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In a snowbound train, Shirley flees her wedding. Under the influence of medication, she spends a night with a stranger and gets pregnant. Ten months later, she enters a marriage of convenience with the third son of the Lowe family—unaware that the family's formidable head, Henry,is the man from that fateful night. Believing himself infertile due to a misdiagnosis, Henry treads a torturous path between abstinence and longing, secretly shielding Shirley while concealing his own devotion. What began in that snowstorm is a bond he would defy any taboo to protect. He thought himself an isolated island in winter,until she became the only warmth capable of melting his ice—the one he wished to claim forever.

Ten thousand years ago, Aiden Shaw—the strongest cultivator—failed his ascension and was sealed away.When he awakens, the world has changed, and the once-glorious Celestial Sect stands on the brink of destruction. Mistaken for a nobody, Aiden quietly returns.When demons rise and the Sects Tournament begins, he shatters all limits, reclaims his legend, and ascends once more.

Serena Rivers spends three years in prison for a crime she didn't commit and uses every single day of it. She trains under four of the most formidable masters the underworld has ever produced and walks out as something entirely different from the woman who walked in. On her first day of freedom she corners the cold prison warden Xavier Stone against the water dungeon wall and kisses him without apology. He is her insurance policy and she knows it. Outside, the fake heiress has stolen her shares, her younger brother demands she kneel, and her former fiance has already moved on with a new bride. She tears up the rejection notice on the spot. Moments later, the Stone family motorcade arrives, the warden reveals himself as the family patriarch, and he shows up with a hundred billion in betrothal gifts and absolutely no intention of letting anyone touch her again. Together, they dismantle every person who had a hand in her three lost years.

To pay for her mother's medical bills, Teresa drops out of school and works as a cafeteria worker, but is discriminated against and framed because she is mute. Nolan is a cold, aloof CEO. The two should never have crossed paths, yet they accidentally spend a night together, and Teresa is horrified to discover she's pregnant. Strangely, Nolan develops telepathy and can read her mind. From then on, every thought of hers reaches him. She finally has someone to rely on and love, no longer bullied, and is doted on like a precious treasure. But a new crisis is already looming...

Six years ago, Lauren Zane was drugged by her stepsister, Yasmin Zane, and had a one-night encounter with Yosef Jones, the world's wealthiest man. Seizing the opportunity, Yasmin took Lauren's place and began dating Yosef. Lauren, meanwhile, escaped and later gave birth to six children. Due to congenital genetic defects, the youngest child had to be left in a hospital abroad. Determined to earn money for her child's treatment, Lauren returned to her country with her five other children, intent on reclaiming everything Yasmin had stolen from her. Fate repeatedly brought Yosef into their lives. With the help of her children, Lauren reunited with Yosef and brought justice to those who wronged her. In the end, they lived happily together with their children.

Collin and Yvonne were forced into a quick marriage without a meeting. Thanks to fate's hand, they get caught up in crazy events, sparking some feelings along the way. Just as they're about to split, they realize the one they planned to divorce is their true love.

The zombie apocalypse breaks out, and Frank Parker dies in betrayal. Fate grants him a second chance. This time, he wakes bound to the Maid Collection System, a power that lets him recruit and form deep bonds with exceptional women who become the core of everything he builds. He assembles his people, establishes a fortified base, and takes his revenge on those who sold him out, rising from the absolute bottom toward something that looks increasingly like kingship. A lightning ability and a mech suit keep him alive in the field; genuine bonds of loyalty keep the base alive from within. As a catastrophic tide of the dead and a hidden orchestrator both close in at once, Frank leads his growing legion toward a throne over whatever world comes next.

Five years ago, Jeffrey Reid's wife betrayed him, his parents were murdered, his sister was abducted, his family destroyed. He barely escaped with his life. Five years later, he returns after martial training, carrying the oath "A World Without Darkness" as he infiltrates Rising Dragons. At a funeral, Jeffrey defeats assassins barehanded and becomes famous overnight, rising to a head. Jeffrey uses violence to fight violence, eliminating evil wherever he finds it. As his enemies fall one by one and the mastermind behind everything surfaces, he will use his own methods to restore peace to Houndvale City and honor his fallen family.

Five years ago, Jeffrey Reid's wife betrayed him, his parents were murdered, his sister was abducted, his family destroyed. He barely escaped with his life. Five years later, he returns after martial training, carrying the oath "A World Without Darkness" as he infiltrates Rising Dragons. At a funeral, Jeffrey defeats assassins barehanded and becomes famous overnight, rising to a head. Jeffrey uses violence to fight violence, eliminating evil wherever he finds it. As his enemies fall one by one and the mastermind behind everything surfaces, he will use his own methods to restore peace to Houndvale City and honor his fallen family.

