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Didn’t Love You Enough 47

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Chapter 47 – Meeting

Yuan Qing saw the three of them all looking sad, and was afraid that they might have misunderstood. So he said to them: “Don’t worry, Lin-xiaozhu’s days at the crown prince’s East Palace are very good. His Royal Highness likes Lin-xiaozhu very much. His Royal Highness keeps him in the palm of his hands and is still afraid of him not being well. His Royal Highness has never treated anyone else like this before. Lin-xiaozhu is the number one person in the crown prince’s East Palace.”

Lin Da Zhuang and the others listened to the little eunuch’s words, but they didn’t feel much relieved. They were still more on the concerned side. They all waited silently for Lin Jia Bao’s arrival.

Xuan Yuan Han Cheng came back with Yuan Fu early in the morning. Upon arrival at Ping Le Courtyard, he saw Jia Bao standing at the gate of the courtyard and peeking his head out to wait for him. Xuan Yuan Han Cheng laughed lightly.

Ever since Jia Bao knew that he could meet with his family, he has been in a state of excitement. Xuan Yuan Han Cheng coaxed him for a long time last night before getting him to sleep. And today, he was craning his neck, eagerly looking forward to his arrival. This was a treatment he had never experienced before, and he became a little jealous just thinking about it.

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Lin Jia Bao was dressed up very well today. Shu Ya and Shu Qing knew that the little master was going to meet with his family today, and they specially dressed him up.

Lin Jia Bao was wearing a royal blue dress today, with beautiful embroidered patterns, and the cufflinks on the neckline were inlaid with gold threads. It made his skin look crystal clear and dazzling.

Lin Jia Bao’s hair was tied with a jade hairpin. The belt around his waist was dotted with gems of various colors. He looked very much like a young boy from a rich family.

Xuan Yuan Han Cheng couldn’t take his eyes away from Lin Jia Bao, “Darling is dressed so well today. The clothes from the Jinxiu Workshop* are not bad. Let’s get a few more sets made.”

[*T/N: 锦绣坊 jin xiu fang – literal translation is “beautiful workshop”]

“Yes.” Shu Qing and Shu Ya replied in unison.

The Jinxiu Workshop was a clothing-manufacturing workshop for the use of the imperial household. The workers in the workshop comprised of women from all over the country who had outstanding embroidery work. They specially made clothes for the emperor, empress, princes, and so on. Only people with high status in the palace were eligible to enjoy this treatment, whereas, ordinary concubines and nobles could only have their clothes prepared by the Clothing Bureau of the Imperial Household Department.

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Since having Lin Jia Bao by his side, Xuan Yuan Han Cheng has let Jia Bao enjoy the best in everything. The empress was the phoenix in charge of the harem, so she naturally knew what Xuan Yuan Han Cheng has done and understood his intentions. Therefore, she has never interfered with the needs of Ping Le Courtyard. In the eyes of the people within the palace, this held deep meaning. As long as one was not stupid, he or she would understand how much the empress and the crown prince loved Lin Jia Bao.

For Lin Jia Bao’s trip out of the palace this time, Xuan Yuan Han Cheng sent Yuan Fu along with him, and arranged for two guards to escort him. On top of that, there were the two secret guards that were already assigned to Jia Bao. The meeting place was in Fuyuan Building in the imperial city, which was also a property under one of his subordinates, so there shouldn’t be any problems.

Lin Jia Bao and Xuan Yuan Han Cheng got in the horse carriage, and the carriage slowly drove towards the palace gate and exited the palace smoothly.

“Today, baby can be reunited with his family for one day and have dinner with your family before coming back. How about it, are you happy?” Xuan Yuan Han Cheng entwined his fingers with Lin Jia Bao and spoke softly to him.

“Really? That’s great! I haven’t seen them for a long time. I really miss them. I have a lot to say to them.” Lin Jia Bao didn’t know which members of his family came to see him today.

“As long as you’re happy.” Xuan Yuan Han Cheng gave Lin Jia Bao’s little mouth a small kiss. Lin Jia Bao was not very used to Xuan Yuan Han Cheng’s kisses, and sometimes he had hearned to respond to him. Every time Lin Jia Bao took the initiative, it would make Xuan Yuan Han Cheng incessantly happy.

The horse carriage quickly came to a stop at the entrance of the Fuyuan Building. “Go ahead. I will have Yuan Fu follow you, and tonight I will come back to pick you up.” Xuan Yuan Han Cheng instructed Yuan Fu: “Serve [him] carefully, and don’t make any mistakes.”

“Yes. Please rest assured, Your Royal Highness.” Yuan Fu helped Lin Jia Bao get off the carriage. Then they entered the restaurant with the two guards following behind.

Lin Jia Bao followed Yuan Fu to Heaven Room No. 1. He couldn’t help pushing the door open with excitement. Lin Jia Bao finally saw the family he had missed in the past two years.

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“Dad! Big brother! Big brother-in-law!” Lin Jia Bao ran up to them and hugged his dad. “Jia Bao misses all of you so much!”

