Two years ago, for one million, I “sold” myself to Huo Yuchuan.... more>>

As the contract neared its end, that night, I poked at the rice in my bowl and dutifully told him that I would be moving out next week.

Huo Yuchuan didn’t say anything. After finishing his meal, he asked me to weigh myself.

I had gained eight pounds since two years ago.

He said he couldn’t afford to lose money and demanded that I return those eight pounds to him.

I had never met such a miser.

Huo Yuchuan x Lin Miao <<less

Sorry, but you won’t be finding a plot summary here. This is not a novel. If you’re looking for a plot twist, surprise reversal, or punch line, you won’t find one. This is an old story of a past event that has long ended. It happened 10 years ago, and my memory of it all is admittedly pretty vague, and we won’t be speculating about the future, either. I certainly can’t recommend this for entertainment value, but there is one thing I can definitively say.... more>>

It took me 10 years to write this book. <<less

I was cursed to regress forever.
I lived the same life hundreds of times, while my body scattered to ashes.... more>>

‘Finally.’

Just before I lost my mind, I finally managed to restore peace to the world.
I reached the ‘end’, dying in the arms of my beloved family.
…At least, that’s what I thought.

“…What is this?”

I had returned again. What the hell!

I’m tired of endless battles and tired of playing the hero.
This time, I will achieve complete rest.

…However.

“Edith Crowell. Do you think I would give up on you?”
The war demon duke, who has slaughtered thousands of monsters, clings me, claiming he doesn’t want to lose me.

“Lady Edith… You can’t die like this. We have a contract.”
An unidentified prodigy of divine magic clasps my hand tightly with a shy smile.

“Please let me repay my debt. Edith, I want you to be happy.”
The head of the Assassin Guild rubs his cheek against my knee, vowing to sacrifice his life for me.

“Isn’t this what you wanted?”
To top it off, my childhood friend, now a priest, looking at me with eyes full of desire.

It’s fine. All of this is fine.

Why are all my ex-boyfriends and even strangers trying to stop me from dying?

Hey. You all…
In this life, we have nothing to do with each other.
Can’t you just let me die? <<less

The S-Class guilds, High Tower and Ghost Eye, are notorious archrivals, having battled for years in the Alliance’s dungeon crystal ore market.... more>>

High Tower’s little young master, Lance, is a black lotus—calculating and ruthless beneath a harmless, sickly exterior.

Ghost Eye’s eldest young master, Zhan Pingchuan, is a classic “white cut black”—outwardly lazy and nonchalant, inwardly sharp and unfathomable.

Both conceal their identities to enroll in Star University, only to be assigned as roommates. Their pheromone compatibility? 100%. They share a kiss on day one.

Lance’s father: “Use your break to go undercover next door. Know your enemy, know yourself, and you’ll never lose.”

Zhan’s father: “Hide your identity, head across the hall, and get the lay of the land.”

After a night of tasting the marrow and knowing the flavor, Zhan Pingchuan strokes Lance’s delicate back and messages HR: “My wife, Lance, comes from a humble background and is frail. Take care of him, don’t let him suffer.”

The next morning, Lance tucks Zhan Pingchuan in and calls his sister: “My boyfriend, Zhan Pingchuan, is strong but sloppy. Give him a top salary so he has money to date me.”

Soon, the two great guilds are set to negotiate. Rumor has it, the heirs will attend.

Hundreds of media outlets wait with bated breath.

On the fateful day, the two heirs meet at the negotiation table. Tension crackles, war is about to erupt.

After a long silence, Lance moves.

Face icy, about to sit, when Zhan Pingchuan suddenly commands, “Don’t move!”

Zhan’s father: My son has a powerful aura!

Zhan Pingchuan strides over, unbuttons his bespoke suit worth over 100,000 credits, and tosses it—under Lance’s chair.

Zhan Pingchuan: “You’re just going to sit on such a hard chair without checking?”

Lance: “……”

Both fathers: “?”

