From the day Qin Luo acquired the system, he set his sights on the aloof school beauty.... more>>

The first time, Qin Luo brought milk tea to confess his feelings and was rejected.

The 12th time, Qin Luo brought breakfast to confess his feelings and was rejected.

The 48th time, Qin Luo brought roses to confess his feelings and was rejected.

The 99th time, Qin Luo stood outside the dormitory loudly confessing his feelings and was rejected.

Inside the girls' dormitory, the school beauty waited and waited, but Qin Luo's 100th confession never came.

She took the initiative to find Qin Luo and asked, "Why didn't you come to confess?"

Qin Luo responded, "Miss, do we know each other?"

The school beauty: "???"

The next day, the school beauty appeared holding milk tea.

Classmates exclaimed, "She broke character! The aloof school beauty broke character!" <<less

Qiao Rong transmigrated into a book and luckily became the group's favorite, the real darling.... more>>

But in other people's families, the group's favorite little cuties are all pampered and get everything they want.

But their family's style...

"Rongrong, isn't the color and pattern of this cobra especially beautiful?" Her brother held a snake and stuffed it into her palm.

"Rongrong, this skirt is full of colorful gemstones, it especially complements you." Mother held a skull skirt and gave it to her.

"Rongrong, Dad beat up everyone who scolded you and drove them out of Li Cheng." Father happily said to her.

Qiao Rong: "..."

Yes, she transmigrated into a group's favorite family of all villains, but she, in fact, is a death-courting, vicious female supporting character.

This bully family will be supplanted by an even more powerful villainous character in five years, and she will die an unnatural death.

Facing the Great Demon King who is still in his teenage years, Qiao Rong stared at his handsome and innocent face and thought, how about I strike first to gain the upper hand?

Great Demon King: "What a coincidence, I was thinking the same thing." <<less

Bad news: Due to poor talent, he was humiliated by his fiancée who broke off the engagement.... more>>

Good news: He obtained the Cause and Effect Reversal System, enjoying blessings first and repaying the debt later. In just one day, he broke through twelve realms and married his fiancée’s younger sister.

Li Feng: "You were the one who proposed breaking off the engagement. Why are you crying now that I'm marrying your sister?" <<less

From the beginning, it was a paradoxical encounter.... more>>

“A clean body for someone in the mafia.”

She, the agent—

“I don't like drawing on my body, so I haven’t.”

—and he, the mafia boss, met.

“But if you want it.”

His steps were elegant and dignified. Why was someone in the mafia even graceful?

“I could at least engrave your name.”

He picked up a pen with the unusually long space between his middle and index fingers. He pulled off the pen cap with his lips and spat it on the floor, then rolled up one sleeve.

A black line from the pen drew across his pale skin.

{Hye-young}

Hye-young. A name her Italian adoptive parents insisted she keep, saying the Korean name was beautiful.

“How is it? Do you think it’ll look pretty?”

Looking at his elegantly drawn handwriting, Hye-young replied.

“… What if I say it will?”

“If you say it’s pretty,”

A sinister light shimmered in his eyes.

“I’ll engrave it right now.”

Why was it that, at the mention of him engraving a tattoo on his arm, the space between her legs tightened?

“You… really…”

One thing was for sure—He really was a madman. <<less

The Marquis of Dongyang's Heir, who had mourned his deceased wife for nine years, suddenly remarried. Looking at the new wife who had been brought home, the Madam of Dongyang nearly fainted from anger. And with the arrival of this little wife, many people's peaceful dreams were also disturbed.... more>>

✿✿✿

Zhuang Li, an orphan with a mysterious past and a reputation for bringing misfortune, marries Zhou Jingyun, the widowed Marquis’s Heir, as a strategic move to escape the relentless investigations of the ruthless Censor, Zhang Ze.

Jingyun seeks to protect Zhuang Li, whose true identity as Bai Li, the hidden daughter of a condemned official, could lead to her execution.

While navigating the treacherous social landscape of the Great Zhou Dynasty's capital, Zhuang Li's unusual talents in medicine, incense-making, and dream-walking become both a source of intrigue and danger.

As she grapples with her own troubled past and the complex dynamics of the Marquis household, Zhuang Li finds herself caught in a web of court intrigue, family secrets, and ghostly encounters, all while trying to maintain the facade of a dutiful wife and protect the precarious safety she has found with Jingyun.

