On September the 13th, the weather was sunny and cloudless.

Early in the morning at nine o'clock, Shi Lei got up from his bed. Looking in his wallet and seeing that there was only a little over 100 dollars remaining, Shi Lei decided to make some money.

Although Shi Lei's hacking ability had already reached the level to be at the top of the world, he wouldn't abuse his god-like ability just to earn money.

At the very least, he wouldn't use it to earn a small amount of money!

First of all, it wasn't that he couldn't use this ability to earn money. In fact, he could quickly earn a lot of money with this method.

But without good hardware as support, no matter how skillful the hacker was, he would easily be discovered and exposed.

Using a personal computer to attack a supercomputer only existed in fantasy!

Even if the supercomputer was to be left unattended, trying to break into its security by using the capabilities of a personal computer was just utter nonsense!

This was unless you were able to find a crucial loophole in its system!

Thus, without good hardware as support, Shi Lei simply didn't wish to carry out his attack on the Internet.

At most, he could only play some tricks on those small fries!

Gaining access to personal computers and a small company's server, that was still within his capabilities.

As for wanting to attack the government departments, intelligence agencies, high-tech companies, and top university servers, he would have to forget about these desire.

After cleaning himself, Shi Lei brought along a USB drive and took a bus, heading towards the Shiqiao District.

The Shiqiao District was located within Shuangqing City, the largest area where computer and related industries were concentrated at.

The three largest computer centers of Shuangqing City were located in the Shiqiao District.

The reason why Shi Lei visited the computer cities in Shiqiao District was to test his luck in whether there were any technical part-time jobs available for him.

Technologically, Shi Lei was more proficient in invasion, destruction of the wireless network, as well as graphical skill. And also data recovery, Shi Lei was quite familiar with it too.

This time around, Shi Lei was ready to find any work related to the ones he excelled in.

The largest PC market in Shiqiao District was named Bainao Commercial.

Standing outside the Bainao Commercial building, Shi Lei was staring at the recruitment notice posted on the board. It was too bad, there were none which he was satisfied with.

Entering the Bainao Commercial building, Shi Lei went straight up to the 3rd floor.

The 3rd floor was the area for PC repairs.

As for the first and second floors, all kinds of electronic stores were located there.

From the 4th floor and up, they were all filled with various companies that specialized in different fields.

For example, animated advertising design, data support, corporate server architecture, and so on.

Compared to the customers visiting first two floors, there were actually more people on the third floor.

A lot of people were hugging their PC casings in a hurry and were looking for shops which they were familiar with for repairs.

Wandering around freely, Shi Lei didn't discover anything. He himself never had any high expectations in being able to easily get a job.

In the year 2006, the computer popularity wasn't that high. Generally, any damaged computers would usually be sent to the designated service center.

Shi Lei entered a  repair shop named 'Flourishing Electronics'. Facing a young man, Shi Lei greeted him.

"Brother Feng, long time no see!" (TL: I am maintaining this broken English line as it is popular in Asian countries.) (EN: Little does he know that this is normal English haha)

This young man was named Sun Feng.

The small boss of the Flourishing Electronics repair shop, this shop was opened for him by his family.

Shi Lei, with his excellent technological skills, earned quite a bit from this shop even during his previous life.

Sun Feng was very generous in letting Shi Lei earn more money. After all, Shi Lei had helped him solve quite a number of problems before!

"Yo, Shitou! You haven't been here for quite some time already!"

Shi Lei laughed out loud.

"Brother Feng, your business doesn't seem to be doing too bad!"

Happiness could be seen from Sun Feng's expression.

Taking out a pack of cigarettes, he took one before he threw the whole pack towards Shi Lei.

"Shitou, stop saying this nonsense. Come here and have a look at these two PCs."

Shi Lei didn't smoke but the pack which was still half-full, was inserted into his pocket.

"Brother Feng, what business do you have here to take care of this little brother?"

Sun Feng led Shi Lei into the maintenance room.

Two PCs were placed on top of the maintenance table.

The PC casings looked tough. Just from their outer appearances, he could see that these two PCs absolutely weren't cheap at all.

Shi Lei casually asked, "Brother Feng, what problems do these two computers have?"

"Doesn't reinstalling the system solve it?"

Sun Feng shook his head, "They don't load!"

"They simply can't start up at all!"

"When I tried to start them up, they would enter an endless cycle of rebooting!"

Shi Lei, without being asked, brought a monitor and connected it to the PCs. After he finished connecting the cables, he pressed the power button to start them up.

"Di~"

"Weng weng!"

A faint and soft sound of the fan could be heard. If you didn't carefully listen to it, you simply wouldn't notice it at all.

Obviously, it was a high-end silent fan cooler!

On the display, when it was just showing some details, the PC automatically restarted itself!

Then, the process kept repeating over and over again.

Shi Lei clicked his tongue. Unplugging the power cord, the PC suddenly stopped functioning due to abruptly severing its power.

Opening up the PC casing,  Shi Lei was shocked at the scene in front of his eyes.

At first, he thought that these two PCs would be more advanced but never did he expect them to be so advanced!

The computer performance in the year 2006 was far from being able to compete during the time before his rebirth.

This PC housedd an ASUS M2N32－SLI－DELUXE, the top performing motherboard from ASUS in the year 2006!

The graphics cards were composed of two GeForce7900GX2, also the most powerful one in year 2006!

However, the most badass part was the CPU itself!

It is known as the 2006's invincible AMD Athlon 64 FX62 model processor! (TL: With Ryzen, AMD has a high chance to be back to the previous glory!) (EN: This computer is stronger than the potato that I run on ): .)

With just this CPU by itself, the price was already high and cost at least 9000 Yuan!

The whole PC, according to Shi Lei's estimation, would probably cost somewhere in between 16,000 to 18,000!

"Brother Feng, which rich brat's son owns this PC?"

"So formidable!"

Sun Feng smiled, "I don't know. But the person who sent these two PCs was driving a Mercedes-Benz S600. As long as they can be repaired, everything will be fine!"

Shi Lei exposed a sinister smile.

"Brother Feng, how much did that someone pay you for the maintenance fees?"

Sun Feng pretended to put on a long face, "Shitou, Brother Feng will pay you when they're done."

"For each computer, I intend to charge one thousand as the fee. We will divide them by half between us, what do you think?"

Shi Lei raised his thumb.

"No problem!"

These two computers didn't have any big problems to begin with!

It was, after all, just some tampering happening in the BIOS information. As some malicious virus changed the information of the hardware, it resulted in the PC not being able to overcome the infinite booting loop.

Such a problem was just like roadside cabbage for Shi Lei. One step from his foot and it would be solved!

But for those who didn't understand it, it would be extremely difficult to comprehend the situation.

"Brother Feng, lend me your printer for a while!"

Sun Feng, feeling weird, began to speak out.

"Huh? These two PCs need a printer to fix them?"

Shi Lei looked at him in silence.

Sun Feng had no other option but to obey him. Although he opened a computer repair shop, Sun Feng's own skills in technology were no good.

"Shua shua shua~~"

The Inkjet printer was doing its job for the moment. When it was done, Shi Lei handled over the printed white A4 paper to Sun Feng.

On the white A4 paper, there was a small advertisement.

Professional data recovery!

Professional image processing!

Just two lines of text yet they revealed an arrogant tone!

Sun Feng looked at Shi Lei in surprise, "Shitou, you also know how to do these?"

Shi Lei smiled and nodded.

"Yeah!"

"Brother Feng, can you recommend me any work?"

"You should know that those professional-class jobs, their fee are much more expensive!"

"Brother Feng, stick this ad on your shop door, that should be fine right?"

Sun Feng nodded as a sign of approval that he didn't care.

"Xiao Liu, hurry up and help Shi Lei stick this on the door."

Xiao Liu was a new apprentice at Flourishing Electronics. He was in charge of all of the petty jobs.

"Okay, boss!"

"Shitou, quickly repair these two PCs!"

"Fortunately, you came today. If not, I would have had to give you a call."

Sun Feng looked anxious like a monkey.

Shi Lei took out a USB pen drive, which he brought along, and put it in a normal computer. Then, he asked Sun Feng, "Brother Feng, I want to borrow a pen drive."

"Here for you!" Immediately, Sun Feng brought a black pen drive and passed it to Shi Lei.