“Jia Bao, we miss you too. Let Dad take a good look at you.” Lin Da Zhuang this big, sturdy man was also getting somewhat teary-eyed.

The family was very excited when they met, and it took a long time for them to calm down.

Yuan Fu and Yuan Qing took the opportunity to withdraw, leaving only the two guards to guard outside the door.

When the outsiders were gone, Lin Da Zhuang couldn’t wait to ask, “Jia Bao, how have you been in the past two years? How did you become His Royal Highness’s xiaoshi?”

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The Big Landlord 121.3

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Chapter 121.3 – Household Management

Fu Wu Tian’s men ran out every day, and when they came back, they went directly to An Zi Ran and Fu Wu Tian’s room. Xu Wei Ye sent someone to secretly investigate, but he could not find out anything.

“Mayor, do you think they will…”

Yang Long, who was Xu Wei Ye’s trusted aide, made a gesture of slitting his own throat as he trailed off.

Although he was confident in the mayor’s plan, the other side was not ordinary either. They were people from the Imperial Fu Palace. If those people wanted to kill them, they certainly would not be able to resist, so he was very worried over whether or not the other side would go down this extreme path.

“They won’t!”

Xu Wei Ye denied it without hesitation.

“Mayor, how can you be so sure?”

Xu Wei Ye told Yang Long his conjecture, and it was the same as what An Zi Ran and them had thought. This was also one of the points he was counting on. But precisely because he was aware of this one point, he was really curious about what exactly the other side was planning. It was a pity that their opponent’s defense was too tight. His people could not get close at all.

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“No matter what they want to do, I will not let them succeed.”

There was a really dark look in Xu Wei Ye’s eyes.

In Xinhe there were dozen of families near the Magou River. These people each have four to five acres of land. Their fields were suitable for growing wheat, corn, and cotton. But Xu Wei Ye had cleared the wild area and turned the place into rice paddies. Due to the unsuitable climatic conditions here, the annual harvest was low.

Every year, dozens of families could just barely get by. There was no surplus at all. So their living conditions were actually not very good.

One of the families couldn’t even manage to get enough food to be full.

The head of the household of this family was named A-Qi. He and his wife have two sons and one daughter. However, his wife was an outsider. Because she could not handle the poverty, she left five years ago, leaving A-Qi to take care of their three children.

In order to not let his three children go hungry, A-Qi often rose early and went to bed late. But every year, the annual harvest did not grow. He vaguely knew the reason, but he never dared to think about it. In this way, his family struggled on the poverty line. This year, even having food for meals was becoming a problem.

“Children, time to eat.”

After returning from the field, A-Qi brought out the leftover food from yesterday and warmed it up. Then he went into the room and called his children out to eat. Soon after, three children came running out.

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The oldest child was ten years old. The youngest – the daughter – was only five years old. All three children were skinny. It was clear that they did not have enough to eat, but there was an enviable spirit in their eyes.

There were very few things on the table. There was only half a pot of congee that was eighty percent water and some salted vegetables.

A-Qi filled a bowl of congee for the youngest daughter first. There were not many rice grains in the congee, not even one-third of the bowl full.

The youngest daughter smiled happily, “Thank you, Dad.”

A-Qi touched her head, “Eat.”

The eldest son was already sensible and served himself and his younger brother. They ate the congee and the salted vegetables with gusto. Looking at them, A-Qi was very gratified, but also felt he had let them down. If it weren’t for him being so useless, then they would not have to follow him and bear these hardships.

Just thinking about it turned the rims of his eyes red.

A-Qi did not want to cry in front of his children, and quickly stood up.

“Dad, aren’t you eating?” the eldest son, Jiang, immediately asked.

His younger brother and sister instantly put down the tableware and looked at their dad. If their dad didn’t eat, then they wouldn’t eat.

A-Qi kept his back to his children so that they wouldn’t see him cry.

“Dad has already eaten. You guys eat. Dad will go take a look at the field. I will be back in a bit. Jiang, you have to take good care of your brother sister, understand?”

After all, Jiang was still young, so he didn’t perceive anything wrong with his dad. He immediately assured him that he would not only take good care of his siblings, but also help with cleaning and housework.

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A-Qi was choked with emotions. He quickly went out and walked until he couldn’t see his children. He slid weakly against the wall. He couldn’t help but feel a burst of grief. What should he do so that his three children would be able to eat their fill and wear warm clothes?

This year’s rice seedlings have just been planted, but their family did not have much rice. Whether they could survive this winter was already a foreseeable problem. It was impossible to borrow food from others, because their conditions were no better than his family.

A wave of despair washed over A-Qi.

At this moment, a pair of feet in black boots appeared in front of him.

“Excuse me, is this the house of A-Qi?”

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The Sword and The Brocade Ep 29

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Episode 29 – Recap

Madame Xu decides to investigate the cause of Lingyi’s injury herself and finds out that Shiyi was the one who stabbed him. Then news of Lingyi dying in a burning building reaches them. Everyone is distraught, but while Madame Xu wants to kill Shiyi, all her other in-laws defend her. 