Meanwhile, Jingyun must balance his loyalty to his new wife with the political realities of a volatile court, where even the slightest misstep can have devastating consequences.

As Zhang Ze closes in and rumors of Zhuang Li's "jinx" spread, the couple must rely on their wits and a growing bond to survive the dangers that lurk both in the waking world and the realm of dreams. <<less

If selected as a player in a horror game, it’s either clear the game or die.... more>>

Ruan Qing had it worse. He directly became a special player who played the role of an NPC in the horror game, essentially living in the opening credits.

What’s even more unfortunate for him is that his physique is extremely peculiar, attracting the attention of sadists and psychopaths no matter where he goes.

Game 1: [Horror Livestream Room] – A gloomy and delicate victim who can’t bear the slightest grievance – Completed.

Those who owe debts always have to repay them, and once you owe a debt, you will be selected by the horror livestream.

Ruan Qing was the first to be chosen: “…”

After Ruan Qing was chosen, various ways of his death flooded the invisible barrage in the livestream room.

However, when the camera focused on Ruan Qing’s face, the barrage froze, and the previously cruel and heartless comments instantly changed.

[I don’t think he deserves to die. Isn’t it just an insult? He didn’t lose any flesh. Why make a big deal out of it?]

[I agree, I don’t think he’s a bad person.]
Initially, everyone said, [Someone so malicious should just die!]

But later, everyone flocked to the Weibo accounts of the people Ruan Qing had insulted: [You can’t even afford grapes, but you dare to eat steak. Do you still have any humanity?]

People who were inexplicably insulted: “??? Are you crazy?”

If you discover a serial killer knocking on your door, about to break in within a few minutes, what would you do? If it were any other host, the audience would probably be excited and want to see various ways they would die.

But if it were Ruan Qing…

[Don’t open the door, Ruan Qing! Please don’t open the door! Run away quickly!!!]
Ruan Qing took out his phone and dialed the number of the neighbor across the hall (another serial killer), “Hello, your food delivery has arrived. Can you please open the door and pick it up?” <<less

On the day of her wedding, which she has relived countless times, Vinea, with a voice filled with disgust, addressed her husband, the Emperor Tatar.... more>>

“You did well to stab a knife into your own heart. Everyone present must have realized that His Majesty had gone mad.”

Tatar responded with a leisurely laugh.

“Was it as impressive as the bride who broke her neck jumping off a moving carriage? Was that our twenty-fourth honeymoon? The sight of the empress jumping with a confident smile and hands behind her back was indeed valiant.”

Surviving an insane reincarnation cycle, they managed to keep a semblance of sanity by anchoring themselves to each other. How many deaths would it take to end this loop? As Vinea desperately sought a way to die as a human, Tatar’s gravelly voice whispered in her ear.

“If we stay in this hell, will the empress remain my salvation forever?”

She had to find a way to end the reincarnation as soon as possible, before the man standing before her completely lost his mind. <<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

Yan Yi Ming transmigrated into the hottest otome game at present. She became a female cannon fodder destined to be ruthlessly abandoned by the male protagonists; a stepping stone on the white moonlight female protagonist’s path to success.... more>>

The system informed her that only by replacing the female protagonist and becoming the white moonlight of the male protagonists then could she successfully escape and return to her world. After years of painstaking efforts, utilizing all kinds of strategies, and adopting various identities did she finally succeed in conquering the four male protagonists. She recovered her true body and eagerly awaited to go home but found that she was unable to go back.

A weak reminder from System:

Please read the user manual carefully: –

1. Become a white moonlight, and

2. To extricate oneself and make a successful retreat from the male protagonists.

Yan Yi Ming looked at the second condition and suddenly found herself in a pickle. <<less

Ta-da. My friends have officially gone from one to zero. Ever since I appeared as a villainess in that trending novel, I’ve become a complete outcast. Hermia Vansen, the precious daughter of Count Vansen, is the villainess. The Duke, her fiancé, is the male lead. The flirtatious prince is the second male lead. And the maid living in her mansion? She’s the novel’s female protagonist.... more>>

‘What on earth did you do to appear in such a tr*shy novel?!’

The Count, who had only heard the news much later, exploded with fury.

‘I’m sorry, Father.’

‘As if I care.’

