faces in the street

Gentle yet fierce male lead × Rational and aloof female author (？) ＃The variety games you want, all here＃ Mu Qiu was pulled into a variety show adapted from her own novel, and from then on, she led a blissful life surrounded by handsome men. Gentle and gentlemanly Crown Prince, sunny and adorably naive rising star, long-legged model with a contrasting personality, fresh and tea-like female artist, humorous and quirky comedians, and guest stars every episode; life couldn’t be more wonderful. Pool party, costume party, high-altitude game party, team building party, love party... There’s so much material that the formerly innocent author gradually turns perverse, with her sports car skills greatly enhanced. After joining the variety show. Question: What is your greatest gain from participating in this variety show? Mu Qiu: Letting the gentle man, who was only a male second lead in my writing, become my number one male lead. For pulling down someone from a pedestal with your own hands, you must always be responsible for him. Let him be trapped in the depths of love and desire, unable to leave.

Chen Xiao, who is terminally ill, can't help but look back on his life. In his youth, he roamed the streets, drank heavily, surrounded by a group of dissolute friends. It wasn't until he was on his deathbed that he realized the person he failed the most in his life was his policewoman wife, who had always been waiting for him to turn back. When Chen Xiao opened his eyes again, he was astonished to find that he had been reborn into his younger self. This time, standing at the turning point of his life, Chen Xiao decides to turn over a new leaf.

The earth has entered the era of aura recovery, and human beings have started their supernatural awakening! Jiangnan suddenly awakened the strongest stall system. Potion? Detoxification soybeans? Lucky cherries? In short of supply! The world’s top gods, richest men, beautiful school girls, popular anchors, cold goddesses, and peak powers have all come to buy. Jiangnan: “I’m not interested in making billions of dollars! I just want to pit… Uh, my wish is for world peace!” If you like this, please support us through P at reon to read more chapters Pa tre on : https://www.pa tre on.c om/SystemTranslation

After obtaining the God of Cookery System, Jiang Feng started with a food stall selling rice combo sets and became the Culinary God of China! "The stall is a hidden gem. Seriously." "I'll take one. I'm a food vlogger. I heard this rice combo set is amazing, so I'm here to review it." "Didn't you just say it wasn't worth detouring for 15 minutes to come here?" Was there even a need to ask if it was tasty? Even a fellow vendor had become a customer!

At eighteen, Ethan Reyes is nothing. Born into poverty, abandoned by his father, and barely surviving with his overworked mother, Ethan lives a life where every day feels like a losing battle. Mocked by classmates, betrayed by his best friend, and dumped by the girl he trusted most, he becomes the boy everyone looks down on—the one destined to fail. But everything changes in a single night. With nothing but an old laptop and a restless mind, Ethan stumbles upon the world of money—stocks, cryptocurrency, and business. What others see as confusing chaos, he sees as patterns, logic… opportunity. And for the first time in his life— Ethan begins to think differently. Starting with just a few pesos earned from selling old books, he dives into the world of hustles, investments, and calculated risks. He fails. Learns. Adapts. Grows. Slowly, the poor boy everyone laughed at begins to rise—step by step, deal by deal. But success doesn’t come quietly. As Ethan builds his wealth and influence, he attracts enemies from powerful circles—people who don’t want someone like him to succeed. At the same time, his past comes back to haunt him, forcing him to confront betrayal, pride, and revenge. Yet unlike before, Ethan is no longer weak. He is smarter. Colder. More dangerous. And this time— He’s playing to win. From the streets to the stock market, from small hustles to building powerful companies, Ethan transforms into a man who doesn’t just chase success—he creates it. But in a world driven by money and power, one question remains: Will Ethan become the man he needed… or the monster the world created?

Anos Midoriya, a stoic figure with white hair and freckled skin, towers over his younger brother, Izuku. To the world, he's a prodigious U.A. student balancing hero work with his new role at the cutting-edge Dark Red company, operating as the vigilante Dark Phantom with Team X. But Anos harbors a secret – he remembers a life as Superman, ripped from his world and reborn into this one. Now, he must navigate the treacherous landscape of quirks and villains, wielding his familiar superhuman abilities in a world both familiar and alien. As Izuku strives to master One for All, Anos grapples with his past life and the overprotective instincts Superman instilled, fighting to protect Izuku while carving his own path. Will the weight of two identities crush him, or can he forge a new destiny in a world desperately in need of a hero, even one who was never meant to be?