Xu Lingkuan burns his opera scripts and vows to take care of the Xu family.

Marquis Jingyuan of the Ou family finds out about Lingyi’s death and is pleased, so he gives his son his wolf tally which can be used to command his subordinates in Shandong.

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Wang Yu has stopped hitting Erniang lately, and she is pleased, thinking that he has changed, but then she says something nasty about Lingyi’s death and the Xu family which angers Wang Yu, so he hits her and leaves. Her stomach hurts and the physician diagnoses her as pregnant, but it’s an unstable pregnancy.

Meanwhile, Shiyi is sent to the farmstead and ordered to live like a servant. The head steward bullies her and someone wants to kill her. Lin Shixian and Master Jian are both worried for Shiyi’s safety upon learning of Lingyi’s death. Lin Shixian locates her, and secretly helps her out without letting her know.

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FOD: Xue Zi Xuan 13.7

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Chapter 13.7 – A Murder

The owner of the Mercedes-Benz was also all bloody and battered, sprawled atop the airbag and completely unresponsive. The ambulance arrived. The traffic police and the fire brigade combined together took more than an hour to saw open the distorted doors of the two cars in order to get the wounded people out.

The onlookers stood not far away, pointing and murmuring. Many people picked up their phones to shoot videos and then posted them on the Internet. Car accidents at the beginning of the year were not uncommon, but it was rare that the two cars involved in the accident were luxury cars worth at least five million each.

The Mercedes-Benz Maybach had an extended bulletproof top and priced at over six million yuan. Then there was that supercar. It wasn’t even sold on the market. It had to be a customized car and must cost a minimum of seven or eight million.

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Calculated in this way, today’s car accident totaled more than ten million. My god! The busybodies were all fired up. They wrote up a terrifying headline and posted it online, which immediately attracted the attention of countless netizens. From the start, they bitterly detested the behavior of the driver behind the wheel of the red supercar. That driver was racing recklessly all around the city. The people have repeatedly asked the traffic police to investigate them thoroughly.

This issue blew up in a big way, and it was futile to try to cover it up. The traffic police immediately investigated the identities of the two car owners.

When the chauffeur and the Mercedes-Benz owner were taken to the hospital, Zhou Yun Sheng had already bought a ticket to the UK and was playing games in the waiting room. He doctored up a few documents, and they were good enough to pass off as genuine articles. No one would be able to trace his whereabouts.

The big LED screen hanging in the lobby was broadcasting news about the car accident. Reporters interviewed people passing by. Everyone unanimously called on the officials to disclose the results of the investigation. Don’t forget justice because the perpetrators are powerful people. Immeidately, the leaders of the Transportation Bureau steppe dup and said that they would conduct a thorough investigation, which drew a wave of praise.

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Seeing this, Zhou Yun Sheng smiled playfully. He had successfully left the Xue family and also threw them into the pits at the same time. Now this was his modus operandi. How could someone like him depart quietly and boringly?

But he would not play with the lives of innocent people. After learning all about Xue Jing Yi’s plan, he set up the accident. The owner of the Mercedes-Benz was coincidentally the culprit who killed his parents.

Through his investigations, he gradually uncovered the truth behind the past drunk driving incident of the Mercedes-Benz owner. That year, the Mercedes-Benz owner drove into the pedicab of Huang Yi’s father and mother. The two of them lied on the road, straddling the line between life and death. The vehicle owner got out of the car, took a look at them, saw that they were still breathing, and got back in the car to run them over again and again, until the two were thoroughly crushed beneath the wheels. Then and only then did the driver left the scene of the crime in a calm and unhurried manner.

While reconstructing the surveillance video that was destroyed by the internal personnel of the Transportation Bureau, Zhou Yun Sheng’s eyes were bloodshot and hatred overwhelmed his heart.

Of course he knew why the owner of the Mercedes-Benz car would do this. If he injured someone, then he needed to pay a high amount in medical fees, moreover, there was no cap to this amount. But if he killed someone, then he only needed to pay two hundred thousand yuan for a life, and the total amount for two lives was only four hundred thousand.

Zhou Yun Sheng found out that the owner of thecar was the boss of a multinational company with a net worth of at least tens of billions, which was almost the same as Xue Rui’s status. He was fully able to bear the treatment fees for two people, but he chose murder because he said he was afraid of trouble.

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Afraid of trouble? It was these simple words that took away the lives of Zhou Yun Sheng’s parents in this lifetime. In the end, the Mercedes-Benz owner didn’t even want to pay four hundred thousand yuan, and he found a few gangsters to threaten the Huang family. In the end, it only cost him seventy thousand yuan to settle the matter.

Zhou Yun Sheng wondered if he ever had nightmares over these past years. Probably not, because people like him and Xue Rui didn’t treat other people as humans at all.

Thinking up to here, Zhou Yun Sheng sneered. That’s right, he did not have any power or influence, so he could not ruin the opponent’s reputation and status. But it was not difficult to take his life in the same way that he had robbed Huang Yi’s parents of theirs. Since finding out the identity of the car owner, Zhou Yun Sheng has been monitoring him, and he knew when and where the other person would be. Today, he controlled the supercar to drive in big circles around the city, just waiting for the moment when the two cars met.

