Pampered by My Ex's Cousin - Chapter 1285 - 1286: Maxing Out His Card (Part 1)

【Era+Sweetness+Dual Harvest of Love and Career】Reborn overnight, faced with the man she had chased all her life without ever getting a resolution, Lu Jingqiu turned sharply and headed back to the city.She was pampered by her parents and family, had a job waiting for her in the city, and could pick from the outstanding men in the courtyard—Jingqiu's brain in her previous life had been more than a little off.Hey, the female lead is also reborn? Got into college, went back to the city with the male lead, and even started a business secretly?Lu Jingqiu, holding her own three treasures, was ready to sit back and enjoy the drama, but what's with this person who appeared by her side? Rumor has it, he's the female lead's former flame?He's not bad-looking, has a nice character, and is pretty good at making money? He seems to have a special place in her heart... Mm, better recruit him quickly.This story is about the female lead's reborn, glorious city life!

In a world where power is marked by glowing runes and monsters bleed through the fabric of reality, **Ryu** is nothing—an orphan with no name, no status, and no hope. Beaten down by nobles who wield their divine-given strength like a whip, he survives on scraps and stubborn defiance.But when a black rift—an anomaly unlike any ever recorded—appears in the dead of night, Ryu faces a choice: die a beggar, or risk everything by stepping into the unknown.Inside, he finds a nightmare. Kolasis, a legendary predator, hunts him through a twisted forest. The rules here are simple: kill or be killed. To survive, Ryu must forge himself into something sharper than the claws of monsters and crueler than the nobles who cast him aside.Yet the rift has its own secrets. The same power that could make him a legend might also break him—if the monsters don’t tear him apart first.

Humanity’s home is no longer Earth. Intersellar travel is now a common occurence, and technology has replaced blood and flesh.Luka, who grew up in the slums, has turned fifteen and taken the selection exams. His aptitude is of the “Imperial Guard.”