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Host: What is your dream? Lv Xiaobu: To eat and do nothing, to do as I please. Host: Then how did you become the world's richest man? Lv Xiaobu: How would I know? You ask a spendthrift how to make money? Really! I want to go back to sleep. Host: Please don't... Lv Xiaobu: Tip, five thousand. Host: Kneeling and sending off Young Master Xiaobu, may Young Master Xiaobu rule the world forever! Lv Xiaobu: Wahahaha!

The first prodigal of the Mu family has returned from rebirth, changing the very colors of heaven and earth, rewriting the entire world. Possessing divine treasures and magical weapons, she is all-powerful. With debts of vengeance to settle and debts of gratitude to repay! Whether to walk sideways or upright, the posture is a free choice! Reborn with a divine artifact, she possesses foresight, attracting good fortune and avoiding disaster, earning her the title of the greatest diviner! The greatest diviner, with the swirling changes of the world in her palm. However, upon encountering that person, she is unable to control her own heart. "You calculate the heavens and the earth, but have you ever calculated my feelings for you?" A smile blooms on that person's handsome face, as if a deity has descended. The Mu family's prodigal son, reborn and overturning chaos. Only when he stands at the pinnacle do people realize this isn't the prodigal son, but the breathtakingly beautiful young lady! Many young talents beat their chests in regret, having missed the best opportunity to win the lady's favor. Yet that person smirks arrogantly, indulging in a tender kiss on her forehead: "Thank you for being blind to her worth, otherwise, how could I have such a beauty in my embrace?"

"I have to squander; otherwise, won't it be a waste of my parent's talent at earning money?" Hong Dali answers a reporter's question matter-of-factly. Just after the interview ends, Hong Dali opens the Great Prodigal System's interface and looks at the various good stuff displayed in it. Stroking his chin, he mumbles to himself, "I just need to squander 200 billion yuan more to exchange for the blueprint of the core technology, Engine Destruction, found in the strongest humanoid mecha weapon, Neo Granzon. Looks like I'll have to work harder!" "I want to splurge! I want to squander!"

A rural little farmer, with a dragon inside him! From then on, he defied the heavens to change his fate, and the dragon roamed the world!

Yan Xi, a medical prodigy who obtained a doctorate at the age of 22, never expected to end up transmigrating into a novel. Her husband was the female lead's fourth brother, Gu Shen. He was a bigshot in the business world who had suffered from disability from a young age and could only move in a wheelchair. However, he was a handsome man full of schemes. Yan Xi became the cannon fodder wife of a bigshot in the business world. Her first love, Zhang Ming, had stabbed her husband's subordinate with a knife. To force Gu Shen to release Zhang Ming, she had unhesitatingly to stab herself to threaten Gu Shen. Eventually, Gu Shen released the man and gave her a large sum of money. She took this money and eloped with Zhang Ming. After that, Zhang Ming planned for a car accident that ended her life as they hit the road, which allowed Zhang Ming to conveniently take her money and run far away. When she transmigrated over, Yan Xi found out that she had just stabbed herself with a knife and was in the critical stage of deciding her future fate! Therefore, when Gu Shen threw her the divorce agreement, Yan Xi decisively refused. "Hubby, I won't divorce you." Gu Shen was surprised by her change. "Have you thought it through? I've left you some real estate and cash. It's enough for you to live comfortably for the rest of your life." Yan Xi revealed a confident smile. "I've thought it through. Zhang Ming stabbed your men with a knife. You should hand this matter over to the law. I won't interfere anymore." The surprise that Yan Xi's change brought to Gu Shen did not end there. After that, she tore off the mask of her hypocritical best friend and calmly dealt with her scheming family members. She personally treated Gu Shen's chronic illness for many years. Bit by bit, she managed to shock everyone around her who was once prejudiced against her.

Thrown into the vast Xuan Tian Continent, Ye Feng lucks out and activates the Invincible Prodigal System! Forget hoarding treasures – this system demands outrageous waste. Legendary, Ninth-Grade Tribulation-Breaking Pills, artifacts lost to time? Perfect dog treats! Supreme cultivation manuals holding the secrets to ultimate power? Better used as toilet paper! Ye Feng's sheer, unbelievable profligacy is so extreme that even his breathtakingly beautiful Master, a woman renowned for her unshakable, ice-cold composure, finds her legendary serenity utterly shattered. Get ready for a journey where spending big is the only way to win!

After 8 years of divorce, Cindy had a sudden encounter with her ex-husband Alex. Now that Alex got the job of chief-editor at Cindy's company, they met more often. Will the love rekindle? Or the fight will still go on?

Giyuu and Sanemi were two people who didn't get along at all; they were like a storm in a teacup. But then their teacher decided to put them in the same dorm room. It was pretty cozy-two beds and other stuff for studying and so on. Of course, neither of them liked it one bit, but what could they do? They had no choice. It's about them sharing a room and the conflicts. So eventually there could be something more and they fall in love with each others. Sanemi is a loud gamer and all Girls are drawling for him. Giyuu is the silent perfect student who is reading books. Nobody knows that Sanemi is bisexual and Giyuu is gay. The combination of them is...explosive and sometimes they share their deep past to each other. Sometimes it's getting really cringe for both of them but mostly they are getting along. That means that one of the is not in the room. Of course are here other ships too: Obanai x Mitsuri Tengen x Rengoku Genya x Muichiro

Kyle Gray, a lazy modern man, suddenly wakes in the body of Prince Kyle in the Levicious Empire. At first careless, he soon faces palace politics, hidden enemies, and dangerous rivals. Alongside his devoted partner Luis Stark, commander of the knights, and his companions Joshua and Tony, Kyle grows stronger, wiser, and more determined. Together, they overcome betrayals, threats, and challenges, winning battles and hearts. Kyle and Luis marry, and their son George is born. Over the years, George learns the ways of leadership, strategy, and kindness under his parents’ guidance. Family, love, and the empire’s future are united.

[COMPLETED] Once upon a time, the Land of Promise thrived under the cycle of the four seasons change. Until a vengeful enchantress cursed the land, and divided it into four realms each with a ruler to bear its burden. The people suffered for years under the endless heat in the Summerlands, the bitter cold in the Winterlands, the never changing bloom in the Springlands and the constant fall in the Autumlands. A prophecy whispers of a marriage between a king and queen that will release the land from its curse and unite it under a single kingdom. Princess Caroline is forced to marry the Summer King, will she be able to fight for peace amidst a court full of power hungry nobles and will she succumb to a burning love in the arms of a fiery warlord? PS: Thank you for your support and lovely comments. Means a lot.