The LED screen was still playing the video of the car accident. It was evident in the video that when the supercar passed by the traffic light, it not only did not slow down, but also slammed on the accelerator. It shot forward like a bullet and smashed into the Mercedes Benz hard.

The passengers waiting for the flight exclaimed, saying that the driver of the supercar did it deliberately. Zhou Yun Sheng nodded in secret. He heard the director’s announcement that passengers heading to the UK should board the plane from gate 13, so he stood up and ambled along with the crowd.

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This Alpha’s Pheromones 42

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Chapter 42 – Evil Has Its Retribution

“I have been careful and cautious all my life, yet how did I raise a trash like you!” Wang Ruida was almost incensed to the point of death. “Do you know who you have offended?”

“They’re just two small celebrities!” Wang Hang said, bewildered. “Dad, don’t you always ignore my private life?”

“Small celebrities. Do you know who is behind those small celebrities?” Wang Ruida kicked out in anger. “Take a look for yourself, a wristwatch that costs a million, a yacht that cost ten million, squandering money like water abroad… you, you’re causing so much f*cking trouble for me!”

Wang Hang: “Just delete it from the hot search!”

“Is your brain made out of mush? If I can delete it, would I be so anxious right now?”

Wang Hang finally realized something was wrong and became serious: “What do you mean?”

“The Ji family intervened.”

When he said this, Wang Ruida seemed to have aged several years in an instant.

“But aren’t you the deputy mayor? And you’ll be promoted to the mayor soon, right? No matter how powerful the Ji family is, aren’t they just ordinary businessmen?”

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“You know jack sh*t. Ordinary businessmen. F*cking hell…” Wang Ruida became more and more angry. He slapped Wang Hang again. “I shouldn’t have let your mom raise you into such rubbish! Get up and follow me. We’re going to go find Mr. Ji to apologize. If he doesn’t forgive you, then you can scram out of the country.”

At eight o’ clock in the morning, the Wang family’s father and son pair waited for Ji Shenxiao at the entrance of the small villa.

Ji Shenxiao was in the courtyard, sitting on the chair that Qiu Jin had sat on last night. Behind him, roses carpeted the ground.

Wang Ruida was so worried that he didn’t sleep at all. Upon seeing Ji Shenxiao, he immediately greeted him and eagerly said: “Mr. Ji, Wang Hang was in the wrong this time. I will hand him over to you right now. His punishment will be entirely up to you.”

“Dad?” Wang Hang raised his head in disbelief. “They bullied me. Not only are you not helping me, but you’re taking their side to throw stones at me?!”

Wang Ruida was almost annoyed to the point of death. He kicked his son. “Shut up!”

Wang Hang clutched his calf and felt so aggrieved: “Isn’t it just an omega? I just tore off the gland patch on his neck. Is it worth making such a big fuss over a minor issue?”

While Wang Hang was kicking up a fuss, Wang Ruida apologized to Ji Shenxiao in his stead. He was groveling so much, that it was almost as low as the dust on the ground.

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Ji Shenxiao sat upon the chair with a faint expression on his face: “As Mayor Wang can see, this is the attitude of your son. I don’t think we need his apology.”

[T/N: Ji Shenxiao is using very polite speech here, and because of how polite he is, it actually carries an undertone of sarcasm, especially when he uses the phrase “令公子 ling gong zi” to say “your son.” It roughly translates to “your honorable son” or “the (virtuous) son of an official.” It’s also funny because the term “公子 gong zi” is rather dated and most people would not use it in casual modern-day speech.]

“Mr. Ji, please give me another chance. It’s because my family was not strict in his education. It is I who did not manage my son well.” Wang Ruida was feeling so regretful that he wanted to give himself a few big slaps across the face. “I will discipline him in the future. It won’t happen anymore.”

“Mayor Wang must be joking. I am just an ordinary businessman. How could I be worthy of giving you another chance?” Ji Shenxiao’s tone was very polite, but the look in his eyes was cold enough to make one shiver. It was as if he was looking at some long dead thing.

“Not to mention, opportunities are what we give to ourselves. When you did those things back then, didn’t you think about how you might one day be exposed?”

“But… but I’m not the only one who did those things. Right now is when the change of term is happening, I am afraid…”

“But what does this have to do with me?” Ji Shenxiao’s voice was cold, as if he was listening to a joke.

Seeing that kind of gaze, Wang Ruida’s heart instantly turned cold, but he had no other way, so he could only keep begging: “We have a partnership relationship. I’m the one taking care of the Lanhou Island project. If something were to happen to me… things wouldn’t be easy on your end either, Mr. Ji!”

Ji shenxiao stood up: “Mayor Wang, please go back.”

“Mr. Ji!”

No matter how he begged, Ji Shenxiao never looked back at him.

Wang Ruida closed his eyes, knowing that there was absolutely no room for maneuver in this matter.

