Four seasons of happiness.

Four seasons full of sadness.

Four seasons I look forward into.

Four seasons of life beside you.

Rhys couldn't help but to smile as he bounced his nephew on his knee, already two years old and strapping as ever, the very spitting image of his mother with all the height of his father.
"You look so wonderful with a child on your knee, brother." His sisters soft hinting voice interrupted his admiration of his nephew
"Do I?" He laughed "Then I shall simply have to come and visit you more, dear sister."
She huffed in annoyance and it only caused more laughter to escape him. "Rhys, you know that is not what I meant, though my children do love seeing their Uncle I'm sure they would love it all the more if he brought a cousin with him." She held her newly born daughter in her arms as she looked at him with a serious face
"I admit I do not understand on your insistence to see me married" Rhys shook his head as he set his nephew down to play with the wooden blocks his elder sister was already playing with "If I produce no heir you're son will inherit the Dukedom"
Grace huffed "He'll already get his father's title and estate, Rhys."
"Suppose you have another son?' He shrugged 'I'll leave it all to that one. Besides father would be happy with your children carrying on the title, it really doesn't have to be my own son."
Grace set baby Amelia in her nurses arms as the other children were also escorted from the room by their governess to be readied for bed, she stood and made her way over to him and gently touched his arm as he stood staring out of the window at her husband's London estate "I only want you to be as happy as I am Rhys, you gave up so much to raise me after Mother and Father passed, you became not only the Duke but also my guardian" her voice quivered as she continued "I only wish, I so long," she suddenly threw her arms around his middle as she cried "I hope you did not waste your youth caring for me instead of truly finding your own happiness, for without you I would be no one and certainly not in a love match and the mother of three beautiful children at only four and twenty."
Rhys held her as she sobbed and he admitted his own throat felt tight with emotion at the memory of his parents, he was but sixteen when their coach crashed coming back from a trip to London, Grace only four at the time could not even understand her parents had died, suddenly thrust into not only the role of a Duke he was barely prepared for he also was suddenly responsible for a child when he was scarcely an adult himself. He was advised by many of his Father's solicitors and staff to let Grace be raised by the governess and then sent to finishing school but when he looked at her, he saw his parents and knew he could do better by her.
Growing up more as her Father than her Brother he saw to everything for her, when she twenty he arranged for her marriage with her longstanding childhood friend, Lord Baxter, he knew she was thankful that he listened and watched her love for her friend grow and his love for her grow as well, she was thankful to not have to stand through seasons and worry about who her future husband might be. He could admit to himself that he had been so busy trying to be a good Duke and Brother he had quite forgotten about being happy, but he would never utter a word of it to Grace for he knew she would only blame herself.
"There, there, Grace." He soothed her "You know that I have had more than enough time even just these four years of you being married to find a wife, you have nothing to feel bad about. If I had to do it all again with the same outcome nothing would bring me more joy."
She sniffled and nodded slowly as he handed her back into her seat and she dabbed at her eyes with a lace handkerchief she pulled out of her sleeve. "Please, promise me you'll at least attend our ball tomorrow night, it will be our last party of the season and so many young ladies will be in attendance, I'm sure one of them will surely catch your eye, Brother."
Rhys sighed heavily as he sat across from his sister and stared into her pleading grey eyes, eyes very similar to his own, "I make no promises, Grace, for I feel ill talking to any lady younger than my own sister whom I've raised and all the older ladies are either already married or so eager to be married they'll say whatever they think I want to hear, leaving me with no idea of who they are." He paused as his sister slumped back in her seat and he felt guilty that she felt it her responsibility to see him married, "I will go" He sighed again as she squealed in excitement and he rushed on to make sure she wasn't getting her hopes up "I am six and thirty, Grace. Not exactly a strapping young man these ladies are looking for."
She seemed to think nothing of that as she pursed her lips and waved her hands as if to wave away his concerns "You are a Duke, Rhys, no woman in her right mind would turn away an offer from you!"
She was suddenly up and about talking on and on about how she was sure he would find the girl he hadn't known he'd been searching for and fall in love on the dance floor.
Rhys smiled at seeing his sister so happy, feeling bad for his brother in law as he was sure she'd talk of nothing else tonight when she retired, he had no expectations for tomorrow night, he had no hopes of suddenly being enchanted by the right lady and suddenly thinking of marriage, he would go to appease his sister and then after tomorrow night she could have no objections to his retiring for the season and heading back to his estate.
It was the least he could do to make her worry less about him, he reminded himself, he had no expectations.

Having never been the belle of the ball or even anything more than a disappointment in her parents eyes, Wendy Garren was well aware that she was nothing more than a "plain Jane" and that spinsterhood was waiting for her.


She accepted her fate and longed only to see her beautiful younger sisters through their First seasons and finally be done with her last, what she never expected was catching the eye of the most sought after bachelor of the ton, Duke of Thornsburg.



Quite tired of scheming mamas throwing their young daughters under his nose Rhys Granger was only going to attend one last ball, one last ball to appease his sister before he would finally retreat to his estate and gain the peace he so craved. 

Feeling too old for the girls barely out of the classroom and bored to tears by the ladies desperate to avoid never marrying, he has accepted the thought of his estate and title passing to his nephew, he just never expected to fall in love at that last ball.


Follow Wendy and Rhys as we move through their story, of which love and beauty prevail.