At some point, my inner thoughts and my spoken words started to get mixed up.

“Is the Duke alright?”

“What do you mean?”

“The curse. The author said they placed a curse on all four of us.”

“There’s no such thing.”

So there wasn’t a curse to begin with? Am I losing my mind?

But this guy… he’s been sweating bullets for a while now.

Walter, barely holding himself together, finally pressed a hand to his forehead.

“I’m sorry, but could you call someone else? Anyone will do. I just… can’t…”

“Uh, if you’re sick, you should go home. Don’t go collapsing in someone else’s house.”

Even then, his mouth kept running off on its own.

“I’m sorry… I just can’t hold out anymore…”

Hermia’s face froze in horror.

So this is the curse the Duke is under? …Oh. Well… Maybe it’s better this way for me? <<less

"Congratulations on your marriage, Kaindel."... more>>

Isaac, who had been Kaindel’s lover—the hero who saved the world from the Great Calamity—learned one day that Kaindel was engaged to a princess.

Exhausted by their already strained relationship, Isaac eventually decided to leave Kaindel, who had betrayed him.

However, Kaindel wouldn’t let him go.

In the end, Isaac fled, unable to endure Kaindel's refusal to give up either the marriage to the princess or his relationship with Isaac.

Not long after, rumors began to spread throughout the kingdom: the hero had gone mad.

***

[From Isaac Winter, who once loved you]

"......."

Kaindel read and reread the last line of the letter, but the words didn’t change.

'Once loved.'

Isaac really wrote his feelings in past tense.

"Ah."

He never thought Isaac would leave him.

No, he never believed he could be abandoned.

Even if they parted ways, he was sure it would be on his terms.

Because Isaac loved him.

Because being loved by Isaac was, for Kaindel, something so natural.

"Why......."

But it had all been an illusion.

"Why didn’t I see it?"

Now, the one left behind like a forgotten relic was Kaindel, him.

The one clinging to the past, too blind to see the present, was none other than himself.

He only realized it now, after he left him.

Suddenly, Isaac’s voice, long buried in his memory, resurfaced.

Isaac’s smiling face filled his vision, his silver eyes, like clear glass marbles, gleaming with a thousand bright stars, painfully vivid.

The sound of Isaac’s innocent laughter echoed in his mind. "I love you," Isaac had once whispered.

When Kaindel's mind wondered around, did Isaac’s laughter disappeared?

No matter how much he tried to remember, the moment escaped him.

He searched his memory in vain.

As Kaindel traced the days gone by, thick tears began to fall.

Like melting ice dripping onto the budding new leaves of spring, his tears left indelible marks on Isaac's letter.

"Where is he?"

"......."

"Find him."

"Immediately."

Kaindel finally crumbled.

In the place where his arrogance shattered, a deep regret settled in.

It was a perfect despair. <<less

Synopsis:... more>>

[1v1 Secret Crush + Doting on Wife]

Yu Sui was deliberately drunk by her "best friend" and nearly taken advantage of, but she was intercepted by Shi Yanzhi, who had been scheming for a long time.

When she woke up and saw a strange man lying beside her, Yu Sui's first reaction was to throw a bank card at him to buy his silence. But in a twist of fate, the man turned out to be the uncle of her fiancé.

Terrified, she even considered breaking up with his nephew, but he clung to her like a sticky plaster.

What Yu Sui didn’t know was that Shi Yanzhi had fallen for her at first sight and had secretly been in love with her for ten years. The moment he returned to the country, his goal was to pluck this delicate flower and place her in his own vase. <<less

"Young Master, Miss Yi has arrived."... more>>

"Unleash the dogs," Tan Mobai said nonchalantly.

"Bastard, do you want to fight again?" Yi Qianqian rolled up her sleeves, looking aggressive.

"One-on-one."

Childhood sweethearts, innocently inseparable, yet they couldn't stand each other but were engaged.

One day, Yi Qianqian woke up and found herself in a certain man's embrace, crying, "Shameless!"

Tan Mobai lazily opened his eyes, "Last night, you were drunk, mm... you should take responsibility for me." <<less

“Astal, please pretend to be my partner for just one week.”... more>>

Up until now, we had been friends, but now I’ve entered a contract relationship with the saint.

-Finally, I did it…! From now on, I’ll use this excuse to make him see me as more than just a friend…!

