Chapter II : It is... this is a..... Date!?
Chapter II : It is... this is a.... Date!? 
We met at the Pokémon Coumarine City Center, after Ash took the victory against Ramos for the Leaf Medal, after the little lesson he learned from being patient and should always see other options.
Now, Ash and his friends were just leaving the Pokémon Center, when they were surprised by the newly implemented decoration in the City. 
Ash: What's going on? - The jets were a little confused with the bliss of the atmosphere
Clemont: Apparently some kind of celebration -- Clemont concluded that it was something important in the city
Having said those words, Ramos; the gym leader of that city, had turned to the boys with his Gogoat, informing them that it was a party, but not just any one, it was one that was held every year in the city, the custom was to deliver gifts to their pokémons, as it shows, both friendship and trust. The whole group was excited, partly Serena, as that celebration seemed romantic to her, Bonnie had asked Ramos about the time of that party, and he replied that it would be after sunset.
Clemont: I see, that's why there are people carrying gifts to the tree - he said, as he watched the people of the city head towards the Tree of Promise.
Ash: That sounds fascinating! "He said with emotion - We should too," said the jet, then received a positive response from his friends and pokémon
Everyone was happy to know that they would participate in the celebration, that said, Ramos said goodbye to the boys to head to the Tree of Promise. Thanking the gym leader, the boys were getting ready to start with what was important; gifts, and as always, Serena took out her map to look for a place to buy gifts, albeit with what was said and with Ash's approval, Clemont declined the idea, for as an inventor she is, she had already decided that he would make her own gift at the Pokémon Center, in addition to Bonnie (who knew about her friend's infatuation) had explained Serena's situation with Ash , having decided on the above, Ash and Serena left Clemont and Bonnie (who would stay too) to surprise them.
After that, Ash and Serena set off, to the shopping area for the gifts, leaving them two alone, and Serena realizing it and with a blush on her face, and a nervousness in her body, she wondered in her mind, if it was real what was going on. Suddenly Ash noticed the girl strangely (which surprises a lot) and saw her move her hand close to hers; at the beginning of his journey with her, he felt more confident and felt other things, which I don't know, since he didn't know what it was about, but as he advanced the journey, he began to notice the gestures that the girl did when she was with him, maybe her "I" from the past, would not have noticed, but he did, and realized that he had feelings for the girl , even if she knew all that feeling, the jet took the girl by the hand, and took her to the subway, the girl being immersed in her thoughts, was surprised by the action of the young man and her blush was raised to limits that she did not even imagine.
After a small event, Ash and Serena were on the subway, which would take them to the shopping area, while traveling they both watched from afar as the whole area was, besides that Serena was still blushed by the Ash action, who still held her hand and wondered herself, if the jet had feelings for her, just as she had feelings for him , it was a couple of minutes before they finally got to that place, and as such, they started looking for the perfect gifts for their friends. Serena, being a girl, loved accessories and thought her pokémons would like it, and as Always Ash, she acted like a boy, which the girl found very tender in that detail.
As Ash searched the stained glass windows of the shops for the perfect gift for her pokémons, she realized that Serena was looking at a tent, so I ask her if she wanted to stop by, Serena was a little surprised, but also nervous about what she asked for.
Serena: Is it.. you're sure you want to come in with.. Me? - Asked the girl nervously and blushed how gentle the jetsacher was
Ash: Of course, because not! - He said excitedly the jet, who noticed the girl's gestures, and somehow was happy to be with her.
After mediating words, the two entered the store, and as always the girl was very excited about how many objects there were, but she was more excited, because her childhood love was with her. Meanwhile, the jet had two things in his mind, the first was, what kind of gift he would give to his pokémon, and the second, which were those pulsations he felt when he was with the peli-honey, usually those pulsations was for the adrenaline of a battle, but seeing her, were another kind of pulsation, a pleasant one for the young man. After seeing the shop, they both came out empty-handed, found nothing to convince them, Serena kept looking and noticed something in a stained glass window, went to the jet with a blush to continue accompanying her, and with her typical smile the jet accepted the invitation.
Hours passed, and Serena was the only one who had found the gifts for her pokémons, leaving Ash even with that thought that giving her friends, even with all that, both headed to the station to return to Coumarine city, just as Ash passed through magnetic laying, a sphere had burst firing streamers and confetti, announcing Ash as the 1 millionth passenger of the station , after that she was surprised when she was given a decorated box, as she got on the subway, Serena asked her to show her the contents of the box, to which she agreed and noticed that she had a blue ribbon, that said, Ash still did not know what to give them, and Serena mentioned that both he and her pokémon looked like each other , and that with any gift, they would enjoy it, until at last it came up with something that would make all their pokémon happy, and just as quickly as they got to the city, so Ash left the station to look for the perfect gift.
It's dusk of the day, and Serena, Clemont and Bonnie were leaving the Pokémon center to head for the Tree of Promise and leave their gifts, as Ramos explained, a few seconds passed, and Ash had returned something dirty and with a bag on his back. Everyone was in the tree waiting for the celebration to begin. However, nothing can go right if something doesn't go wrong, and as always team rocket can't miss, in their quest to catch Pikachu and the other pokémon. They tried to carry the presents, but our heroes always come out victorious and team rocket, couldn't get hold of anything, sending them flying.
After all the commotion, the event was able to continue normally, at the start of the celebration, the Tree of Promise, ignited as if it were a magic tree, after a few seconds, all the people of the city, including our heroes, handed out to their pokémon the gifts, including also the Team Rocket. A few minutes passed, and Serena, realized a gift that was left over, when she saw it and opened it, inside the gift was a very beautiful dress with a large red bun, they headed to the Pokémon center, as the honey-peli suspected who she was, when Serena arrived I spoke to her mother, and confirmed about the gift.
After all the commotion of Serena's gift, she went out to see for the last time the Shining Tree, she thought how much she had fun today, but it was more her joy when Ash accompanied her to buy the gifts together, she wanted to do something bold, but as always her nerves did not leave her, after that Ash showed up with the box of the slat I win.
Ash; Serena! - the boy spoke out, having the girl turn him over to see - I want you to accept this! - It was when the girl was surprised, it was the same box she received before returning to the city
Serena: Hey? But Ash, isn't that...? - The girl did not know what to think, she was surprised and blushed by such jetsacher's action
Ash: I want you to accept it, as a gratitude for helping me decide on gifts! " Said the jetsacher a little blushing.
Serena: Ash! 
In the face of such an action, her heart could more than reason, and in an act of infatuation, the girl slapped over the jet to deposit a clumsy but tender kiss to the jet.
Faced with such an action, her heart could more than reason, and in an act of infatuation, the girl slapped over the jet to deposit a clumsy but tender kiss to the jet
It should not be noted, that the young man was dazed, I never expect that show of affection, let alone a girl. 
Serena: And.. I do. I'm sorry, I didn't want to! - was interrupted, by a hug of the young
Ash: No matter what happens Serena, I want to be with you! - Serena had made her understand that feeling that she had in her heart, but that she did not understand 
Serena; And I want to be with you, Ash! - Serena felt the happiest girl in the world, not only kissing the boy, but corresponded to her longings and feelings that she kept in the depths of her heart.