"You've been dawdling with Dongzi for almost a year. When is he going to marry you?" Zhai Sheng glanced sideways at Zhai Hua. He was not bothered about Zhai Hua's threat at all.
Zhai Hua was different from him. He married a wife. Zhai Hua was going to be married off.
When Zhai Hua was married to Tian Dong, they would have their own children. It would not be Zhai Hua's turn to intervene in the three babies' affairs then.
"Why must I marry Tian Dong? I am not related to him in any way. Don't talk nonsense. I have considered it thoroughly. I will be twenty-eight years old after the Lunar New Year. No matter what, I must go for matchmaking sessions this year to fight for the chance to be married before the end of the following year," Zhai Hua said confidently.
She and Tian Dong had always been good friends and not yet lovers.
Zhai Sheng was right in his words. She had been dawdling with Tian Dong for a year. It was time they made themselves clear.
She could not always possibly hold on to Tian Dong while attending matchmaking sessions at the same time.
Zhai Hua could not bring herself to do such a thing.
"Hua Hua, are you serious?" Miao Jing jumped in surprise. When Nan Nan was giving birth, Dongzi had been helping in and out. He had taken on all the duties that should have been done by her son on the account of Hua Hua. 
She initially thought that the two children would, at most, take more time to develop but should not go on separate ways. She was surprised that her daughter actually had thoughts to attend many matchmaking sessions to find a marriage partner next year.
Was it because Hua Hua and Dongzi could not be together anymore?
Squeezing San Bao's little fleshy claws, Zhai Hua lowered her voice. "I have always been very serious. I am also telling the truth. It's just that all of you have never believed what I said."
If she was not married before twenty-eight years old, she would rather not get married then.
Anyway, Nan Nan had given birth to three children for Zhai Sheng. There were only two of them, husband and wife. How could they possibly take care of the three babies at the same time? She would not feel at ease too if she did not help them keep a watch by the side.
It was better not to be able to find a marriage partner. Like she said before, she would treat her nephews and nieces like her own children. Would she be afraid that no one would support her when she was old and attend her funeral upon her death?
Given the Zhai family's situation and her capability, her days after retirement were not an issue at all. When she was gone, she did not believe that the triplets would not burn incense and candles for their auntie during festive seasons, Tomb-Sweeping Day, and Double Ninth Festival.
Their family's triplets were good kids. She was not worried that no one would take care of her when she was old.
Even such a big worry was no longer a problem. Naturally, Zhai Hua was not bothered or insistent about whether she was going to be married or not.
Zhai Sheng looked at Qiao Nan. He came and left in a hurry last time. Besides spending quality time with Nan Nan, he did not even have time to carry the triplets. Hence, he had no chance to understand the situation between Zhai Hua and Tian Dong at all.
It had almost been a year. Tian Dong was so meek and had not conquered Zhai Hua?
Meeting Zhai Sheng's eyes, Qiao Nan shrugged her shoulders helplessly. She did not know anything.
Before September, she only had two tasks every day. First, read. Second, eat a lot of things and nourish the babies in her womb well.
When the babies were born, she only had two tasks every day. First, study. Second, become milk bottles for the triplets.
As such, her hands were always tied. She was not aware of the progress between Sister Zhai Hua and Tian Dong at all.
After the triplets were born, she seemed to have seen Tian Dong during their full-month celebration and received Tian Dong's presents. Thereafter, Tian Dong did not seem to have appeared again.
This was the complete opposite of Tian Dong's attitude when she was pregnant. Back then, he had been finding various excuses to stay behind in the house of the Zhai family to have meals.
It was the baby brain effect. One pregnancy could result in cognitive impairment for three years.
If it had been the normal Qiao Nan, she would have long enquired Zhai Hua about her situation with Tian Dong.
Tian Dong did not turn up at the house of the Zhai family all of a sudden. He did not even notify them. Did it mean that he and Zhai Hua were not suitable and they had called it off? 
Unfortunately, since the triplets were born, Qiao Nan's mind had been occupied by them and her studies. It was hard for her to pay attention to Zhai Hua's situation.
But then again, what did Tian Dong mean with this attitude? It was not going to work between Sister Zhai Hua and him?
Qiao Nan and Zhai Sheng could not figure out why Zhai Hua, who was one of the main parties concerned, was not willing to provide a clear explanation to everyone. She had to let everyone guess. All of a sudden, Zhai Hua and Tian Dong's matter seemed to have come to a standstill. It was not going anywhere, making everyone upset.
Miao Jing, who was carrying Er Bao, felt disheartened. "Er Bao, when you grow up, don't learn from your auntie. Grandma won't expect too much. After you go to school, focus on your studies. No puppy love but also don't date only when you're too old. Study when you need to. After graduation, quickly marry a granddaughter-in-law back for grandma and give birth to a great-grandchild for grandma to carry."
Miao Jing was not pinning much hope on Zhai Hua, this daughter, anymore.
Fortunately, there were three children at home. As long as Hua Hua was happy and would not regret this decision when she was old and lonely, she would not intervene in what kind of life Hua Hua wished for.
However, if possible, she still hoped that Hua Hua could find someone true to her to spend the rest of her life with.
Er Bao was gnawing his little claws and drooling so badly that he wetted his collars.
As for his grandmother's words, Er Bao opened his clear and puzzled eyes to express that he did not understand any of them. 
Zhai Sheng was back early and everyone could spend the Lunar New Year together. Of course, the old master and Zhai Yaohui were happy. Compared to the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chinese valued the Spring Festival more.
When it was night time, Qiao Nan lay on the bed. The triplets, who had eaten and drunk to their fill, spread their limbs open, placed their hands behind the little brains in a surrendering position, and slept peacefully.
Looking at the adorable sight of them, Qiao Nan smiled. She then took out a bank passbook and looked at the changes in the numbers recently. She talked to Zhai Sheng about it when he came out from a shower.
This bank passbook was given to Qiao Nan by Zhai Sheng.
Zhai Sheng was smart and mature. Since he was a student, he had channels of stable earnings. After becoming a soldier, his earnings increased further.
It was not really because Miao Jing and Zhai Yaohui were open-minded parents who were willing to let their children keep their own earnings.
At that time, Miao Jing was too focused on Zhai Yaohui, and the husband and wife were like circus troupe without a definite place of residence.
If the two children were to hand over their salary to their parents, Miao Jing would have to return from outside to take the money, rush to the bank, open bank accounts for them, and deposit the money.
To Miao Jing, who was obsessed with loving her husband at that time, it was too cumbersome.
Hence, Miao Jing might as well openly inform the two children that once they were capable of earning their own keep, under the condition of self-discipline, they should take care of their own salary properly. As parents, they would not intervene at all.
So many years had passed. Both Zhai Hua and Zhai Sheng had their own little gold chest, and the sum of money in it was not small.