I began to hear her true thoughts. <<less

Scheming Vinegar King X Mouthy Coward... more>>

Beautiful Emperor Top X Spoiled Young Master Bottom

Made to realize it's actually amazing(1)

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Yan Yihuan is the third young master from the Residence of King Yan. He drinks imperial wine, eats at royal banquets, sleeps on a luxurious bed, and strolls through jade pavilions. Every day, he enjoys a carefree and indulgent life, as happy and free as an immortal!

Happy, my foot.

There was a seventh-rank minor official from the capital, so alluring, yet he's off-limits. After finally managing to pin him down with the help of alcohol, he himself almost ends up getting...

The intimidated Yan Yihuan's ego suffered a ‘tiny bit’ of damage.

He entered the capital with a broken heart to attend a banquet, hugging a young man and lamenting his emotional wounds in the ornately decorated flower boat: “What’s so great about that Zhao Chufeng? He’s as stiff as a piece of wood, with none of the charm you have.”

Right after finishing his sentence, a tall and handsome man suddenly appeared on the flower boat with a mocking smile:

“It's been a year, Yan gongzi, your flirting skills haven’t improved at all!”

Yan Yihuan was suddenly restrained, his pupils trembling in shock. “I was wrong, I won’t flirt with others anymore, can you let me go?”

Zhao Chufeng just smiled and said nothing.

The next day at the palace banquet, Yan Yihuan who was holding his waist and groaning, was pressured into drinking and passed out after 3 cups of wine. When he woke up, he found himself tied to that bed again.

Yan Yihuan begins to panic after coming to a realization. If they dare to kidnap someone so casually at a palace banquet, could it be...?

I’m doomed, I think I’ve provoked someone I shouldn’t have!

Zhao Chufeng wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"What's wrong? Zhen(2) exclusively favors you alone. Are you moved?"

Yan Yihuan: “N-no, I dare not move.”

But could you be a little gentler next time...?

Author's Notes:

Guidelines for Reading:

1. This is a 1v1 story with a happy ending (HE), focused on sweet romance with a hint of sourness. The shou is a “big genius”.

2. Everything serves for the purpose of romance, with light political intrigue—don’t take the plot too seriously.

3. The setting is fictional, with some references to official titles, but not necessarily adhering strictly to historical accuracy.

4. Additionally, this story takes place in a world where male-male relationships are common, so such things are not considered unusual.

5. Rolling 360°(3) asking for bookmarks, and please follow the author, thank you darlings!

Footnotes:

1) 强制变真香 Originates from a popular internet meme in China, where a person, after initially rejecting or being indifferent to something, ends up admitting it’s actually quite good or enjoyable. In other words, “turning into someone who really likes it” after being convinced or persuaded.

2) 朕 (zhèn) - means 'I' or 'my', used by the emperor to refer to himself.

3) Rolling 360°- playful expression meaning "rolling around" in every direction, often used to show enthusiasm or desperation for something (in this case, for readers to add the story to their bookmarked) <<less

Ning Bei transmigrates into a novel as the cannon-fodder villain who’s destined to be milked dry by the “Child of Destiny,” lose his family fortune, and die a dog’s death.... more>>

Lucky for him, the moment he arrives, the “Revenge System” boots up and the plot derails spectacularly.

The protagonist’s little sister goes berserk?

Before the hero can rush in to save her, Ning Bei is already there, smirking: “Remember, you begged me for this.”

Protagonist’s Sister: “Y-Yes, I begged you…”

The two-faced fiancée wants to break off the engagement to threaten him?

Ning Bei goes public at once: “You all heard her, she asked for it, and I accept.”

The fiancée instantly panics.

The Ning Bei who used to dote on her to the bone and worship the ground she walked on… actually agreed?

“Brother Bei, I forgive you, okay? Let’s start over?”

“Why won’t you even look at me? I was wrong, all right?”

“Ning Bei, tell me this is a lie, you said you’d never marry anyone but me!”

Sorry. Ning Bei never looks back. The farther away, the better.

The heroine finally wakes up: she must’ve been brain-dead to think the novel’s protagonist was better than Ning Bei. Ning Bei is the best man under heaven!

She tries to win him back, only to see the protagonist’s sister holding her swollen belly: “This child is Ning Bei’s. Please stay away from my man. Oh, and… thanks for handing him over to me.”