On the way back, he repeatedly urged and warned his son: “You pack your things and go abroad with your mom quickly. The two suites in Beijing will be transferred to Uncle Wang’s name.”

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Wang Hang was still in a daze, a look of bewilderment on his face: “Dad? What is going on?”

Wang Ruida covered his face, exhausted: “Just go. Don’t ask. If you dither, you won’t be able to leave anymore.”

That afternoon, Wang Hang was preparing for a security check at the airport, but was told by the ground crew that there was a problem with his checked luggage. He didn’t think much about it at the time, thinking it was a battery or something. He didn’t dare to cause trouble now, and took the initiative to follow them.

Unexpectedly, the ground service took him farther and farther away, until they finally walked into a small room.

Wang Hang raised his head vigilantly, and two young men in police uniform appeared in his line of sight…

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ML 2 and ML 3 Happy Ending! 37

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Chapter 37 – Sales Surge

“Ruo Wei, come back with me!”

Pei Ruo Wei was unmoved and extremely indifferent: “You have a fiancée. We have already broken up.”

Li Xiao was overjoyed in his heart, “Are you jealous?”

Pei Ruo Wei: “…” Your thoughts are like a shallow fart.

She was thinking about how to shoo Li Xiao away, when she suddenly heard the sound of footsteps behind her, and a clear voice entered her ears: “Li Xiao, before I didn’t know you could be this despicable.”

Pei Ruo Wei turned her head, and her eyes lit up, “Young Master Duan.”

Seeing the change in her expression, Li Xiao became even angrier inside his heart. He was at odds with Duan Shu Tong before, and now the hatred between them was even greater.

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In his eyes, Duan Shu Tong was a despicable villain! Duan Shu Tong separated him from Ruo Wei, and swindled Ruo Wei to come to this place in the middle of nowhere, in a place where even birds don’t come to defecate. This method of retreating in order to advance was really good.

“What did you come here for?” He asked with a dark and calm expression.

Duan Shu Tong completely ignored him and only said to Pei Ruo Wei: “You helped me a lot before. I’m here to express my gratitude and to invite you to eat a meal together.”

Pei Ruo Wei did not intend to be recompense for her help, but in this situation, Duan Shu Tong’s appearance undoubtedly gave her hope.

“Okay…”

“No!” Li Xiao interrupted her. “Duan Shu Tong, don’t think that I can’t read your thoughts. Today, I came here to bring her away from here.”

Duan Shu Tong pretended that Li Xiao was farting and pulled out his cell phone.

Upon seeing this, Li Xiao sneered, “Lin Man Man is on the crew, closed off from the outside world, and she won’t be able to come out at all for a while.”

Duan Shu Tong almost laughed. He gave Li Xiao a strange look, dialed a number on his phone, and then turned on the speakers.

“Duan Shu Tong?” A man’s voice came through from the phone’s speakers. Li Xiao’s face turned completely dark upon hearing that voice.

Duan Shu Tong smiled and said, “President Lin, excuse me [for disturbing you]. I have something to discuss with you.”

Li Xiao glared at him fiercely. He didn’t expect that Duan Shu Tong would change tactics this time from calling Lin Man Man to calling her older brother!

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Who didn’t know that Lin Huan, the heir to the Lin family, was a siscon? If Lin Huan really knew of Pei Ruo Wei’s existence, then he would definitely not let Li Xiao off easy.

For the first time, Li Xiao felt that his identity as the heir to the Li family was not easy to utilize at all.

Lin Huan asked in surprise: “What might be the matter, Young Master Duan?”

Duan Shu Tong looked at Li Xiao and slowly said: “It’s about Miss Lin Man Man…”

Li Xiao quickly let go of Pei Ruo Wei’s arm and rigidly pinned Duan Shu Tong with his gaze.

Duan Shu Tong was very satisfied with Li Xiao’s conceding attitude. It also made Pei Ruo Wei completely give up on Li Xiao.

Pei Ruo Wei had never noticed that the Young Master Li, who has always been aloof and arrogant, has such an embarrassing side.

It was a freaking* disillusionment.

[*T/N: Yes, the author did indeed use a euphemism for the F word. Lol.]

Lin Huan didn’t know the undercurrent surging here. Still confused, he asked: “Man Man? Did something happen with her?”

With Duan Shu Tong’s gaze on him, Li Xiao had no choice but to go downstairs and leave. Before leaving, he gave Duan Shu Tong a vicious look.

Pei Ruo Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

Duan Shu Tong responded with a smile: “Miss Lin Man Man is your company’s most popular actress. I want to talk to you about a collaboration.”

“No.” Lin Huan directly hung up the phone.

He had a very bad impression of Duan Shu Tong, and he didn’t believe his nonsense at all.

Duan Shu Tong was not surprised at all. Anyway, he never had any intention of getting Lin Man Man to endorse his product.

It was just a tactic to frighten Li Xiao off.

Seeing Pei Ruo Wei’s apologetic gaze, Duan Shu Tong couldn’t help but say: “If Li Xiao can come here once or twice, then he can come again a third and forth time. You really don’t want to consider changing residence?”

