Devourer - Chapter 4: Evolving a Conscience

Angel Johnson was a waitress struggling to make ends meet when an unexpected contract with Tryson Bliss, one of City Y's most powerful and ruthless billionaires, changed everything.Tryson needed a fiancée to appease his demanding family, and Angel, desperate for money and a way out of her humdrum life, agreed to play the part.What began as a calculated arrangement soon evolved into something neither of them expected—an intense and forbidden connection.But when Tryson's family uncovers Angel's true motives, they cast her out with venomous disdain.Humiliated and heartbroken, Angel's last hope is confronting Tryson. But instead of an apology or a chance at redemption, she finds herself shattered when he declares that he has chosen his first love, Riley, the woman he was preparing to marry.Devastated and with only her pride left, Angel walks away, determined to rebuild her life alone.Two months later, Angel is lost in the pulse of the music at a dark, crowded bar, seeking refuge in anonymity.A hand seizes her from behind, and her breath catches as she turns to face the man she can't forget—Tryson.His eyes, once cold and calculating, are now stormy with raw emotion, and he pulls her into his orbit, holding out the contract she once signed. “We haven't finished our work, Angel. The contract says you have a year left to be my fiancée. Don't tell me you're planning on breaching it now.”With no choice but to comply, Angel moves back into the house that once rejected her.But to her surprise, the family she once loathed now welcomes her with unexpected warmth and kindness.As she navigates this unsettling shift, Angel is left to wonder—what has changed, and why?What secrets do they hide that could alter everything she thought she knew about Tryson and his family?And as Angel's heart begins to thaw, she's confronted with the hardest question of all: Can she keep the secrets she's hidden from Tryson?And will Tryson fight for her love a second time, despite everything that has come between them?

Xie Gu, a generational boss, his hobby is money, his skills are making money, his characteristic is being rich, and his dream is that money can make money by himself.
Such a money-making madman died in an accidental car accident while hiding from a blind date.
When he mourned that he could no longer make money, the villain counterattack system came to him.
“Want to come back to life? Then let’s go through the plot and do the villain mission!”
Xie Gu: “The system lets you go, you are blocking me from making money.”
Xie·The new villain·Bone: The protagonists, are you ready to accept the economic sanctions from the boss?

World One: Black and Red Idols of Entertainment, Film and Television · Retire from the Circle and Go Home to Inherit the Mine (Completed)
World 2: E-sports team rookie player · Buy the team and blow your dog’s head (completed)
World 3: The Holy See of the Holy See in the West and the Believer in My God Shopping Discount (Completed)
World 4: The tyrant emperor in the feudal period, the rich country and strong army facilitate exploitation (completed)
World 5: Super school bully on high school campus · Study hard and make money every day (completed)
World 6: Xianxia World Evil Cultivation Demon, Deception and Diligence to Get Rich (Completed)
World 7: The Celestial Master’s Cultivation Waste Materials · A Taoist Talisman One Hundred Thousand Thanks (Completed)
World VIII: Interstellar War Prisoner Marshal Declares Surrender to Economic Invasion (Completed)
World Nine: The King of Zombies Strikes at the End of the World, Pulling Humans to Force a Trade (Completed)
World Ten: Wealthy Playboy · I’m ready to go to work (completed)

【Demining & Reading Tips】
1. Xie Gu is not a good person in the traditional sense. He is ruthless, ruthless, and unreasonable.
2. The original protagonist is not necessarily innocent but not innocent. If you doubt what you did wrong, please read a few more chapters before scolding
3. The protagonist only loves money, and the sexual orientation of the villain he possesses is uncertain
4. Although I want to write a slap in the face, this article has been crooked into a sand sculpture. There are elements of power and tricks, but there will inevitably be small bugs. If I can correct it and explain it, I will reply when I see it. If I can’t, I will apologize. Inclusive
5. My dream is to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, but I have a lot to say about my writing skills, and I hope I can be gentle when scolding
6. After completing the task, go away (pull X ruthless), but it is not a death escape, and did not return the body to the original villain
Kowtow to the readers

Content tags: System Quick Pass Shuangwen
Search keywords: Protagonist: Xie Gu ┃ Supporting role: Pre-received “Don’t Call Me Cub [Interstellar]” ┃ Others: Sand Sculpture
One sentence introduction: He is the man who wants to be the richest man
Conception: The world is turbid and messy, only with your own sword can you cut out your own light

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The weather became extremely hot, and Xiao Yueling, whose parents died unexpectedly, got a space to trigger a sense of crisis, and decided to go back to his hometown to accompany his grandfather to face life and death together.

From the red land to the frozen world, people are caught off guard.

Viruses devour lives, and human beings are helpless in the face of disasters.

Survival is becoming more and more difficult, and many people will do whatever it takes to survive.

Meeting Li Kun by chance, the man said: “Little girl, I will protect you forever, okay?”

“Eat my family’s food, I have to take care of it!”

Xiao Yueling raised the machete in his hand, faced the black devil calmly, and said amazing words, who knew…

“The deal is all up to you!”

The machete in Xiao Yueling’s hand was almost scared off, what the hell did she accept!

Do you have to manage food and people?

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In a world where everyone changes jobs, I actually awakened to a unique dual career.

And a life-defying career?

High-quality items to cherish? I synthesize directly.

Cherish high-quality skills? I synthesize directly.

Senior pet cherish? I continue to synthesize, wait, how did this beast girl become so big after synthesis?

Let’s start with the synthesis of three skeleton summoning books…

Synthesis – [Undead Army]

Three more dark staffs to synthesize…

Synthesis – [Death Scepter]

The game competition of billions of races in the universe, our solar system, can we earthlings stand on a broader stage!

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