Short stories about many key parts of amourshipping uwu

Lin Qiao knew that he would come to find her at some point, but didn't expect him to show up so soon. It was the second day after the New Year.
"Chief Wu, don't you have work to do? Are you here to wish me a happy new year?" Lin Qiao sat in the living room, looking at Wu Chengyue with a weird expression. The little girl was sitting on her knees. 
"Ling Ling wants to see you, so here we are. Why? Am I not welcome?" Wu Chengyue smilingly raised his eyebrows as he looked at Lin Qiao and said.
"So, you brought all these… Is it necessary for you to bring so many people?" Lin Qiao glanced at the group of people who were sitting behind Wu Chengyue.
Xiao Yunlong, Xiao Licheng, Meng Yue, Kong Qingming, Li Ming, Moli, Li Yueshan, and an unacquainted girl… Among those people, Xiao Yunlong was at level-seven, and was a new Chief of Sea City Base. All the others were at level-five before, but now they had all broken into level-six. A few of them had been promoted to Deputy Chiefs. 
According to Wu Chengyue, he visited Lin Qiao because Ling Ling wanted to see her. But, why did he bring all those people?
Hearing Lin Qiao's question, Xiao Yunlong and the others all turned to Wu Chengyue with the same look in their eyes. Some of them even twitched their eye corners toward Lin Qiao to give Wu Chengyue a signal.
Wu Chengyue nodded at them.
The girl that Lin Qiao hadn't met yet stood up with a faint smile as she walked to the middle of the living room, then said to Lin Qiao, "Miss. Lu, good to meet you. My name is Luo Gefei. I am a space possessor." 
Lin Qiao nodded at her and said, "Hi."
After that, she glanced at Wu Chengyue with confusion. The man narrowed his eyes in a smile. No clear emotion could be detected from those eyes.
Lin Qiao turned back to Luo Gefei. She was about five-feet and six-inches tall, with waist-long hair, and a tall and slim body. She had a delicate face and snow-white skin, looking a little like a doll. Lin Qiao guessed that she looked younger than she really was.
She was smiling, yet that smile was completely superficial. Lin Qiao couldn't read her mind, and her smiling face looked like a mask.
As Luo Gefei raised an arm, a pile of bags and boxes showed up on the floor next to her.
"These are gifts from our Chief, so please accept then," Luo Gefei said, then nodded at Lin Qiao smilingly. After that, she turned and returned to her own seat.
"Eh? What are all these?" Lin Qiao looked at Wu Chengyue bewilderedly. Why on earth did he suddenly bring her so many gifts? Did he need her help?
"These are my new year gifts to you," said Wu Chengyue with a smile.
"And then?" Lin Qiao looked at him and asked.
"What 'then'? There is no 'then'," Wu Chengyue kept looking at her smilingly.
"No 'then'?" Lin Qiao's expression turned even weirder than before. She looked at Wu Chengyue, then at Wu Yueling who was in her arms. After that, she turned and made eye contact with Lin Feng, who was sitting beside her. She had completely no idea what Wu Chengyue was doing.
Lin Feng and the others were all confused as well.
She stood up as she held Wu Yueling's hand and walked to that pile of gifts. Then, she pointed at the box on the top and asked, "What is this?"
Wu Chengyue stayed silent while Moli answered the question for him. With no expression, she said blandly, "These are medicines. Currently, we only have limited kinds of medicines. These are all we can give." 
"And this?" Lin Qiao pointed at a smaller box.
"Those are seeds." This time, Kong Qingming answered her question. He was lazily leaning on one arm of the chair while resting his head on a palm. His pretty face wore a charming smile as he looked at Lin Qiao in the eyes, seeming to even trying to seduce her.
"We also brought weapons, daily necessities, kitchen and toilet supplies, and wine. A small amount for each type. I hope you like them," Wu Chengyue said smilingly. 
"Okay, let's drop that for now. So, why did you suddenly bring me so much precious stuff? Medicines and seeds? What do you want?" Lin Qiao straightened her body and looked at Wu Chengyue. She had a feeling that if she accepted those gifts, a bigger problem would come to her. Of course, she could not accept gifts for no reason.
Instead of answering her question, Wu Chengyue responded to her with a meaningful faint smile.
Lin Qiao looked at the others. Some of the other people from Sea City Base were also smilingly meaningfully, and some were looking at her expressionlessly. None of them intended to answer her question. 
At that moment, the little girl pulled the lower edge of Lin Qiao's cloth. Lin Qiao turned to her and found the girl looking at her with a pair of sparkling big eyes. 
'We want Zombie Mommy to be with Ling Ling!' Lin Qiao heard her thought, but didn't understand her meaning.
Was she trying to say that all those gifts were sent to her because of Wu Yueling? What did she mean by 'be with Ling Ling'?
Lin Qiao brought the little girl back to her seat, then glanced at Lin Feng silently.
Receiving her signal, Lin Feng started talking with a smile, "How can we accept these precious gifts without a reason? My guests, please make it clear with us. Do you need our help? We will do our best to help you, and you don't need to bring us so many gifts."
'Yeah, who's gonna take your stuff that came for no reason?'
Lin Qiao agreed in her head. She didn't say anything though, but turned and picked up a strawberry from the tea table. After watching the girl make a bite, she put the rest of the strawberry on her hand, and then picked up her teacup to take a sip.
"Oh, a reason. Well… These are betrothal gifts. Is that a good reason? I want to marry your Chief, so she can take care of Ling Ling for me," Wu Chengyue finally said the words with a smile.
Puff!
"Eh-hem!"
"Eh…"
"What!"
Lin Qiao spouted the tea in her mouth. After that, she calmly wiped her mouth with her sleeve. Chen Yuting, who was sitting behind Lin Feng, had his crossed legs twitching suddenly. As a result, he almost fell off his chair. As for the others, some of them were choked on their saliva.
Lin Feng was the most composed one among all. He made no other reactions and only looked at Wu Chengyue and his people expressionlessly. 
"Wait… What did you say? I didn't hear it clearly. The last part?" Lin Qiao wiped her mouth, then looked at Wu Chengyue and asked calmly.
Wu Chengyue maintained that smile on his face while repeating his words, "I want you to take care of my Ling Ling for me. Can you do that?"
"She can't!" The composed Lin Feng answered the question before Lin Qiao did. Hearing his voice, the others all turned to him.
Lin Qiao nodded to agree with him.
'What the hell? Is this a joke? Marry him? I never even thought about that!' she said to herself.
"Our Chief already has a man. So Chief Wu, please give up," Lin Feng threw out a bomb that shocked the others so badly.
"Damn! Lin Feng, what are you talking about!" Lin Qiao was stunned. She hurriedly turned to Lin Feng and yelled with a small but high-pitched voice. 


Lin Qiao remembers nothing from the past five years since the post-apocalyptic era began. She wakes up only to find herself having become a newborn, superpowered zombie, in a body that used to belong to an evil and notorious woman!

Having kidnapped a girl and raped her father, the previous host met her demise at the very hands of the conspiracies she courted all her life, leaving Lin Qiao no choice but to deal with the consequences while trying to figure out her own past and the fate of her loved ones. 

As for the little girl’s father, can’t he just have a decent fight? He’s a human being, but why is he biting a zombie? She’s the zombie! She’s the one who’s supposed to bite! 