The years passed by, and people’s lives are moving in the future even with the advanced technology in hand. Not everyone is blessed. There is still unrest lurking in the corners of the night. While every detective and police station has upgraded with new equipment, the ones in the dark are also upgraded to kill. The only question is, which is the right side? In the middle of the confusion, a masked assassin rises over dropping bodies in his path. The only difference, he murders criminals masked under the painting of the society elites. The question is. Where does it end? The masked man cleans the handle of the knife and throws it into the dumpster. The masked man plans to kill the man, but luck is in his favor. The target comes into the place alone, looking scared and fidgety. The masked man stabs the man with a knife, leaving him with fear and tears. The masked man takes one last look at the dead body before moving towards the dumpster. He drops the knife on the ground, puts gloves on the ground, and pats the cat on his shoulder. He removes his mask and puts it on the ground close to the knife, leaving the scene in darkness.

Jack was a 22-year-old young man and was a normal street thug who bullied the weak and feared the strong. Suddenly, he gained an ability to charm and make women obedient and loyal towards him. After being affected by this ability, Jack would receive their unconditional love and care. he grew up as an orphan, his only dream was to have a family of his own, and he also wanted to feel their love. Now, given this ability, he would create his own harem, form a big family, and have children of his own. He only dreamed of a normal and peaceful life, but later he realised that even for a peaceful life, he needed some power. Otherwise, that peace would not last long. After that, he took this whole Milford town under his control and his influence slowly spread across the country. he became an invisible hand that controls everything behind the scene. #no incest# #no ntr# lots of smut, r18 scenes will be available in this novel

In a house where a boy once lived and died, a girl who believes in nothing is about to learn that some truths only the dead can tell. When twelve-year-old Macy Bloomfield moves into a quiet house on Ashgrove Street, she doesn't believe in ghosts. She believes in evidence — and she starts keeping a notebook, methodically explaining away every strange thing the house does: a thermostat that resets itself, a name carved into a closet wall, a scratching sound that comes and goes on its own patient schedule. But the rational explanations run out. As Macy grows up in a town too polite to speak the truth out loud, she uncovers the story of Nolan Spencer — a boy who died young, and who never quite left. He isn't the town's nightmare. He's its conscience — a quiet presence who steps in wherever a child is being hurt and no adult is watching. And somewhere in Bellhaven, someone has spent twelve years making sure the real story of how Nolan died stays buried. The dead in this story are merciful. The living are the ones you have to watch. As Macy gets closer to the truth, she uncovers a town-wide conspiracy of silence, a faith community that loved a family without ever truly seeing them, and a danger that has nothing to do with anything supernatural at all. The Boy on Ashgrove Street is a story about the sin of not asking — about a family whose faith carried them through unimaginable grief while quietly keeping them from the one question that mattered — and about a girl who has to learn that some things are true even when you can't prove them. A slow-burn supernatural mystery about grief, faith, forgiveness, and the courage to ask the hard question — for readers who loved the emotional weight of The Lovely Bones and the small-town reckoning of 13 Reasons Why.

The Salon on Maple Street follows a quiet, introspective life unfolding inside a small hair salon where ordinary daily interactions gradually become a lens for exploring how a person relates to their own thoughts, meaning, and inner pressure. At the center is a narrator working in the salon alongside colleagues like Nina, a grounded and direct presence, Marcus, who constantly tries to systematize and over-interpret everything through absurd “departments,” and Gabriel, a calm, steady figure who often responds with brief, clarifying insight rather than explanation. What begins as simple observations of salon life slowly evolves into a deeply internal journey. Through everyday conversations with customers—complaints, uncertainties, regrets, and reflections—the narrator begins to notice patterns in their own mind: constant self-measurement, overthinking, rehearsing conversations, needing justification for choices, and trying to extract meaning from everything. Over time, these mental habits begin to soften. The narrator gradually stops: measuring their life against imagined standards rehearsing conversations before they happen turning every experience into meaning or self-analysis feeling the need to justify actions or emotions treating thoughts as problems to solve Instead, a quieter way of being emerges: presence without interpretation, experience without constant explanation, and ordinary life without the pressure to turn it into something more. The salon becomes a symbolic space where this transformation unfolds—less a physical setting and more a stable environment where change is noticed in subtle internal shifts rather than external events. As the story progresses, even the need for narrative itself begins to dissolve. Reflection becomes less frequent, then optional, then unnecessary. Meaning stops being something extracted and becomes something no longer required. Conversations remain simple. Silence stops needing filling. Life stops needing commentary. By the final chapters, the distinction between “story” and “life” fades. There is no dramatic resolution, no climactic ending—only a gradual release of the need to interpret, extend, or finalize experience. The conclusion is not an event, but a disappearance of effort: the effort to explain, to continue, to understand, and to turn living into something structured. What remains is ordinary life—unchanged, but no longer filtered through constant internal narration. In essence, The Salon on Maple Street is a meditative journey from over-interpretation to quiet presence, where the ultimate shift is not becoming someone new, but no longer needing to become anything else at all.