female partner’s end that was more inferior than the pigs and dogs in the original book, Yan Luqing: …Oh?

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The female partner in the original book deserves that kind of ending, but Yan Luqing can not commit the same mistakes.

From the first day onwards, she will serve delicious food and drink to raise the big villain well. It was called ‘Hiding Gu Ci’ but in reality it was actually enshrining and worshipping him.

She treats Gu Ci’s eyes and buys whatever he wants to eat, even if he wants the stars she will pick them for him. If he wants flowers, she will pull them out and make a wreath for him. Even the flowers at home are all pulled bald.

So two months later, according to the original plot, it was the day for Gu Ci to escape.

Yan Luqing breathed a sigh of relief. The big villain doesn’t have to do it himself because she opened the door wide in a very proactive and catering manner, and said to him: “Congratulations, you are free now.”

Gu Ci looked at her for a long while, his beautiful black eyes darkened, and he suddenly smiled: “What if I said, I don’t want freedom?”

Yan Luqing: “???”

What about your business empire?

What about your ambition for revenge?

D*mn, that’s not how the script was played! <<less

Tang Bai was born into a wealthy family. His body was soft and slender, and he loved to act spoiled. His family searched far and wide to find him a handsome and rich prospective fiancé. However, the prospective fiancé liked independent and strong omegas and was very resistant to this business marriage.... more>>

One day, Tang Bai’s brain short circuited, causing him to believe that he lived in a book. He was the cannon fodder shou, and his prospective fiancé was the protagonist gong. The protagonist shou, Xie Ruheng, was a strong, independent omega of the new era who pretended to be an alpha. In the future, he would become a marshal and the light of the omegas.

No wonder the love-filled bento that he worked super hard to make was rejected by his prospective fiancé who didn’t even look at it. Tang Bai’s eyes reddened as he turned around. He saw that Xie Ruheng was eating the horrible tasting training meal. How could the future light of the omegas eat this kind of devil’s cruise that was fed to the pigs?

Tang Bai shyly said: “This was personally made by me. Us omegas need to pay attention to our diet and take care of our bodies~”

Xie Ruheng: ……?

The first time Xie Ruheng saw Tang Bai, he thought that even when this omega cried, he was still like the omega of his dreams. Although Tang Bai was virtuous, delicate, beautiful, and cute, he already had a prospective fiancé!

Xie Ruheng expressed with grief: “I won’t be the third party.”

Tang Bai was extremely moved, thinking that Xie Ruheng had already become good sisters with him and wouldn’t come to steal his man. There was a saying that Alphas were like clothes and good sisters were like one’s hands and feet. Don’t worry, I will definitely take good care of you!

Xie Ruheng: ……

Very soon, Xie Ruheng heard a rumor. Tang Bai’s prospective fiancé hated Tang Bai, but he couldn’t defy the orders of his family, so he could only create trouble for Tang Bai everywhere.

Xie Ruheng: This is the omega of my dreams that I want to hold in the palm of my hands, and you actually don’t cherish him? tr*sh!

Xie Ruheng: Isn’t it just stealing a man? So sweet.

Tang Bai found out in horror: Why are the protagonist gong and shou fighting because of me?!

Tang Bai: Oh! They must have a love and hate relationship! <<less

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

Chu Guang, who had traveled to the post-apocalyptic world, discovered that he had unlocked a shelter system and was able to summon creatures named "player" from the previous world.... more>>

From that day on, the whole post-apocalyptic world became like a game. <<less

"Why is this [Summoning Card: Goblin] wearing a mask?"... more>>

"Because it's a Goblin Gangster!" <<less

Xu Sili died at a young age. He woke up again only to find that… not only was he alive but he had become the new emperor of an alien empire. The empire was in a miserable state, facing a crisis of being destroyed by alien beasts at any time.... more>>

At that time, he fell down on the emperor’s exclusive gold throne. In front of him stood a handsome man in a white military uniform. The man wore knee-high black boots and stepped on his chest. There was a cruel and bloodthirsty smile on his face as he placed the laser gun to Xu Sili’s forehead. He declared, “Die, new emperor.”

