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Chapter 41 - Night of the Fish and Dragon Dance (Part 6)
When the woman stepped out of the courtyard room to pour water, the lights ahead reflected the Lantern Festival's prosperity, and this courtyard behind Golden Wind Tower wasn't large but was quite refined. Unless you were one of Golden Wind
Chapter 38 - Night of the Fish and Dragon Dance (Part 3)
Flames from lanterns burned in clusters along the street, and under the old horse's corpse, blood had already pooled into a shallow puddle. The ground was a mess of blood, corpses, and scattered debris. When the black-clothed woman ran towa
Chapter 11 - When Will the Moon Be Round
Painted boats cruised the Qinhuai River, both banks ablaze with lights, and on Mid-Autumn night, Jiangning didn't close its city gates. The revelry and celebration would last all night, only dispersing at dawn the next day as the city's str
Chapter 29 - Jialan Rain (Part 1)
After parking the cart in the low shed beside the small building and helping carry some things inside, as Ning Yi stepped into the main hall, he couldn't help but think of a phrase: entering someone's inner sanctum¹—it felt rather wicked, a
Chapter 44 - The Wager
After the Lantern Festival, the dense visiting and socializing wasn't too much anymore, and everything around began moving out of New Year's lively atmosphere toward ordinary daily life. That "Green Jadeite Bowl" spread at an incalculable
Chapter 3 - Poetry and Chess
In the blink of an eye, three months had passed since arriving in ancient times as the season gradually shifted from spring to midsummer. Gardens, artificial hills, pavilions, courtyards, streets, painted boats—Ning Yi gradually became fami
Chapter 30 - Jialan Rain (Part 2)
"...If you come to our side, you'll immediately be the Su family's chief manager for this region. All resources of the Su family's third branch will be at your disposal. Whatever requirements you have, as long as we can fulfill them, we'll
Chapter 19 - Hanging from the Southeast Branch
Since Mid-Autumn night when Xiao Chan revealed Water Melody Prelude, Ning Yi had been holed up at home these past few days reading books and pretending to be sick, playing Five-in-a-Row with Xiao Chan when bored—today was his first day out.
Chapter 45 - The Small Cart
"A few days ago I went to find managers at several nearby restaurants like Young Master Ning said, but they said no one's eaten this before, and it sells for too much. They won't put it on their counters to sell." After all, productivity w
Chapter 5 - People Who Don't Matter
The Jiangning area had a prosperous economy with a developed textile industry, and in this regard, the three largest nearby cloth stores were Su's Cloth Store, the Xue family's Dachuan Cloth Store, and Wu's Cloth Store as the industry leade
Chapter 48 - The Taste of the Past
Pretty bowls and dishes came out from the basket, and a corner of the cut century egg dipped in prepared bright red sauce—red against black, brilliantly vivid. Nie Yunzhu was placing this small dish on the counter when she clearly saw the t
Chapter 2 - The Su Family's Live-in Son-in-law
He woke up groggily and saw white mosquito netting, his head throbbing faintly. Not knowing what kind of environment he was in, he closed his eyes and thought for a long time before sighing softly. Not dead. So, was he being held under ho
Chapter 24 - Loose Tongue
Starting from early eleventh month, cold weather enveloped Jiangning, and on the eighth and ninth days, snow began falling with goose-feather snowflakes that quietly wrapped the entire ancient city in a white coat. Though the accumulated sn
Chapter 10 - The Shape of the Future
In the evening, the setting sun dyed the sky red, bathing half of Jiangning city in warm rosy clouds. Returning from outside, Su Tan'er met Xiao Chan and learned about Ning Yi catching a cold. While asking Xiao Chan about the doctor's asses
Chapter 31 - Small Talk
"That ginseng we bought last time... then there's the calligraphy I asked Lin Fu and Master Lin to write... Mm, put the ginseng in the middle, less conspicuous. Old Qin likes calligraphy and paintings most—he should like this piece..." Son
Prologue: Unknown Threat Discussion Council
Prologue: Unknown Threat Discussion Council And so — the walk into the desert began. No road. No signs. No light. Clutching meager belongings tight, even footprints erased by the wind. To take back your name. Prologue: Unknown Threat
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**Star Whale \[CONFIDENTIAL — STAGE: ██ ID: ██ DATE: ██\]** A creature resembling a whale that moves at a speed equal to the 1,298th power of light speed. An Apocalypse of the highest class — simultaneously destroying tens of thousands of
Epilogue B: The Festival Ends
Epilogue B: The Festival Ends A girl walked down a corridor that was somehow mechanical in nature. Behind thick concrete walls, humanoid creatures sat in isolation cells, each one drained of life. The chambers for containing humanoid entit
Epilogue A: The Festival Begins
Epilogue A: The Festival Begins The arrest of Caitlin Ann Austin was reported the following day. "Corporate Security Captain Caitlin Ann Austin, apprehended on terrorism charges." Caitlin had recruited collaborators through a community o
Episode 10: Finish Line
Episode 10: Finish Line Koito stood in an endless wasteland. "Where is—" The horizon stretched as far as the eye could see. A deep blue sky overhead. This was a desolate stretch of land in District 6 where nobody ever came, hundreds of k
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