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“Open up!” a deep voice called. “Miss Xiao! Open the door!” The girl’s eyes brightened. She shoved Li Wei roughly aside, turned the key. The door swung open. A tall, gray-haired man came into the room, stopped short as he saw Li Wei. “You've got it!” the girl screamed. “Give it to me!” She clung to the gray-haired man, pulling at his jacket. He gripped her arms, backed her to the bed. “Keep quiet!” he snapped. Then, turning to Li Wei. “I’ve been looking for you, Mr. Li.…-
4.2 K • Ongoing
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Diamonds and Dread Emma's world narrowed to the van's dim interior, Miko's jittery breaths, and the oppressive dark outside. Her hands clenched her backpack strap, knuckles white. Thieves. Liina's a thief. The betrayal looped in her mind, sharper than Cheryl's eviction texts. How had she missed it? The edgy friends, the late-night stories, the casual "hunts." Kalamaja's magic soured into a trap. Miko drummed the wheel, muttering Estonian curses. Headlights caught movement—shadows darting between…-
9.6 K • Completed
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Li Wei swung his leg over the sill, found himself in a bedroom. But he wasn’t alone. Stretched out on the bed, in cheap, imitation lace-trimmed step-ins and the flimsiest of net brassieres, was a young girl with bobbed platinum hair and intensely red lips. She seemed to be sleeping. One rounded arm was bent above her head. The other lay across her gently curved stomach. For a moment Li Wei watched her small, half-globed breasts rise under the brassiere cups. Her eyes were closed, their long, dark…
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4.2 K • Ongoing
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Shattered Ice The room exploded. One second Emma was crouched by the door, trembling, the diamonds still glinting on the table like cursed stars. The next, Liina’s voice cut through the stunned silence. “Miko, get her—back door, now!” Her tone was sharp, no trace of the laughing sister from minutes ago. Miko didn’t hesitate. He grabbed Emma’s arm, yanking her up. Her legs wobbled, vision swimming. The diamonds, the vodka, the warmth of the stove—it all blurred into a sickening smear.…
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9.6 K • Completed
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When he awoke, his head throbbed as though a million needles were piercing his brain. It was day. Light seeped in through a small skylight window in the sloped roof that formed the ceiling of the room to which he had been consigned. Recalling his last ghastly moments of consciousness, Li Wei gingerly touched his throat, fully expecting to find the flesh torn from the beast’s fangs. It wasn't. Had it all been a mad dream? No! He could still feel the hot saliva drooling down on his cheeks, hear the…
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4.2 K • Ongoing
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The man's face, as if someone had placed imaginative tourniquets on his veins and arteries, seemed to freeze the blood that flowed through them. It was a twisted, disease-eaten mask of humanity, the lips thin and bloodless, drawn back over caries-yellow teeth; the nose two gaping, black nostrils beneath small, rheumy eyes. A lock of sand-gray hair fell over the man’s temple. Otherwise he was bald, the skin of his skull drawn up like that of a prune. A sound came from the creature’s throat, passed…
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4.2 K • Ongoing
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Shadows in the Fairy Tale The van rattled over cobblestones, and Emma's stomach flipped with every jolt. Tallinn unfolded like a storybook come alive—pastel wooden houses huddled shoulder-to-shoulder, their gingerbread trim painted in faded blues and yellows. Chimneys puffed lazy smoke into the pearl-gray sky, and the air carried hints of woodsmoke and fresh bread. Kalamaja, Liina had called it. "Our bohemian heart," she'd typed in countless messages. Now, it washed over Emma like balm, dulling the…
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9.6 K • Completed
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Wings to the Unknown Emma stared at the flickering screen of her laptop, the glow casting shadows across her cramped Brooklyn apartment. It was past midnight, and the city outside hummed with its usual chaos—sirens wailing, neighbors arguing through thin walls. But her world had narrowed to one tab: a Facebook profile photo of Liina, grinning against a backdrop of medieval spires and snow-dusted forests. Tallinn, Estonia. A place she'd never heard of until a random comment on a travel subreddit led…
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9.6 K • Completed
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I found myself inside a melodramatic novel, playing the role of the female lead who’s been married to the CEO, Li Zhenyu, for three years. On paper, we’re husband and wife, but in reality, we’re just strangers under the same roof. In the story, I’m hopelessly in love with Li Zhenyu. But thanks to the constant interference of his first love, Bai Yuhan, Li Zhenyu completely misunderstands me. He humiliates me at every turn, and the original me just gritted her teeth and took it. I never finished…-
6.4 K • Ongoing
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I only got close to Han Zhi for the money.Six months ago, after my coworker learned my current goal was to buy an apartment in Yucheng, she shared a little inside info.The president of Han Group, Han Zhi, was notorious for being a “breakup philanthropist.”Every ex-girlfriend of his got a huge payout when they split at least an apartment.She egged me on: “You’re gorgeous. Why not give it a shot?”At the time, I brushed it off and shot back, “You’re pretty too, why don’t you try?” But…-
2.2 K • Ongoing
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