From his own pen drive, Shi Lei exported a software and began to write some code as he was getting ready to restore the modified BIOS information.

In less than half an hour, Shi Lei pulled out his pen drive and inserted Sun Feng's.

He directly changed the pen drive to HDD mode.

Shi Lei took Sun Feng's pen drive and inserted it into one of the PCs which needed to be repaired and chose to start it up.

This time around, during the booting process, the PC didn't appear to reboot by itself. Instead, it directly opened the contents of the pen drive.

On the monitor, an endless amount of English code kept appearing and danced about.

Soon, the monitor showed an ordinary XP booting interface. (TL: nostalgia..)

Then, Shi Lei did the same thing on the other PC. He could feel the activity coming from these PCs.

However, such a performance was still a disappointment for him!

Although these machines were beasts, compared to the ones in 2012, the gap was too far apart!

Feeling bored, Shi Lei clicked on minesweeper, changed the difficulty to the highest setting, and casually played it.

Sun Feng held the pen drive as if it was a treasure.

"Shitou, if there are any similar problems in future, can this pen drive solve it?"

Shi Lei didn't even turn his head. Focusing on the game, he moved the mouse to demine.

"Brother Feng, I advise you to not try anything weird."

"That pen drive is only able to deal with these two PC. With other PCs, not only wouldn't it repair them, instead, you will create even more problems!"

Sun Feng suddenly dropped the pen drive in depression.

"I knew that you, brat, wouldn't suffer any losses!"

Hearing this, Shi Lei laughed aloud for a few seconds.

Taking out a key, Sun Feng went to the counter with the cash register and counted 10 pieces of red 100 Yuan notes before placing them in front of Shi Lei on the maintenance table.

"Shitou, here is your payment!"

"You, this brat, so black-hearted!"

"In just less than half an hour, you've already earned yourself 1000 yuan!"

Shi Lei quickly retorted back, "Brother Feng, I had to work hard to get this pay. But you, standing here and chatting around, yet you also gained 1000 yuan right?"

"Speaking of this, Brother Feng, don't you think you are the black-hearted one?"

Sun Feng was totally defeated.

"Shitou, can you show some interest for a bit? How could you play minesweeper right now?!"

Shi Lei smiled, "Brother Feng, as if you don't play minesweeper?"

"Do you want me to teach you?"

"Don't worry. It's free of charge!"

Sun Feng was once again defeated!

As Sun Feng prepared to take his revenge, a middle-aged voice spoke.

"Hello, do you provide professional data recovery and image processing?"

The world’s top-level hacker, Shi Lei; due to him hacking the world’s top military powers during a joint exercise and attempting to steal information from them, ultimately leads him to get sold out by his own organization. This act eventually caused his own death by a missile bombardment.

God was playing a joke on him and allowed him to return back to six years ago, the autumn season of when he was still at his university. Being given another chance, plus the fact that he retained his ability as one of the best in hacking technology, Shi Lei decided to change his life! During his previous life, he was only an assassin in the dark. Although such an existence made people afraid of him, he would have to always hide within the shadows. In his new life, not only does he want to be an assassin in the dark, but he also wants to stand openly in the middle of the world stage. Creating a world-class super enterprise, he will single handy change the whole world!

Updates: 2-3 chapter/week

If Doom said he wasn't going to take pleasure in killing the bug before him, he would be lying. He was using a full charge to power his next energy blast, there would be little left of the arachnid after he was hit by it, and the sight would bring him delight. 

After that he could deal with Reed and the incompetents. He was a busy man, he couldn't continue to waste time of such trivialities. Doom's thoughts wondered just slightly as he thought back to the alien subject that he had seen take all his acquired vibranium. 'Does it connect to a separate space or pocket dimension to contain the new mass?' Doom couldn't wait to experiment with his new subject. 

But as he thought this and sent a cruel smirk at Spider-Man before him, the power behind his blast dimmed and cut. The energy that built up blinked out of existence and the suit locked up. The internal HUD that showed him the operations of his systems froze as a digital Spider-Man started dancing in front of his face. 

The once smile that graced his lips instantly turned to a scowl of fury as he tried to move. Even though he shouted out a curse in latverian, his mouth piece had been retracted and no sound could escape. Though there was a digital version of spider man dancing in front of his eyes, he could just make out the real spider man strolling up to him.
 
He could hear everything that was happening outside as his mind began to work on ways to override whatever was happening to his systems. "Guess I lose our little game." Spider-Man gave a small chuckle at his own joke. Drawing parallels to the opening of the hanger doors, Doom quickly concluded that someone had hacked his suits systems, which should not have been possible. 

He was Victor Von Doom, his security and firewalls could not be broken without his knowledge, his suit wasn't even connected to the main system that controlled his castle, it shouldn't be possible for them to access it…wait! 

His mind thought of the small window of opportunity that had presented itself earlier when he checked the hanger doors, increasing the growing anger that was being directed at the unknown hacker. He didn't know who they were, but they had just humiliated him. No one did that and lived to tell the tale.

"Good Job Crystal." Doom's eyes narrowed once more at the name, quietly filing it away, as Peter strolled over and slowly picked up Doom in his immobile state. Turning him around gently, Peter placed him back down so that he was staring at cargo ship ready for launch.      

Stepping back for a second and looking at the statue Doom, Peter nodded his head before walking to the ship. "Another villains plan's thwarted by the dazzling Spider-Man….and of course you too Crystal." He gave a small laugh as he could feel the pout Crystal just sent his way at being 'overlooked' but to Doom, that laugh meant something completely different,  with each step he took away from the villain, the higher Doom's own anger grew.

Peter stood on the ramp leading up to the ship as he stared Doom down. Flourishing his hand he took a quick bow as he spoke. "Remember this as the day you almost caught, Captain Jack…. Wait no!" Stopping himself short he shook his head before bowing once again. "…The day you almost caught Spider-Man!"

And with that he turned his back on the increasingly furious Doom and walked into the ship. Seeing the ramp close behind him, Peter let out a smug smile and went to sit down, waiting for the ship to take off. After 30 seconds of no activity he started to get nervous. 

Looking to the cockpit he shouted to Reed who was fiddling with the controls. "Umm Reed what's taking soo long?" Reed didn't even look up as he responded. "Just give me a second." Peter began to sweat as he looked out the onboard window at Doom who was starting to fight Crystal's hacking. 

He felt his heart pound as he swore he saw a finger twitch, looking into the small eyes that were looking right back at him, he could see the red hot malice shooting his way, giving new meaning to 'if looks could kill'. "Reeeeeeed…figure it out faster!!!!" even as he shouted, Dooms arm had raised and his body started to move. Finally after what felt like an eternity the craft came to life and started to power up.

Peter couldn't help but plaster his face to the window looking out as Doom finally started to move. 'Thank god we're out of here.' He finally let a sigh out as the ship rose into the air and they started their journey towards Wakanda. 

Crystal had opened the hanger doors, and they were off before the Latverian defenses could get them. Surprisingly they would be heading straight for Wakanda, though they didn't like people finding out about their hidden civilization, they were making an exception because of the help the fantastic four and him were provided. 

This would be the first time he would be visiting Shuri, in her home, it wasn't unusual for Pen Pals, to never meet in real life, but with Shuri's background, something he had found out after a while, it should have been pretty simple.

But in the end they had only met one or two times, and that had been when Wakanda had to go to their embassy in New York. To say Peter was a bit nervous was an understatement; they hadn't talked a lot once 'that' happened. 

The first he had heard from her in such a long time was when she needed his help. Before that he had practically ghosted her for a full year and a bit. Relaxing into the surprisingly comfy seat he was in, he tuned everything out as he let the tension in his muscles release. 

It had been a long 2 days. 'Hopefully nothing bad had happened to New York while he was gone.' He gave that thought a few seconds of his time, before he relaxed even further, the city could deal without Spider-Man for at least 2 days. Maybe not a week though.

Peter Parker, Spider-Man has lost it all. All he has left is his Duty. He will protect the city, till his dying breath.

Copyright disclaimer: I do not own Spider-man nor any character or works featured in this fan-fiction. All rights belong to its rightful owners, Marvel Comics, and Studios. No copyright infringement intended.