#Two scheming bigshots acting passionately for each other#

【Black Lotus Shou × White Cut Black Gong】

Linked work completed: “The Sickly Beauty Gives Up Struggling [Rebirth] ”

Theme: Everyone is born with their own worth. <<less

19th Century, Great Britain. The time when the foundations for the Opium Wars were laid. McQueen Leicester, in charge of England's largest trading company, ‘Klaus Divison’, and a big player in opium trafficking, seeks to achieve his ambition to gain more power by jumping on the bandwagon of the upper-class society through war.... more>>

McQueen chances upon Aaron Wisfield, a debauchee in the high society of London, at a salon he attends for the purpose of lobbying. Contrary to his refined appearance, he despises men who habitually travel around whilst high on opium.

The successor of the ducal family, who vehemently opposes the scheme to dispatch troops to war. A man of abundant wealth, honor, and power from birth. All he does is stand on top and look down at the mud under his shoes.

McQueen, while perceiving him as a terribly detestable target, loses all his memories after suffering from a fall off a horse during a hunting competition.

When he manages to open his eyes in an old cottage, the glamorous handsome man claims to be England's best artist and that McQueen is his servant.

The owner of the cottage, only slick at face value, was temperamental, arrogant, and violent.

However, in an isolated cottage where only the two of them co-exist as human beings, McQueen Leicester begins to harbor indefinable feelings for his master, who always returns back full of wounds and injuries. <<less

If life could repeat itself, what would you do?... more>>

Would you repeat your first life and stay a normal average joe? Perhaps your gaze will betray the life you’ve already lived, but you remain insignificant and unknown, stretching your neck up high to watch the furling clouds roll by?

Or will you make the world your stage, stir up every cloud and wind under all the heavens, making the entire world your captive audience as you dance, making people’s hearts pound with your every move?

Composing my own laws, establishing the order I desire…a human life is a measly ten decades, so why don’t I light the candle that is my life and set this world ablaze!! <<less

"Do you know what a psychopath is?"... more>>

"It’s a form of antisocial personality disorder, but it’s innate—hardwired from birth."

"Genetic anomalies cause lesions in the frontal lobe of the brain."

"The result? They lack the capacity for emotion, for empathy. No guilt, no remorse. Morality is a foreign concept to them."

"They’re masters of deception, skilled liars who can mimic human emotions flawlessly, blending into society without a trace."

"Now, here’s the real question: if such a monster were to suddenly gain a normal brain—if their missing pieces were somehow restored—would they become more dangerous, or would they finally resemble something human?"

In the shadows, a slender figure slowly crouched low, the glint of a silver blade catching the faint light. The edge pressed coldly against a throat.

"So," the voice was calm, almost clinical, "this is why you turned me into a woman?" <<less

Raon’s entire life had been lived as a dog on a leash.... more>>

Through a twist of fate, he obtained a new life.

Wrath remained in the wreckage of his destroyed leash.

Finally capable of standing on his own feet, he decided to live life by his own will.

He would slay anyone standing in his way…

Even if they were a god. <<less

A witch who killed a couple hundreds of people. A rare mu*derer. The illegitimate child of the late Duke Amber. Beatrice Amber has returned thirteen times for unknown reasons.... more>>

In her first life, she was executed for killing a priest and in her second life, she was executed for mu*dering her husband. In one life, she left her family, lived in a remote land, and died of old age. She was mu*dered in another life, and another where she eventually killed herself.

But when she wakes up, it’s always back to the same time as always. At 9 a.m. in January, when she turned 18. Tired of everything, she lived her thirteenth life as a witch. I killed if I had to, and I killed when someone asked me to. Beatrice was notorious as a witch who killed more than 100 people and was executed once again.

And I woke up again at 9 a.m. in January when I was 18 years old. I have to find a way to die. <<less

Hoshino Gen has transmigrated: a sister, a house, and busy parents.... more>>

His parents are both incredibly wealthy, and his only sister happens to be a super popular idol. Without a doubt, Hoshino Gen is living the dream.

But then—

In a rundown dojo beneath the setting sun, a swordsman has stood watch for centuries…

In a heartwarming and healing game, a Lolita dress stained crimson with blood…

On an abandoned old campus, the past buried beneath overgrown weeds…

On an empty stage, a strange and eerie song echoes…

Someone has to uncover the truth. <<less

Zong Que was born emotionally detached. After being chosen by the system, he only wanted to complete his missions diligently — until he met someone as warm and radiant as the sun.... more>>

Even heroes fall for beauty. If you put in enough effort, even a block of wood can bloom.