More importantly, every woman tended to cut contact from Ling Hong after they broke up. After all, they had loved each other before. 
"This girl is different from others. We loved each other the most before," Ling Hong said confidently. 
"It might be true for others, but for you, I don't think so," Wu Hai said affirmatively, "Did you ever have true love?" 
"You described every relationship as your true love." Even Sister Wan couldn't help mocking at him. 
"It's not the same. This one is different." Ling Hong shook his head. 
"Wait. Do you mean that you have many girlfriends?" Yuan Zhou couldn't help asking. Sister Wan couldn't help rolling her eyes at him. It was a matter known to everybody. 
Having ignored Yuan Zhou who was shocked, Sister Wan asked with interest, "What kind of difference?" 
Just at that moment, Zhou Jia served up the pre-meal package to them. Ling Hong drank a mouthful of water conveniently and prepared to tell his story. 
"We were still in college when we knew each other." Ling Hong's voice was essential clean and bright. So it sounded pleasant when he started to talk. 
Of course, in Yuan Zhou's eyes, that was the typical voice of youngsters. So Yuan Zhou slightly lowered his voice to make it a little coarse and sounded like that of a prince charming. 
Come back out our story. Ling Hong narrated a love story of youth, beauty, and romance. After listening to the story to the end, Yuan Zhou could only summarize it with one sentence, single people weren't suitable to listen to it. 
It didn't feel good to see others show off their relationships in public. 
"I think spring is coming and I also should find a girlfriend." Yuan Zhou made up his mind inwardly. 
"So you feel that it was true love because that girl didn't accept the gifts you bought. The rest weren't?" Sister Wan reacted first and looked at Ling Hong with a serious tone. 
"No, not necessarily. But I did feel that she loved me." Ling Hong thought for a while and then gave them a vague answer. 
That's right. In Ling Hong's story, the girl whom he knew in college was different from other girls. As a tall, rich and handsome person, he changed girlfriends quite frequently in college. 
That girl wasn't the prettiest and didn't have the best body, either. SHe wasn't even the most pure. In a few words, she wasn't as outstanding compared with the other former girlfriends of Ling Hong. The reason why Ling Hong chased after her was that she had very beautiful eyes. 
In school days, Ling Hong had the basic qualities of a playboy. He thought if everything could be solved with money, why should he bother? 
Therefore, he always sent gifts whenever he and his girlfriends had some conflicts or something like that, but only that girl declined most of them. The reason was very simple. The gifts were way too precious. On the other hand, if it was his birthday or some festive event, she would actually send some gifts to him. 
The girl's gifts weren't really valuable. Some of them were made by herself and some others were picked out in small stores by herself and cost no more than 100RMB. In a word, the girl was quite considerate and devoted to him. 
At that time, these things weren't as touching in Ling Hong's eyes. He even felt these small things were unnoticeable and thus, he broke up with her when he was fed up with her after some time. 
Ling Hong could still remember clearly that the girl cried very sadly and even her eyes turned red. They no longer had contacts with each other after graduation. 
Ling Hong couldn't tell what kind of feeling it was. Till now, he still could remember occasionally the way the girl looked at him with her bright piercing eyes when she sent him the gifts. Her eyes were full of light as if she were waiting for the praise. At that time, however, Ling Hong had never felt these small bracelets or small gifts were good-looking. He even threw all of them away after he broke up with her, not to mention to praise her. 
Several days ago, Ling Hong suddenly received an unknown phone call. Oddly enough, Ling Hong recognized whose voice it was once she talked. That was her. That girl was going to marry and wanted to invite him to attend the wedding. And Ling Hong surprisingly agreed. 
"Even if they accepted your gifts, they were also likely to love you," Sister Wan said to the point, "Besides, which girlfriend would refuse to accept when their boyfriends send them gifts?"
"Yeah, you are right," Ling Hong shrugged and said, " Maybe what made me remember her wasn't because of true love, but the difference of that girl from others. I couldn't figure it out, either."
"It has been so long. You really have a long-lasting love," said Sister Wan. 
"Yeah. I have been immersed in every relationship and spared no effort in them. This one just left me a deep impression." Ling Hong nodded his head.
"Maybe you are still coveting her good looks," Wu Hai stroked his own mustaches and said earnestly.
"F*ck off, you magician[1]. What do you know about affection?" Ling Hong looked at Wu Hai contemptuously. 
"I can understand that. Then what do you want to ask?" Sister Wan didn't go into this matter seriously, but turned to ask. 
"Here's the first dish of the All-Fish Banquet for you two, Weaving Brocade Diligently While Wearing Winter Clothing. Please take your time and enjoy." At that time, Zhou Jia served up the first dish.
"Thanks, Little Jia." Ling Hong first revealed a sunny smile to Zhou Jia and then pushed the plate towards Sister Wan.
"You are welcome," Zhou Jia answered and then left. 
"Let's eat first. Otherwise, somebody's saliva is going to flow into his bowl," Ling Hong glimpsed at Wu Hai and then said loudly on purpose. 
"You talked as if I hadn't eaten the dish before." Wu Hai took a look at Ling Hong contemptuously. 
Wu Hai had barely ceased talking when he reached out his chopsticks, took some of the dish and stuffed it into his mouth directly at lightening speed. 
"Haha. I can eat it fair and square. There's no saliva," Wu Hai said complacently. 
"Ho Ho. You Shameless Wu." Ling Hong laughed out because of anger. 
"Thank you for your praise. I fully deserved the name." Wu Hai stroked his own mustaches and nodded his head smilingly to show his consent. 
"Sister Wan, leave him alone. Let's eat now." Ling Hong straightforwardly ignored him and turned to greet Sister Wan. 
"Thank you." Sister Wan nodded her head courteously and then reached out her chopsticks to eat. 
Yuan Zhou's food was always quite delicious. And the dishes of All-Fish Banquet were served up one after another. When one had just eaten up one dish and rested for a little while, another dish would be served. 
The pace perfectly corresponded to customers' dining time and habits and could also make sure the customers were always immersed in the delicacies. 
Therefore, it was the tasting time of Ling Hong, Sister Wan, and Wu Hai who grabbed the dishes by sneak attacks from time to time. They basically had no time to talk about anything else now. 
Not until dessert did Ling Hong and Sister Wan stop to talk. 
As for Wu Hai, he was just immersed in the delicacies and couldn't get out. So, he didn't participate in their talk at all. 
Then, Ling Hong began to talk about the main business with Sister Wan. 
He asked carefully and understood all the details of a wedding. 
Sister Wan explained about the wedding as if she herself had already married, but the true reason was that she often attended others' weddings. Not to mention her roommates in college, even her younger sisters were married. 
Of course, that was also the reason why Ling Hong would ask Sister Wan. After all, only she had a rich experience in attending others' weddings. 
EMPTY
[1] magician(魔法师) has a new meaning in manga. It specifically means an adult man who keeps his virginity until 30.


In a remote oriental country, there is a small and odd restaurant that has refused the three-star rating by the Michelin Guide several times. 
“The price is fairly expensive over there, 288RMB for a set meal of Egg Fried Rice and a bowl of soup. Ah, and an extra small plate of pickled vegetables as well. Even so, there are still a long line of people queuing up and waiting for a taste. Reservations are not accepted there, only waiting and queuing personally is allowed. 
“Numerous people fly there on their private planes just to queue up. Furthermore, parking bays and parking spots are not provided there. The service is terrible here. Customers have to clear the tableware themselves and wipe the table as well. For god’s sake, the boss is literally crazy.” 
---Michelin Guide
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Release Rate: 5 Chapters/Week; will be released on Mon, Wed, Fri and Weekend;


