

After three years in a coma, Vera Larson wakes to betrayal: her husband Trevor Irwin and secretary Giselle Bell have seized Larson Group and tormented her daughter, Yuna Larson. Armed with evidence, she returns,exposing their schemes at a banquet, bringing the villains to justice,reclaiming her company and daughter’s happiness, and even establishing a foundation to help children in need.

The modern special agent Serena Brook awakens in the Great Cian, now a village woman named Serena Yale, stepmother to three children whose father vanished after leaving for the imperial exams.With her ""Emotional Resonance System"" activated, Serena turns scarcity into plenty: daily meat feasts, hotpot dinners that tempt the whole village, and a thriving candied hawthorn business.But peace is fragile. As hidden threats gather, can she protect her newfound family from the dangers closing in?

For ten years, Henry served his country in secret, sending every penny home to the family he loved. When he finally came back, his wife told him his daughter and mother were dead. It was all a lie. They were alive. She had spent years cheating on him with her lover and stealing his fortune.With help from an old friend, Henry uncovers the truth one piece at a time. Now his unfaithful wife wants him back. Too late. His revenge has just begun.
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For ten years, Henry served his country in secret, sending every penny home to the family he loved. When he finally came back, his wife told him his daughter and mother were dead. It was all a lie. They were alive. She had spent years cheating on him with her lover and stealing his fortune.With help from an old friend, Henry uncovers the truth one piece at a time. Now his unfaithful wife wants him back. Too late. His revenge has just begun.

For three years, Arthur Pike has lived under the roof of the Harrison family, appearing to be a man of no status and no ambition. Yet, Arthur’s true identity is anything but ordinary—he is, in fact, the Supreme Commander of the United Defense Command, a shadowy titan who secretly pulls the strings across the military, political, and business worlds, known to all as ""The Phantom.""Believing their success is solely due to their own shrewdness, the Harrisons subject Arthur to constant humiliation. As tensions escalate, Jenna Harrison—incited by her ambitious lover, Trevor Beaumont—turns completely against Arthur. The family kicks Arthur and his daughter out, convinced they have finally cast off this ""dead weight."" However, at a grand investment gala—just as the Harrison and Thorne families are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the mysterious ""Phantom""—the truth is finally revealed to the world.

On her wedding day, Megan's fiancé Mark vanishes without a trace. After four years of investigation, the police still turn up no leads whatsoever. Consumed by her relentless obsession, Megan is taken by her best friend Jennifer to a hidden underground store that sells so-called hyper-realistic ""shared boyfriend"" companion robots. She is horrified to discover that ""Robot No. 07"" is none other than Mark, missing for four years. He is kept subdued with drugs and electric shocks, disguised as merchandise to be exploited for profit. To save her beloved, Megan swallows her humiliation and feigns compliance, secretly gathering evidence. Step by step, she uncovers the shocking truth: her best friend, driven by hatred born from scorned love, was the one who ""donated"" Mark to the store owner. In the final showdown, Megan collaborates with the police from the inside to raid and shut down the illegal operation. The two lean on each other through the long aftermath of trauma, moving steadily toward healing and a new beginning.

Rock bottom hits Elio—he comes out and has a wild night with mysterious heir James. Back at work for revenge on his bullies, everyone suddenly thinks he's the secret heir. James sticks close, pretending to be just another employee—turning up the heat with every brush of tension. Who's really in charge? And who did Elio actually sleep with that night?

Harold and daughter Demi are critically injured in a riot,with Demi fighting for her life. When the hospital faces a Type A blood shortage, his wife Violet signs away the life-saving blood to save Jack, son of her first love Nate, who claims the boy has leukemia. She abandons her dying daughter without hesitation.Heartbroken after six years of devotion, Harold resumes his hidden identity as heir to the powerful Summit Group. He saves Demi and disappears. Finding Harold's abandoned phone filled with loving messages and final farewell, crushing regret overwhelms Violet.

In the fog-choked steam city of Verlock, Chloe Ashborne survives a brutal family massacre and hides herself as a disfigured, mute maid sneaking into the obsidian Clock Tower Manor—the stronghold of the cold and powerful Duke Liam. Covered in wax scars and pretending to be timid and clumsy, she hides her true identity as the last heir of the Ashborne mechanical clan, a master toxic healer, top gear decoder, and deadly combat fighter. Her only goal is to retrieve the sealed case files that record the truth of her family's murder from the manor's confidential machine room. As she lurks in the shadows, she repeatedly arouses Liam's suspicion and curiosity. She narrowly escapes frame-up and fatal traps set by the jealous captain of the female guards, saves Liam from fatal steam poison and assassin attacks, and secretly controls the manor's defense gear system in crisis. While the line between hatred and attraction blurs, Chloe's layered disguises are gradually stripped away one by one. When she finally breaks into the secret chamber to obtain the files, she falls into a carefully laid trap, and her true face and identity are completely exposed to Liam. The two fall into misunderstanding and confrontation, until the real murderer behind the massacre launches a full-scale attack on Clock Tower. Standing amid fire, gunsmoke and collapsing steam machinery, Chloe and Liam lay down their hatred, fight side by side to defeat the evil guild, uncover the buried truth, and turn a revenge disguise into a fated love bonded by gears, steam and redemption.

After being separated for eighteen years, Cynthia Wilson returns to the prestigious, big Campbell family in the capital, only to face schemes from adopted daughter Paula and disdain from her grandmother who sees her as a country bumpkin.In reality, Cynthia is secretly a genius violinist, luxury jewelry designer, miracle doctor, and more. Harley Hensley breaks off their engagement but privately tries to flirt with her. Then one day, all of Cynthia’s hidden identities are exposed, and they both discover that fate had connected them all along.