Wait, wait! Xu Sili was confused when he saw the man’s face clearly. Why did this man look so similar to the virtual character he raised? Huh? This was the good-looking uniform that Xu Sili put in long hours to gain!

Si Sheng had a secret. He could hear the voice of God.

During the time when everyone around him was going crazy over the princess, he knew that everything about the princess was actually a gift from God, the one who truly saved him from the s*ave owner—

It was the great God!

He was mysterious and powerful. He had the most moving voice in the world. He stirred Si Sheng’s mind every night, keeping him spellbound and unable to sleep. Si Sheng wanted to see ‘Him’ so badly that he was going crazy.

Finally, there was a day when God asked him, “What would you do if I appear before you?”

Si Sheng knelt on one knee and humbly offered his loyalty. However, he realized at this time that he had a deeper… wilder ambition in his heart for God.

This is probably a story of the main character transmigrating to an alien world and rebuilding a home with his virtual character. <<less

[Congratulations Seo Hoyun! You have been selected as a player in the Unknown Idol Tycoon.]... more>>

The good-for-nothing PD, who is criticized by everyone, becomes a unknown idol in a parallel world.

Only his younger sibling remembers him.

To return to the original world, he must become a top idol and clear the game!

“…Quest accepted.”

“Are you crazy?”

“Don’t we need to eat and live?”

His specialty is blackmailing, his hobby is persuasion.

The survival story of the unscrupulous PD-turned-idol who will stop at nothing! <<less

An utterly useless, pathetic F-Rank older brother who only drags down his successful S-Rank younger brother.... more>>

After living a messed-up life, eventually dragging even my brother's life down with me, I was given the title after my regression:

'Perfect Nurturer.'

Fine, this time, I'll just stay quiet and support those brilliant guys from the shadows.

Or so I thought, but the S-Ranks are acting a little strange. <<less

Hunter Cha Eui-jae, who was dispatched to seal a rift that appeared over the West Sea, was flung out as soon as he closed the rift. When he came to his senses, he was lying in a garbage dump.... more>>

Starving, he was drawn like a zombie is to blood to a hangover soup restaurant, where he realized that he had fallen into South Korea, eight years in the future.

In this era, disaster alerts notify people of rift openings in advance, ASMR videos of slimes gathered from dungeons were trending, and idle hunters livestream unboxings of A-rank longswords.

Unlike the past, where people trembled in fear of an impending apocalypse, the future was surprisingly peaceful, leaving Cha Eui-jae feeling empty. Since things had turned out this way, why not start a second chapter of life as a part-timer at the hangover soup restaurant, rather than being a hunter?

“That’s strange.”

“…”

“Have we met somewhere before?”

Cha Eui-jae’s plan to quietly spend his remaining days as the only part-time worker at the decades-old hangover soup restaurant goes awry when he encounters a mysterious, gas-masked individual… <<less

I just want to see the faces of those who cherish me, utterly ruined and soaked in guilt, as I die tragically right before their... more>> eyes. (The End) <<less

Jiang Yu transmigrated into the novel as the troublesome aunt of the male lead.... more>>

Using her pregnancy as an excuse, she treated her husband poorly and met a tragic end.

Looking at her own pregnant belly, Jiang Yu decided to live honestly and not cause trouble.

However, the child's father always wore a cold, intimidating expression.

Later, Jiang Yu discovered that her husband was actually socially anxious.

Despite his social anxiety, he could cook and take care of the child. <<less

Xie Tao got a boyfriend.... more>>

They have never met.

He would send her many things, snacks she had never eaten before, expensive-looking gold and silver jewelry, wine brewed from the first snow, tea boiled with plum blossom dew, and books of strange tales she had never read.

She could imagine what his life must be like, as poetic and picturesque as an ancient painting.

Because of him, Xie Tao's life fundamentally changed. She no longer had to work several jobs because he didn't allow it.

Her life was no longer strained because he always sent her real gold and silver.

But she didn't know that every WeChat message she sent him was transformed into a sealed letter and sent to another time and space.

There, it was a chaotic era of changing dynasties.

The man she fell in love with was the most stunning blank space in this world.

One day, Xie Tao mustered the courage to video call her boyfriend.

???