Mark Pov:
A healthy relationship is like to give and take each other feelings while also pursuing a shared life together.
Out of Love towards our partner, naturally, we will have the desire to own our partner.
Out of this Love or more accurately, possessiveness, we will have a fear of losing our partner.
When somebody or something comes in between our relationship, It will be heartbroken and may get angry.
So I don't care if Anna show possessive towards me by punching this girl.
So I convey the same thing to that woman.
Mark: "I don't care, and I know she still loves me and believes in me even though she punched on your nose…"
Women: "But I care, and I know you will be the most happiest person if she didn't show her wild possessiveness..."
Mark: "So, you know more about possessiveness, maybe it ruins your love life, am I right..?"
(She looked at me with her shocked expression...
And nod her head as Yes...)
Women: Actually, me and my ex-lover, share everything to each other, but his possessiveness leads to make him suspecting on me...
If I got a call, he asks me who is he instead of who is that...
He declared that I will always speak to men...
Even though I adjusted with him by thinking that
the stronger the Love is, the deeper the hatred will be.
But one day he fucked his colleague in our bedroom,
That's it...
Our relationship broke up just like a stick..."
Mark: "I am sorry for what just happened in your life..."
Women: "Don't worry, present I have a good partner who is taking care of me with lots of Love..."
Mark: "Great.., Happy to hear..."
Women: "He is the older man of the stall you played before; he is my husband..."
(She told me with her blushed face by showing her wedding ring...
But I am shocked...
This woman is around 30s, and that older man is about 55, I guess this pair is the perfect example for Love Is Blind...)
Women: "I know what you are thinking, I don't care with the age gap...
Even though he is very much older than me, he will take good care of me mentally as well as physically every day..."
(I feel shy with her clear statement about sex towards with the older man, I guess these couples are definitely using BDSM to satisfy their desires...
In between I looked at Anna, she just turned around to look at me, and she opened her mouth in shock by looking at me with this woman...
It's funny to look at her shocked face...
I can easily see her from my side looks...
Women: "Your face is blushing; I guess your girl is looking at you..."
(I nod my head as Yes...)
Women: "Let's see what will happen..."
(She placed her finger on my face, seductively to tease Anna...
I felt nothing, but I can see Anna is coming towards me...
I try to control my laugh, and I am damn sure she will qualify under possessiveness because she didn't take it easy when I try to kiss the bikini girl to tease her...
I pretend I ignored her, but I can see her in my side looks...
She just fake cough to make us distract...
But after a few seconds,
She turned to the other side and standstill.
Now I directly looked at her, and she is controlling her emotions...
Women: I think your girl trusts you, that's the reason she didn't disturb us...
But I don't care if she asks you the question after I left, i.e., "who is she"
OK, then, time to leave have fun with Sex Games."
(she tapped on my cheek and turned towards Anna and pinched on her waist seductively...
Anna looked at her in shock and came to me like a lost puppy...
I caress her before the woman...
Woman: "I am jealous of you but lead A Happy Life..."
(By saying those words she left us and I hugged Anna more tightly...
She still remains silent and didn't ask me any questions...
I looked at her, she holds sugar candy, and with the other hand, she holds five rings and two gifts...
Mark: "Wowww... My girl earned two gifts..?
Let me see..."
(She gave the gifts and the five rings too...)
Anna: "I need five more gifts with these rings..."
(She asked me with her puppy face...
I nod my head as Yes, and we went to the stall, and easily grabbed all the five gifts for five rings and looked at her...
Her face lightens up with sparkles...
I gave all the gifts to her, but I have a doubt she came to me worried when I am talking to that woman, but why she didn't ask me about that woman, at least she would have to ask me after she left…
So I asked Anna directly, "Don't you feel possessiveness towards me..?"
Anna: "Actually, I am scared when the girl touched your face, but you didn't hold her or touched her...
Why should I worry..?"
Mark: "Then, why you feel Jealous on the night when bikini girl dance over me...?"
Anna: "I don't care if any girl reached you because you look handsome, but I got tempered when you try to kiss the bikini girl, so I came into the scene.."
(She just tell me that I look handsome, it feels crazy when she is praising me.)
Mark: "So you don't care if some girl raped me."
(She immediately laughed...)
Anna: "Don't worry, I will save you if someone tries to rape you..."
(She again laughed, I love to look at her laughing face...)
Mark: "What should I do if you rape me..?"
Anna: "I have all the rights to rape you, and no one dares to save you from me..."
(By finishing her words, she raised her legs on fingertips and wrapped her hands around my neck and give me a peck on my lips...)
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[Warning: This noval features Mature Content]
She wanted love, but he wanted revenge!

"Okay.., Thanks for saving me.."

(I said, and turned around to leave his room)

Mark: "It's better, If You Remove Your Undergarments"..
(A sudden shrill electrified my body when I heard those words. I turn around to look at him. He is just doing his work on his laptop very casually. I didn't respond and turn to reach the door.)

Mark: "Your wound will heal soon, so..."

Anna: "Okay..."

(What I just say? 
Did I actually agree to remove my undergarments?
It's embarrassed me.
I just rush out of his room in a hurry, but when I unintentionally imagine his words, my heart starts racing.)
_________

Anna is devastated when her best friend Ria dies mysteriously. Whereas Mark, who is Ria's older brother wants to find the culprits, who are responsible for Ria's death....

Both Anna and Mark teams up to find the facts regarding Ria's case but they don't know that they fall in love to eachother...

They feel like they can't live without eachother...

On one fine day, both of them confess their love to eachother and their relationship leads to marriage...
 

However, there are secrets behind Ria's death that will threaten the fragile romance blossoming between Anna and Mark and it leads Anna to be his slave...

Mark wants to take strong revenge on Anna by entering into Slave aggrement...

But Anna always trusts that love always Wins over revenge, so she always enjoys his sexual intense punishments out of love towards him...

But to his surprise, he starts to find himself falling in love with Anna again.


Revenge Wins?
or 
Love Wins..?

No matter how many fights you may get into, if you truly love someone it should never matter in the end...

Love Always Blossom...

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Hope you will enjoy it...

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In the first 100 chapters Mark behaviour is a kind of Pervert and tease Anna in all possible ways...

After 100 chapters, he realised his love towards her and started giving values to her wishes, He replaced Anna's nightmares with dreams,
Anna's worries with happiness, and her fears with love...

(Just bear his pervert behaviour of first 100 chapters and see how he will change step by step towards Anna...)

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Anna's wish: 

I wish to wake up everyday to the feel of your breath on my neck...
The warmth of your lips on my skin...
The sound of your heart beating with mine...


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Once, you were my salvation 
 My light
 My peace 
Now, you are my prison
 My captor
 My king
Your once warm eyes,
Are now, cold as ice...
You once took my heart in both hands,
Calling me the finest in all the lands...
But now your stone cold, dagger-like stare,
Makes me want to run away like a startled hare
I’m no pet to be kept, 
No exotic beast to be bound...
Even with all this rage against you that I hold,
What am I to do except do as I am told... 

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Maybe Li Shi Ying's family background was superb or she was rich. All the gifts before already showed her status. The gifts tradition was made to check someone's status in the society. 
For Li Shi Ying to be able to get such precious gifts...she could be considered a lady from a high-class family. That should be enough! This girl still wanted to flaunt other things? No! She couldn't let this girl stole her role today. She should be the one who shone the most in today's tea party, not this human girl! 
What if the empress was moved by the next gift Li Shi Ying would give her? Wouldn't that be dangerous? 
"Do you not want her majesty to get the best? If that's so what can I say" Li Shi Ying lowered her head as if feeling dejected that she couldn't please the empress. Her words stabbed Yan Fenghuang right to her heart knowing how dangerous it could be. 
What? This girl what did she say?! By saying that she didn't want the best for the empress doesn't that mean...no! The empress might misunderstand her! 
"Auntie it's not like that, I…" Yan Fenghuang hurriedly talked to the empress with a pale face. She didn't think that Li Shi Ying would trap her with those words. What is the empress dislike her because of this? 
"Mn. I want to see what kind of gift can be better than all the other gifts" The empress only frowned but she didn't scold Yan Fenghuang. She felt that this girl, Yan Fenghuang was a bit annoying just now. She went as far as blocking someone to give her gifts. 
"Your majesty must know that I'm a translator invited by his majesty, right?" Li Shi Ying blinked her eyes innocently as she spoke. She knew for sure that the empress already knew about this fact. Only the other ladies might not know yet. 
"...yes I know" The empress nodded admitting that Li Shi Ying was indeed a translator and she knew about it. Right after the empress gives her clarification, the ladies all stared at Li Shi Ying with wide eyes. 
What? A translator? A special kind of human that all mythological beast races tried to find?! This girl here is…
Yan Fenghuang almost fainted when she heard the news. This girl was only a human! She shouldn't be anything special why would she suddenly become a translator, someone needed very much by this kingdom?? 
No! This can't be! The emperor would, of course, cherished this b*tch more since she had more value. 
"Apparently I'm not only a translator that can translate scrolls. I also have the ability...well secret ability which will be the gift for your majesty" Li Shi Ying saw Yan Fenghuang expression and somehow she silently feels delighted. Eat that! She's not as useless as everyone think. 
The girl stood up as she spoke and slowly walked to the empress' seat. This was a chance to prove how amazing her power as a translator is. 
That's right. She wanted to use her curse as a gift for the empress! She already thought of what kind of curse she should use. 
"What? Is it true?" The empress was stunned. She didn't think that there would be a lot of types of translators. To think that this human girl was more than just a translator who translates scroll...no wonder the emperor and the previous emperor supported her a lot. 
"Yes, it is true. Now please believe in me, I'll cast 'magic' that no one can" Li Shi Ying stopped right next to the empress with a smile. She was sure the empress would be very happy with her gift. 
"I believe in you but if you messed up...just see what I can do" The empress had heard about a translator's power so she didn't doubt Li Shi Ying. Still, there's a bit suspicion she had toward this girl. 
[You will become young and pretty forever] Li Shi Ying suddenly spoke in foreign language shocking all the ladies including the empress. Since Li Shi Ying was a translator the language she spoke before should be...a God language! 
This girl could use a God language?! Then what she did just now was to give a blessing? 
The empress felt so delighted even though she didn't know what Li Shi Ying said. Just knowing that the girl used a God language to her already made her forgot all her animosity toward Li Shi Ying. 
So this is the God language! Really awesome! 
The ladies including Yan Fenghuang were all stunned. They didn't think Li Shi Ying really would be able to speak in God language. But they were sure it was a God language since they felt foreign energy coming from Li Shi Ying once she spoke. 
[You can only speak maximum words to activate your ability?] Nessie who was waiting all this time suddenly spoke to Li Shi Ying when he heard what the girl said. His feelings told him that there's a rule that Li Shi Ying had to follow in order to activate this weird ability of hers. 
[Yep you're right. Now see, the empress' appearance will reverse back to her 20-year-old appearance and she won't age. Thanks to my curse] Li Shi Ying nodded her head as she patted the empress' shoulder. 
The girl then gave the empress a small ice mirror for her to see what happened to her appearance. 
! This! 
"Look! Her majesty's face change!" One of the ladies shouted in surprise. 
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COMPLETED SERIES