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(Longer Synopsis)

Peter Parker has lost it all, his home, his aunt, and his friends. All he has left is his duty to the city, his presence keeping crime at bay. 
A few months after the battle of New York, Peter gets by living on the streets. His only friend a red haired woman named Natasha. 
With people from his past turning up, new Super Heroes appearing everywhere and mutants on the rise, will his life continue to spiral out of control? Or will something turn him around and make him the man he always was?

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I’m writing this novel for fun so there is no release schedule. All chapters will fluctuate in length depending on many factors. I am writing an original for my main story and this is just a side project so there is no overarching plot going forwards just an imagination of the marvel landscape with different changes. 

This novel will follow the MCU timeline with changes such as the introduction of greater marvel characters and groups, fluctuation in ages, and comic alterations.

I hope you enjoy this re-imagining. 

The idea for this novel is directly inspired from me reading ‘When The Spider Falls’ over on fanfiction.net. Please go over and give that novel some love if you like where my novel is heading.

I don’t read comics too much so any ideas or extra information would be nice.

(Because people keep asking. Yes this is a Harem)

The Writer had shut herself inside her room. 

It was not like the Writer's hiding from someone; she doesn't even know a lot of people to hide from anyway. No. She was not hiding like a coward. No, she was not a coward, it was more like she's avoiding someone.

Or some people.

The Artist had her friends over and stayed inside her room since morning. Something about a project they need to complete before the deadline. So all seven of them, including the Artist, were making a lot of noises and being rowdy – the Writer even heard them debating about a sorcery that is drawing a perfect circle in one hand and one try.

The Writer wasn't fond of an unorganized environment. Sure the Artist's room is a mess but never did the Artist caused any commotion. And the so-called mess, even if she didn't say it to her flatmate's face, can be quite artistic that can make anyone go 'wow' in an instant. The scattered pens, pencils, colors, and even the frayed bed; it really defines the Artist's persona.

A messy but amazing art.

Yet not all artists are like her flatmate. The so-called friends of her flatmate were... unique. If the Writer would describe them in one word. She wasn't one to judge but with the attitude like a pack of wolf pups, she decided to stay inside her room and immerse herself with her writing and music before she stabs someone with her pen.

But as if the goddess Sága ordered the faithful Writer to stop and rest, her stomach rumbled loudly; crying out for the nutrients she forgot to take since morning. Checking on the digital clock of her laptop, she noted how it was already high noon and she haven't eaten breakfast yet. 

The Writer set her hunger aside in favor of avoiding the visitors. But the recent 'growling stomach, hidden pantry' episode in her stomach was firm in forcing her to find some food. Survival instincts, she mused and went out of her room, heading towards the kitchen.

As soon as the Writer was done rummaging the refrigerator for food, she realized the one fact that she had forgotten. An obvious thing that she felt stupid to not realize sooner. That what was inside the refrigerator, all raw cooking ingredients, were obviously pointing the one thing she couldn't do.

The Writer can't cook. 

Usually, it was the Artist who cooks. From pasta to steak; the Artist was the one cooking for the both of them and it was Delicious! With a capital D. The Writer just offered her slight assistance and last time she tried cooking – scrambled eggs and sunny side up – the fire alarm went off and their land lord forbid her to even touching the stove. The Artist never forgot the incident and called it 'breakfast for Hades' wherein everything was on fire and the food was black as night.

Sighing in defeat, the Writer checked the island counter to see if there are any leftovers or anything prepared by her flatmate. 

There wasn't any.

This made the Writer curious.

Every cooking utensil they have were left untouched. The island counter, the stove, and the sink were clean. As if no one touched them all morning. 

Knowing what might be the cause of the cleanliness, the Writer let out a displeased sigh and went back to rummaging the refrigerator. She hoped she could find anything she could 'possibly' prepare. "It won't be that hard..." she said softly, confident that she won't be calling the fire department anytime soon. Only the goddess Sága could tell.

Several minutes later...

Two cups of instant noodles; melted. 

"I guess I shouldn't have placed them inside the microwave..." whispered the Writer.

A plate of blackened mush.

"Microwave can't cook eggs..." the Writer mumbled.

Indescribable bowl of assorted unevenly chopped vegetables with a mixture of unknown dressing that can be compared to tar.

"Soy sauce, vinaigrette, and mayonnaise mixture isn't edible I guess..."

Defeated, the Writer went back to her room and took the matter of food to the professionals. With her mobile phone in hand, she dialed the number she was accustomed to that usually come to her rescue when she called for food-related help.

"Hello, is this the Pizza Planet?"

DRAFT features the daily lives of an Artist and a Writer who live together in an apartment. With their clashing personalities, weird things and hilarity are bound to happen.

(Cover art courtesy of https://www.facebook.com/Color.LES.kuru/)

Nuchi couldn't sleep that night. She tossed and turned all night thinking of the dark entity she encountered. And who was that ex-human lady that appeared before the dark entity attacked her? What does it have to do with the CEO? Was her brother's accident related to them? She sleeps with full light on as she is afraid of the dark. Unable to sleep, she got up and scanned for a book from the bookshelf and started studying. 

Inside a high class flat, Jeno sat on his bed, looking out the window overlooking the night cities that glowed like millions of fireflies. He thought of the accident earlier the day, replaying what happened. It certainly doesn't feel right. The malice in the airs he felt behind him, the sudden tunnel wind he felt from her and the way she fell back was abnormal as if there was a force jerking her back. 
Nuchi... Who are you?

The next day, Nuchi carried her digital drawing tablet and laptop up to the CEO's floor. She sat her stuff on the table by the couch while CEO Jeno stares and study her.

She can feel his glares pricks through her skin even when her back is turned against him. She comforted while she set up her supplies, "Ignored him, ignored everything. I'm here to prove my skill. I need this job to support my children." She repeated this in her mind until she calmed down. After setting up everything, she took a seat and closed her eyes. 

She visualized his room, every detail, from the size of his desk, chairs, to the sofa, couch, table, the space between the lounge to the window, the distance of the center to every corner. While her eyes still close, she picked up her hand and moved the stylus pen. 

Jeno, observing, watching her side profile stood up briskly, his eyes widened, his heart clenched. He almost lost his posture. He studied her as she continues to draw with her eyes closed. The image of Spring when she paints mirrors Nuchi continuously. The same way. When her eyes closed, she created the most breathtaking painting. He thought she would one day become a famous painter. He searched across the globe for famous female artist but has yet to come across anyone that would resemble her.

Jeno took minute steps towards Nuchi. He grabbed tight onto her hand when he approached her, startling her.

She instantly opened her eyes shocked. "C.. C.. CEO?"

He couldn't say anything. His eyes, filled with unspeakable emotions. "You.. you."

Then he remembers, when she saved him, she blocked a knife and her left shoulder was stabbed. He quickly pulled her collar in an attempt to check the scar.

Nuchi grabbed onto her collar and shouted, "What are you doing?"

Then the door swung open, standing in the middle of the door was Caris.

"What's going on here?" She asked glaring at the image she saw, her man pulling the collar of another woman!

Jeno stopped and release Nuchi. She shakenly regathered herself, avoiding Caris threatening glare. 
Caris walked angrily towards them. "Who is she, what is she doing here?" 

Jeno made his way to the desk unhappily being questioned. No one dares to question his actions. Some women are so nosy, always wanting answers to everything. 

Seeing Jeno has no intention of explaining himself to her, Caris asked Nuchi instead. "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Nuchi lowered her head and replied, "I was asked to designed a carpet and curtain drape for the CEO."

Caris studied Nuchi from head to toe. What an unfashionable woman stealing her man. None of the clothes she wears are attractive nor high end brand. Hairs in a bun, big glasses, fully covered from head to toe, and loose clothing. Nothing seems attractive. She shouldn't even have to worry about this unfashionable woman but why does her heart feel unsettled? Was this woman trying to seduce her man? Caris shook her head menacingly. Stupid woman.

She walked towards Jeno and throws herself at him, claiming her territory. "Sweetheart, if you want a carpet and drapes, why don't you consult me? I can redecorate your entire office. I know the best people for this job."

Jeno replied, "I want my own employees."

Caris didn't have a comeback. She felt unhappy of his replied and bit her lips to calm down. She then coaxed sweetly. "I'm hungry. Let's go grab lunch."

Not looking at her, he replied, "I have a meeting in 15 minutes." 

She frowned, "How about dinner?"

"I'll be away meeting business partners later."

She pouted and eyed the bedroom behind. "Then.. 15 minutes... hold me on the bed. Tomorrow, I'll be filming out of town for two weeks." 