Qiao Nan: Crap! I am your biological daughter, yet I am treated as if I was picked up from the streets. In fact, you treat me worse than that!

Mother Qiao: Qiao Nan, you are not as pretty or smart as your elder sister. You are not as blessed as her. You have no right to study, marry, or to have your happiness!

Qiao Nan: Why am I not allowed to study, marry, or to seek my happiness? I will find a man right now and marry him!

Qiao Nan is dumbstruck upon discovering that the man right beside her is a powerful figure in the quad—the person who has the most promising prospects to be the future Chief.

Qiao Nan stares at the well-built man in front of her. He has firm abs and cold, chilling eyes. She swallows the lump in her throat as she says her greetings, "Good Morning, Chief!"

At the eighth cock crow in the morning the next day( that is around six in the morning), everybody in Ndori's home had woken up. Ochieng' decided to join Ndori and his sons to go comb out weeds in his millet farm. Apeleka followed Nyangini in preparing breakfast. Ochieng' and Apeleka wanted to leave after the men were from weeding but the husband and wife refuted. After persisting that they had to leave, it was decided that they could set off at noon. 

Ndori was considered lucky to have married a seer. He didn't have to marry other women because wealth was just at his doorstep. The power his wife wielded was just too good for him to have another woman. Nyangini  was equivalent to more than ten women. 

The vaticinator had given him five children, two females and three males. The two females, who were their first and second kids to be born had already been married. His eldest son was sent to the tribe headquarters to be a warrior protecting the whole tribe. The two remaining sons were twins at the age of  fifteen years or sixty seasons and they were their last born. The twins had not married and were helping their parents in their daily activities. 

At the garden, the father and his sons were blown out of the water when they saw their guest weeding. This was more so for the brothers who did know his background at all. Their father had at least heard it from his wife that the man before them was going to become a paladin who would save his tribe from great  calamities. 

Since they got into the garden, he had not stopped to rest. His hoe was moving up and down at an astonishing speed that the trio could only see it in blurs with weeds after weeds flying in the air. Ochieng' only took ten minutes to weed an area that was as thrice as much as theirs after they worked for three hours. With that, they were panting like cocks that had fought for hours while he was still filled with vigor. He was even still working like he knew no exhaustion.

The three could not work anymore after four hours. They wanted to leave, but when they saw Ochieng' still stooped, hoeing like he felt nothing, they were left with eyes bulging out and their mouths  agape. 

"Ochieng', I think it is enough." Ndori said at last. 

It is then that Ochieng' stood up to reveal his face that was filled with smile. He followed them obediently out of the garden. The three still looked at him skeptically. This Ochieng had given them the surprise of their life.

They went to a nearby river to clean themselves up. At this moment, only Ndori had recovered from his shock,  he asked, "Ochieng', for Were's  sake, how did you become so strong?"

"I thought your wife is a seer." The young man answered immediately and nonchalantly. 

Ndori understood what he meant at once. He told Ochieng' the previous night that Nyangini was always seeing him in her dreams. How could he dare ask him where his strength came from? He ended up chuckling bitterly and kept quiet. This did not mean the two Ndori's sons did understand what these two people were talking about. 

"Father, tell us what you know." The younger twin, Odongo asked. 

"There are things that should not be talked about son. Just toss aside such things for now..." The father warned but Odongo insisted on knowing.

"I went to the forbidden land when young, I have lived there till yesterday that I arrived hear." Ochieng' hurriedly said. 

"What??"

The two young twins did not really believe what Ochieng' said. Was there a person who could go into that land and walk away alive? 

"Ochieng' you must be kidding, how long have you been in the forbidden land?" Opiyo, the eldest twin asked this time round. 

"More than seventy seasons." Ochieng' casually replied. 

Sigh, sigh, sigh

The father and sons heaved heavy sighs when they heard that. Even the father who knew this young man was rendered speechless. Over fourteen years in the forbidden land, that had to traumatize those who heard of it. 

"How did you manage to survive there for all that time?" Opiyo asked with rolling eyes. 

"I am a Mogwedhi."

"What is that?" Odongo asked at sea.

"You won't understand brothers."

The rest of their cleaning was done taciturnly. The father and sons were still baffled with what they heard. Ochieng' didn't even realize the trauma he had left in those three. He cleaned himself up in a minute and stood at the river bank waiting for the three. 

Out of nowhere a large crocodile appeared. The three immediately escaped but the animal caught Opiyo's left leg. He yelled before the animal tried to pull him in the water. 

Ochieng' who wasn't expecting such an occurrence turned his head only to see  Opiyo struggling to get his bleeding feet out of the crocodile's mouth. The animal on the other hand was trying its best to pull the young man into the water. 

Roar! 
Ochieng's eyes reddened and inadvertently bellowed. The roar was accompanied by an unfathomable aura around him. His breath came out as cold clear liquid. The breath was directed where the animal and  young man were struggling. They were blasted ten metres away. Opiyo landed on a rock breaking his ribs. The animal landed on the ground and started crawling away horror-stricken. Could it really escape from the wrath of Ochieng'?

Nobody knew when but immediately the animal turned to escape, Ochieng' was already before it. The aura that he released at this moment suppressed the animal to an extent that it could not move. It's breathing was restrained and its large mouth opened without moving. It's ugly eyes widened in panic. 

Ochieng', having lived in the forbidden land where savage beasts filled did not feel anything for the crocodile when he saw it had made an attempt on  human life a moment ago. He took out his sword and thrusted it on the animal's head. It died immediately. He then took out a 'hono' fruit, bit a very small portion and  passed it to Opiyo  who was groaning in pain. 