Lin Heng: “Don’t you think this really feels like an affair?”

…

Yue: “Leaving him here? As if he’d obediently stay put.”

…

Prince Yue: “Would you be willing to live a lifetime of harmony with me, ruler and subject?”

…

April: “This demon lord has been locked up by a dragon! Hurry and save me~”

Zong Que: “…”

Zong Que was born indifferent — no parents, no siblings, no friends or lovers. He came into this world alone, and would leave it just the same.

To him, everything in the world was nothing more than dust and stone…

Until he met that tiny blade of grass growing in a desert storm.

Fresh and green, irresistibly endearing — fragile in appearance, yet deeply rooted in the barren land.

It scattered seeds, bloomed flowers, and transformed the desert into a paradise.

“For you, I am willing to plant the seed of love.”

“For you… I will let it grow deep.”

Le Jian, breathless from Zong Que’s kisses: “Are you really emotionally deficient?”

Zong Que: “Emotionally deficient, yes. Physically deficient, no.”

Le Jian: “…”

He underestimated him.

A cold and emotionally-detached gong × an “optimistic and cheerful” beautiful shou. <<less

On an ancient battlefield where two armies faced off, one side was made up of the gods, bodhisattvas, and Buddha’s warriors, while the other side was a blood-red sea of demons from hell.... more>>

The demon in the form of a man leapt into the fray with his sword, soaring over the battlefield. He decisively cut through eleven phoenix bone arrows capable of destroying heaven and earth and reached the Phoenix King, who stood high above.

"Your Highness, please don’t move—"

"I didn’t come to fight, I came to propose to you."

The phoenix was the inevitable calamity that the Buddha had to avoid for thirty thousand years. Zhou Hui was the redemption that freed the phoenix from its eternal fate.

After countless years of endless light and shadows, this handsome, dark man finally emerged from hell, ready to take the Phoenix King away from the sacred Buddhist realm and the boundless lotus sea.

"Let me go with you to that world, and for you, I will forever be invincible."

You were the distant shore I swam across, you were the end of my long journey. <<less

Although Luo Qingci knew her name resembled that of a protagonist from ancient stories, she never expected to find herself transmigrated into a cultivation novel one day. ... more>>

What made her even more exasperated was that she didn't transmigrate as the female lead, but rather the female lead's cannon fodder master.

This cultivation novel is a typical, strong female lead type story, except the female lead isn't human; she's a dragon. Under the conflict between the humans and dragons, the female lead was tortured by humans in all sort of manners, scummed by the male lead, before turning into a super OP villainous character that destroys the cultivation realm.

As for the female lead's master, Huaizhu-jun, who left behind a single egg after massacring the female lead's family right at the very beginning of the story, then later on uses various methods to torment her naive disciple, ends up with her spiritual roots destroyed, her bones ripped out, and dies without a single body part intact.

When Luo Qingci transmigrated over and found the floor soaked in blood, alongside a pitch-black, extremely ugly egg-shaped object, she immediately turned stone-faced. Is there still time for her to cook this egg now?

Female lead much later: Shizun, aren't you the dragon slaying fiend? How did you overlook me?

Luo Qingci: Your egg was too ugly.

Female lead: Shizun, this humiliated look of yours, I love it a lot.

Luo Qingci: That's too pe*verted.

Female lead: Shizun, I like you. Did you ever like me, even if a little bit?

Luo Qingci: I'm not dumb.

Female lead: ......

Biased and secretly dark disciple vs cold on the outside, hot on the inside shizun.

Alternatively: "When does shizun expose herself" or "Unveiling shizun's secrets with me and shizun". <<less

I was reborn as the villainous daughter, Yumiela Dolknes, in the world of an otome RPG game. Yumiela only had a small role in the original story, but after defeating the Demon King, she will appear as the Hidden Boss with a bonus specs to solo fight the Hero party.... more>>

Having a gamer-spirit, I’ve been raising my level since I was a child. By the time I enter the academy where the game stage is, I was level 99.