She rubs her hands on his chest and thighs hoping to entice him. "I won't get to see you and will miss you dearly."

Nuchi gagged and searched for a trash can but the only trash can see is by the CEO's desk. She sprinted out the door in search for a trash can leaving Jeno and Caris confused. 

Caris narrowed her brows. "Don't tell me she's pregnant?" 

Jeno pressed the direct button to Zeki and command. "Get Tauris here now!" He pushed Caris off him and rushed out following Nuchi. 

Luckily, she found a trash can behind the receptionist.

We all are born with one gift or another. For Nuchi, she was born spiritually gifted and because of that, she shies away from people until she has no choice but interact with people and take a corporate job. 

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For the first time, his eyes shine of life as his heart pulsated at an abnormal rate. She wore a rhinestones flower shape hairband, her luscious silk wavy hairs flow like fresh spring water. Her eyes so pure and gentle like the turquoise sea and the smile that could only bring true life out of him. 

He broke free from the gathering fans and rushed across the street to chase after but a truck honked and drove through, separating him and the woman.

"Everyone, to tell the truth, I really didn't want to see the two splendid scenes just now." Lin Liqiang couldn't help but sigh. He acted as if Qin Fen was his opponent while Lev Mirov was his close friend. "It's a pity. It's really sad... that I've seen your beautiful experience of being killed instantly twice."
"Young Master Lin...." Lev Mirov gave a bitter laugh. "Please do tell of what conditions you have to help keep this secret."
"Oh?" Lin Liqiang's expression turned incomparably delighted. He patted Lev Mirov on the shoulder. "You're all right, kid! It looks like this bro has been blabbering too much. I take pleasure in adding details when telling a story like adding oil and vinegar to a dish. Has news already gotten around in the circle?"
Lev Mirov could do nothing but smile wryly. An awkward incident as small as an ant would become as large as a tyrannosaurus if Lin Liqiang spread it with that mouth of his.
These two incidents today were already incomparably shameful. If Lin Liqiang were allowed to exaggerate and spread rumors about it, it was possible that their families would kick them out of the list of candidates to be the successor of their respective families.
"That's good. I won't beat around the bush either." Lin Liqiang suddenly sighed. "You know that I am a man of two hobbies. I love to gossip, and I love to chase beautiful girls. I need to spend money for the latter hobby, and I don't like to use my family's money. Even the money used to come here for the concert was earned by Old Enz's blood, sweat, and tears."
"I understand, Young Master Lin." Lev Mirov nodded. "How much do you need?"
"How much?" Lin Liqiang's expression turned righteous. "First of all, I must declare that I am no robber that profits from another's misfortune. I'm just a bit tight with cash on hand. I just want to borrow a bit of money from you guys. Help a brother out, you know."
Lev Mirov could only force a smile with the situation coming to this. "What Young Master Lin says is right, what Young Master Lin says is right. Personally, I quite respect Young Master Lin. It is an honor to lend you money."
"Since you feel like its an honor, then I can't possibly refuse your request." Lin Liqiang had an appearance of grief. "Lend me around a hundred thousand...."
"A hundred thousand?" Lev Mirov smiled wryly. "From each person? Or in total?"
Big families didn't control the spending of the youngest generation too strictly, but there was still some control. This was to avoid cultivating a prodigal child.
Lev Mirov and the others had some money on hand, but if the money wasn't in the stock market, the money was invested in other things. Probably not a single one of them possessed a hundred thousand truly liquid funds on hand.
"A total of a hundred thousand is fine." Lin Liqiang understood the circumstances within the circle quite well. "No matter what, my tender heart and I don't wish for your reputations to stink within our circle."
Lev Mirov could only smile wryly once more. He took out his cell phone and quickly carried out the transfer of funds from his bank account. He took half of his bank account savings and transferred it to Lin Liqiang. The others all did the same in transferring money.
They watched Lin Liqiang rake in the money and leave, and Lev Mirov could only sigh. Though he clearly knew how weird it was that Qin Fen used Lin Liqiang to fight, he was unable to use this as blackmail. He still didn't know what his opponent's greatest trump card was, after all.
It was because he didn't know that Lin Liqiang was able to cheat him this time, but everyone didn't feel too uncomfortable about this. There were rumors in the circle that quite a few people had been cheated by Lin Liqiang. It really wasn't shameful to be cheated by him.
After failing two rounds of competition, Lev Mirov and the others no longer had the face to stay in the group. He arrived before Qin Fen and said. "Today we still have some things to do. I don't know if student Qin Fen is free tomorrow? I've realized that I can learn many things from being with you. If possible, I wish to learn a few other things from you, sir."
The others all nodded one by one. They had lost today because they weren't prepared enough. They wanted to get a night to prepare then fight tomorrow if possible, so as to have a great possibility to reclaim their pride. Lin Liqiang wouldn't have anything to threaten them with then.
More competition tomorrow? Qin Fen could hear the provocation, and his eyes immediately flared with light. If he encountered a field he wasn't proficient in for tomorrow, he could always just avoid the challenge. Qin Fen was completely serious when it came to the possibility of losing money.
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Lev Mirov and the others left, and the group's atmosphere immediately eased.
Song Jia was a clever girl. She knew that Qin Fen and Lin Liqiang certainly had several things to talk about having not seen each other for so many days. She didn't force herself to stay in the group. Instead, she planned a dinner time with Qin Fen, and she left the group along with her sister students.
In the blink of an eye, the group went from consisting of several people to merely Qin Fen, Lin Liqiang, Enzo Rota, and Xue Tian, who was brazen-faced and determined not to leave.
"Hehe...." Lin Liqiang studied Xue Tian, soon chuckling casually.
"Haha...." Xue Tian likewise studied Lin Liqiang, and his smile was just as casual.
The two looked at each other face-to-face and chuckled a few times. Then both of them sniffed the air around each other's bodies.
Suddenly, the two extended their hands and clasped them together in a tight handshake!
"The smell is of the same kind!"
Lin Liqiang and Xue Tian spoke in unison. They looked like old friends that had met in a foreign place, causing Qin Fen and Enzo Rota, who observed from the side, to be stupefied.
What in the world are these two? Are they wolves? When they first met, they laughed and smelled each other's scent. They were able to determine whether or not they were the same kind of person just from this? 
"I'll introduce myself again. I'm Xue Tian, a new friend of Qin Fen's."
"I'm Lin Liqiang, an old friend of Qin Fen's."
The two quickly went from shaking hands to hooking arms around each other's shoulders. Anyone who saw this and didn't know the truth would believe that Lin Liqiang and Xue Tian were old friends of many years. 
"Here."
The silent Enzo Rota took a pen out of his chest pocket and gave it to Qin Fen. In the modern era of digital mediums, physical pens were often more for aesthetic purposes.
Qin Fen was a bit puzzled. Why did Enzo Rota suddenly give him a pen?
The instant the pen entered his hand, Qin Fen's eyes twitched twice. This pen was clearly just a pen in exterior form. There should be something else inside.
"The antidote for the life-or-death pill." Enzo Rota explained, "The success rate of stimulating one's latent potential isn't one hundred percent. Eating this can dissolve the life-or-death pill."
Qin Fen felt a wave of emotion come over him. It had been so long since Enzo Rota had given him the life-or-death pill, but he still remembered the problem and flaw with the life-or-death pill.
"Don't be stubborn with the life-or-death pill." Enzo Rota violated his typical habit of being a man of few words. He warned again. "Some people are unable to stimulate their latent potential with the life-or-death pill. In this case, the end result can only be death. If you're unable to stimulate your latent potential, then take the antidote and give up on the stimulation."
Qin Fen nodded. For Enzo Rota to warn Qin Fen about the life-or-death pill over and over, it seemed the danger and seriousness of the life-or-death pill were far greater than he imagined. It was best not to use it if he didn't need to.
"Okay! We need to get some action tonight! Let's use our splendid love to fill the void in the hearts of the beautiful girls of Seoul." Lin Liqiang suddenly roared in deadly earnest, drawing quite a few sidelong glances from the pedestrians by the road.
"Don't forget their bodies!" Xue Tian added next to him.
"That's right! There's also their bodies!"
Lin Liqiang and Xue Tian gave each other an embrace. It was as if they had overcome a very important and difficult issue in science and technology for the Federation, and they were celebrating.
Qin Fen and Enzo Rota merely smiled wryly when they saw this scene. Chasing girls was a very normal thing, but with the way these two acted about it, anyone would believe that chasing girls was a very honorable and very grand undertaking.
"Aerial combat. Beautiful."
It had been many days since they last saw each other, and Enzo Rota had a few more words to say than before.
"The training was pretty miserable. How could I possibly not improve at least a little?"
Qin Fen smiled wryly and a bit helplessly. Acting modest in front of friends would appear hypocritical and strange, but being straightforward in acknowledgment was genuine.
Lin Liqiang walked over at this time. He put a casual arm over Qin Fen's shoulder. "Bro, how's the thing I gave you?"
The biochemical beast egg? Qin Fen felt it was strange now that he thought about it. According to theory, this egg should at least have some fluctuations. Why didn't he feel anything coming from it at all?
"Still the same."
"Still the same? It hasn't changed at all?"
"Yes."
A puzzled look appeared on Lin Liqiang's face. He lowered his voice and said, "You haven't felt even a hint of a fluctuation coming from it?"
Qin Fen slowly nodded. "Nope."
"How is that possible?" Lin Liqiang had a face of confusion. "According to my calculations, it should have already hatched by now."
Qin Fen undid the top two buttons of his shirt and his plunging neckline revealed the biochemical beast egg Lin Liqiang had given him. The sparking, translucent, smooth, and round egg released a splendor, akin to that of a pearl under the rays of the sun.
"This...?" Lin Liqiang grabbed the biochemical beast egg on Qin Fen's chest and carefully studied it a few times. An extra wrinkle of gloom faintly appeared on his forehead. "Seems like there's something... let's find a place to sit down so I can study it."
Qin Fen had seen the might of a terrorist with a biochemical beast. He really wanted to possess his own biochemical beast, so he nodded on the spot.
Xue Tian still acted indifferently, "Since Old Qin is puzzled by it, I'm down for it."
Enzo Rota had no objections. Everyone found a corner in a Starbucks to sit down. This was a place where friends gathered in leisure. Naturally, there shouldn't be anybody paying attention to these four.
Lin Liqiang took out what appeared to be a jeweler's spectacles from his pocket. He put them on to examine the biochemical beast egg in detail. A hint of faint red had actually seeped through from the most inner portion of the sparkling and translucent white. This hint of faint red was extremely hidden. Not even Qin Fen could see it, even though he had great vision.
If one wanted to see this hint of faint red, one needed to possess a deep understanding of biochemical beasts.
Xue Tian propped his chin up with one arm. He looked outside the window in boredom, his mouth speaking incessantly, "This one's an eight out of ten. This one's a sevenpoint five out of ten. This one is a nine out of ten. The State of Korea truly is a place of eye candy. Though some of them have been under the knife, at least the industry supports the construction of the cityscape."
Qin Fen sat opposite of Enzo Rota, so the responsibility to talk naturally fell on his shoulders. This was something Lin Liqiang always did, and only now did Qin Fen fully experience it.
"Did Qiangster drag you here?"
"Yes."
Enzo Rota nodded, his expression more or less one of helplessness and bitterness. Ever since Qin Fen joined the military, Lin Liqiang began seeking Enzo Rota out for fun more and more. Enzo Rota was completely helpless toward Lin Liqiang's brazen spirits.
They had come to the State of Korea to watch the concert of the band, The Flying Hearts, but Enzo Rota didn't even know who they were. He had no interest whatsoever in going, but Lin Liqiang showed an extremely deep interest in them. Without even giving Enzo Rota any warning, Lin Liqiang booked the flight and hotel, charged straight into Enzo Rota's school, and dragged Enzo Rota in a mad rush to the airport.
"Oh right, I got to know a cook who makes nutritious meals in the military." Qin Fen looked at the pen in his hand. "He's been teaching me how to cook these days, and he always talks of matters regarding nutrition. I originally thought that he was a master nutritionist, but I found out the truth from the mouths of a few drill instructors. He seems to be a very high authority in the pharmaceutical field."