When he consumed that bit and healed completely, Opiyo was dumbfounded. He could not believe what just happened to him. Odongo and the father were even shivering in shock. What Ochieng' had shown them today was unbelievable. It was as if he was not even human. 

Seeing them looking at him as if he was a fiend, Ochieng' could not help but sigh. He only beckoned them to leave.

Ochieng, the son of the chief of Odindi clan in Karachuo division in Lu tribe leaves his home at a tender age to the forbidden land. There, he learns that he is an Ordainer, a class of powerful people born to save mankind. He also finds Apeleka, a beautiful woman whom he falls in love with. After leaving the land, he learns more about his role and powers as an Ordainer and does a lot to save people.

The surname of the short bachelor whose member was shot by Si Yi just now was Wang. People in the village called him Wang Solo.
Wang Solo was not the first unmarried old man in Luo Village. There were more old bachelors in the village than married men with children. Why? There was actually a reason behind it.
Luo Village had been an impoverished farming village since its existence. It was prone to drought and crops could barely grow, rainfall was not plentiful either as it was mostly dry across seasons.
There was a custom that the old ancestors of Luo Village passed down—they favored male over female. To most families in the village, giving birth to a boy or a girl was very different; having a son meant that he would take care of the parents when they were old while having a daughter was as good as none when she got married.
It was ingrained in everyone that daughters were losses parents had to sustain. Luo Village was a backward-thinking place like this. As time passed, it became a norm in Luo Village for families to give birth to a son before they stopped trying. 
This caused an indirect issue—there were far too few girls in Luo Village. Later, there was only a girl to three or four boys.
Due to how poor Luo Village was, it was basically impossible for the men to marry women from anywhere outside of their village but the long-term unproportioned ratio of sexes in Luo Village meant that there were not many girls at all and some of them would even get married to other families.
What should these boys do when they grow up, then? They ended up like Wang Solo, a bachelor for life!
The misogynist old women of Luo Village, when they gathered together, would be complaining about women outside who refused to marry themselves into Luo Village when the village was such a wonderful place to be. 
In spite of it, they had forgotten about their innate sexism. How could the women who get married into Luo Village have a happy life when the entire village was so misogynist?
These old women had remained oblivious to a crucial question when they were being misogynist—they were also women!
When a custom so dated and conservative was passed down through generations and these foolish people did not realize it, it inadvertently caused the current state—there were single men everywhere in Luo Village!
There was a big group of men like Wang Solo who had never even touched a girl's finger all their lives. When these men came together, they became sworn brothers.
The dozen of people now barging through the door with shovels were old bachelors of the village and sworn brothers of Wang Solo.
These people had even ranked themselves according to age, calling each other ol'Eldest, ol'Second, ol'Third, and had even named their group, "Bachelor Alliance". The men triumphed over brotherhood; when the villagers carried Wang Solo away earlier, they took him to his sworn brothers.
Shortly, here they came with their shovels to settle the matter.
These unmarried old men did not have families, so they did not have much concern. In Luo Village itself, they were bold and reckless as well, daring to do anything foul they wanted to.
The group marched to the front yard of Liu Tie's house vehemently. The 180cm old man who stood right in front of the group was addressed as Brother Hu and was said to be a gangster in Xin City.
Brother Hu was the leader of the bunch but he was not unmarried. The reason he was so brazen was because he was a gang member of Xin City and had quite the status.
When Liu Ziyun saw Brother Hu, he blanched. "Bro-brother Hu? What brings you here?"


She was the top level hacker, the number one secret agent, unexpectedly rebirthed as an ordinary ninth grader.
Debt dunned by her gambling-addicted father, who dared borrow from loan sharks. Having unbearable family relatives...
Yun Jian who was rebirthed chuckled humorlessly, palming her forehead. Do they wish to know how death was spelled?
A striking return, an unforgettable retaliation - I shall kill anyone who bullies me! 
Heroine Yun Jian, Leading male Si Yi
P.S. A feel-good novel, revenge, face-slapping, powerful female and male protagonists, and requited love!

