It was a text about a bank transfer. When he saw the figure stated in the message, the man’s black eyes flickered dangerously.He stood up with a whoosh, scaring the other attendees of the meeting into sitting up straight. The American in the middle of his report was so spooked that his voice immediately died in his throat. He was worried that he had something wrong and offended his Asian overlord.The man walked up to the floor-to-ceiling window and dialed a number. “Doot— Doot—” After two ri
After Jane finished work, she walked home alone in the night as usual.Susie was not going to go to work and back with her, of course.When Jane returned to the dorm, she was slightly surprised to see the lights on in the living room. Susie was sitting on a simple couch there, playing on her phone.The moment Jane came in, Susie immediately put her phone down and stood up.“You’re back?”Jane was even more surprised now. Usually, Susie would be hiding in her room and sleeping by now, but to
Jane’s deadened eyes flashed with a hint of suspicion. She looked at Susie strangely, feeling confused. Why was Susie suddenly acting so peculiarly?“Get up first, Jane. The floor is cold, and you just got better. I mean, you were just discharged from the hospital.” As Susie said that, she used both of her hands to pull Jane up. “We girls must take better care of ourselves. You can’t torture yourself like you did back then.”“...”“I just happened to forget something at the dorm that day, tha
Nobody expected Haydn to ask that all of a sudden. Even the air seemed to freeze in that instant. At the very least, all the hairs on Susie's body stood on end out of her sheer nervousness. "Hmm? Was what she said true, Jane?"Yes, or no. It was a one-word answer. Jane just had to open her mouth slightly. She could clearly feel Susie's gaze on her, anxious and panicked. She raised her head slowly, looking at Haydn. Her mouth opened, her lips curving into a smile. "Of course."The clo
“No wonder it’s said that Master Soros is an exceptional young man. The rumors do not lie.”Mr. Denham had a Cantonese lilt to his voice. Haydn nodded at him, saying, “Alright then, Mr. Denham, everyone. You’ll have to excuse me now, but family matters beckon.”When Haydn left, he told Mr. Denham meaningfully, “Don’t worry, Mr. Denham, you can play here however you like. I’ll get someone to send over the toys in a bit, and I even chose a fascinating girl specifically for you. Don’t let me down
The large and burly bodyguard expressionless stood in front of Susie.“Sir, this is East Emperor! What are you trying to do? No matter what you want to do, no one can do as they please here at East Emperor.”She did not panic. After all, this was East Emperor, and that fact was her biggest advantage.Mr. Denham hesitated as well. He had heard of East Emperor’s reputation even down in the south.All of a sudden, someone walked into the room and whispered something into Mr. Denham’s ear. The latter’s look of wariness immediately turned taunting. “Miss Thompson, I heard tell. You’re an outcast here at East Emperor, someone not under the protection of East Emperor.”Susie instantly remembered what Alora said that day, and her face immediately turned pale. She was properly panicked this time. “Y-You, stay away from me.”“Don’t be afraid, Miss Thompson. We’re not going to do anything to you. We just want you to perform something for us.”“Perform what?”“You’ll know once my old friend
Mr. Denham looked at the woman in front of him and frowned. “Too ugly.”Susie’s heart pounded. Those two words were enough to make her very nervous.Never before had she wished so badly that Jane looked at least a bit more presentable to others.If Mr. Denham thought she was too ugly, would that not mean that Susie would be the one in trouble in the end?Susie peeked at the transparent cabinet-like container carefully. The water inside was already more than a meter tall. She hurriedly told M
Would it… count?No. No, wait.Erhai. Luka. That gentle girl did not save Jane’s life so that Jane would repay her this way.What about their Erhai dream? She had not fulfilled it yet. She could not… give up!Hence, Jane used the last of her strength to wave her fists, slamming them into the walls of the container as she said, “Save me… Gurgle gurgle…”All of her “save me”s turned into a long stream of bubbles, gurgling from her mouth. “Save… Gurgle gurgle…” Her vision was starting to blur,
"Your grandfather loved your grandmother like a man possessed."By the time I finished hearing out my grandparents' story, I fell silent. I no longer blamed my grandfather for not knowing his heart, and I no longer blamed Grandma for being uncertain. It was just as Grandma Alora said. It was only because one of the two of them stopped obsessing and took a step back that they ended up living happily ever after. I could not help but wonder. What if Grandma simply refused to turn back at the e
Even then, I found it unbelievable. I ran to my dad's room and immediately asked, "Is Grandpa a pervert? I saw him hugging Grandma's foot just now. Does he have a foot fetish?""Your grandfather is warming your grandmother's feet. Your grandmother's body isn't in its best shape, and her hands and feet are always ice-cold. Your grandfather can't bear to see her like that. Just pretend you didn't see anything, and never mention it to him.""But why?""Because your grandfather will make you writ
My name was Luka Stewart. It was a weird name, right? Like ‘look! A stew.’My grandfather gave me my name. All my many years of experience as a kid told me that my grandfather was not a good guy.All else aside, just look at the name he gave me. He had a perfectly nice name himself, but he had to give me such a weird one.However, every time I protested about it to him, he always said that it was my dad's fault. If Dad had been a girl, that would have been his name instead. See, Grandpa was
On the twentieth day after the surgeryHe saw the person he had his heart set on.“Elior said you were at your wedding on the day I woke up.” He fell quiet again after his initial excitement. It felt as though there was a thorn in his heart. He wanted to pull the thorn out, but it hurt just to touch it.“Is Michael Luther… good to you?”“Yeah, pretty much.”There was pain in his eyes and he hurriedly lowered them, putting on a gracious act.“Congratulations. From now on, you’ll finally be
“Not too long ago, I woke up one morning and realized that I was trapped behind bars again. He had installed metal grilles over all the windows in the room.“In my eyes, those bars were no different from the ones in prison six years ago.“He tried everything to imprison me. He only finally let go when he’s sick and dying.“He said something about getting tired of this game and getting bored of me. I believed him.“He’s dying, so he lets go.“Is that supposed to show how generous and loving
“See? Master White agrees. Move aside and don’t stop me, the boss is in a lot of danger right now!” Dos’ expression was vicious. “I need to stop…”Halfway through his sentence, the three people outside heard some mortifying noises coming from inside the room.They were all experienced in the ways of life, so no matter how slow they might be, they still understood what those noises meant.Dos’ face instantly turned completely red.“Go on, kick the door down. Your boss is in danger,” Alora tea
After the second apple, there was the third... By the time he reached the fifth, he looked at the apple in his hand with a troubled expression. No matter how much he liked fruit, he still could not eat so many at once. Besides, he never liked apples to begin with.“Eat some more, or you won’t have the strength,” she said calmly. He was completely stumped. The strength? The strength for what?The wheels in his brain were still turning as he tried to process her words when the woman by his bed
At the hospital, the ward door opened without a sound. This time, Dos did not report the arrival in advance.When Elior arrived in a hurry, he immediately saw that woman.Before he said anything, Alora pulled him back out into the corridor. The door opened and closed again.The man on the bed lay on his side, fast asleep.No one knew what he was dreaming about, but the deep frown on his face showed that he did not have pleasant dreams.His hand rested on the covers, his wedding ring still a
"Don't worry, this time Sean Stewart won't disturb you again. He never will anymore. "Go and do what you do best, Jane Dunn. Run away!"With those words, Alora turned and left.She did not know what she was mad about. Perhaps she was not mad at all, just a little sorry about the whole state of affairs.It was almost as though she was the one who was not getting her happy ending. In her eyes, one of them had done wrong in the past and was now filled with regret, determined to turn over a n