My boyfriend is so handsome, wah wah wah!

His eyes are so beautiful! His eyelashes are so long! His skin is so fair!

But wait? Why is he wearing ancient robes and sporting an ancient hairstyle?!

At that moment, the young nobleman in her phone screen, dressed in bright brocade, wearing a gold crown and jade belt, with long, dark hair, had eyes like amber and a gentle smile, calling her "Tao Tao."

---Modern, soft, poor girl with no money X Ancient, smart, rich, and powerful national advisor <<less

My execution had been decreed, and thus, I met my demise.... more>>

"To kill you as a villain would be a bit of a waste."
"How about it? I want to give you a chance."

No, I thought I was dead.
But was it because of what the enemy-like guy said just before I died?

‘Gerun, that son of a b*tch...!’

When I opened my eyes, it was ten years ago. And in a different world!

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Since I've already come back to life, there’s nothing I can do about it.

To avoid repeating the foolish past,

"Give me everything from here to there."
"...You’re going to buy all of this?"

I used that enemy-like guy as my wallet,

"Well, I heard from my friends that my dear granddaughter likes shopping so much, and that you act cute, too."
"It's just because I need a wallet.
"......"

"Father, I'm going to attend a party. Can you escort me?"
"...Of course. But are you alright with me?"
"Yes. As long as you dress up nicely."
Even the once-broken family relationship was splendidly restored.

"...If I say yes, I like you, would that make things difficult for you, Roxelyn?"
"Then, how about we date for just six months?"
"...Pardon?"
The business of love, which I had once already given up on, had also started perfectly.

It was the perfect future I had hoped for...

"Rox, you also have an Abyss."

Even to someone like me who thought I was incompetent, power awakened within me.
As such...

The Baddest Villainess Is Back! <<less

Why, seems like I've become a haunted portrait.

System: Host, what is that thing in the sky?... more>>

Shi Sheng: An intergalactic spaceship.

System: …This is a cultivation world, where did an intergalactic spaceship come from?!

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System: Host, what are you holding in your hand?

Shi Sheng: Xuanyuan Sword.

System: This is an advanced scientific world, where did an ancient divine sword come from?! Wait a moment… Host what are you doing?!

Shi Sheng: Breaking apart the main couple.

#MyHostIsTooPowerfulAndLikesToBreakShips.

Note : ‘shipping’ is the term people use when they want two people to be a couple. <<less

Humans, once the masters of Earth, were losing their place to the inexplicable phenomena known as Objects.... more>>

And this is a story about becoming an Object and living worry-free in the Seoul of such a world. <<less

Knowing that she'll die tomorrow from a female ghost's attack, Zhu Yang goes binge-drinking the night before she dies.... more>>

The next day, she wakes up, mind still disoriented from the previous night's drunkenness. Looking around, her house is a mess, and there is a female ghost hanging out of the TV, having drilled halfway out.

More importantly, the female ghost is dead!

Her pig friends then all accuse her of how cruelly and inhumanely she destroyed the female ghost to death.

Zhu Yang: I’m not! I’m not! Don’t talk nonsense! I am a weak woman like a delicate flower who only screams when she encounters something horrible.

In regards to this, the female ghost who thought she could kill this weak woman handily but was killed instead: I have something to say! <<less

Tang Xiao was a grinding gamer emperor who majored in the heavenly pit of biology at university. He motivated himself to find another way to become a professional gamer.... more>>

As a genius who played games plus as a grinding emperor, there was no level he couldn’t play. One day, his roommate recommended him a holographic game known as the most difficult in history. Countless professional players had failed and he could become famous in one fell swoop if he could play it.

Tang Xiao went on with confidence and then hit numerous BE.

The beginning was always the laboratory, and he ended up being devoured by a monster he raised.

Tang Xiao:? It’s kind of interesting.

After countless weeks of stumbling with the monster, Tang Xiao went from a laboratory minion to an assistant researcher. From assistant researcher to formal researcher. He even went ashore as a biology graduate student in reality.

Tang Xiao: … Wait a minute, what am I playing this game for? (Uptight) (Out of my Mind)

Forget it, I’m done grinding!