"Peek-A-Boo!"
A toddler giggled with laughter as a boy beamed continuing to entertain the child.
"Clover I told you to get some onions from Mrs. Kelly, not play with her kid," Clover's mother gripped his neck as the 12 year old sweatdropped. Mrs. Kelly just laughed it off picking her toddler up and placing them on her hip with a bit of a bounce to her actions. 
"Sorry, mother!" Clover scratched his neck with a sheepish smile as he quickly paid for a few onions. Both women laughing at his quick actions. 
When Clover found his mother to be deep into conversation with Mrs. Kelly he asked his mom to take the food they bought home. His mother gave him a nod not looking at the pestering boy as he ran off with shoeless feet.
Panting from the run he quickly put the food up before leaving the house in a rush, almost tripping on his feet as dirt flew into the sky. He bypassed the market and went straight to the flower shop seeing a lonely figure standing in the gardens. Clover grinned ear to ear as he fixed the cloth on his head and face before as he tackled the figure down. 
"K.O!" 
Clover had definitely gotten comfortable in the friendship he's made with Lucky. The two became inseparable yet curse at each other like an old married couple. Or siblings that acted as if they hated each other but deep down both cared for one another.
"No fair! You cheated commoner, you got me when I couldn't see you." Lucky screeched. He had definitely gotten taller, baby fat not as notable either. Both boys also found out they were the same age and their birthdays were only three days apart. 
Clover being the oldest of course.
He's taken great pride in the knowledge of this fact and says it any chance he gets.
"Hey we worked on being nice didn't we?" Clover scolded as he sat on the dirt acting as a mentor to a bun. 
No matter what Clover says though, both know of Lucky growing a great deal in being a decent person. He was no longer the boy two years ago who whined and was a huge brat. He's matured a lot and Clover reminisced on his growth like a teacher. He can now proudly say 'Lucky Pol Trevise Waln' is his good friend.
Why his name is so long? Clover will never know.
Lucky rolled his eyes at Clover as he patted the dirt off his trousers but suddenly his smile turned to a frown as if he remembered something and the atmosphere grew increasingly tense. Sensing something was wrong Clovers smiled tugged into a frown as he looked at Luckys figure with a head tilt. 
"I um..." Lucky started but trailed off as he fidgeted with his sleeve.
Clover knew not to rush the boy as he waited with baited breaths at what he had to say, Clover knew it probably wasn't good. Straightening his back Clover patted the boy's shoulder for him to continue with a soft smile that melted Luckys muscles slightly as he gained the courage to speak again.
"Mom and dad said they want me to go home," Lucky smiled with happiness although his eyes betrayed him with unwillingness. Clover paused for a moment before he grinned as bright as the sun giving him his best wishes. "Really!? See our training worked!" Clover innocently wiggled with joy as it seemed infectious because Lucky smiled wider, Clover played some more with Lucky the two enjoying their games. 
They didn't talk much about themselves, past, family, or magic. When they were together they felt equal no longer seeing one as a higher status than the other. They played as children would and talked as children did, never worried about politics and current society. Even if Lucky was the first prince and often talked as if he was an adult when they first met when Clover got his childish side to come out none of it mattered and the two years of freedom from having to be high and mighty really took a lot off Luckys shoulders. Clover noticed and felt a sense of sadness for a boy who has such expectations on his shoulders to be the king of the country in the future. 
Nevertheless, with his ego, Clover knew he'd be okay.
When they both separated that day Clover never asked when the boy would be leaving thinking it was probably in a few weeks. But...the next day when Clover opened the shop and the Lucky never showed up his heart sank realizing he never even said goodbye.
"That stupid brat!" Clover cursed as the sky darkened. 
Although he said that, behind the cloth on the boy's face revealed tears glistening in his eyes as he bit his lip. Clover tried to steady himself like the man he is, but just couldn't! He took a shaky breath as he slowly sat on the floor behind the counter as tears slipped down his cheeks. His throat felt choked up. Clovers flushed with sadness, looking like a helpless child.
Lucky was his only friend in this world. 
Clover sniffed wiping the tears on his cheeks before smiling painfully, and he was gone, probably never to meet again. It's okay though, Clover stood up as he trudged to the closed door listlessly before stopping in his tracks, his foot had hit something hard and when he looked down he saw a big bag. Clover looked below with confused eyes as he opened it slightly his mouth gaping open as a surprised gasp left his lips. 
It was a bag of gold! And a letter was tied on the rope holding it intact.
Opening the contents of the letter another wave of sadness hit him. Sighing deeply Clover lunged the heavy bag up to his shoulder in a bear's hold and walked the streets lit by magic ore.
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𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒! 𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛. 𝑂ℎ, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑. 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡.
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But as days passed so did the seasons and with the seasons came the years. Clover never once saw a hair of Lucky again...

In a small rural village, a child was born.

The mother was a flower shop owner, and the father was a passing merchant. No longer part of the child's and mother's lives.

One thing was for sure on the day of the child's birth, he was an oddity. 

Golden hair and honeyed eyes.

It was peculiar, freakish in the world, completely outlandish! The mother didn't know what to do with this abnormally unusual child. 

Nevertheless, she hid his traits well and kept him to continue her flower shop.

Only the child was very much aware of things normal people his age weren't aware of. For instance, he was actually 16 on the day of his birth.

[https://pin.it/7CbeAck the link leads art of ML and cover image is MC non of the art is mine]

Mike didn't expect Gu Zhiqian to react this way. In the past, Gu Zhiqian usually acted like he didn't care about anything. Even when it came to his own matters, he always acted like he didn't care.
He, Gu Zhiqian, wasn't afraid of anything, and he didn't need to be afraid of anything. He was the young master of the Gu family. Even if he didn't become the successor of the company in the future, he would still have a large amount of inheritance and shares. He wouldn't have to do anything for the rest of his life. He was the kind of person who was born to live a superior life.
Moreover, not only did Gu Zhiqian have the Gu family behind him, he was also a friend of the CEO. He was also the godfather of all the CEO's children. That was equivalent to being the godfather of the successor of the Ruan family. He really did not need to care about anything.
Besides, didn't Gu Zhiqian have a bad impression of Guan Meiyi all along? His attitude towards Guan Meiyi was slightly better now, but it was limited to a professional relationship, and it was very cold and distant kind. Guan Meiyi was an artist from the same company, but according to Gu Zhiqian's attitude towards her and the way he handled things, he should have scoffed or directly ignored her.
This reaction now was not right!
He actually told me to shut up?
Mike was so frustrated and his eyes looked at the photo again. Before, it was just a simple glance that he didn't feel anything. Now that he took a closer look, why did he feel that the back of the guy was somewhat similar to Gu Zhiqian? Especially that coat, wasn't it the one that Gu Zhiqian changed into after he left the shooting site yesterday and went home!
Mike had accompanied Gu Zhiqian home at that time, telling him about today's schedule and work, and Gu Zhiqian had put on that coat in front of him. After that, he left Gu Zhiqian's residence, and Gu Zhiqian also said that he had an appointment to leave.
Could it be that Gu Zhiqian also went to the Four Seasons Hotel yesterday!
Could it be that the scratches on his neck were from Guan Meiyi!
Thinking of these, Mike suddenly widened his eyes in horror, "Gu Zhiqian! The man in this photo is you!"
After saying that, Mike immediately covered his mouth, and then he remembered that he was in the car now. There was no one around, but he still lowered his voice, "Was it you who was with Guan Meiyi last night?"
Gu Zhiqian didn't deny it, but returned the phone to Mike. He continued to put on the blindfold and leaned against the back of the seat.
"My Ancestor! My Prince! Can you stop scaring me! Didn't you always hate Guan Meiyi? Why did you get involved with her! She's a married woman! You're the other man. If you're exposed, you're done for good!" Mike was like an ant on a hot pan, he didn't know what to do.
Compared to Mike's panic, Gu Zhiqian was much calmer. He pursed his lips and didn't say a word.
Seeing Gu Zhiqian like this, Mike almost vomited blood. But he quickly forced himself to calm down, "It's okay, it's okay. No one knows that you were at the Four Seasons Hotel last night. You changed your clothes, and the scratches on your neck are covered. "As long as Guan Meiyi doesn't tell anyone about you, the fire won't burn you,"Mai Ke started to talk to himself, "No, I have to go talk to Guan Meiyi's manager. We're all in the same company, and Guan Meiyi is in danger. I can't bring you down too! Yes, I'll do it when I get to the company!"
Gu Zhiqian had automatically tuned off Mike's nagging. He kept thinking about Guan Meiyi's face when she talked to him in the car this morning, that look of decisiveness and distance, and the determination to shoulder everything herself.