I wanted the heroine and the capture targets to defeat the Demon King, but they just flirted around and didn’t raise their level. Moreover, they treat me as if I’m the Demon King just because I have dark hair and use dark magic.

It’s a story where I aim for peaceful days. <<less

After 2000 years has passed, the ruthless demon lord has just been reincarnated! But his aptitude at an academy for nurturing candidates for demon lords is, “Inept”!?... more>>

Having the capability to destroy humans, elementals, and gods, after a long period of countless wars and strife, Arnos the demon lord became sick and tired of all that and longed for a peaceful world, so he decided to reincarnate to the future.

However, what awaited him after his reincarnation is a world too used to peace that his descendants became too weak due to a huge weakening in magical powers.

Arnos enrolled in the Maou Academy established to find any students that might be the demon lord’s reincarnation, but his powers are too extraordinary that those in the academy couldn’t properly judge his powers, so he’s regarded as an “Inept student”. Being underestimated and avoided by most people there, he recruited a girl friendly to him, Misha, as his subordinate and comrade, and strives to climb to the top of the demon race hierarchy to one day reclaim his former title and status. <<less

The leader of the Heavenly Demon Cult, called the Absolute Heavenly Demon, the best under heaven.... more>>

Due to the Eternal Immortal Reign Supreme Law, he awoke within the Orthodox Sect....

"What? Mount Hua Sect? What nonsense is this?"

The story of a great demonic master who suddenly became a disciple of the Mount Hua Sect.

The Mount Hua Sect, which had been on the path to ruin, begins to rise again. <<less

A priest was sold a mixed-blooded demon on his way home. It was cheap, so he bought it.

Scream out.... more>>

Awake and pour out the grudge left in you onto me.

Then, I shall save you. <<less

This generation of hosts was generally incompetent. Either they were moved by a s*umbag’s regret and chose to stay in the small world, or they failed to torment others and were instead tormented themselves, choosing self-destruction. Until she was caught by that boss and became a true tool system.... more>>

System: With a status like the boss’s, does she really know how to torment those s*umbag men instead of just killing them directly?

A long time later…

The system looked at the s*umbag men scattered across the scene, who had passed through massive crematoriums and hellish battlegrounds, only to all end up in graves—yet still clung desperately to the boss, humble to the point of dust. The system was at a loss for words.

Sha Luo smiled and patted her system’s dog head, never looking back at the man who had already gone mad. “Let’s go.”

[——To all beings, she was hell incarnate. But if she were willing to smile at them like she once did, then even if the road was paved with white bones and the carpet soaked in fresh blood, they would still offer up their hearts and feelings willingly.]

Worlds:

① That Junior Sister who was just a detox tool. I saved you, and I saved the one you loved. But in the end, wrapped in a straw mat on a mass grave, I died with no peace.

② That cannon fodder real daughter who committed su*cide from depression. The first half of my life was full of humble longing, the second half became a laughingstock. When I jumped from the rooftop, I only hoped never to be born human again.

③ That puppet master who begged for death but could not die. All beings knew I was your love tribulation, but none knew you were my death tribulation. After that sword pierced my heart, you saw through your love tribulation, your soul returned to your body, and you ascended as an Immortal Lord. But my soul returned, and I could not even beg for death.

④ That substitute little starlet whose beauty was destroyed. This short life was only fit to be someone else’s stand-in. A stand-in for a moment, a stand-in for a lifetime— I was the nameless one unworthy of having a self. <<less

I was lured by an invitation email to the beta test of the sequel to the game I’ve been playing for the past 10 years. To my surprise, all the mods I’ve installed over the years were still there.... more>>

Everything from enemy enhancement mods to NPC gender swap and appearance retouching mods were intact.

Even mods for changing the characters’ outfits were still in place.

*Takes inspiration from Sekiro + Soulsborne series. <<less

Sang Yu is a girl with yin-yang eyes. After a car accident at age eight, she began to see things that normal people could not – she would often speak to empty air, a faint smile on her face. This left an odd impression on others, and by the time she discovered her abnormality, she no longer had any friends.... more>>

By day, Mu Rong is the boss of a paper offerings shop, servicing the living to earn some cash and sustain her physical body.