"Qin Fen had once been abandoned and broken until, one day, he picked up a liquid metal ball that turned his life upside down.
This is the interplanetary era where Classical and Modern Wushu are competing. Classical Wushu enables followers to grow as powerful as dragons and elephants, whereas Modern Wushu enables followers to freeze monsters or even extinguish erupting volcanoes.
Qin Fen steps onto the stage of both Classical and Modern Wushu while belonging to neither. With the exquisite combination of both Classical Wushu and modern technology, he will pave a way to become a legend.
He is one of a kind, a favored son of heaven." -KyleChow_
"He is a youth, a gentleman, and a scholar cultivating in the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art. He has the strength of ten dragons and ten elephants, producing clouds with a turn of a hand and rain with the other. This is a story about the clash of passions between neo martial arts and paleo martial arts. This is a story about transcending the apex, about forcefully slaughtering one's way into the legends. This is a story about fading into nirvana, about the prideful of heaven!
In this world, cultivating the paleo martial art known as the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art to the pinnacle allows one to possess the enormous strength of ten dragons and ten elephants! In this world, the Nitrogen Freezing Magic can freeze even a volcano on the verge of eruption! In this world, the Magma Art can instantly melt and vaporize a glacier!
This is a heavy undertaking by Skyscrapper back in 2009! This is a story of affection, of love. This is a story never lacking in friendship. This story, overflowing with heated blood, is certain to cause your own passion to surge!
This is a radiant era where hot-blood, friendship, love, and heroes converge, shine, and interweave upon each other.
Click and fall in love with this legend." -Strivon (Translation of original synopsis)


Finally the time for the computer lab class where we jabber non-stop. We were solving the assignment questions. He was typing and slowly softening his voice said, "You know I want to eat human flesh... "
"Why?Those chicken meat are not enough! That you want to eat humans."
"Nope.Actually I wanna eat you up! "
"I am not tasty. Don't worry! "
But wait... Didn't I take this too literally. His habit of using pun to describe and chat we everytime is obvious. 
He started tittering. 

I gave a second thought. And the second thought was the worst thing I could think. Immediately my face flushed red and I bowed my head not being able to keep eye contact. Through the corner of my eye I could see his smirk at the corner of his lips. 
"I thought you are innocent. But you aren't. It's fun teasing you! "
"Yeah yeah you only have the right to tease me... as if! "
"Seriously, it's fun. "
I started focussing on the question. But couldn't regain my concentration level. 
To ease the atmosphere he started chatting. 
"Which one do you think is better? Is it the stylus or the digital pen? "
"I think it's stylus. "
"No you are wrong it's digital pen. "
"Why and How? "

He started explaining while I was gazing his movements. But how much he tries that particular chat cannot get off my head. My mind was still away in those thoughts. I couldn't get rid of it. 
Just think if someone you like suddenly says intentionally or out of a pure sense of humor and that too you like the person. Can you think anything other than it? 
To me it's No.

[COMPLETED]
First deep Crush in our life is something unforgettable indeed. Especially when that special person is very close to you yet difficult for you to reach. Here, this novel revolves around a College girl,Sonnet whose first crush is her lab partner, Sky. Sonnet is a shy girl who doesn't know how to express herself clearly and has never been, not even thought about being in love.She had only one motto in her life "Study hard and find a good job after graduation."What magical experiences unfolds when this serious and shy girl meets a jovial but studious guy who changes her life history!The change she couldn't even dream of. And whether she will ever be able to express her feelings for him or not or those feelings will stay forever breeding the pain in her heart and grow further. Better Read it to find out!

Zhou Yu never once thought about using it on any commercial purposes. So this warning could be ignored. But a comic that was limited to 300 chapters only, and upon the completion of the task, the building would self-destruct and the artist would also disappear...

Well… What else could he do? It was a cheap knock-off. It was better than nothing.

Speaking of manga artists, Zhou Yu actually thought of one old fucker. It was Yoshihiro Togashi, the author of "HunterxHunter". He had been reading the series since he was in the elementary school. But the series still hasn't been completed. Moreover, it often went on hiatus from time to time. It even created an unbeatable legend - the series that went on hiatus the most frequent. It was also the series which Zhou Yu thought that it was most unlikely to be completed in his lifetime.

But it was different now. With the high-quality magical imitation comic studio, at least, he could read 300 chapters in advance! As a hunter fan, there was nothing more enjoyable than this. The only concern was that if this geek of thousands of faces could really do the thing it said. After all, the style could be imitated, but talent this type of thing could not be copied.