Pei Ruo Wei shook her head and sighed: “He can find me no matter where I go.”

Duan Shu Tong pondered for a moment, and then inspiration struck.

He didn’t have any contacts to inquire about these things. Xi Duan was definitely more adept than him in this area. So why don’t he ask Xi Duan for help?

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Let Me Shoulder this Blame! 104

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Chapter 104 (37.1)

Su Shi lowered his head. His eyes fell upon the mask that had been cut in half.

The system trembled: “There is a quagmire at the three o’ clock direction, host can rush over at lightning speed and bury his face in it…”

With a snap, Su Shi cut off the instant communication function with the system.

This was the end of the world.

His character this time was named Mu Shi, and he was called the “Son of Hell.” In this world, he was a fierce and evil thief.

Mu Shi was born in the top central base of power. There, all children who reach the age of five would activate supernatural powers. The children were then divided into upper, middle, and lower class according to their power levels.

The upper class was specially trained and cared for, the middle class received lots of training and became the main source of fighters, and the lower class was responsible for the most basic chores and logistics.

Asides from these three classes, there were actually a small portion of children who were not qualified for rating because they could not awaken any supernatural abilities.

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These children were completely abandoned, secretly used as experiment subjects, kept in dark cages all their lives, and had to accept all kinds of inhumane and bitter experimentations. Mu Shi was one of these experiment subjects.

Ten years ago, the central base was suddenly razed into ruins overnight, and this terrible secret was finally exposed. But everything related to it was buried under those ruins.

Except for one unnamed youth.

A pair of pure black wings protected the boy, allowing him to escape from the explosion unscathed. He had looked like a being rising from hell. No one knew what his abilities were, only that he has unfathomable mental powers, and that he could easily destroy common B-level abilities. Even the hardest fortress was unable to withstand a single blow from him.

Rumor has it that his powers were triggered in the face of impending death, and that he had completely destroyed the entire central base for revenge.

No other base dared to offer him shelter, so he wandered alone in the zombie-infested wild, but he still managed to survive by plundering food and resources. Furthermore, he established his own base of power beneath the ruins of the central base, and the people dubbed this place as the Unbounded City*.

[*T/N: 无限城 – could also technically be translated as the Infinite City, which has a better ring to it, but “unbounded” has better nuance, because I believe it is referring to the city’s lack of walls, since everything is just a giant heap of ruins.]

In actuality, the destruction of the central base had nothing to do with Mu Shi. The people there were trying to create a super weapon, but the failed experiment had blown up the base instead. Coincidentally, Mu Shi obtained his current abilities from the radiation caused by the explosion.

But the outside world obviously did not realize all of this, and the people’s fear of him increased day by day. They firmly believed that he would one day take revenge on all of humanity, and even attributed many evil deeds that had nothing to do with him onto his head.

His mission this time was to [shoulder the infamy of being an extremely evil thief, guard the Unbounded City, secretly protect the protagonist and his party, and finally give up his life to protect the hope of the future of humanity.]

An official world had much broader requirements for missions and plot development. He no longer had to tremble in fear at the need to pull a runaway plot back onto the main storyline. This was considered good news.

Su Shi finally moved his gaze away from the mask and onto the tall figure of the ability user in front of him.

They were in the blood-sucking forest outside the Unbounded City, which was full of plants that have completely mutated after being exposed to radiation. If they used even a little bit of supernatural power then the bloodthirsty vines would hone in and wildly prey on them.

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So even though the other side had so many people surrounding him, they did not dare to act rashly. No matter how powerful they were, they could only attack with ordinary military knives.

But he was different. He had the ability to control plants. Even these mutated plants would still become completely docile and obedient beneath his control.

It was because of this forest that no one dared to invade the Unbounded City.

Nevertheless, he had to get rid of these pursuers.

Su Shi silently retracted his right hand into his cuff and beckoned over a vine with anesthetic effects. The plant lied in wait underfoot. As soon as something goes wrong he planned to take down these people with the plant first, and then consider everything else later.

However, the look of things didn’t seem right.

After the mask was cut in half, the look in these people’s eyes showed strange changes. Not only did the hostility strangely disappear, easing up a lot, some of the people have even lowered their weapons, revealing slightly dumbfounded expressions.

“Are you another student from the base?”

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Didn’t Love You Enough 46

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Chapter 46 – Meeting

The head of the guards then looked at the roster again, “The people from Yong Shou Palace have all been released, what is the name of your younger brother?”

“My younger brother’s name in the palace is Lin An Zhu. May I trouble sir guard to help us check again?” Lin Jia Wen asked.

“Lin An Zhu… there is no such name in the Yong Shou Palace roster. Could you have remembered incorrectly?” The head of the guards showed them the page with the list of names from Yong Shou Palace.

Lin Jia Wen scanned the page quickly, and indeed his brother’s name was not there. He felt very anxious. How could they not have his younger brother’s name? Lin Jia Bao clearly wrote in the letter that he was a servant working in the Yong Shou Palace of the empress.