By night, she is a death god representative, serving the Nether Palace, collecting yin merit in order to save her mother.

Because she had seen through life, death, and the cycle of reincarnation, Mu Rong has an indifferent nature, no friends, and does not participate in society.

One time, a difficult ghost escaped and attempted to destroy her corporeal body while Mu Rong’s spirit had left it vacant.

Mu Rong decided to find a roommate and waive their rent to have someone help look after her corporeal body.

So, Sang Yu moved in…

Sang Yu: I watch my roommate’s soul leave her body every night, and I have to pretend I see nothing, what to do, I’m waiting online, it’s urgent! <<less

#Soft and Adorable Zombie Empress & Temperate Golden Retriever-like Warmhearted Man#... more>>

Before the apocalypse, Ruan Ai was an orphan raised in a welfare home, receiving little love or care.

After the apocalypse, she harnessed her unique ability to gather a group of zombie fans who became her devoted supporters.

When she was hungry, zombies would find food for her; when she was stumbling, mutated plants would steady her and bear fruits for her to eat; and when she was cornered by vicious dogs, zombies would shield her, urging her to quickly run away...

This seemed like a script destined for meteoric success, with her abilities akin to cheating. However, she never anticipated that one day, after tripping, she would abruptly reincarnate ten years ago, forced to restart from scratch.

Even more unexpected was that amidst being surrounded by zombies, a man would resolutely shield her behind him, saying, "Don't be afraid; I'm here."

Ruan Ai, taken aback, thought to herself... Let me introduce you all; these are my mother fans.

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One day, Huo Yanzhen, a powerful gold elemental ability user, rescued a delicate and fragile girl from a horde of zombies. She was timid and shy, seemingly harmless, yet upon seeing blood-soaked zombies, she remained unfazed and remarkably composed.

Huo Yanzhen took her under his wing, treating her like a younger sister. However, during a sudden zombie onslaught, he helplessly watched as the young girl stumbled into the midst of the undead swarm, swiftly engulfed by the sea of corpses.

This scene became an eternal pain etched in his heart, haunting him with repeated anguish over his own powerlessness.

Later, to his surprise, Huo Yanzhen stumbled upon that same girl who had once fallen into the zombie horde. She was now crouching by the roadside, engaging in animated conversation with a rotting, flesh-covered zombie.

Huo Yanzhen stood speechless...

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[The female protagonist appears soft and introverted on the outside but harbors a cold-blooded disdain for the world within.] <<less

A magical girl who uses hope as her strength.... more>>

She became a monster girl who took advantage of the despair of those magical girls.

But somehow, everyone knows me. <<less

“….Krische-sama, are you not afraid of killing people?”... more>>

“……? No. After all, it doesn’t hurt Krische.”

Although gifted with the talent to do anything with ease, the girl lacked empathy.

In her world, there is only loss and profit. No goodwill, no love.

Inhumanly recognizing cold, mathematical logic as everything, she looks at everything in the world through calculating lens.

Return given profit with profit, loss with loss.

The girl was undoubtedly pure, yet undeniably abnormal—

Her favorite things are cooking, food, and being pampered.

Her specialty is mu*der.

—- This is the story of a slightly unhinged girl being surrounded by kind and loving people, and her journey to find happiness. <<less

Behind the scene, there was a manipulator.... more>>

Genichi, who crossed over to the world of pirates, possesses the ability to harvest emotions and extract character cards. At first…

It started with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox causing chaos in the Sabaody Archipelago and bombarding the Holy Land of the Celestial Dragons.

Afterward, there were the fragments of the Shikon Jewel, coveted by the kings of the sea, which belong to the world of monsters, the ruling demons who signed a contract with the Five Elder Stars of the World Government, the mysterious and eerie Thriller Bark in the middle of the sea, the Demon King who descended on the sixth day of the Land of Wano, the ghost who pursued the Blue Bonnet on a small island in the East Blue, the mysterious port utopia and gravity spring…

All were manipulated by Genichi. <<less