Filled with high hope, Zhou Yu asked the geek, "please imitate manga artist Yoshihiro Togashi, and continue 'hunterxhunter'."

The geek made a deep bow and then "puff," a white smoke appeared out of nowhere, covering the geek completely. Until the smoke dissipated, an tiny animated Yoshihiro Togashi appeared in front of Zhou Yu. He scratched his distinctive curly hairs a few times before he walked into the studio to start his job.

Using The Eyes Of Reality to look into the studio, there wasn't anyone inside. The comic studio was only a model that was half a meter tall. The pens on the work desk inside the studio weren't moving at all.

Great, no one would be able to notice it!

Using The Eyes Of ACG World to check the progress, it was shown, "one chapter a day". With this kind of speed, even the most hardworking manga artist would willingly admit that they were defeated, let alone the procrastination master - Yoshihiro Togashi. Moreover, he could even get today's chapter already. In the future, he could get the next chapter at 0:00 every day.

There was another button on the roof, in addition to the activation switch. By pressing it, he could get the finished chapter. The chapter came in two types. One was the original document, the other one was the digital document that was stored in a pen drive.

Of course, he would need to return the pen drive every time after he used it. Otherwise, he would only be able to receive the original document next time.

'Let me see what it look like!'

It was indeed "Hunter X Hunter", and it was also chapter 361, which had not been released. Looking at the drawing style, it was indeed completely following the original style. However, with just one chapter, it was not enough to show that it was as talented as the original artist. It could only be said that it was very similar.  

With a sudden mischievous mood, Zhou Yu signed into Baidu Hunter X Hunter forum and posted a thread called, "Having risked my life to break into Yoshihiro Togashi's house, I stole the original copy of chapter 361 of Hunter X Hunter." He then uploaded the copy and especially make a notice that it could not be used for any commercial purposes.

............…

It was the night time at the moment. So the majority of internet users were online. Countless internet users activated their warrior mode and readied for another debate. The number of people that were browsing the Hunter X Hunter forum also began to increase.

It was at this moment, a newbie suddenly posted a thread called, "Having risked my life to break into Yoshihiro Togashi's house, I stole the original copy of chapter 361 of Hunter X Hunter." in the forum. The title was very intriguing. However, most times, it was just some fan creations. Many people who lurked in the Hunter X Hunter forum already familiar with this kind of click bait titles.

Having said that, there were still many people, that just couldn't control their curiosities.

Clicking title, opening the thread, the original poster didn't type anything else. There were just some images. Quickly scrolling down to read the manga, many people were shocked. The same style, the similar dialogues, even the story also followed seamlessly from chapter 360. And most importantly, it was already translated into Chinese. Because of the health problem, the series was still on hiatus. The original copy might really be at the original artist's house. But who would have this kind of skill to steal it?

"Oh my spiritual savior, do you have more. Please give me more. It is not enough!"

"This is fake right? Although it looks very similar. OP, come out and explain it. If you have this skill, why don't you start a new series? I'll definitely support you."

"Brother, please bring me with you next time. I'll throw some generates into his house!"

The number of replies started to increase, there were no signs that this thread was going to disappear any time soon. Many people thought that it was just another click bait title, however, after they saw the content, all of them were stunned. With this many replies, the thread became the hottest thread in the forum. Then many users began to re-post it to other fan sites and anime forums.

"Is it done by a great artist that could compete with Yoshihiro Togashi?" Or "Is it really that someone traveled abroad to steal the original copy?" Many threads like this began to appear in many anime sites, and more and more people began to join the discussion. However, the original poster never replied to any comments once.

After 0:00 midnight, people who needed to sleep all left, only the night owls were still fighting on the internet. It was at this moment, the ID called "The imprisoned Taoist" who had caused the hottest discussion yesterday, once again, posted a new thread.

"Forcing Yoshihiro Togashi to finish chapter 362 with a knife, don't wait, this is all."

What the fuck, for real?

Reading through the contents quickly, the style was still the same. Moreover, people began to sense Yoshihiro Togashi's talent from the images more and more. Especially those who were familiar with Hunter X Hunter, their feelings were even stronger.

With those two chapters as reference materials, many people were almost certain that they were the real Hunter X Hunter original copies.

It was no wonder that that Taoist went to prison. This type of business was not something that anyone could do!

"Taoist, please beat him however you like, but please leave the hands alone. The rest of my life is still depending on them!"

"Please injure him and spray some salt to it. Please let him taste our pains as well."

"Can you smuggle him back to China? Let's force him to draw the rest of Hunter together!"

All kinds of punishments were listed out in the replies. But almost all of them agreed to leave the hands of the artist alone.

From this, it was very obvious that all of them 'liked' Yoshihiro Togashi a lot. Fortunately, Zhou Yu wasn't a real burglar, otherwise, poor Yoshihiro Togashi would be spending the rest of his life to draw HunterXHunter to please his fans.

Zhou Yu was also shocked at how popular the fake Hunter manga was, and most importantly, many people even believed it was real. But then again, if he had not seen how the manga was produced, he would have probably believed that it was real as well.

This was so great. It was 300 chapters in total! And it was one chapter a day. He didn't even need to worry about the manga suddenly go on hiatus. Moreover, if Yoshihiro Togashi continued the publication, he would enjoy the series twice! It was truly a paradise!

Otaku was really easily satisfied.

A highly skilled imposter already made Zhou Yu feel like he didn't waste his Moe Coin. In terms of the rest, he didn't really care that much.

Two seeds had already been planted, but temporarily he didn't know where he could use Copper ore. The fishing rod was probably for fishing. When it gets to tomorrow morning, he would try it on the small river near his house.

After the Farmer's Hut was activated, it came out a two-star animated farmer, which could only be used for 30 days. At most, it could take care of 10 plants of the ACG World. Since the farm took care of the idol flower, its status became "Perfect"

'Hmm… everything seems to be going very well…"

Zhou Yu, a reclusive otaku, who did not like to go out of his house, was one day forced out of his house by a series of unexpected events.

This story is not made by me but I am transporting it here so people so could this Author amazing work.

Yu Lili unconsciously bent her lips and nodded when she heard it, and she said, "Yes, it works well."
Ye Qianqian glanced at the display while Yu Lili was still drawing the frame lines. There were only a few rough lines on the screen. Ye Qianqian glanced at it and said, "Are you also drawing comics? Which website did you sign up for?"
"It's also under the Ou Group," Yu Lili answered without looking up, and she quickly drew the lines.
"Hmm, for Ou Yu?" Ye Qianqian nodded, patting Yu Lili's shoulder and said, "Bravo. Ou Yu has such a strict signing threshold that they only sign experienced painters. What is your pseudonym?"
"Do you want to know it?" Yu Lili looked at Ye Qianqian with a bright smile.
Ye Qianqian saw her look and responded with some disdain. "Don't keep me guessing; tell me, what is it?"
"If I say it, you will definitely be shocked." Yu Lili gave her a hint.
Ye Qianqian glanced at her and snorted. "It doesn't matter. I always look over Ou Yu's comics, so I am familiar with the popular ones. Let me see your painting style."
"Okay." Yu Lili stepped back while Ye Qianqian reached out her hand and swiped the digital screen a few times.
As Ye Qianqian was flipping through the pictures, she saw a few that had already been drawn and painted, and they were very intense.
Ye Qianqian was shocked when she saw the character. She pulled it up again, and she saw that five or six pictures of the comic had already been drawn.
Isn't this the plot of the third episode of "Love Transaction"?
"Holy crap!" Ye Qianqian shouted in disbelief. "Is this... Love Transaction? Holy sh*t, who are you? Are you Li Xiaoyu?"
Yu Lili looked at her expression with a smile, and she quickly moved her gaze to the digital screen in front of her, then she pulled the picture back.
Ye Qianqian looked shocked and couldn't believe it. "Jesus, say something please. I'm actually at the live Li Xiaoyu, am I not?"
Yu Lili laughed, pushing her gently, and said, "Did Li Xiaoyu die and no one told me?"
"Yu Lili, Li Xiaoyu, Jesus, I didn't think of it!" Ye Qianqian sighed, slapping her forehead. Looking pitiful, she said, "The company's people were still celebrating for me a few days ago. Jesus, the author was actually sitting in front of me the whole time. My goddess, this is too embarrassing!"
During the conversation, Ye Qianqian subconsciously tried to remember whether she had ever offended Yu Lili during their work.
Ye Qianqian recalled her chat history with Li Xiaoyu...
Jesus, fortunately, I was kind!
Yu Lili smile was even happier as she shouted, "Get out, that was too exaggerated!"
Ye Qianqian was so excited to hear the words, she grabbed Yu Lili's arm and shouted, "Yes, that was so exaggerated, ah!" Ye Qianqian almost went to hit the wall and said, "Can you give me a signature? A signature of Li Xiaoyu!"
Yu Lili: "…"
"Okay, okay, I haven't calmed down yet." Ye Qianqian patted her face, looking at the lines on the digital screen. She nudged Yu Lili gently and said, "Keep drawing."
"...I won't draw. I am sleepy, and I want to sleep," Yu Lili responded.
"No way. Let me take a look at it!" Ye Qianqian put her hands together with her eyes shining, with expectation on her face, and with excitement in her voice.