“No!!!” The heroine collapses in tears.

The Child of Destiny himself is driven to despair:

“Monster! I only tried to steal his connections, and now my own sister’s carrying his baby!”

Years later, Ning Bei stands invincible over the world.

The original protagonist can only wail, “I’ve spent my entire life living in his shadow…” <<less

[A rare illusion-type novel on the market: Nightmare Invasion + Original Instances] ... more>>

Su Mu had the same dream every night.

And every time he woke up from the dream, his mental power would increase by one percent.

In other words, just sleeping made him stronger.

[First Year – Hypnosis]

He discovered that his mental power had grown strong enough to hypnotize others.

Gang leaders, camous belles, stunning CEOs... all became his s*aves.

[Second Year – Control of the Five Senses.]

His mental power was powerful enough to influence the five senses of others.

With this ability, he became the number one illusionist in the world of nightmares.

[Fifth Year – Manifesting Illusions into Reality.]

He could use his mental power to create things out of thin air—even objects that didn’t exist in the real world. Some people began to worship him, calling him a god. But most saw him as a heretic and treated him as an enemy.

[Tenth Year – Toying with Fate.]

In the face of his near-infinite mental power, even fate was nothing but a plaything.

He could manipulate the destinies of all living beings at will, blur the line between life and death, send the living to their doom, and bring the dead back to life.

The world called him the True God, while only a few heretics still resisted in vain.

[Fifteen Year – The One and Only True God]

Su Mu felt a little bored.

So... his vast mental power, as boundless as the universe, surged outward.

From that moment on, the entire world was immersed in illusions. <<less

“Everything from start to finish is f*cking awful. Shit.”... more>>

“You think I’m some kind of flower? I feel the same, you shitty bastard.”

With a 92% matching rate, the highest in Center history, he and I fought from our very first meeting. We fought when we were put in the same class, we fought at the Center, and we even fought at a government event, pulling each other’s hair in a brawl that was broadcast live across the nation. Hardly a day passed without me grabbing him by the collar. It feels like I gripped even harder whenever I was jealous of the guide he imprinted on nine years ago. Because this arrogant, rude, and insolent esper bastard was my first love. And this utterly hopeless, damnable crush is still ongoing. Even though, in three months, I can see the end of my fate looming. <<less

“‘Hunter’ Lee Mu-young. I hope you can find my ex-wife, ‘Lee Kang-ha’.”... more>>

S-class hunter Kang-ha, who dealt the final blow to the EX-class boss monster. What he gained from killing the boss monster was the Curse of Oblivion.

Not only his comrades/colleagues who fought life and death together, but even his beloved husband and SS-class hunter Han Si-ryang couldn’t remember Kang-ha.

Eventually, Kang-ha lived alone for five years under the name Lee Mu-young. However, in front of him Si-ryang comes seeking his ex-wife with the marriage contract they signed when they got married… <<less

“I just don’t understand why the Tower Master wants this marriage. He doesn’t even…”... more>>

“I do. I like you.”

Princess Charlize suddenly received a marriage order from her father, the Emperor.

The reason? The Tower Master himself had requested to marry her.

No matter how she looked at it, it didn’t feel like he had romantic feelings for her.

Why would someone like him want to marry me?

“Your Highness… was that your first kiss?”

She had kissed Achilles by accident while trying to trick him.

She should’ve pulled away, maybe even felt upset—so why didn’t she?

And why was her heart beating so fast?

“Do you dislike my touch?”

“W-We’re not even married yet… Physical affection like that isn’t right.”

“How is it any different from holding hands?”

“It is different! Holding hands is something you do when greeting someone or dancing. But touching someone’s face is…”

“Then what about a kiss?”

Maybe this fluttering in her chest… wasn’t just one-sided.

Ever since realizing his feelings, Achilles had been showing them more and more.

“…You’re burning up. Is it because of me?”

What should I do?

Right now… I think I’m happy. <<less

I possessed the body of a wizard who placed a curse on the second male lead.  ... more>>

If things continue like this, I will be killed by the second male lead, who will eventually regain his strength thanks to the heroine.

Before that happens, I have to break the curse myself.  

Then he won’t come looking for me.

“My Lord. Shall we hold hands?”  

“No.”  

