Romance

A Lifetime’s Glance, A Year’s End

If you were to meet someone, once a surgeon. At thirteen, he and your mother were both rescued in the same hospital, but unexpectedly, six or seven years later, he lost his hearing. No longer able to perform surgery, he picked up books instead and became an ordinary university teacher.

If he, like you, had a mother who abandoned him, and a father he could never speak of. If he lost his health in the process of a nationwide effort to save lives. If he loved you…

“To have Gu Pingsheng, my life holds no regrets.”

It’s just the story of two rather unfortunate souls warming each other.

Lin Sandie recently discovered that she was actually a commoner NPC in a place called the Tower World.

Existing as a background NPC wasn’t necessarily a bad thing for her.

That was until one day, a player named Lou suddenly appeared in her world, forcefully altering the trajectory of her life. She possessed a face identical to her own, yet she was a ruthless lunatic, the most vicious viper in the world…

And under her maddening influence, Lin Sandie gradually unearthed an unknown side of herself.

Lou: Lin Sandie! You are completely surrounded by me! Coming out obediently to be my girlfriend is your only way out! You can’t beat me if you put up a stubborn resistance! And you wouldn’t dare jump off a building! Let me repeat myself! You are completely surrounded by me! I advise you to come out obediently, turn over a new leaf, and be a proper top. I can forgive the brutal fact that you once killed me…

Lin Sandie: …

Lou: I will forever be loyal to love, loyal to you, and loyal to being a bottom.

Lin Sandie: You didn’t need to say those last few words.

Pei You ordered a “top-tier girlfriend,” as advertised by the vendor, online, preparing to bring her to a party.

She planned to flaunt her “affection” with the fake girlfriend, making her ex-girlfriend present at the party green with envy.

The fake girlfriend was very beautiful, with a curvy figure.

She had a pair of charming, alluring eyes and two cute dimples.

Innocent yet regal, truly top-tier—

If only she wasn’t her ex-girlfriend.

Pei You sarcastically remarked: “You’ve fallen this low?”

Huo Yichi responded nonchalantly: “Trying to make me envious?”

In a stormy, rainy night, Banxia takes in a small, battered lizard that crawled into her house through the window. To care for it, she accidentally spends all her savings, nearly leaving herself without breakfast the next morning.

From then on, every morning, she is astonished to find her home spotless and a steaming hot breakfast waiting on the table.

One day, the magical little lizard suddenly disappears. Worried, Banxia ventures into the rain to search for it, only to find a drenched man in a bamboo grove, scales still visible on his ankles.

The man lies in pain among the bamboo leaves, covering his face with pale fingers, his voice low and trembling, “Don’t come near me. Don’t look at me…”

Banxia respects his words and stays by his side, shielding him from the storm all night with her umbrella.

She doesn’t want to see him weep in winter’s cold again. She cannot bear to let him flee, scarred and broken, into a lonely world. In a world where true understanding is rare, without him, no one else could stand by her side.

In the eyes of the world, Lotus is the perfect daughter of a prestigious family. After a trip to a museum, she finds herself transported a thousand years back in time to an ancient kingdom, where she awakens as a statue of the river goddess in a temple.

After three days and nights trapped in stone, Lotus meets Alyuin, the exiled daughter of the former king. The little girl looks up, her gaze stubborn and silent.

This legendary woman from the kingdom’s history, a goddess of the battlefield who fought her entire life only to be poisoned just before claiming the throne, is now nothing more than a seemingly withdrawn but adorable young princess.

Lotus: Hmm, kind of cute.

Exiled to a remote temple by her uncle, Alyuin believes she faces a bleak future. Gazing up at the statue, she thinks to herself: If gods truly exist, then please appear before me.

That very night, a goddess enters her dreams and reaches out a hand, sealing a lifetime of faith.

The young princess kneels before the statue, bowing her head in devotion. “I will forever revere you, believe in you, never betray you, and never blaspheme. In the name of Alyuin, I swear this vow to you!”

Ten years later, she is the one who lifts the statue’s cold, stone wrist to her lips for a kiss, sighing in a low, irrepressible voice, “Forgive my offense, my eternal goddess and my beloved. You are the only one I could never let go of.”

Lotus: What happened to the ‘adorable’ one???

This legend of the ancient queen and the goddess she was bound to will become the most magnificent chapter where myth and history intertwine, passed down for a thousand years, forever and ever.

Chi Yueshan, from the Lower World, has three dreams:

1. Get into Guyun Academy and save up enough for tuition.

2. Win the love of her childhood savior, Wen Xinghuo.

3. Become the galaxy’s number one mecha master.

She managed to earn her tuition by fleecing a rich sucker as a 1-on-1 streamer, only to find out her savior already has a rumored girlfriend.

This rumored girlfriend is the academy’s dream Omega, a top-tier noble lady—gorgeous as a goddess, yet insufferably arrogant. To win Wen Xinghuo’s heart, Chi Yueshan must take down her rival.

Every year, the academy holds a compatibility test for Alphas and Omegas. Those with a high compatibility rate are encouraged to consider marriage. Chi Yueshan waits with bated breath, hoping for a perfect match with Wen Xinghuo.

The result…

She and her rival, the Omega Xi Zhoumeng, are a 100% match?!

