

"Once the undisputed king of the Northlands underworld, Leon Hart has long retired and now lives as a pork seller. When street thugs try to extort him, his former subordinate Damon steps in. Leon reveals his reason for walking away—to keep his son, Felix, far from violence.That peace ends with a sudden phone call. Three hours earlier, Felix and his childhood friend Lillian are harassed at a bathhouse by Casper, the spoiled son of Damon. To Felix's shock, Casper's girlfriend is his own fiancée, Tamara, who openly abandons and humiliates him. For amusement, Casper locks Felix and Lillian inside a high-temperature sauna, intending to kill them. Leon arrives in time, defeats Casper's men, and breaks them out. Desperate, Casper pulls an illegal gun and forces a game of Russian roulette.As the trigger is about to be pulled, Damon bursts in with armed men, shouting at his son to stand down. In the grip of the gun's silence, the storm long buried beneath the surface finally erupts."

On the day Natalie was discharged from the psychiatric hospital, she became unusually docile. However, her adopted sister was even more adept at pretending than she was. Her two brothers doted on their adopted sister while regarding Natalie with utter disdain, but she didn't care about it at all. Outwardly, she played the role of a well-behaved, sane person, but in truth, she had long since slipped into genuine madness!

On the surface, Layla Smith is a well-behaved overseas student, but she’s actually the feared leader of the Titus Sect, unmatched in martial arts. When her grandfather falls ill, she returns home with her bodyguard, Felix Nolan. After marrying Zack Moore, she’s humiliated by him and his friends. Layla smiles coldly—she hasn’t met anyone this foolish in a long time. And then… she strikes.

With the apocalypse descending, everyone could awaken their avatar.In that world, Yale was considered the weakest Rebel God.However, the bullied class beauty knelt for Yale's power blessing.When her avatar was promoted as the Enchantress by Yale,the whole school was shocked. Since then, no matter whether it was the ice-cold school beauty, or the cool girl fighter, as long as Yale lifted his finger, they would sacrifice their everything to fight for him. As Yale said, "all your power is given by me."

After their guardian stone shattered, Zimmer Chapman begged ten-year-old Yarel Fisher—his clan's reincarnated ancestor—to return and restore their blessings. Yarel refused, choosing the Fisher family. There, betrayal and scorn led to his exile. Misfortune then plagued the Fishers,while Yarel faced disrespect from his Chapman descendants. Subsequently, the Fisher family was plagued by endless misfortunes. Their regret came too late, long after the damage was done.

College student Joyce Reed is framed by her cousin and ends up spending a night with Jeremy Robinson, a powerful figure in Harbor City. Wracked with guilt over betraying her boyfriend, she later discovers that he had long been cheating on her with her best friend.Furious after learning the truth, Joyce impulsively marries Jeremy—only to find out that his true identity is far more shocking than she imagined…

Hera has been abused by her step father for a long time, until she enters the art department of Ston College and meets her classmates Brad and Yoanna. The three of them become good friends by chance. Brad and Yoanna's care for Hera makes her gradually feel the beauty of freedom and gives her the idea to rebel against David and break through the ball cage. But freedom is not easy to come by, and Hera pays a painful price for this new life...

Fiona Quest, heiress of the Quest family, is seen as a reckless socialite but secretly protects her family's legacy. Concerned by scandals, her grandmother assigns Sean Granger to "reform" her. Unknown to all, Sean is the Granger heir Fiona once saved, and he has long harbored feelings for her. As they grow closer, affection blooms. Together, they expose Sheri Quest's schemes, restore justice, heal the feud between families, and find love with each other.

Clara is the biological daughter of her family, but her parents and brothers always blindly favored her adoptive sister, Emily. After years of torment, Emily finally murdered Clara at the age of 24… but now, Clara has the chance to be 19 again. In this life, Clara vows to never again be victimized by bullies. Though her brothers find out the truth from Clara’s diary, which plunges them into regret, it’s too late - Clara’s long past forgiveness.

Vera Nelson has spent three years as a devoted wife, supporting her husband Jason Ford's rise as a star lawyer. But when his first love, Nia Jones, returns, he begins to neglect Vera's feelings, and distance grows between them. Once a brilliant lawyer herself,Vera quietly walks away and returns to the legal world.When she rises to fame again, Jason finally realizes the legend he's long admired is the very woman who once gave up everything for him.

