Nine Star Burden - Chapter 41: Bell and Imprint

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?

After his brother's death, Chen Xiaobei has been taking care of his sister-in-law and his brother's daughter. And by chance, he obtained a transcendental inheritance.“Xiaobei, I think something's wrong with me! My breasts are really swollen, but Xin Xin can't get any milk out. I think they're blocked, and she's not strong enough to unclog them!”“Xiaobei, I really can't take it anymore. Could you... could you help me suck it out?”

Most dream of awakening elite Mage or Warrior branches, hoping for even a single A-rank spark.So when Mike awakened as a Common Knight, the lowest of all combat classes, no one was surprised.But when his Potential appeared as F-rank, the absolute bottom… everyone immediately dismissed him.A Knight with F potential is a death sentence.A future of mediocrity.A life destined to be stepped on.And yet—The awakening didn’t end.Beneath the worthless class and shattered potential, something impossible flickered to life:Talent: ??? — Rank SSS.A mythical talent that shouldn’t exist.An F-rank Knight with an SSS-rank Talent.

Cheng Zhu, a young and accomplished individual, stumbled upon a question online: 'If you had the chance to be reborn and go back to the past, would you take it?'As someone recognized in his circle for having the most 'spirit', Cheng Zhu scoffed at the thousands of comments from people wishing for rebirth.He responded with a simple 'No', alongside a screenshot of his impressive bank balance.But in the next moment... he was reborn!