Solflare: The Painter's Secret - Chapter 126: Golden Cards & Broken Ties

As a scandal magnet in the entertainment industry, even Yu Xia helping to chase away a dog can spark rumors of cohabitation, causing her manager to nearly vomit blood out of frustration.Unexpectedly, after returning from a trip, her manager went crazy and got her into a boy band talent show, supposedly to fight poison with poison.It's quite venomous, because... her ex-boyfriend is on this show!When the talent show aired—Fans: Yu Xia, stop your hands and mouth, you can't go after young idols!Manager: Yu Xia, you better take your work seriously, no getting involved with people.After the talent show formed a group, on the explosively popular escape variety show,Xie Qingci and Yu Xia teamed up, becoming the nation's most-clicked escape duo.Fans watched wide-eyed, as the sparks of love between them flew high.Fans: Kiss him! Kiss him till the world flips upside down!Manager: Yu Xia, you actually went and got involved with someone again!Yu Xia: Those were mistakes of the past, now I'm forced into this / takes out a handkerchief to wipe tears away[Older woman-younger man romance, talent show, comedic derivative livestream, escape variety show, passionate romance]

The strongest wizard Alfred, in a hero’s party, subdued the Maou and in the process took a cursed arrow to the knee.

Even with the hurt knee, Alfred’s still the strongest wizard ever. So…

「We need a chief for our newly created knight squad!」 「Could you help us as our guild manager?」「We need someone to rid us of the dragon that resides in the North Mountain!!」

Alfred just wanted some time to rest and recover, but no one would LEAVE HIM ALONE!

Because of that, Alfred wished to spend time recovering in a small country village that no one knew about.

『Need a guard in Mulg Village. Wolves and boars attacking the village. Payment is food and board. *Village has a hot spring.』

「THAT’S THE ONE!」

So, the strongest wizard in the kingdom…decided on living the slow life in the country.

Qiao Zhenzhen spent a lifetime, only to later realise that she was the true heroine of a novel. According to the original plot, her life was supposed to be smooth sailing and blissful. But the envious transmigrated second female lead played her cards step by step, and took everything away from her!

After experiencing the divorce of her parents, and miserably failing the college entrance examination, she gets kidnapped along with her little follower of a male lead, Chi Shen. In the end, she came out as the only survivor.

Everyone believed that this was a blessing in disguise, not only was her life saved, but the pervert stalking her for the last three years was also gone! A freak like Chi Shen, who had a weird and eccentric personality, always stank of fish and grease, was better off dead. Everyone said that she ought to be grateful, but none of them knew he died protecting her.
Before he took his last breath, his dying words were-

“Don’t be afraid of me.”

That sentence, mixed with the smell of greasy fish and blood, flashed in her dreams every night for the next decade.

Reborn back into the senior year of her highschool, she walked to the youth in the corner, and in front of everyone’s eyes-

“Don’t hideaway in the dark if you don’t want me to be afraid of you.” The youth pursed his lips, his pale face steadily losing color.

Qiao Zhenzhen smiled: Be nice to me, and I shall allow you to stalk~

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Everyone says he is an iceberg, but only Maya Spencer knows he is a volcano, and moreover, a volcano that is passionately unlimited for her, an indulgently pampering volcano.