I'll find you even if we are worlds apart -Long Ao Zhen 

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Transmigrated into a trash body of general's daughter as female lead? Peh! Too mainstream! Transmigrated to be a villainess? Common! What about transmigrating and ending up as cannon fodder? Have read it before! 

From that many options to transmigrate how could she, Li Shi Ying a very ordinary English department college student, suddenly wake up in the crippled body of the female lead's ex-maidservant?! Heaven, this is too unfair! 

In this world where only the strong are respected, she can't cultivate? No problem! Dozens of high-rank spiritual beasts fight over protecting her! 

Beast Tamers are rare? Hmph! The beast language is her hometown language! 

Can't be an alchemist or array master? Who cares? She could just become a translator! Without a translator, all those rare jobs wouldn't even exist! 

Watch how she rules over the world without having a single bit of cultivation energy in her body! 

But, can someone please tell her how she suddenly became the Dragon Prince's wife? Momma, she wanna cry!!! 

This is a perfect story for those who are bored with the usual cultivation novel. 

Warning: Smut scene in chapters 7-9!! If you don't want to read it, just skip those chapters. 

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The old Emperor appeared to have gone all out with the gifts. Of the gifts that he presented, if it was not gold, it was silver along with large chests filled with precious gems and jewelry. Whether it was coral or jadeite, there was a huge pile of them.
Ning Xuemo estimated that all these gifts cumulatively would be worth around 30,000 to 40,000 taels of gold. This had double or triple the value she had requested before. This could be considered being extremely generous.
But the old Emperor was quite a schemer. If she wed him and became his imperial concubine, she would need to have a large enough dowry. Since she did not have any reliable relatives to aid her and provide her a decent dowry, approximately 80% to 90% of the gifts today would be returned to the Emperor serving as her dowry…
He truly deserved his title of Emperor; he really knew how to scheme!
'You want to scheme against me, Ning Xuemo, hehehe…'??
"Niangniang, we servants, will organize these gifts for you. All Niangniang has to do is prepare yourself to be a happy bride in three days." The four palace attendants that Liu Gonggong left behind walked forward, intending to manage the gold and silver.
Ning Xuemo lifted a hand to stop them and lightly spoke, "The four of you have just arrived, so you don't know how things work in the Marquis' Mansion; therefore, you can just relax and let the servants here do the work. Uncle Zhong…"
Old Zhong immediately stepped forward. "This old servant is here!"
"Bring people here to convert all of this gold and silver into silver notes. Also, put all the boxes and chests of precious jewels into the treasury."
"Yes!" Old Zhong answered as he immediately brought people to carry away the boxes.
The four palace attendants looked at each other in dismay, and their leader stepped forward. "Niangniang, His Majesty ordered us, servants, to help you managed the dowry…" If she took away all the gifts, what were they supposed to take back?
Ning Xuemo smiled, a blush rising to her cheeks like she was intoxicated with wine. "Then you guys deal with it. Make sure my dowry is lavish."
"But Niangniang has already kept all the boxes and chests, how are us, slaves, going to…"
"Did His Majesty say that the betrothal gifts had to be given back as dowry or used to buy the dowry?" Ning Xuemo shot them a question.
"This… that he didn't."
"Then that matter's resolved. Since His Majesty gifted these things to me, then I have absolute control over them. What I wish to do with the gifts has nothing to do with you." The expression on Ning Xuemo's small face turned cold.
"But, but what about the money to buy it?"
"Humph! Too bad." Ning Xuemo's eyes faintly curved. "You should go get the money from whoever ordered you to buy the dowry for me. Don't even think about eyeing my things!"
Old Zhong was quite efficient in doing his task. It merely took a few moments before all the boxes and chests were all moved out.
Although the four palace attendants possessed a bit of cultivation, in front of the guards called over by Old Zhong, they clearly were not skillful enough. Furthermore, they did not dare to actually forcefully snatch the boxes; hence, they angrily hurried back to the palace to report the situation…
Emperor Le Xuan currently sat in his study listening to Liu Gonggong's report. Liu Gonggong was competent and eloquent. He described in detail Ning Xuemo's reaction and what she had said when she received the imperial edict.
The Emperor nodded. He thought she would show an unhappy expression. After all, she was rather close to the Crown Prince Ji Yunhuang, so it would not be odd for her to be entertaining the idea of being Yunhuang's wife. He did not think she would agree so easily and so happily to his proposal!
Of course, even if she did not agree with the decision and was not happy with it, she could not defy the imperial edict. Still, this quick agreement to the marriage made Emperor Le Xuan's expression improve.
'At least that girl is sensible! She knows when to advance and retreat…'
'Or perhaps she knows that since she is a waste, she couldn't match Huang'er, so she decides that as long as she could be like a phoenix flying to a higher branch, it would be fine…'
A weak girl without any support like her that could marry into the Imperial family as an Imperial Consort was a fortune accumulated by eight generations of her ancestors.
One had to know that when most daughters of officials entered the palace, they merely ranked as Noble Ladies. They stood far lower in status than an Imperial Consort by more than a few ranks. So this decree ought to be doing her father right…
Furthermore, he was not that old, only 43 years old. And because of psychokinesis cultivation, he only looked around 30 years old, the age when he was the most charming.
He couldn't say whether that girl already had feelings for him…
He couldn't resist admiring himself in the copper mirror. The mirror reflected a handsome face, a pair of sword-like brows, a pair of phoenix eyes, a nose that exuded courage, full lips, and at the corner of his lips was a hint of stubble. And in his handsomeness, contained the prestige of someone that sat above millions.

She, who at first glance, is a young and cute girl with a sweet and innocent appearance, but contrary to her appearance, she's a top-class spy, a poison specialist, and the secret service's trump card. One day due to an incomplete black magic, she was sent into the body of a girl who was deemed as a good-for-nothing. What is to be her fate in this continent?

A certain regretful prince said with hatred, "I thought she was weak and easily bullied, therefore I broke off the engagement. I really didn't expect she is such a shrewd girl. I made an error of judgement."

A certain crown prince wishfully signs, "She is such a sexy evildoer! Obviously, she had a frail and tender body, but I am not able to overwhelm her..."

Finally, a certain Emperor hit the bullseye, "She is just a bit two-faced!"

She answered, "You're just a big pervert!"

The Emperor carried her into a room and announced, "You are predestined to be mine! a two-faced girl and a pervert are a perfect match, right?!"
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~Fyi! (for your information) <-only for people who are like me and suck as understanding abbreviations. -.-"~

DISCLAIMER!
This is not my story! First few hundred chapters can be found on www.volarenovels.com. The only difference is that some of my chapters are edited in hopes that it makes more sense.

