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Kit Sterling and Daniel Finch are bitter enemies - lawyers battling it out in the courtroom. But after a night of black-out drinking, Kit wakes up next to Daniel... and they’re married?! They fight to keep their marriage secret while Kit insists he isn’t gay. Little does he know he was actually Daniel’s childhood savior…

The world mocks Zach McCarthy for being blind. Then the global trials begin, national destinies are bound to their champions, and Zach awakens an SSS-rank talent that the sighted world never saw coming. Broadcast live to every nation, he cuts through gods and demons with a sword that doesn't need eyes to find its mark. He isn't fighting for recognition. He's fighting to keep his country's mountains and rivers intact and every stroke of his blade makes the mockery harder to remember.

Alaric Caelum wakes inside a female-lead fantasy novel as the villain who dies early. A Foundation stage nobody dares to slander a Transcendence stage cultivator? Not today. Armed with brutal power and zero moral restraint, Alaric dismantles enemies one humiliating lesson at a time. The so-called Chosen One wants help? Sure, at a price. An unbeatable opponent? One word to his father, a celestial Ascendant King, and the problem disappears. Being a villain has its perks: no conscience, no rules, and absolutely no one left to guilt-trip him.

Three years ago, in an unexpected encounter, Jude Miller cured the insomnia of Ethan Gray, the CEO of Gray Corp. This led to an agreement for them to get married. However, three years later, Jude finds herself expelled by her malevolent mother-in-law and Ethan's mistress. While Ethan cold-heartedly watches Jude suffer, little does he know about her true identity...

Monica’s first love was the high school quarterback, Sebastian, who grew up to be a star football player while Monica is now just a cleaner. Sebastian resents Monica for aborting their baby seven years ago, but little does he know that Monica has always been deeply in love with him - until their secret child Ian calls him Dad!

Out of desperation, Queenie Xavier sells her first night to Yarden Lewis, the man she's secretly loved for eight years. Yarden enjoys the thrill but keeps her as a secret lover, never imagining it could last. She feels the same. When the time comes, she walks away.Only then does Yarden realize he's been in love with her to the very core all along.

To honor a thousand-year promise, Serena Turner sent a puppet to bear the pain inflicted by her reborn lover, Nigel Dalton. Only when it breaks does he grasp the truth. By then, Serena has met her kindred spirit, Simon Clark, and the three are caught in a whirlwind of emotions. After life-and-death trials, she chooses to start over—only to uncover Simon’s love that spans lifetimes.

In the 1990s, Trenton Zoller, the director of Windi Factory, was suddenly diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Feeling disheartened by his wife Madelyn's cold violence, Trenton refused the doctor's proposed treatment plan and decided to conceal his illness. He resolved to help the factory undergo reorganizing before losing all memory, ensuring the workers would not lose their jobs. Eventually, he planned to pass away with dignity once his memory faded completely. Misunderstood by his wife and the factory workers, Trenton had to sadly depart as his factory reorganization plan was misconstrued. Madelyn, upon learning the truth, was consumed with remorse, left only with Trenton's ashes. A decade passed in the blink of an eye, until one day Madelyn saw a person in the newspaper who bore an uncanny resemblance to Trenton Zoller...

College student Anna is betrayed by her boyfriend, who tries to sell her virginity at a club. Business tycoon Ryder saves her... but then invites her to sign a BDSM contract, making her his "Kitten". Little does he know that she's actually the angel who saved him when they were young - the one he's spent a decade searching for.

Milo Reed is reborn to the day when Elena Stone broke off their engagement and Jace Zeller humiliated him. This time, however, he awakens the Goddess System. With its help, he easily subdues Jace and the guards, turning Elena's opinion in his favor. Through the system, he obtains a $50-million black card and solves Elena's financial crisis. Now in need of his help, Elena's attitude softens as circumstances shift. In the end, Milo makes full use of the system and begins his rise to the top.

Phoebe, heiress of Caelon's wealthiest family, teaches in a mountain village. During a patriotic lesson, a video of the Jovian invasion terrifies Vivian Smith—her father's fiancée—and her son, born to a Jovian spy. Seeing him cry, Vivian, blinded by anger and guilt, humiliates Phoebe. Only when she realizes that Phoebe is Alfred Green's daughter does regret hit.

She is a long-lost heiress, yet she ends up betrayed by her boyfriend, and her foster parents sell her to a much older man. Out of desperation, she hastily marries a street stall vendor. Little does she know, the street stall vendor is actually a dignified CEO! From then on, the CEO dotes on her and teaches those who mistreat her a lesson. What an affectionate man, indeed!

To pay for his critically ill sister's medical bills, Noah, a straight man, reluctantly takes a job at a high-paying gay bar, where he faces sexual harassment from a gang of thugs. In the midst of the clash with these thugs, he unwittingly draws the attention of the mafia king, Gideon. Just when Noah believes his life is about to end, Gideon does the unthinkable—he proposes marriage to him.

Chloe Smith is the sole heir to her family fortune, orphaned when her parents were murdered. Sent to the mountains as a child, she masters eighteen combat arts before descending to claim her inheritance. Everyone mocks her. Her fiance wants to break their engagement. Chloe ignores it all, until the mastermind behind her parents’ deaths finally surfaces. Only then does she reveal her true, deadly capabilities.

She is a long-lost heiress, yet she ends up betrayed by her boyfriend, and her foster parents sell her to a much older man. Out of desperation, she hastily marries a street stall vendor. Little does she know, the street stall vendor is actually a dignified CEO! From then on, the CEO dotes on her and teaches those who mistreat her a lesson. What an affectionate man, indeed!

Naomi who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth ended up poor because she was secretly swapped at birth by a backstabber. However, she still grew up to be an independent and strong woman under perpetual abuse and contempt. Since the moment she saved the heir who was being hunted, Destiny has set its wheels in motion. Six year later, they met each other again, fell in love but were torn apart by a family feud after Naomi found out the true circumstances of her birth... A love story full of ups and downs unfolds...

In her past life, Lady Alexia of House Hubbard had it all - until Prince Jaxon and her own sister Jazmin's betrayal left her corpse cooling in a deserted manor, her entire lineage extinguished. Reborn with vengeance in her heart, she makes a calculated alliance with the 'Crippled Prince' Yoric. But when assassins ambush her palanquin, the supposedly paralyzed prince does the unthinkable - he stands, for her...

Chloe Smith is the sole heir to her family fortune, orphaned when her parents were murdered. Sent to the mountains as a child, she masters eighteen combat arts before descending to claim her inheritance. Everyone mocks her. Her fiance wants to break their engagement. Chloe ignores it all, until the mastermind behind her parents’ deaths finally surfaces. Only then does she reveal her true, deadly capabilities.