

At eighteen, gifted student Elena Bennett is forced to accept the protection of Damian Moretti, heir to a powerful New York crime family, after her mother falls into massive underground debt. Damian clears the debt—but in return, Elena spends the next ten years trapped in the Moretti estate: every luxury, no freedom, a little bird in a gilded cage. At twenty-eight, Damian agrees to marry Victoria Rossi for a political alliance. While everyone expects Elena to demand money or status, she asks only for the chance to study at Cambridge. Convinced she isn't capable, Damian sends her to an ordinary college with a similar name to humiliate her. Soon after, Victoria frames Elena for theft, and Damian sides with the alliance—the betrayal that ends Elena's last attachment to him. Still under restriction, Elena secretly prepares for her exams and reconnects with Aiden Walker, a former classmate who always ranked just behind her and who, unlike Damian, believes in her ability and offers to support her. Elena earns three A grades. Pretending to submit completely, she persuades Damian to take her to Europe and escapes during a stopover in Istanbul with a decoy and a private plane. Hunting her with the entire Moretti family, Damian discovers only now that his "canary" was once a brilliant student bound for a top university. Admitted to Cambridge, Elena reclaims the life she lost at eighteen. Damian follows her to Britain, divorces Victoria, apologizes, and proposes—but nothing can bring her back. Three years later, Elena graduates with top marks in every subject. Damian watches from the back of the crowd one last time as she takes Aiden's hand and walks toward a life that finally belongs to her.

Matthew Tipton is one breakthrough away from immortality, held back only by unresolved mortal ties. Sent down the mountain to cut them loose, he finds Cristal Bridges, a woman who wants nothing to do with her father's arranged marriage and makes that very clear. But trouble keeps finding Cristal, and Matthew keeps stepping in to pull her out of it. Somewhere between reluctant proximity and quiet acts of protection, feelings take root that neither of them planned for. The immortal who came to leave ends up staying forever.

Oliver Cosby suffered from depression as a child because his parents favored their adopted son, Simon Cosby. By chance, he becomes the disciple of the Quasar Sect's founder. Eighteen years later, Oliver is on the verge of ascension. However, he must face his family one last time. The moment he returns home, his parents demand that he transfer his cultivation to Simon. No longer the meek child he once was, Oliver defies them and strikes back.

"Aurelia saved Vittorio when he was betrayed and nearly killed, even giving up her family name for him. But she never expected that the woman he truly loved was her best friend, Carina. While Aurelia struggled to keep the empire running, Vittorio and Carina betrayed her and secretly got together. Just as Aurelia was preparing to leave, Carina framed her for the loss of her child. With the help of her childhood friend, Orion, Aurelia finally returned to the family she had been separated from for years and reunited with her true family. Now, she chooses revenge against Vittorio and Carina, determined to make them pay for everything they did."

The millennium-old founder of traditional medicine fails his transcendence tribulation and transmigrates into the body of a young man named Wade Nash. When faced with a patient on the brink of death, there is nothing the fake miracle doctor can do. To everyone's utter surprise, Wade cures him with one needle. Faced with their doubts, he proves the medical tome in their ancestral hall is his own work. With his unmatched skills, he shocks his descendants into deference.

In her past life, Cici was killed by her husband, Yates. However, she miraculously reincarnated and returned to the day she first met Yates's family. This time, Cici decisively chose Yates' uncle, Benson. Despite rumors claiming that Benson was sterile, Cici found herself pregnant with triplets and was spoiled by Benson!

Cyrus Campbell, originally the heir of the wealthy Campbell family, breaks with his family for his wife Sophia Smith and survives by delivering food for five years. Unexpectedly, Sophia Smith is vain and materialistic, influenced by her friend to develop an ambiguous relationship with her former lover, Simon Harrison. She even chooses to visit Simon’s grandmother who only has a cold, missing the final moments of Cyrus’s critically ill grandmother.

I was an emergency physician. After finishing a night shift, I had just walked out of the hospital entrance when a colleague from the hospital called me. "Dr. Doherty, hurry back. A critically injured patient was just brought in. The chief wants you to return immediately and help with the resuscitation." I turned around without thinking. But then a stream of floating comments suddenly appeared in front of my eyes. [Do not enter the operating room! Do not take part in this resuscitation!] [The patient is already dead. If you go in, you will be taking the fall for the hospital director's daughter!] [This patient's family is powerful. You will not only be sentenced to death, your parents will also be forced to jump to their deaths as well!] My steps stopped cold. A few seconds later, my heart tightened. I decided to believe the comments. I would gamble on it. My eyes swept quickly across the ground. I immediately locked onto an uncovered deep shaft on the road. I gritted my teeth, shut my eyes, and threw myself straight into the opening.