The head of the guards thought for a while and said to them, “Maybe he was transferred to another palace again. Wait a bit more. In a moment there will be more servants from the palace coming out.” He hasn’t heard of any palace servants being punished lately, but the name Lin An Zhu was somewhat familiar, as if he had heard it from somewhere.

Lin Da Zhuang and the other two could only thank him and wait to the side when they heard this. The three of them felt a little uneasy.

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After a while, they saw a little eunuch run to the gate of the palace and show a palace token to the head of the guards. After that, he said a few more words, and then the head of the guards pointed towards the place where Lin Da Zhuang and them were standing. Then they saw the little eunuch running towards them.

“Are you three Lin An Zhu’s family members?” Yuan Qing asked them, still panting for air.

“We are Lin An Zhu’s family. May I ask if something has happened to delay my younger brother?” Lin Jia Wen asked Yuan Qing.

“Yes, yes, the three of you please come with me. This isn’t the right place to talk.” Yuan Qing said vaguely. He motioned for Lin Da Zhuang and the other two to follow him.

Lin Da Zhuang’s group had some doubts in their hearts, so they followed Yuan Qing. After that, Yuan Qing took them to a large restaurant. Yuan Qing showed a small token* to the shopkeeper, and then the shopkeeper greeted them and took them to Heaven Room No. 1.

[*T/N: 令牌 ling pai – a wooden or metal token of authority in ancient times]

Heaven Room No. 1 was very large, and it comprised of an inner and outer room. In the outer room there was a large round table that could seat ten people. The inner room was for meeting guests. The decoration was exquisite and elegant, and the furnishing was beautiful. At a glance, one could tell that famous artists drew the paintings and calligraphy hanging on the wall.

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After Yuan Qing invited the three of them to take a seat, Lin Jia Wen couldn’t hold it in anymore and asked again: “This gonggong, why did you bring us here?”

“This little one is Yuan Qing from the crown prince’s East Palace. Please don’t worry, you will see Lin-xiaozhu very soon.” Yuan Qing said gently and politely.

“Lin-xiaozhu?” Lin Da Zhuang, Lin Jia Wen, and Qin Kai Xing were all so shocked when they heard this that they couldn’t help exclaiming.

“The three of you must not know yet, on the fifth day of the last month, Her Majesty bestowed Lin An Zhu, Lin-xiaozhu, as a xiaoshi to His Royal Highness. Lin-xiaozhu has ascended into the royal family, so isn’t he a xiaozhu (little master) now? Pei County of Xu Province is far away, so the news has been delayed. I am afraid that side has not been notified of the news yet.” Yuan Qing explained.

Lin Da Zhuang and the other two were so shocked when they heard this news from Yuan Qing.

“How come? How could this happen? Jia Bao is too young! This…” Lin Da Zhuang stood up out of control. His darling ger actually became the crown prince’s xiaoshi. Lin Da Zhuang didn’t feel happy about it, instead he was very sad. It could be said that the crown prince could not compare to normal people, but the xiaoshi was actually equivalent to a tongfang* in a wealthy household.

[*T/N: 通房 tong fang – a maidservant that sleeps with the master of the house. Her room is often close to the master’s to facilitate serving him at night. She might be considered the most favored maid due to the location of her room, but she has no status and is not even considered a concubine.]

Alas… the crown prince was the future emperor, who would have a harem of three thousand women, how could Jia Bao’s life be good in the future… why was Jia Bao’s life so bitter…

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Both Lin Jia Wen and Qin Kai Xing’s hearts were also in turmoil. Lin Jia Wen recalled what Qian Qing Kun had told him about the crown prince, but he had laughed it off at that time and didn’t take it to heart. Unexpectedly, that xiaoshi was his younger brother. His younger brother just passed fourteen years old and he was so young. He looked lovely and cute, but it was certainly not the kind that stood out compared to all the different kinds of beauties in the palace.

His younger brother has always been naïve and kindhearted. He also didn’t know how to scheme. Even in common families, wives and concubines would fight endlessly for favor, so there was no need to talk about the imperial family who was at the top of the power pyramid. How could he adapt to a life of palace intrigue in the future? Lin Jia Wen was deeply worried about this.

Qin Kai Xing was also shocked. He didn’t think that his ger brother-in-law would have such good luck, to gain the attention of the empress and the crown prince. But when he thought of Lin Jia Bao’s temperament, he was also very worried.

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The Sword and The Brocade Ep 28

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Episode 28 – Recap

Concubine Qin and Wen are out shopping and decide to go to Xianling Pavilion for some new fabric, but see Lin Shixian comforting Shiyi over the revelation that Lingyi might be her mother’s murderer. Concubine Wen misunderstands. They don’t intend to tell anyone, but Concubine Wen talks about it loudly in disbelief back at the Xu manor and Lingyi overhears. So he rushes over to Xianling Pavilion and the two concubines chase after him.

He sees Shiyi together with Lin Shixian (a.k.a. Ou Yanxing) and misunderstands. He attacks Lin Shixian. Shiyi gets him to stop by threatening herself with a pair of scissors. She ends up slipping and stabbing Lingyi in the chest. The two concubines walk in on the scene and see Shiyi literally redhanded.