In her previous lifetime, they had married for five years. He meant everything to her, but she was thrown away like an old shoe. 

After her rebirth, she gave him a divorce contract preemptively— 
“Divorce after one year, the terms of the contract are as follows: husband and wife shall not share a room or bed. Intimacy forbidden?” 
he raised his eyebrow. 

Who knew that after she got drunk one day, leaning on the headboard, he rested his deep-set eyes on her. "You broke the contract, Mrs, Li."

As we looked at each other with our lost composure, we drew closer to each other, slowly moving our faces closer and we reduced the distance between our lips and were about to kiss…
Yeah like hell that would happen. As soon as we looked back at each other from the same 5 feet distance, our love-filled eyes which were giving comfortable warmth in an instant turned to ice-cold glares throwing daggers and giving the aura of two centipedes trying to devour each other, truly a terrifying sight...
"We should stop, doing this isn't going to get us anywhere."
She let out a sigh, and this time too her tone was charming one but it felt like it was more on the emotionless side.
"It would be better, if we just show our 'true selves' instead of the fake one."
"It depends on your definition of 'True'." I replied in a harsh voice.
Well now after saying that, I guess it was a mistake to have said that in such a cold way but if she is asking for true-self of mine, this is it.
"The way you just replied that is your true self. But I guess you are too dumb to realize it."
Jinx, she saw right through me. Heyyy wait a minute weren't the last words unnecessary?
"What a waste of such beautiful face, with that face such cold words don't go along."
"You again switched to your fake side."
"Tch… so what do you want from me? Why go through the trouble of trying to find me?"
"I-I didn't do anything of that sort, I was just…umm…passing by… Yes! I was passing by from nearby."
I can't help it but gave out a smile on my face, she looks too cute while embarrassed when you see right through her lie, it's totally obvious she isn't confident in it herself. At the very least, I don't act like that after getting caught.
"You just thought see looks too cute while embarrassed when you see right through her lie, didn't you?"
"N-NO, OF COURSE I DIDN'T, WHY WOULD I? AM I A CHILD TO YOU TO THINK THAT?"
WITHOUT A SINGLE BIT OF DOUBT, SHE SAW RIGHT THROUGH ME! I could feel blood rushing through my cheeks to ears, I'm now in the same condition as she was and on top of that I gave away little trembling feet motions for a moment there just like an embarrassed child does.
She was about to say something, but I was just right in time, I managed in succeeding interrupted her.
"What is it that you wanted from me?"
I spurted out these words in a rush with the reason so that she won't be able to say a single word, the thought terrifies me to death that maybe she was about to say everything going in my mind again. I saved my dignity.
"Well no need to say anything in a rush but you did save your dignity just now." She gave a small wink at me.
I bent over at my knees symbolising a defeated man who just lost all of his life's reason to live.
"Well don't worry I won't kill you from shame. I want you to help me."
She again saw though me. How many times is it going to happen?
"What help do you want from a person you just 6 seconds ago merciless killed with shame?"
She was again giving the flustered expression maybe she isn't good at asking for help.
"Umm… you see… since your class is full of normies [1]… I want you… to umm… keep me…"
As she was finishing her voice decreashed due to which at the end her voice was almost inaudible, and because of that I misunderstood it for a quite perverted scene for a second there, but it without a doubt was only my imagining.
"What did you say at the last again? Sorry but you were speaking to low so your voice didn't reach me."
She motioned as if mustering up the courage to speak again.
"I want you to be with me all the time at school."
Why did she have to say it in a way like it's a big deal, if she wanted to me to keep her company it wasn't necessary to gather courage like she was asking me on a date.
"But why me? You could have chosen someone else." For now, I asked the topic which perceived much more importance in my mind than other things.
"I told you, they are not worthy of being with someone such as myself, all they do is talk nonsense all day long."
She is arrogant and full of pride; that was the impression she gave me by saying it that way.
"Are you not troubled by the rumours that would start going around?"
"What kind of rumours?" she tilted her head as an innocent child when they heard something completely unknown to their existence.
"You know… the kind of stuff these normies talk about that… that we maybe… maybe are…"
This time it was my voice going to the stage of being inaudible.
"Sorry, what?"
"I said they might… think we are a couple…"
I thought she might have had quite a number of experiences of with boyfriends and all, but when I said it she was frozen solid from shock and unexpectedly like when volcano erupts, many emotions erupted out of which the most predominant one was her cute blushing.
"Are you okay with that?"
Since she was not speaking and hiding her face by looking down I thought I should better ask to keep the conversation flowing instead of carrying on that awkward silence.
"O-Of cou-course I'm o-oka-okay, you know I-I had ma-many boy-boyfriends!"
"THAT'S A CRYSTAL CLEAR LIE!!!"
I took a deep sigh, it's now clear that she is pure angle and I absolutely can't ask her for somethings which included to do a task which might include boys so now I have to take the blame upon myself and have to take the job of the fallen [2].
"Ok, so… umm… I will come up with an excuse to tell teacher so that I can sit next to you, is that okay with you?"
"Why do you have to ask teach for that? I thought we can sit wherever we want."
"That would have been the case if it was the matter of same gender but since you are a girl shit-chat would take no longer than a fragment of nanosecond the moment I would approach you. So I will have to first find a believable excuse."
"THANK YOU!!!" from her voice it was obvious that she was over the moon [3]. And in it she held my hand from both her hands.
Her hands were soft and warm; her grip was a little tight like she was actually waiting to hold hands, and as a result it made my heart beat faster, my cheeks turned red, my blood was racing in my veins yet it was so calming and settling, it soothed my heart and mind to pure comfort and peacefulness.
"Ok then maybe you should head home. See you tomorrow, I will tell you my plan tomorrow in school."
When I finished I could see her eyes sparkling like a small child will when he lays his sight on a new toy. I could even feel little 'bouncing' movements she was doing; it didn't feel like a big deal to me, I just had to keep her company but it might have meant a lot to her.
"Ok then… bye and again thank you."
The very moment she asked me for this 'favour' of hers' I had a bad feeling about this, but my feelings won't let my wind to think straight… I was downright fascinated from everything about her… beauty of her appearance, way of talking, sweet melodious voice, her innocence and how adorable she looks whenever she got flustered whenever it comes to 'sensitive' talk.
My heart was running a marathon and feeling relief and fully relaxed at the same time, it was indeed a quite difficult situation for me to explain, and certainly it turned out I was unable to even ask 'why' should I do it, how would it even be profitable for me.
Don't take this in a wrong way but it was without a doubt important for me; I was endangering all the admiration I have earned and my fake persona that I had built, if it went wrong rumours can go being as bad as making me a play-boy.
Well that aside now I'm back at my home, making dinner; I hate to admit it but I have to always eat something with lots of protein and vegetables to keep my body fit and appealing, even if I want to I can't enjoy delicious food with too much calories like deep fried chicken or a cakes to my heart's content.
I ate a full course vegetable meal for today's dinner, I'm also quite well-versed in cooking too it is essential to learn to become a good cook to please women's heart, who could even think all of this is coming from a 15-year-old teenager.
Anyways after I finished with dinner, I washed the dishes there were only a few of them since I'm the only one living here. After that I took a bath and brushed my teeth.
Exhausted and only running on last bits of energy, I went ahead and did the most hated task which every single student hates to the uttermost extent… homework.
It is really anger-boiling task to do after you have already spent so much of your energy and it's even more exasperating thing to do for me when it Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, not so much on Saturdays' since it's a non-working day and not have to worry about school, only have to do my part-time jobs.
Aannndddd… now my mind making excuse with the name of work to avoid doing this painful task. And then it crossed my mind… I totally forgot about one more thing from my daily routine, I didn't practiced illustrations today. I can't no matter what postpone it to some other time.
I took a deep breath and after cursing myself for keep chatting with her for so long, I rushed as fast as I can to finish my homework.