And to her shock, the rich sucker she fleeced for tuition money turns out to be none other than this very rival.

Amidst the thunderous announcement of “Please marry on the spot!”

Chi Yueshan despairs: Who wants to marry this Mary Sue princess!

The naturally frigid Xi Zhoumeng has transmigrated into a book, becoming a cannon fodder female supporting character who, despite having Alpha genes, tests as an Omega.

But with her stunning looks, pampered nature, and top-tier family background, no one suspects she’s an Alpha.

In the book, she was insidious and cruel. Her obsessive love for the protagonist, Wen Xinghuo, led to her downfall, the ruin of her family, and her own exile to a desolate planet.

Xi Zhoumeng has zero interest in the protagonist, Wen Xinghuo, but to follow the plot, she must act madly in love.

She never expected that at the new year’s AO compatibility test—

She and a fellow cannon fodder female supporting character, the freshman Omega Chi Yueshan, would be a 100% match???

With the background sound of “marry on the spot” playing,

Xi Zhoumeng thinks: Oh well, I guess I can make do.

But she doesn’t realize that her life as a lazy, coasting noble lady is gone for good.

Not only must she fight the Zerg, but she also becomes the galaxy’s number one commander.

The journey from a slacker to a career-driven powerhouse often just takes one mark, one knot.

And a fiery wife that someone who swore they’d rather die than have kids has to accept.

Xi Zhoumeng: I don’t want to work, I want to lie down.

Chi Yueshan: Then you lie down. I’ll go find another rising star.

Xi Zhoumeng: Nooo, I’m going to work right now, sob sob sob.

Yue Du lived for twenty-some years, only to realize after death that she was actually a System, a certified, bonafide partner in a quick-transmigration story.

To earn points and grant her wish, Yue Du travels to various small worlds to find big boss villains to serve as her hosts. Systems and hosts are always tied to missions; if you don’t do the mission, you don’t get points. But why are these villainous young ladies so… unmotivated?

No, it’s clearly a case of false advertising. Why aren’t they the original villains at all?!

Modern Esper World: “Sloth” half-closes her eyes: “Destroying the world is so tiring. I don’t want to.”

Western Fantasy World: “Lust” smiles seductively: “I am the continent’s number one Dharma Saint. Why would I bother troubling that little apprentice when I have nothing better to do?”

Cultivation World: “Pride” looks on coldly: “This Venerable One has cultivated for a millennium, and my heart is already still as water. Why must I seek immortality?”

Interstellar Sentinel/Guide World: “Wrath” scoffs: “There are plenty of ways to control this world. Why would I choose the one that takes twice the effort for half the result?”

Yue Du ponders: “…”

Yue Du whispers: “That… actually makes a lot of sense?”

Miss Chi’s view of Miss Jing: A vixen nouveau riche.

Miss Jing’s view of Miss Chi: A money-grubbing gold digger.

After an unexpected incident, their perspectives on each other begin to change…

A love story of two women who are tsundere for each other, gradually developing feelings through physical intimacy.

Morning, a certain hotel, the presidential suite’s large bed…

Chi Jia gets dressed: “Jing Rui, even if all the men and women in the world die, I still wouldn’t look at you!”

Jing Rui: “Please, Miss Chi, remember what you just said. Don’t come looking for me again.”

A lifetime of loyalty to her clan and its leader earned her nothing but false accusations of espionage and the death of her family.

At the brink of despair, Sehwa experiences a miracle.

“So, what do you think of this proposal?”

She opens her eyes to find herself back at the very moment she was betrothed to the man she admired.

The same man who, despite her unwavering trust, had mercilessly poured poison down her throat.

Determined to avoid the tragic path she once walked, Sehwa chooses a different, yet equally thorny, road.

“I will go to the Baek Clan. But please, rescind the order for me to be betrothed to the Young Lord.”

She seeks refuge with the very man she had considered her enemy all her life—the only one who can now offer her salvation.

Su Lingyue was the treasured pearl of the Su family, notorious for her capricious and overbearing temperament, acting with unbridled willfulness. According to rumors from that sophomore year summer camp, she had publicly humiliated Ji Zhiyi in front of their classmates, calling her a beggar who was unworthy of sharing the same tent. Not long after returning to school, Ji Zhiyi quietly processed her withdrawal papers and disappeared without a trace. Many classmates speculated that she couldn’t bear the emotional trauma, shaking their heads in sympathy and regret.

Years later, the Su Group underwent a sudden transformation—the company split in two, with half remaining in the Su family’s hands and half falling into Ji Zhiyi’s possession. Along with the company shares, Su Lingyue also fell under Ji Zhiyi’s authority.

Everyone suspected Ji Zhiyi had come seeking revenge, eagerly waiting to witness Su Lingyue’s downfall. Su Lingyue herself shared this belief.

On the day she brought Su Lingyue home, Ji Zhiyi personally designed a pair of princess shoes. Socialites in their circle buzzed with excitement, all vying to purchase them at premium prices. As the shoes’ value soared to astronomical heights, Ji Zhiyi retrieved them from their display case at the company’s annual gathering. Under everyone’s astonished gaze, she knelt down and, with meticulous care, placed them on Su Lingyue’s feet.