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Lingyi forbids anyone from revealing what happened and also stops them from reporting this incident to the authorities in order to protect Shiyi. Before he leaves for Shandong, he writes a divorce letter for Shiyi, which is meant to protect her life in case of future troubles. While still heavily injured, he goes on the road.

Ou Lixing finds out about Lingyi’s injury and sends someone to kill Lingyi in Shandong.

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FOD: Xue Zi Xuan 13.6

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Happy (Early) Lunar New Year to everyone who celebrates! 🎊 Year of the tiger! 🐯

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Chapter 13.6 – A Murder

Zhou Yun Sheng turned his head. His expression was cold. Then he waved his hand and smiled lightly, seeming more and more ambiguous: “All right, let’s stop talking nonsense. How many villains get overthrown by the protagonist in the end because of too much talk? I won’t give you that opportunity. Of course, I am not a villain, I am a victim, and you people are murderers.”

Putting a few unread mechanical books into his backpack, he sighed with a sense of loss: “Xue Zi Xuan, you said that you love me, but I’m sorry. This love started with murderous intentions. I don’t dare to covet it. I want to know, between your family and me, how will you choose?”

He got close to the camera first, whispered “goodbye,” and then turned off the phone.

After he finished packing up, he told the butler that he would go to the company to find his brother. The butler did not doubt him and told him not to drive there by himself, but to have the chauffeur drive him. The newly hired chauffeur was wandering around his modified supercar with a strange expression on his face.

“What are you doing?” Zhou Yun Sheng arched an eyebrow.

“Young Master Huang, your supercar is so cool. I have never seen it before.” The chauffeur was a veteran in his early thirties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He had a good-looking appearance and his background was clean.

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But Zhou Yun Sheng knew that Xue Rui had bribed him a long time ago. After the agreement for organ donation was registered by the Red Cross and officially took effect, he was responsible for causing a car accident.

“How about giving you a chance to drive today?” He walked over, threw his backpack into the shotgun seat, and smiled. “Drive me to the company to find my brother. Recently, the traffic police are conducting stricter checks and I don’t have a driver’s license.”

The organ donation document was only signed recently, so it has no legal effect yet, therefore the driver had yet to do anything to the supercar. He was really just taking a look just then. It was a pity that such a good supercar would be crashed. To be able to drive a few laps in such a supercar before it gets destroyed would be fun, of course he couldn’t wait to drive it, so he got in immediately.

“Did you drive in the army?” Zhou Yun Sheng asked casually.

“Yes, our army also have good cars, but the top of the bunch is the Hummer. It can’t be compared with your modified supercar though. Look, it drives as soon as you touch the gas pedal. So awesome!” The chauffeur started the engine and drove out of the villa in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Yun Sheng laughed but did not speak. When they arrived in the city, he asked the chauffeur to stop by the side of the road: “I’m going to buy a bottle of water. Do you want one?”

“No, thank you, Young Master Huang.” The chauffeur waved his hand politely.

Zhou Yun Sheng entered a small supermarket, took out the PSP from his backpack, and fiddled with a few keys casually. At the same time, the chauffeur sitting in the driver’s seat felt that the seat belt was tightened abruptly and the steering wheel turned automatically. The engine roared to life as if there was a pair of invisible hands manipulating the car.

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“What’s going on?” The chauffeur panicked. While shifting the joystick to the parking gear, he unfastened the seat belt, but all of his actions were in vain. The seat belt tightened and the joystick automatically shifted to forward gear. The big red supercar roared twice and sprang forward like lightning.

The chauffeur heard a cry of alarm from behind him and turned back hurriedly only to see the teenager in a white sweatshirt running out of the store. He was jumping and yelling, as if he was very angry at this car theft. A few young people gathered around and shook their phones as if to remind him to call the police.

The red supercar rushed around the city at a speed of 160 kilometers per hour. It automatically avoided obstacles in front of it at a critical moment, but it never slowed down or waited for traffic lights.

After rushing through several intersections without being able to intercept it, the traffic police had to use radio to notify colleagues in the city to besiege the red supercar. Most of the people who could afford such a luxury supercar were the upper-class people in the capital.

Recently, the new leader has taken office and he has extremely strict management of the social atmosphere. At this moment, carelessly racing through the streets was tantamount to committing a crime against the law. No matter how powerful or influential the driver’s family was, even they would not be able to suppress this incident.

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If the traffic police could flag down this supercar without a hitch then they wouldn’t have to escalate the matter. Slapping a fine on the person, seizing the supercar, and confiscating their license would be enough. But if a traffic accident occurred because of such reckless driving, then they could not bear this responsibility nor did they dare to.

The traffic police was just preparing to strangle the danger in its cradle, when a mishap really did happen. The red supercar, which has been driving many loops around the urban district, ran into a Mercedes-Benz. The front of the car was completely wrecked, the driver’s side was twisted, and the driver’s condition was precariously unknown.

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