In the end, he looked at the little monster he had raised, covered in blood red, like a mushroom and an animal, with the sanity point dropped all over the place.

He didn’t know when the monster that learned to disguise itself as a human appearance stuck up like a dog, not at all cold-blooded and cruel as before, stretching out its mycelium-like tent**les to wrap around Tang Xiao’s ankle and said in a hoarse voice, “As promised, a tube of blood for a kiss.”

Breed: King of Mushroom (Higher Dimensional Organism)

Danger Level: ???

Tang Xiao smiled disdainfully. He resolutely died in a certain main quest and uninstalled the game!

Garbage game, ruin my youth! This grandpa is not playing anymore, I’ll be on my way to a PhD if I play again!

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The eldest brother of the Tang family worked at a high level, and one day, he learned a secret.

A holographic game called had swept the world, but the game was not just a game. The game world was a real parallel world, and for various reasons, the two worlds were about to merge. There was going to be a big mess.

One day, the special department suddenly and urgently issued an internal warrant to find a mysterious Dr. Tang.

The monster he cultivated went berserk. The spores and mycelium were all over the world and as the two worlds merged, he would ascend to the throne. However, it was not a good thing. Because of the disappearance of someone, the monster was in a berserk phase where it could not communicate.

The eldest brother of the Tang family observed the characteristics of Dr. Tang on the wanted notice. He then glanced at his younger brother, who was absentmindedly playing games with his legs crossed.

Is it to punish his relative for justice? Or is it to punish his relative for justice? <<less

To survive, Sheng Nuan must traverse different worlds, playing the role of self-destructive cannon fodder while saving the darkest villains. These villains are cold-blooded, obsessive, and ruthless-capable of annihilating millions with a smile and destroying the world with a wave of their hand. Holding the cannon fodder’s script, Sheng Nuan is terrified…... more>>

Later:

A paranoid young man with a gloomy expression says, “Nuan Nuan, besides me, who else do you want to be with?” <<less

Ning Shu had dropped dead. But in a burst of good fortune, she became a task-taker in charge of counterattacking for the pitiful cannon fodders. Thus, Ning Shu, in one world after another, took... more>> all kinds of life roles and encountered all kinds of “you’re heartless, you’re ruthless, you’re making trouble for no reason” people. She encountered all sorts of white lotus flowers, green tea b*tches, scheming b*tches, by the batch.

“Does any true beauty still exist in the world?!” Bellowed Ning Shu angrily. “You annoying tr*sh! I’m just here to counterattack, please don’t get in the way of me completing my task.” Transmigration main character, reincarnation main character. There’s only a lazy task-taker, no indestructible main character halo. Ning Shu had no choice, but to painfully gather moral integrity in each of the worlds. <<less

Lu Chen had a dream, an incredibly long dream.. The dream world was familiar yet at the same time unfamiliar. Singer, actor, freelance writer, he... more>> actually went through three sections of different lives in a dream world! When he woke up, Lu Chen thus embarked on a bright road of becoming a perfect superstar! <<less

Chaoyang lived an ordinary life for over twenty years, but a sudden “awakening” disrupted his life—he awakened as a demon from legends, one that feeds on wishes.... more>>

The bad news is, wishes are hard to come by in this world.The good news is, before he starved to death, he opened a passage to another world overflowing with wishes.

The bad news is, most of these wishes are already claimed.The good news is, no one understands wishes better than him.

At first, Chaoyang only responded to wishes to survive, but as he grew stronger, he turned it into a business.

The place where countless wishes can be fulfilled is the [Paradise]. <<less

One day, Japan was transferred to another world.... more>>

Because of its poor food production and previous reliance on imports from other countries, Japan faced a food shortage crisis. To slow the effects of starvation from its populace, the Japanese government declared a state of emergency. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force explored the surrounding area and found a land mass about 1000 kilometers to the southwest―the continent of Rodenius.

Japan was able to resolve its food shortage after entering into diplomatic relations with the Principality of Kua Toine and the Kingdom of Quira. However, at that time, another country on the continent, the hegemonic Kingdom of Rowlia, declared war on Kua Toine and Quira.

In light of this new crisis, how will Japan respond? A survival story on a national scale! <<less