Stacy Barn’s six years of devotion to Roger Nord fall short in the face of a single lie from his first love. She throws the divorce papers in his face and turns against Norden Corp. She brings the cunning first-love to her knees, humiliates her ex-husband, and transforms into a powerful businesswoman, with both her career and love life flourishing. When Roger eventually discovers that the young woman he once corresponded with was actually his ex-wife, he embarks on a long and arduous journey to win her back...
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Vera Nelson has spent three years as a devoted wife, supporting her husband Jason Ford's rise as a star lawyer. But when his first love, Nia Jones, returns, he begins to neglect Vera's feelings, and distance grows between them. Once a brilliant lawyer herself,Vera quietly walks away and returns to the legal world.When she rises to fame again, Jason finally realizes the legend he's long admired is the very woman who once gave up everything for him.

At five, Nina donated bone marrow to Quinn, saving her life. Tragically, Nina's parents died in a car accident, and she was rescued by a disabled scavenger, becoming Annie. Excelling in school, she interned at a major company, where she faced jealousy and bullying from fellow intern Angela. Unbeknownst to them, Angela was the adopted sister of CEO Quinn, who had long sought to repay the family that saved his life. When Quinn learned the truth—that the girl he'd favored was not the real Nina, but her bully—his world turned upside down.

Xander Smith, the adopted son of the Smith family,once enjoyed their love until the return of Hayden, the biological son, plunged him into despair.Framed and rejected by his family, Xander volunteers for his eldest sister's Time Capsule Project and plans to donate his corneas to restore his blind second sister's sight.During three days at home, he endures relentless schemes, loses his beloved pet rabbit, and finds his eighteenth birthday forgotten.Heartbroken, he retreats to the laboratory.Years later, the family learns the truth and waits in regret outside the lab for thirty long years.

Martin Duncan, a successful businessman, showed endless tolerance to the so-called victim, Emily Terry, because her brother died saving him. Time after time, he hurt Lena Turner, the woman he truly loved. Yet without realizing it, he was drawn to her resilience and deep devotion. Lena, amid the pain, gradually awakened, secretly gathering evidence and striking back step by step, exposing the shocking scheme of Emily and her brother Eric. In the end, after losing Lena, Martin completely broke down. Consumed by regret, he began the long road of trying to win her back.

I was reborn on the very day my sister Tilda Wright and I were supposed to pick our husbands. And that was when I unlocked an incredible ability—I could hear everyone’s inner thoughts. I caught Tilda’s greedy voice in my head: This time, I’m definitely snatching the best husband for myself first! Before I could even react, she dashed over and stole the sweet man I’d married in my past life. Meanwhile, I was stuck with the abusive brute who’d beaten her black and blue every single day back then. I let out a cold, mocking laugh. Did she really think the man I once married was some flawless prince charming? How naive.

After I was reborn, I was the one who changed the name on my blood bond with Prince Mortlock. I wrote in “Isabella”—the other vampire he’d always cherished, always protected. When Isabella wanted the ruby necklace, the one that marked the Prince's Mate, I let her have it. The wedding dress Mortlock had prepared for me? I gave that to Isabella, too. I did it all because in my past life, I got my wish. I became Mortlock’s mate, but I lived every moment in Isabella’s shadow. In the end, during a battle with vampire hunters, Mortlock ran to a wounded Isabella first. I was the one left to take a silver stake through the heart. So this time, I decided to let them be. To stay far away from Mortlock. But this time, the cold, distant Prince wept and begged me to be his mate again.

When I realize that I've gotten reborn as a snake that's soaked in poisonous wine, I accidentally awaken a system amid my despair.With the power of devour, I gain my strength and power continuously until I get to escape the wine jar in the end.When I'm faced with the threat of getting hunted down by human beings and mutated creatures, I hide my tracks while growing even more powerful at the same time. Slowly, I evolve from a weak venomous snake into a formidable mutated beast. Later on, I get rescued by Faye Kirk, a kind-hearted human, and her family.During my time with them, I learn how to trust and protect the people around me.As the spiritual energy in this world gets awakened, natural disasters keep erupting all over the world.That's when I realize that only with constant evolution can I protect myself as well as my loved ones in this apocalyptic era.Hence, I step on a journey that allows me to explore the unknown and break my own limits.