He's the dream guy of women world wide, the CEO of a formidable mega-corporation. But, he's absolutely powerless against her, resorting to all kinds of methods to force her into a marriage, tying her to his side with a certficiate. 

"Remember, from now on, you're not allowed to enter unclean entertainment venues, not allowed to accept drinks from other men, not allowed to have physical contact with men other than me. If not, bear the consenquences."

Ling Tianya felt that she was just like a girl undergoing puberty, under strict supervision of her parents, shackling her down with restrictions upon restrictions.

"Your requests are ridiculous, I have meetings and obligations, I... ..."

The man held tightly onto her, as though wanting nothing more than to absorb her into himself. "Ling Tianya, this is not a discussion." Therefore, the CEO had became a complete slave to his wife.

"My love for you is your perogative. Use me to your heart's wishes, I am more than willing!" 

But all he got in exchange was an eye roll, "Keep it for yourself, I don't need it!"

Shen Qin was bored but tired in holding, pitching and catching the ball.
When I got home, I felt numb. No wonder Ji Jia would prepare dinner for him in his sports bag. It was really considerate.
But at the moment, the woman was rubbing his arm. He knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to lift his hand because of the pain. He decided not to complain.
"You see, if you usually hop outside, you won't feel so bad now."
Shen Qin said ha ha, he is a quiet surgeon, OK ~ how to do surgery when his hand is broken~
"But Qin, you've been working hard today. We'll go out for a big dinner in the evening."
Ji Jia made a decision, but Shen Qin was a little confused. The name of Qin was somewhat It's weird. What's more, since they started their lives together, what they eat at home is takeaway. He is jealous and suspects that Jijia can't cook!
But it's not surprising that they are only 18 years old, so "I don't want to go out to eat. Is it healthy to eat at home?"
... Jijia's face turned red. After a long time, she said, "ha, the kitchen utensils haven't been washed. Another day..."
"I can wash it."
"... ok I can't cook! Later. "
Shen Qin turned his eyes in his heart, but he did. On the surface, he sighed sadly: "I will. I'll do the dishes later. I'll take them out first today. We'll wash the kitchen utensils together in the evening. Those new ones need to be cooked Er If you can't cook, why buy so many kitchenware
"Tomorrow I'll look for recipes ~ I'll learn them." Ji Jia's face is even more red: "those things are bought by Xu Tian ~ Oh, you go to take a bath, then I order takeout, what do you want to eat?"
"Whatever." Shen Qin looked at the little girl's nervous appearance a little funny. I got up and went back to my room to take a bath.
After blowing the hair, the clothes will be put into the washing machine consciously, and the underwear will be washed by hand to dry, and then come out to eat.
This is a good habit brought by his previous career. Underwear should be separated. And it's really not a casual talk about cooking. He thinks that his craft is at least better than Ji Jialai!
At present, the speed of domestic takeout is really worth boasting about. Even more than 20 minutes before and after taking a bath have already been delivered.
Roast duck with sliced skin, shrimp dumplings, bean skin rolls and various kinds of roast meat are served with porridge.
It's really nice to eat them on a summer evening.
Shen Qin said he was very satisfied.
"You don't have to go to America to see him?" The results of long-distance marriage are not so perfect, especially when they are so young. Shen Qin is worried that he will go to the streets to beg for food when he is brought to the United States.
Ji Jia is giving Shen Qin a roll of roast duck: "what are you looking at? He's coming soon."
"Eh?" Shen Qin is a little confused. Professional athletes should be very busy. Can they still have transnational love? But it's nice to have roast duck rolled!
"Haven't you heard that there are only two seasons in America?"
It's not possible, is it? Relying on the only geographical knowledge in his brain, he felt that there was something wrong with this!
Jijia stuffed a mouthful of roast duck: "it's true, there are only two seasons in America! Winter and baseball season! Winter is coming, so you will come to accompany us
This "we" made Shen Qin feel a little sad. He was really a warm child: "is yoyo a nickname? pet name? Or a nickname? " This is the first time that he asked Yuri. He really hoped that Yuri was just that honest and honest boy, not the catcher in the catcher, the belly black in the belly black.
"Nickname, I'm used to it. I don't like Yuri. It sounds like that cartoon, Yuri on the ice. Have you seen it? The two Yuri in there are so handsome... " Ji Jia said, holding her face to commit a flower maniac. Shen Qin is speechless. Don't you know your husband is also handsome? Living in the second dimension of the woman ah!
"Well Why do you adopt me... " To be honest, Shen Qin is not very happy about this. He thinks his known future has been disrupted. He likes the profession of doctor, but can he still be a doctor after going to the United States? Will the future be stable? These are unknowns. He doesn't like the feeling of uncertainty.
Jijia thought for a while and then replied, "because I don't want children. Don't you think it's better to have a big one directly? And Yuri likes you very much, and I don't know why. "
"Don't want children? You are too young to understand. " Shen Qin said this seriously, as a doctor and an adult.
"I understand ~" Ji Jia silently made a cross in her heart. Hallelujah, I didn't mean to!
"Of course, what's more important is that I'm bored in America alone. You can play with me."
This is a rogue. Shen Qin can't answer the question. The 18-year-old girl doesn't have to be reasonable.
"Well, the real reason is Ji Jia pulled the corner of her clothes and looked lonely: "my family doesn't want me anymore. I have a shadow I'm afraid that in the future I'm the same as you. "
Boom!
Shen Qin had a feeling of being chopped by thunder, and his heart was full of bitterness. Looking at Ji Jia's red eyes, there is some heartache.
What Jijia said about me is the same as you. Isn't that just like he is an orphan?
But now she is delicate and lively I don't think I've had a hard time Do you want to ask? Would you rather not ask?
Immersed in his thoughts, Shen Qin didn't notice Ji Jia's smile.
"That What do you usually do? " Shen Qin decided to spend more time with little girls. Children like them are the most lonely.
"Code word painting ~ but I like baseball best."
Looking at Ji Jia's hopeful eyes, Shen Qin thinks that Yuri's wife doesn't like baseball, but Think about today's inhumane training, the cold sweat on the forehead is coming out?
"Qin? You don't want to play baseball with me? It's really interesting. "
... Shen Qin gritted his teeth: "wait for me to practice for a period of time first ~ now really can't do anything."
"I can go to see it, bask in the sun, open up my mind, or I'll type in my room all day long Ah... "
Well, defeated by the sigh, Shen Qin felt more and more pitiful for the little girl, so he quickly agreed to come down and quickly packed up the dinner plate to watch the season video of Ji Jia Nong. Knowledge always depends on accumulation.
By the way, talk about Yuri that son of a bitch, married a daughter-in-law but left aside! Scum man!
"Achoo!"
Dregs male "Yuri" rubs the nose, is taking a good bath to prepare to go to training, thought to pick up the mobile phone to send a message: "baby, I seem to have a cold ~ seek comfort!"
Ji Jia: "ha ha ~"
Slag man immediately called in the past, was hung up! "Baby? You're ignoring me."
Jijia: "I just finished loading! Don't break my plan
Slag man: "you know Ok It is... "