I am only translating this because I was just like you guys, who was looking to read a novel and came upon this. Only after reading, to find out that it was not completely translated yet, and nu one would continue translating new chapters. Since, I knew Chinese, I though why not translate this myself!
Someone else had also translated this book on Webnovel but had never finished it, so due to that my title is a bit off the original, "Poisoning the World: The Secret Service Mysterious Doctor is a Young Beastly Wife".

Gu Shubai bought a few clouds of Jinjin in Jinling, and somehow came to the capital.

It's not to marvel at his generosity. The son of Guhoufu spent thousands of dollars to buy things, which is not worth mentioning.

It is worth mentioning that it is said that he bought those Yunjins to add new clothes to his sister at home.

Gu Houye has lost his wife 16 years ago, and hasn't continued the string and has no room. Where does this younger sister come from?


For a while, the emergence of Yufu became a hot talk for the capital.

Some people with a little knowledge revealed some news, and some imaginative people added fuel and jealousy, and Yufu 's identity had a "conclusive conclusion"-

She was born in the outer room of the frontier Gu Houye, his illegitimate daughter!

Such rumors have comforted those who had been surprised at Gu Huaijiang's refusal to continue.

It turned out that Gu Houye was not deeply attached to the dead wife, nor was he unwilling to accept the innocence, but had an outside room as early as outside!

I heard that the lady from the outside room was twelve years old.

Well-informed courtiers have already prepared gifts, and almost have to break through the threshold of Hou House, eager to let their gifts be favored.

You know, Gu Houye is notorious for not accepting gifts, not for party private business.

Under his military-like education, the sons of Guhoufu, like him, never accept courtiers' gifts.

It is one thing to accept or not, and another to send or not.

The courtiers who squatted in front of the gate of Guhoufu were lucky: I heard that Guhou loved the young girl very much. Maybe it was an exception this time?


They do n't prepare any valuables, they are all clothes and jewelry that the daughter 's family likes.

A middle-aged man in the door looked straight forward, with a polite smile on his face.

"My lords, our Lord Hou ordered me to thank you for your kindness."

As soon as Qi Zhou had passed the scene, everyone felt that their ears were grinding out of cocoons.

Every time they gave a gift, Qi Zhou answered like this!

"Houye said that valuables will not be accepted. If there are any interesting things, they can be sent to Miss Yufu."

Hearing the latter sentence, everyone's eyes lit up, and a flame of hope was ignited in their hearts.

"Yes, yes! Look at my exquisite white jade dice, the lady will love it!"

"And me, I'm an agate Phoenix-tailed bitch, which is what the little girl loves to play!"

"I am also interesting"

Yu Fuzheng was sitting under the back porch of the West Chamber, while eating the characteristic snacks of Dongling Kingdom, while looking at the spring water bubbling.


She thought it was very interesting. Looking at it, the two shank-like calves were dangling in the air.

This vein of spring water is clear and fresh, always reminding her of the stream in the Valley of the Immortals. In the summer, she often barefooted and stepped on the water with Yao Lan.

She missed Master a little.

"Miss, there are many gifts from outside. Would you like to see them?"

Qi Ting came out of the house. Since she was reprimanded by Gu Jiuge last time, she has been a lot of rules.

Only occasionally when Yao Lan and Yu Fu were too close, they still couldn't help rolling their eyes secretly.

But it is a wild lady who does not know where she is, so she is not rare and intimate!

As long as she can stay peacefully in the West Chamber, the sons in the palace can't see her. By that time, with her status in the palace, she will be able to marry one of them.

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Yufu didn't seem to notice her mind, but turned her head to look at her.

"What gift? Is it from the general again?"

In these days, Gu Huaijiang sent items to the West Chamber, including food and clothing, and play.

Gu Shubai, none of them were idle, scrambled to send things to the West Chamber, Yufu could use them, almost all of them.

This made Qi Ting very dissatisfied.

It 's not her own sister, and I do n't know what the boys do to her so much!

"No, it was sent by the ministers outside. Those ministers thought that the lady was the illegitimate daughter of Lord Hou, so they gave gifts to please them!"

What she said was that Yufu was completely a fake fox and a tiger, so she could get these courtier gifts.


Qi Ting said, quietly looked at Yufu's complexion, and did not see anything unusual.

She was relieved.

Yufu was still young and could not understand the irony in her words.

"It turned out to be this way. Since it's delivered, I'll check it out."

Although she recently received gifts and received soft hands, Yufu was a little girl, and she couldn't help hearing the gift.

The person who gave those gifts was Qi Zhou. When he saw Yu Fu, he gave a gift with a smile, and then ordered someone to carry the gift up.

After seeing those gifts, Yufu sighed admirably.

The seven or eight little magpies were holding presents in their hands, making them worry that those gifts would fall to the ground at any time.

Her worry is superfluous.

The people in Guhou House were all well-trained, and soon all the gifts were neatly arranged, and a small hill was raised on the table.

"Uncle Qi, are these gifts for me?"

Qi Zhou was called an uncle by her, and she couldn't help but sigh. After reaction, her heart opened like honey, and she became sweet.

His smile couldn't help being much softer.

"Yes, Miss Yufu. Just leave whatever you like. If you don't like it, let Qi Ting go back and forth and I will come and pack them up."

When Qi Zhou said to pack up two words, it was like talking about packing up garbage.

Yufu couldn't help giggling, and the spirit of Guhou's house was really incorrupt. Even Qi Zhou's steward had some kind of breeze.

His father, Qi Anqi, was a housekeeper and a loyal old servant with excellent home education.

unfortunately

Yu Fu's dark eyeballs turned and flattened his mouth, after all, he still didn't say what he said.

Unfortunately, Qi Ting did not inherit the loyalty and calmness of her grandfather and father, but had a bit of frivolity bred by pampering.


Seeing that she didn't speak, Qi Zhou respectfully said: "In fact, I have one thing today when I come to see Miss Yufu with Li's wife."

Li's wife?

Yu Fu tilted his head and looked behind Qi Zhou, and she saw an older woman.

She was of medium build, with a clean woman's bun and a smile on her face.

Seeing Yu Fu looking at her, she stepped forward and performed a blessing generously.

"I've seen Miss Yufu."

The Immortals Valley’s little medicine fairy Yu Fu, who descended the mountain at twelve years old, encountered an Eastern Ling soldier seeking for medicine outside the mountain gate. Due to various reasons, she got taken back to an army camp to treat the poisoned Eastern Ling’s Great General Marquis.

Little Yu Fu said with a pitiful look, “It’s correct that my master is the god of medicine, but I’m a little poison fairy, not a little medicine fairy…..”

The crowd of soldiers fell into endless chaos, beating their chest and stomping their feet, with no strategy left to try.

Yu Fu bit into the apple and said with puffed cheeks, “However, if the person is about to die, there’s no harm in letting me practice my poison skills.”

Throwing the apple aside, with a flash of her poison needle, curing poison with poison, she saved the Great General Marquis’s life.

The Great General Marquis woke up, and in order to thank her for saving his life, had her taken back to his manor.

Who would’ve guess that the Great General Marquis had six sons with extraordinary appearances, completely different personalities, and exceptionally good marital art skills.

Especially the heir who was the eldest, possessing a beautiful face, and a dignified bearing, making Yu Fu unable to walk.

“This child is this marquis’s savior, in the future, she’ll be your younger sister.”

Yu Fu frantically shook her head, “No no no, I don’t want to be a younger sister!”

Don’t joke, if she became their younger sister, how could she still admire the heir’s beautiful face as much as she liked then?

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Many years later, she don the imperial gown, the long dress dragging on the floor, standing in a high and unbearably cold place—–

Conferring him as the Top General.

Under the palace eaves after the rain, she cuddled in his embrace, yet he asked, “Why Top General?”

“Eastern Ling honored the previous Han system, with Great General as the head of all military officials. The current dynasty instead honors the Spring-Autumn period’s ancient system, with Top General as the head of all military officials.”