"Ah! Finaalllyyyy" I stretched out my body to squeeze out all the pain and fatigue from my worn-out body.
"Ok now time for the last task of the day~… muaahhh…" the lack of sleep is showing all over my face, after this big, wild animal like yawn I got up from my normal desk and arranged all the necessary things for the next day and after doing so, connected my digital tablet to my pc and started my work.
As I was lacking time I hastily yet skilfully started to make the draft sketches, I moved my pen, and the cursor moved in complete sync with it. I drew the draft sketches of a girl under moonlight standing beneath cherry blossom with hands behind her back and a cute smile full of life on her face, long hair and glittering eyes.
Yeah, my drawing was of Itsumi-san, the plus side of chatting with her was during the time I got to capture some of the beauty of her, my drawing was not representing the true beauty of her like how we can only get glimpse of the fragments of beautiful nature yet we can't fully embrace its true magnificence within only one lifetime…
I finished my drafting within 2 hours and somehow able to make it before 12 o'clock, now totally deprived of my energy reserves I slithered onto the bed not as a human being but in the form of a snail and the next second before I knew it, I fell asleep…
Next Morning
"BEEP-BEEP…BEEP-BEEP…BEEP-BEEP~"
I woke up to the ear-piercing sound of the alarm clock, for some reason I'm getting the feeling the alarm was ringing since quite a while… I turned around on the bed to get a little more comfortable with my position and by the time I noticed I was already on the edge, before I could've even gotten the time to stop myself…
"THUD!!!" I hit the floor with a nerve-wrecking impact and the first thing in the morning I got was a great experience of bone-breaking pain right at my nose (it didn't break don't worry).
"OUCH!!!" I grabbed my nose and after 30 seconds or so of rolling on the ground with agony got up since now I was fully awake, I checked at the clock and got another tremendous shock.
"15 MINUTES!!! ONLY 15 MINUTES ARE REMAINING BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS!!!" as I was yelling, it gave me another shock… it slowly and mockingly turned to 14 minutes remaining…
"HOLY FUCKING SHIITTT!!!" I rushed to get ready since it takes 5 minutes or so to reach school while walking, I think I can cut it short to 2 minutes if I run. But still, I have to get ready for other things. I hurried up took a bath within 3 minutes, brushed my teeth in 2, did other important things (You already know what I mean~) in 4 minutes then wore my uniform made my hair in the 2 minutes (yeah, I have to do that every day, hairdryer and all) and in the last 2 minutes made a sandwich with eggs and veggies and rushed out still holding the sandwich in my mouth.
Locked the door, and there goes your Olympic athlete going for his gold medal along with his faithful companion Mr. Sauce-less Sandwich…
"I knew I was forgetting somethings well anyway… Thank You for the Meal…" And there goes Mr. Sauce-less, he was betrayed by his own friend. Truly a short, full of haste and a tragic life… Rest in Peace in my stomach until my acids [4] melt you.
And along this drama ongoing I reached the school just in time, its 15 minutes before our homeroom starts but our watchman doesn't let us in, he closes the gates before the school time maybe it was principal's idea so that all students learn the importance of time in their lives or some other bullshit crap, so even if we got just a second late they won't let us in, what a cruel guy.
I slowly walked to my classroom while wiping my sweet of and taking deep breathes to get my breathing under control and remove any other signs that can indicate that I ran. I course I can go without doing any of these things but they would start questioning why was I late and other things and slowly will start making their own theories like I was out with a girl till late night or I'm a closet otaku that watches anime till late night or something, and of course that would also affect my perfect life so I can't afford to let those things happen.
 After arriving right in front of the class I just remembered another thing… I DIDN'T THINK OF A WAY TO GET NEXT TO ITSUMI-SAN!
I took a deep sigh, now what's done is done; I have to think of something on the spot…
"Today's not a good day for me." I muttered and opened the door.
There she was standing right in front of me, she had the look of worry and it turned into relief the next second, it was clear that she was waiting was for me and behind her I saw other classmates chatting in groups and standing around but from the corner of their eyes they were looking at us boys staring in utter envy and girls staring with little jealously on their faces.
But oh well, this time I am Not going for the higher opinion of the majority, I don't care this time if they will think in a harmful way about me that can affect my persona, I don't care if their overall opinion about me goes down to zero… but right now I just want this one person, the one standing right in front of me, even if I gain just one point in relationship with her I would still want to be with her, if I have to give away million points of everyone just for one point of this person… I will take it without a doubt…
When I came to back to full consciousness, I noticed her… blushing…
OH SHIT, I forgot that she can read my mind as clear as day, I slammed my face with my palm in disappointment in myself about how stupid I can be, letting my emotions runs wild like that even if it's still in my mind shouldn't had done it.
I heard chuckling from nearby sure enough she read that too. I suggested that we go back to our seats and talk about 'the way' just by mind-reading and hand signs and as few words as possible. It's not like telepathy so it's not accurate but it just depends how efficiently you can understand the other person, and if you ask me she is reading me like a book that she wrote herself.
We set back at our seats and when the suspicious staring stopped and everything was back to normal, we started to discuss our plan.
"So, did you thought of anything?"
"Sorry I wasn't able to…" she gave a disappointed look, maybe she truly had held expectations from me.
"That's too bad…"
Now I'm starting to feel bad for her. Then the light bulb lit up.
"Hey I just thought up of a really good way, but we will have to wait till tomorrow for it."
"That's brilliant!" her eyes lit up again. "Waiting till tomorrow wouldn't be a problem, but if it's ok to ask… why till tomorrow?"
"Well someone was worried a lot and couldn't just sit still for the one they were waiting for… and as a consequence, everyone grew suspicious." I felt sorry, shouldn't have used such sarcastic way.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't had done that, I got uneasy about thinking that you won't come today."
"I'm…sorry, should have thought about your feelings too before saying that…"
We became awkwardly silent for a while.
"Well umm… so about the plan…"
"Yes!" she said in the same manner as Chitanda Eru from Hyouka [5]. It was really cute when she did it that way. But I don't get it why did she get so excited?
"So…umm…it actually a child's excuse but our chance of succeeding is quite high. Tomorrow we would ask the teacher too change our seats and we will give the reason that we can't see the board properly due to low eyesight. It would be easy for both of us since-"
"Since I'm new in this class and no one knows about me too extensively so they will believe easily if I told them that I have weak eyesight."
She is quite sharp, she accurately said everything that I was about to say, as expected of her.
"But what about you? How would you convince them for your part? Considering that you gave the suggestion about eyesight and you have been in this class since quite a long time… wait I know that means-"
"Yeah I have weak eyesight in reality and everybody knows that already so that won't object it. And if we both ask together, our class teacher is quite a lazy guy so he would like to save energy and avoid trying too much to look for seats and hence would make us sit together. It would have been a different case if it would have been someone else but he is just that sort of guy; we are quite lucky with that."
"Well it's true that a lazy person would do something like that but since I don't know the teacher too well I'm not in the place to say anything. This is quite a straightforward and childish plan if you ask me, but let's go with it."
Ouch that hurts, it's not that I gave it a lot a thought, I just wanted to save the effort myself so I instead went with half-truth instead of a full-fledged made-up story.
But if I truly wanted I could've just said no to her yesterday itself, but I couldn't. Since I…no I mean we were incapable to come over our feelings that We Both Wanted to Be with Each Other.
Translations & Notes
1.      Normal people but in this case it referred to people who were dumbfounded and would follow anyone without considering about the truth about a person or those who acted as sheep and would follow everyone else.
2.      Fallen angels from mythologies who sinned and were cast out of heaven because they rebelled against God to fulfil their own desires.
3.      Overjoyed.
4.      Hydrochloric acid of stomach which helps in digesting food.
5.      Hyouka, an anime, manga and light novel series, in the mystery genre.

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