Shen Qin, with no family, friends and no one to trust, changed his life when he met a professional baseball player who just made his debut. high school, college and the big leagues, follow Shen Qin and his journey to fame as he delves into his past.

Have you ever heard of hell? Have you ever heard of satan? Do you believe in them? Even if you don't, what comes to mind? Do you think of hell as this dry, hot, and dark place that's always on fire and roams with ugly little demons? Do you think of satan as this gigantic muscular guy with horns, dark red skin, and an evil grin that you'd never trust. Well, I'm here to inform you, all of that is bullshit. There is no such thing as YOUR hell and there is no such thing as YOUR satan. Sure, hell is real and so is satan but they're nothing like you would imagine. 
    First off, hell is like earth. It is much smaller, about the size of North America, and has no oceans, only land. The sky is always a crimson red color instead of the blue skies seen on earth. There is no night and day, there are no seasons, and there is no rain. The residents, or "demons", look exactly like humans, they don't have any of that red skin or demon horn crap. Hell is under one governmental system but is split up into 13 "kingdoms". Each kingdom has their own ruler and royal system, yes like the king and queen shit, but hell has one royal family that rules over all of the 13 kingdoms. 
Lucifer Morningstar, or most commonly known as Satan, is obviously the ruler of all of hell, as known as the "King of hell". He kind of looks like your average guy. He stands at 6'6 (haha), has brown medium length hair, tan skin, a well taken care of beard, and a constant glare that makes you fear for your little worthless life. Thousands of years ago, Lucifer took charge of hell and made it into the way it is today. A few centuries later he married Lilith, a noble but cold demon from the 7th kingdom. Together they had 13 children; Typhon, Naehmehh, Milcom, Noragi, Adera, Damion, Umechi, Olloda, Minnie, Rolvoros, and Zuriel. They all grew up how every other demonic prince and princess did. On each of their 16th birthdays they had to become role models for hell and take upon a travel of their choice. All of them just chose to go to other kingdoms and make connections early on. It's just tradition. Unfortunately, Ollada took too long while coming back to her journey to the 3rd kingdom, which made her mother anxious. So Lillith took control and set off with many guards to find Ollada, who was actually perfectly fine. Along the way, Lilith got ambushed by a large crowd in the 11th kingdom, who killed her. Lucifer was so devastated by this that he had every single guard that was on the journey with Lilith slaughtered for failing to protect her.
A few years later Hell, Heaven, and Earth's world leaders held a secret meeting to discuss a way for the 3 worlds to better collide to understand each other. They agreed on sending 1,000 angels and demons to earth, 1,000 humans and demons to heaven, and 1,000 humans and angels to hell. This did not go so well. The demons in hell were automatically kicked out of heaven for threatening to hang Jesus on an upside down cross. And all of the humans and half of the angels sent to hell were killed by normal demons within the first day of living there.  Immediately Heaven requested that all of their angels come back to heaven from hell and earth, but one decided to stay in hell. Ceres, who is not really an angel but more of a goddess, as known as the goddess of nature, stayed in hell. She was so fascinated by the weird creatures that roamed hell and the strange dark forests and mountains that covered the landscape. Well, at least that's what she told heaven, to convince them to let her stay, which they did. But the actual truth was that she and Lucifer had fallen in love. 
The next year they got married unexpectedly, and this caused a major issue in hell. Multiple uprising started since they did not like the idea of a goddess being their new queen, but it happened anyways. It caused even more of an issue when the next month she announced that she was pregnant. Over the next couple years she would give birth to Apollyn, Clementine, and Toxodorius, Clementine and Toxodorius being twins. This started a new phase where not many people in hell liked the three children. Apollyn, the oldest of the three, grew up to act exactly like his dad, which made hell's population forget that he was a mix of satan and a goddess. But they always held a grudge against Clementine and Toxodorius. 
When Apollyn turned 16 he did the normal thing, he traveled to the 5th kingdom and made a friendly connection with them. And because Clementine and Toxodorius are twins, one of them would be randomly chosen to choose where they go. And where they do go does not help their reputation in hell at all.