“In that case, this subject is also your Majesty’s husband, how should this one be addressed?”

She suddenly smiled and rubbed against his arm.

“Regardless of how others call you, you are forever my big brother….”

Writer: Yirengui
Photo is not mine it's from pinterest.

"Happy birthday Sweety! Here you go."
"Thank you." Another gift piled the mountain shown off in the middle of the party. The birthday girl plastered a frequent smile she carried all the way to make things easier.
"Thanks."
"Thank you so much."
"You bought me a gift too! How nice."
"Thanks a lot."
"Thank you."
The day of birth celebrated every year is like the most precious day for someone, yet all she felt was tired. Despite, her mother being the one to work herself out in meeting the needs of guests, she was the one feeling absolutely tired and hungry.
"What are you doing here? Go and welcome your friends." Mrs. Archie Roulette shooed her daughter out of the kitchen. Sweety went back but not without picking a handful of fries.
"Welcome. Thank you." She was on her thanking duty when Papa made his way towards her. Sweety thought of a reason why he was approaching her way; unlike others, he had wished her already that morning.
"Sweety, have you given them return gifts?"
She watched the man whose facial features she acquired, he stood solicited from the crowd hands behind his back, unwilling to interact with anyone. In fact all this time, he had been scooped inside his room while the chitter chatter surrounded the halls.
"Uh... you arranged the return gifts?" It was a social tradition Sweety observed within the friend circle of this neighborhood. If we invited people's gifts on our birthday, friendship day, etc. we have to favor their good wishes with gifts too.
The expensive the popular.
"Don't you do that every year?" He answered with a question instead. She blinked once, waiting for him to speak on. "You have turned eighteen today. Which means you are growing up to a woman. That makes you intelligent enough for giving them important gifts."
Sweety's heart filled with joy. She remembered the tradition for which she had bought nail polishes and cool keychains to gift, but seeing her father this happy, it mirrored on the daughter's face.
"Okay."
He took her in his room, all the way Sweety could feel everyone's eyes on them. The father and daughter shared a lot of features like the smile, chubby cheeks, a tummy, thus it was obvious for her friends to recognize him as the father.
The gifts were packed decoratively making the girl proud of her father's idea. "This one is for you." He gave her one of the packets. Excited, she unwrapped it immediately. The content's visibility faltered the smile she wore.
"Isn't it beautiful? What can be more fortunate to be gifted a Bappa's statue! This sculpture is most special than others, Bappa's eyes will blink when you say something to him. Like you are talking to God and he is listening too!"
Sweety liked her gift, of course she did. It was a statue of Bappa, the deity she worshipped most. Her special smile said it all to her father. Then it got interrupted with noises from outside the room.
"Papa," she tried conveying her worry, "Should I gift them statues of Gods? I mean, I don't if they'll like it. One of them is a Muslim too."
His brows squinted together, "Who says no to a God's statue? Whatever caste they come from, they have to accept what you give. Just like you are accepting their gifts."
She smiled agreeing. "Okay," Sweety said looking at Bappa's statue in her hand and truthfully, the almond shaped eyes closed once to open back again. The action brought a happy smile on her face making her forget what others would think. Papa was right, they have to accept what she was gifting them. And with such a religious substance, there could be likely less to no rumors of her taste.
That evening, she provided them gifts in the end of the party. The packets and nail polishes. Sweety made her mind to remain relaxed but the slight uncertainty lied somewhere deep inside. Just when she had to encounter the mixed expressions of her friends, especially the girls, lights went out.
"What happened to the lights?" One of them started, after which followed numerous other pleas.
"Seems like yours is the only house without lights, Sweety." Heeding to Monica's statement, Sweety checked out. Sure enough, it was only their house which stood dark.
"I'll check the generator." The girl called for her father's help but she knew it was futile because he might be already looking into the matter. Picking her feet carefully, she followed her phone's torch to get to the basement.
Seeing the opened door, Sweety called, "Papa?" He did not answer, she pushed the door letting herself in. He didn't utter a single reply to her calls, decidedly she reached the meter box.
"Ah, it tripped." Moving forward, her fingers went to pull the switches up when a noise clattered behind her. Shuddering at the thud of the wooden crates falling one by one which were always positioned perfectly at a corner.
"What the...?" The view seemed so confusing that she tried putting the blame on a cat or mouse, yet the possibility seemed unsure because those wood were heavy.
"What are you doing here tripping the crates? Don't create extra work for your mother. As it is, she is a tortoise in such things." Papa entered in, scolding her before she could say anything. Not that it surprised her, it was his habit of assuming the worst from everyone, especially the family.
"I am standing here, how will I make them fall in such a distance?"
"Come and hold the other side." Shaking her head slightly, she went to help him. "What were you doing down here anyway? The lights are out, you should have called the guards. An electrician would have been here by now."
She stopped trying to defend herself, rather listened to brags of her father. After they were done, he pulled the switches himself, seemingly happier for being useful. All Sweety could do was regret hoping to help Papa, he never left a chance to boast himself.
"Go and check if the children are doing fine. I told you and Archie numerous times to check if the generator is working regularly. Do I have to look after everything!"
Upon looking for the mates above hall, everyone had left except for Sonia who was talking with Tessa, her younger sister.
"Hey. The food was delicious. I liked the crispy kachori." Sweety smiled at her, sending her sister off.
"Did you all enjoy? Sorry, I couldn't be with you guys, I had to help Mom."
"I get it. You opened your gifts? Please don't judge mine. I would have removed the tag to not let you know it was me, but I suppose that will become obvious when everyone present in the party has mentioned the sender's name except me, right?"
Sweety genuinely chuckled after a long time that night. Listening to her friend she looked over the gifts she received, meanwhile putting small bites of cake in her mouth.
"Wow. Someone really special gave you the statue." Sonia commented of the Bappa's statue gifted by Papa. "But... isn't the pendent or is it a locket? It looks too big and urban for God's statue..." Sweety was instructing Tessa to be careful while peeling off the gift papers. The younger one was more excited than her as if it had been her birthday all along. Turning to her friend's mentions, she happened upon the statue which must have been left by her near the entrance door before going to basement.
The pendent/locket, it was not easy making the difference, yet she preferred it as locket. It wore upon Bappa's statue like being garlanded without notice.
"Ah... God's blessing." Sonia concluded.

Sweety Roulette went through her problems in life just like every other person. But when her every move is heard by owner of the locket she is wearing as a birthday gift, her life turns two-way. For herself and for him.
Rob lived up to his name proudly because he never got caught. In a strange mishap when he found that his ancestral property was decorated on else's neck, that too a kid, he immediately sprang into action to get it back. That was until he found he could hear the incidental thief, she was one among the list of homes he robbed.
Not being too subtle to be noticed, he waited. Waited and listened to her. The more he listened, the desire grew of having her in his arms. To feel her, to know he was not imagining a woman like this one. But there was this constant disapproval from his inner self, he was lusting over a kid. 
How could he listen to it and go away from her when she was constantly hurt by her prime support. The Roulette family.
Sweety's choice to follow her father led her to be forsaken by the family's mercy only for the man she once left, to come to her rescue.
But was it a rescue? All she felt was transferring from one cell to another.