“My Lord. Shall we sleep together?”  

“No.”  

“My Lord. If you would let me touch you just once….”  

“No.”

But my prickly Lord won’t listen to me.  

Please, just cooperate. I need to survive!

***

“You said you wanted to touch me.”

The Lord, whom I saw for the first time in a year, was no longer a youthful boy.  

The hand that seized me, the embrace that held me close, and the fierce gaze looking down at me—all of it—

“So, why did you run away on your own?”

—was that of a grown man.  

A man who was arrogant, relentless, and filled with desire.

“If you stay by my side, I can keep touching you like this.”

As he pressed down on me, he whispered in the sweetest voice I’d ever heard.

“Reina. You will never escape from me again.” <<less

At nineteen, Fang Li's world crumbled—his father vanished after embezzling all the funds from the local mine, leaving him hunted by desperate workers. On the brink of death, it was Qin Weidong, a boy he'd taken in, who saved his life and helped him escape the grim gray mountains.... more>>

In the 1990s, as China gradually opened up its mining sector, the two boys, once penniless, began carving their paths. With unmatched intellect and careful planning, Qin Weidong rose to become the general manager of a state-owned mining conglomerate, building his wealth from scratch.

Fang Li, meanwhile, was discovered by a talent scout while working at a music shop. Just as his dreams of a musical career were within reach, he was blindsided by a shocking truth: the man who had belonged only to him for the past decade—Qin Weidong—was actually the long-lost son of one of the most powerful men in Jin province?!

[Small Theater]

Entertainment gossip went wild: Fang Li, the breakout star who debuted last year, only rose so fast and won so many awards because he had a super-rich “male sponsor” backing him up.

One shady tabloid even followed him late at night and claimed he was just a spoiled kept boy—humiliated in a parking garage for three whole hours without daring to fight back.

But those juicy headlines disappeared in less than half a day. The editor of the magazine was scared out of his mind, and from then on, no one in the press dared dig into Fang Li’s private life again.

What they didn’t know? There was no “sponsor.” That was just his childhood sweetheart, to whom he’d pledged himself long ago.

[One Night, Backstage at a Concert]

The assistant remained frozen in place as the sounds of smashing glass and overturned chairs echoed through the dressing room.

“That damn Qin Weidong! He’s so absurdly petty! I didn’t smile during my concert and he thinks I’m mourning someone?! How am I supposed to go on stage like this?”

As the assistant tried to calm the star and fix his powder, the phone rang again at the worst possible time.

The “scandalized” singer grabbed the phone and snapped: “Qin Weidong, you bastard! Get your ass over here right now!!” <<less

Qi Huaiqing had been cold-hearted and indifferent all her life, never seeing anyone as important or caring about anyone. She never expected that there would be someone who would share her joys and sorrows, and in the end, even sacrificed their life for her. Given a second chance at life, she only wanted to make amends for her guilt and keep her distance from him, ensuring he would live a long and fulfilling life.... more>>

Pei Jingchuan had a cinnabar mole in his heart, something that couldn’t be touched or disturbed. He had always been careful, hiding and keeping it to himself. Until one day, that person suddenly began to distance herself from him.

At first, Qi Huaiqing said to Pei Jingchuan, “Jingchuan, you need to learn to grow up on your own, live a good life, and then find someone you love to grow old together and have a house full of children.”

Later, a cold, slender chain was fastened around Qi Huaiqing’s delicate, fair ankle.

Pei Jingchuan’s dark eyes were filled with bitterness. <<less

※ This book contains some content involving coercive relationships and provocative language.... more>>

Liv Rodaise was an ordinary tutor.

To pay for her sick sibling’s medicine, she had discreetly posed as a nude model a couple of times. She thought it wouldn’t be an issue—after all, only her back was painted.

That is, until someone purchased the nude painting that revealed her profile.

***

“God may listen, but He doesn’t grant wishes.”

The words were muttered cynically, barely loud enough for Liv to hear.

“The power to achieve something lies with humans, Teacher.”

His low voice was chilling, yet somehow alluring, like the song of a siren.

His blue eyes, which had been fixed on the statue, flicked down to Liv.

“So, pray to me.”

The marquis’s lips twisted ever so slightly. That fleeting moment of eye contact felt like an eternity.

“Who knows? A miracle might happen.” <<less