When the youngest Morningstar kids, Toxo and Clementine, decide to go to earth, all hell breaks loose... literally. They have to learn how to act normal and obey their father's every word. If they tell a single soul about where they're from, they will be removed from the Morningstar family and forced to suffer for eternity. They soon meet some friends. Friends that go through more than anyone should go through. Toxo and Clementine will learn about normal humans, friendship, abuse, betrayal, disobedience, and love. I hope you enjoy this story. :) 

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WARNING: This story contains content such as murder, gore, rape, abuse, cannibalism, explicit language, and sexual scenes. We will put a warning before every chapter that has something like this to ensure that no one reads something that they do not want to read. Please be cautious about what you are comfortable reading and we hope that you have a safe reading experience.

Have you ever heard of hell? Have you ever heard of satan? Do you believe in them? Even if you don't, what comes to mind? Do you think of hell as this dry, hot, and dark place that's always on fire and roams with ugly little demons? Do you think of satan as this gigantic muscular guy with horns, dark red skin, and an evil grin that you'd never trust. Well, I'm here to inform you, all of that is bullshit. There is no such thing as YOUR hell and there is no such thing as YOUR satan. Sure, hell is real and so is satan but they're nothing like you would imagine. 
First off, hell is like earth. It is much smaller, about the size of North America, and has no oceans, only land. The sky is always a crimson red color instead of the blue skies seen on earth. There is no night and day, there are no seasons, and there is no rain. The residents, or "demons", look exactly like humans, they don't have any of that red skin or demon horn crap. Hell is under one governmental system but is split up into 13 "kingdoms". Each kingdom has their own ruler and royal system, yes like the king and queen shit, but hell has one royal family that rules over all of the 13 kingdoms. 
Lucifer Morningstar, or most commonly known as Satan, is obviously the ruler of all of hell, as known as the "King of hell". He kind of looks like your average guy. He stands at 6'6 (haha), has brown medium length hair, tan skin, a well taken care of beard, and a constant glare that makes you fear for your little worthless life. Thousands of years ago, Lucifer took charge of hell and made it into the way it is today. A few centuries later he married Lilith, a noble but cold demon from the 7th kingdom. Together they had 13 children; Typhon, Naehmehh, Milcom, Noragi, Adera, Damion, Umechi, Olloda, Minnie, Rolvoros, and Zuriel. They all grew up how every other demonic prince and princess did. On each of their 16th birthdays they had to become role models for hell and take upon a travel of their choice. All of them just chose to go to other kingdoms and make connections early on. It's just tradition. Unfortunately, Ollada took too long while coming back to her journey to the 3rd kingdom, which made her mother anxious. So Lillith took control and set off with many guards to find Ollada, who was actually perfectly fine. Along the way, Lilith got ambushed by a large crowd in the 11th kingdom, who killed her. Lucifer was so devastated by this that he had every single guard that was on the journey with Lilith slaughtered for failing to protect her.
A few years later Hell, Heaven, and Earth's world leaders held a secret meeting to discuss a way for the 3 worlds to better collide to understand each other. They agreed on sending 1,000 angels and demons to earth, 1,000 humans and demons to heaven, and 1,000 humans and angels to hell. This did not go so well. The demons in hell were automatically kicked out of heaven for threatening to hang Jesus on an upside down cross. And all of the humans and half of the angels sent to hell were killed by normal demons within the first day of living there. Immediately Heaven requested that all of their angels come back to heaven from hell and earth, but one decided to stay in hell. Ceres, who is not really an angel but more of a goddess, as known as the goddess of nature, stayed in hell. She was so fascinated by the weird creatures that roamed hell and the strange dark forests and mountains that covered the landscape. Well, at least that's what she told heaven, to convince them to let her stay, which they did. But the actual truth was that she and Lucifer had fallen in love. 
The next year they got married unexpectedly, and this caused a major issue in hell. Multiple uprising started since they did not like the idea of a goddess being their new queen, but it happened anyways. It caused even more of an issue when the next month she announced that she was pregnant. Over the next couple years she would give birth to Apollyn, Clementine, and Toxodorius, Clementine and Toxodorius being twins. This started a new phase where not many people in hell liked the three children. Apollyn, the oldest of the three, grew up to act exactly like his dad, which made hell's population forget that he was a mix of satan and a goddess. But they always held a grudge against Clementine and Toxodorius. 
When Apollyn turned 16 he did the normal thing, he traveled to the 5th kingdom and made a friendly connection with them. And because Clementine and Toxodorius are twins, one of them would be randomly chosen to choose where they go. And where they do go does not help their reputation in hell at all.

When the youngest Morningstar kids, Toxo and Clementine, decide to go to earth, all hell breaks loose... literally. They have to learn how to act normal and obey their father's every word. If they tell a single soul about where they're from, they will be removed from the Morningstar family and forced to suffer for eternity. They soon meet some friends. Friends that go through more than anyone should go through. Toxo and Clementine will learn about normal humans, friendship, abuse, betrayal, disobedience, and love. I hope you enjoy this story. :) 

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WARNING: This story contains content such as murder, gore, rape, abuse, cannibalism, explicit language, and sexual scenes. We will put a warning before every chapter that has something like this to ensure that no one reads something that they do not want to read. Please be cautious about what you are comfortable reading and we hope that you have a safe reading experience. :)

(NONE of the art displayed in this story is owned or created by either of us. If anyone knows who the artists are of these wonderful drawings please let us know so we can give them credit!!!)

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