***

“What did he mean you were loved by all?” Rob paced to the scared woman. “If you were the most loveable child then why did he stare at you like he wanted to peel you out of your dress?” He demanded, now within an inch’s distance from her. Sweety hoped her eyes would work on him to calm down but all she saw in his gaze was red. 
His arm went to the her waist bringing her to touch her nose with his. The proximity fastened her heart to this day. “I am waiting Sweety.”
She gulped visibly, wondering how to divert the question. 
The next thing she knew he let go of his hold leading her to almost fall behind but the wardrobe supported her. 
“Where are you going?” She ran after him struggling with the dress. 
“To ruin your wedding.”
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More than half an hour had passed, and Emily could not move away from the mirror. She has seen programs many times where ordinary girls, accustomed to dressing up like gray mice, were transformed by stylists into elegant ladies who are ready to perform on the runway.
She had an excellent figure, despite two or three extra kilograms (noticeable only to her, according to Kelly), but Emily did not love bright clothes. Well, she kind of stopped loving them.
And now, she was looking at her new image and could not believe her eyes. She was so beautiful in this lavender dress!
But in her first year at university, she once dyed her hair exactly the same color and walked like that for a whole month!
The girl ran her hand over the soft flowing fabric. Fitted top, knee-length loose skirt. Yes, she is ready to sleep hugging this amazing dress!
This surprise awaited her last night when Emily got home from work. As soon as she crossed the threshold of the apartment, the bell rang. She opened the door and first saw a tower of boxes, and behind it peeped out the top of the head of the courier who delivered it all.
"Miss Emily Hayes?" he specified.
"Yes," Emily said, feeling confused. She did not remember ordering something on the Internet. Moreover, in such an amount!
The courier put the boxes next to the door (five or seven, as far as Emily could count), bowed, and left.
On the topmost box was a postcard with a "humble" signature [No need to thank me. J. Evans.]
Of course, Justin Evans, who else would do that?!
"Again he came up with something without even asking my opinion," she chuckled and, like a squirrel would quickly grab her nuts, dragged the new trophies into her hut.
The first thing she noticed when she got a closer look at the packages were expensive labels. She did not yet know what was inside, but she was already afraid to open it when the inscriptions of Prada, Gucci, Chanel, Valentino lined up in a long row of cardboard covers of different sizes.
Emily opened the Valentino box which was the closest to her and gasped. Inside was a stunningly beautiful lavender dress. Hands immediately reached out to touch the fabric, and as soon as she touched it, the girl realized that she wanted to wear it!
Other boxes contained matching shoes, a purse, several pairs of sunglasses, eye contact lenses, and even glasses!
"He's crazy," the girl said with a smile, pulling new gilded glasses from a black leather case. Mrs. Parkinson's glasses were nothing compared to this work of art - thin, graceful frames, almost weightless!
Emily went to the mirror and put them on. Who would have thought that glasses can transform a person so!
"Awesome...," she whispered, admiring her reflection.
The girl turned to the bed, where other gifts were laid out. It was so unexpected and so pleasant that she didn't know how to react.
The inner dragon happily wagged its tail and growled, rejoicing in new things like gold, and her mind was not ready to accept such generous gifts.
She took her phone out of her pocket and dialed the already familiar number.
"Oh Miss Hayes, you are calling me for the second time this day. I'm starting to like this trend," Justin's jocular voice answered after a couple of beeps.
"Mr. Evans, thank you for the gifts, but I can't accept them," Emily got down to business immediately, while her mind was stronger than the greedy dragon pondering where to put new things. One of the top shelves in the closet was just empty.
"Is there something you didn't like?" the boss's voice immediately became more serious.
"I liked everything!" hastened to answer Emily. Not even so: she liked everything so much!
For a person indifferent to such things, she was surprised how Evans' gifts conquered her at first sight.
"Hmm, well then I don't see any problem, Miss Hayes," the gaiety in the man's voice returned.
"It's all very expensive," Emily used the last argument, which sounded hesitant.
"God, Miss Hayes, are you serious? First, the concept of expensiveness is quite elative. It depends on the income of the person. Second, who said I bought this for you?"
"Eh?" What? Emily opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.
"If it's easier for you, then consider that I made all these purchases for myself," the boss chuckled, feeling the girl's dismay.
"Do you like to wear Valentino dresses, Mr. Evans?" Emily crossed her arms. Ha! He bought them for himself. Aha, right.
"Hmm, I haven't tried it yet. I will have to check it out," Justin said with deliberate seriousness. "The first impression can only be made once. Don't you want your grandmother to be subdued, what a caring, attentive, generous, handsome, sexy boyfriend you have?"
"You forgot to add shameless and insolent," Emily couldn't help smiling at Evans's self-praise.
Okay, so be it. We will accept gifts from this generous and attentive one. Why spoil the boss's image? As a responsible employee, she is ready to comply with company policy. Shocking and unpredictability are the key features of the Pharaoh.
"Mr. Evans, I have a request. Tomorrow we will go to my grandmother with my car."
"Why doesn't mine suit you?" justin was surprised. "As you noticed, I fixed the light on it a long time ago."
Damn, Emily has already forgotten that she owes big to this man for the broken light! And now she also accepted his gifts, which are enough for buying two of such lights!
Hayes, your brain kind of began malfunctioning, the girl sighed, but neither she nor her dragon wanted to give up a luxurious dress.
"Your car is too conspicuous, Mr. Evans."
The grandmother will be surprised anyway by her granddaughter's outfit, and if she comes to her house on Maybach, she will be stunned! Knowing her grandma, she will begin to ask a ton of questions, on one of which they will definitely get busted.
"You're a strange girl after all, Miss Hayes. So be it, I'll have to take some of the old pieces of junk from my grandfather in the garage. Will this option suit you?" Justin asked with a touch of sarcasm.
"I think so," Emily agreed a couple of seconds later. The boss threw out the white flag suspiciously quickly. Didn't even argue.
"That's agreed. Good night then. I'll pick you up at nine," the man warned in a stern tone and hung up.
And so Emily was standing in full dress in front of the mirror. She had never seen herself like that... yes, never! Although her last "never" turned into a scandal with Kevin, but this time granny will definitely appreciate her outfit.
The girl glanced at her watch, it was five minutes to nine.
Emily picked up a new purse, put on new shoes, put on new glasses over her eyes and left the apartment.
The elevator counted down the floors. Her heels barely audible clatter on the tiles of the entrance foyer. She went out into the street and froze in place, not daring to go down the last steps.
He turned around and looked at the girl with a warm smile.
Light faded jeans, a snow-white shirt with sleeves rolled up to the elbows. His hair, usually sleek, was now slightly careless. And in all this outwardly apparent negligence, there was a become, style and an impeccable sense of dignity.
"Good morning, Emily," Justin held out his hand to her, inviting her to come downstairs.
The man's gray eyes captured all of her attention.
Emily put her hand in the outstretched hand and took a step forward.
At that moment, she finally realized one thing.
Many years later, even when she gets married and gives birth to children, she will remember the warmth of this man's palm.
His hair, black as a desert night, would flow into her fingertips as she closed her eyes.
She did not yet know how it felt, but she was sure that she would soon find out that too.
In the race which is called love, where the heart is always at stake, sometimes there are no winners.
But did that stop anyone?

"If you are so worried about my fate, I will marry the first man I meet!" Emily hung up and muted the phone. The conversation with her grandmother was over. She turned around and bumped into the man behind her.
"I agree!" the stranger declared with a joyous smile.
"What do you agree to?" she did not understand.
“What do you mean, what? If I understood everything correctly, you just promised your grandma that you would marry the first person you meet. And, I guess, that first person you meet happens to be me. So I agree. We can set a date. Although... why do we need a date? I agree to get married right now!"
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Novel Status: Volume 1 - COMPLETED
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Emily Hayes is tired of her grandmother's endless attempts to find a husband for the girl. The last conversation with a persistent relative ended with Emily threatening to marry the first person she meets. 
But what should she do if that very “first comer” heard everything and now demands fulfillment of the promise? And if at the first meeting she refused him, then at the second it became much more difficult to do this.
... ... ...
"Are you upset, Miss Hayes?” asked the man.
“Oh, no. I just haven’t been feeling well lately.”
“Did something happen at work? Is anybody offending you?” Evans' gaze became serious. 
Emily tried to hide her smirk. She lifted her head and looked at the boss with the most innocent eyes, “Mr. Evans, you can congratulate me. I happen to be pregnant!”
The man choked on his drink and immediately changed his face. The temperature around him dropped by several degrees. “And who is the lucky father, Miss Hayes?” he asked, pressing his palm into fist, “Did your grandmother finally trapped you, and Kevin got his chance?”
Emily’s inner dragon purred with satisfaction. She took her sweet time before answering, “You.”


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