An evil scheme brought tragedy upon all eighteen members of the Hoffman family ten years ago. Noah Hoffman had fallen off a cliff then, before being rescued by a grandmaster who taught him all that he knew. He yields the courage to enter the North army, starting from the lowest of ranks and eventually rising up to become a legendaryconqueror of the battlefield named the Holy Joy King! Ten years later, he returns to the city under a new alias Liam Holland, out for payback in w

Reborn into the apocalypse, I rise as an SSS Feralmancer. My ex leaves me for an S-rank genius, so I form a contract with a D-rank fox everyone laughs at. Hidden from all, she’s an SSS Novem Empress. With a dual contract, she evolves three levels in three days. When the beast tide descends and the city betrays me, she has already reached eight tails!

Matt Gray, a devoted gamer, is shocked when the Nightmare Queen jumps from his game into the real world. One careless insult nearly costs him his life. Desperate, he awakens the bizarre system ability, tames the Queen, and enters the Null World-Realm dungeon. But when cracks appear and a legendary being invades reality, can Matt and his team turn the tide?

To uncover the truth behind his friend Frank's death,mercenary king Tate goes undercover inside the Yates family, posing as a protector to Frank's wife, Caroline. With hostile takeovers, poison from within, and shadow forces targeting the new energy formula, Tate eliminates every threat. What begins as distrust between him and Caroline turns into an unspoken bond. Backed by a global network, he turns the tide and exposes his true identity: the Judicator.In the end, he crushes the conspiracy, avenges Frank, and becomes the one who guards Caroline for life.

Three years ago, to repay Sara Crane's father for saving his life, Ian Griffin married into the Crane family. He secretly helped the Cranes reach a higher standing in society so that they would one day learn his true identity. Three years later, after making his last delivery for the day, he coincidentally saves Stella Wade, the Queen of Commerce, who was attacked by Estrya Assassins. After instructing his subordinate to handle the aftermath, he hastily leaves. Little does he know, Stella has fallen for him at first sight and wants to offer herself to him, along with Nimbus Group, which she has been managing for years.

Overnight, every human being on earth shrinks to the size of a thumbnail. Civilization doesn't so much collapse as become irrelevant. The familiar world is now a jungle of furniture legs and household insects, and survival is a matter of minutes. College student Mason Reid barely makes it through the first day before something inside him unlocks—a system that lets him evolve by consuming living matter, growing stronger with every creature he defeats, and absorbing the abilities of fallen awakeners.He finds an unlikely partner in Evelyn Yates, composed on the surface, fierce underneath. Together, they navigate a miniaturized world full of mutated beasts, corrupted survivors, and a cult that has decided the catastrophe is the birth of something holy. The deeper they push, the clearer it becomes: scattered across this shrunken world are alien crystal cores, and they may be the only way to reverse everything.

Overnight, every human being on earth shrinks to the size of a thumbnail. Civilization doesn't so much collapse as become irrelevant. The familiar world is now a jungle of furniture legs and household insects, and survival is a matter of minutes. College student Mason Reid barely makes it through the first day before something inside him unlocks—a system that lets him evolve by consuming living matter, growing stronger with every creature he defeats, and absorbing the abilities of fallen awakeners.He finds an unlikely partner in Evelyn Yates, composed on the surface, fierce underneath. Together, they navigate a miniaturized world full of mutated beasts, corrupted survivors, and a cult that has decided the catastrophe is the birth of something holy. The deeper they push, the clearer it becomes: scattered across this shrunken world are alien crystal cores, and they may be the only way to reverse everything.

In her first life, set against the backdrop of 1970s, Josie Cole married a dependable, simple man who rose to become a respected cultural official, and she stood faithfully beside him. Her cousin Gracie Hill, meanwhile, married into wealth, watched it crumble, fell into ruin, and in a fit of bitter envy, ended up murdering Josie. Reborn on the very day the marriages were being arranged, Josie watches Gracie steal her original match. Josie ends up with the one everyone wrote off as a spoiled playboy, but she’s lived a whole life already; she knows how to read people. Josie and Sam Jordan agree to a cold, transactional marriage and leave it at that, until they don’t. She helps him rebuild his family’s fallen fortune; he becomes someone worth keeping. This time, Josie wins, not by fighting for what she had before, but by building something better.

In her first life, set against the backdrop of 1970s, Josie Cole married a dependable, simple man who rose to become a respected cultural official, and she stood faithfully beside him. Her cousin Gracie Hill, meanwhile, married into wealth, watched it crumble, fell into ruin, and in a fit of bitter envy, ended up murdering Josie. Reborn on the very day the marriages were being arranged, Josie watches Gracie steal her original match. Josie ends up with the one everyone wrote off as a spoiled playboy, but she’s lived a whole life already; she knows how to read people. Josie and Sam Jordan agree to a cold, transactional marriage and leave it at that, until they don’t. She helps him rebuild his family’s fallen fortune; he becomes someone worth keeping. This time, Josie wins, not by fighting for what she had before, but by building something better.