Well not much about only that I love food and bts.Ummmmmm my names Suki.Ya know ...I'm dat bitch .Stay Gucci kukies (cookies)

When they had just arrived, the Wei Wu Army were given their own canteen, but it was only because the Heavenly Network did not know much about the Wei Wu Army. 
Now, Zhong Yutang had realized that an army a person raised would turn out the same as the person. The Wei Wu Army, who had been brought up by Lu Shu, was definitely not normal.
Slowly, the Wei Wu Army began to eat with the Heavenly Network. Many people even made friends with them. They chatted with one another during meals.
The chefs in the canteen realized that the Wei Wu Army liked eating spicy food. It was mainly because spicy food had more taste than ordinary food. To these rough men, mala[1] was very addictive.
As Hao Zhichao ate, he asked, "Why do you like spicy food so much? What's so good about spicy food?"
Li Heitan suddenly looked up and looked at Hao Zhichao. "Where are you from?"
Hao Zhichao was dumbfounded. Why did he suddenly ask this? "I am from Chuanzhou." 
Li Heitan was shocked. "Teacher Bai Nuo said that Chuanzhou people like spicy food. If you are from Sichuan, why can't you eat spicy food?"
Hao Zhichao was amused. "If I am from Chuanzhou, must I eat spicy food? This person on my left is from Mengzhou. Ask him, does he know how to ride a horse? The one on my right is from Luzhou. Ask him, does he know how to operate an excavator?"
The person on Hao Zhichao's right suddenly said, "I can operate an excavator…"
The person on his left said, "I can ride a horse…"
Hao Zhichao was about to break his bowl. "… so what if I can't eat spicy food? Is it against the law? Why am I getting so angry everyday even though Lu Shu isn't in Luo City?" 
"From Hao Zhichao's distress, +199!"
At this moment, they heard Lu Shu's laughter from outside the canteen. "I didn't do anything when I was gone, right?!"
Lu Shu had just walked in when he heard Hao Zhichao complain. Then, he immediately saw Hao Zhichao producing distress points for him…
Li Heitan suddenly stood up and looked at the door. "Great Lord, you are back!"
Lu Xiaoyu, who was beside Li Heitan, did not look up. Little Fury was about to run. It was not quite appropriate for it to appear at this kind of place, as it was easy for it to get injured. 
But before it could move, Lu Xiaoyu glared at it. Little Fury obediently sat on the table…
Little Fury typically ate with everyone. But the rest sat on chairs, while it sat on the table.
Needless to say, Little Fury had become like a mascot of the Heavenly Network, especially after it eliminated the slave owners in Kun City.
Lu Shu walked to Li Heitan and sat down beside him. He had returned to his apartment, but realized that Lu Xiaoyu was not around. Thus, he had come to the Longmen Fortress. Lu Xiaoyu was eating with the Wei Wu Army. 
Suddenly, the atmosphere was rather strange. Lu Shu looked at the food on the plate. He found something to talk about. "Oh, today's rations are not bad. Hairy crab. I like that." 
At this moment, Li Heitan stood behind Lu Shu with a bowl in his hands. "Great Lord, they said that you had a lot of fun in Japan. Is the food there good?"
In an instant, Chen Zuan looked at Li Heitan in shock. It was as if he had found a friend.
But at the same time, everyone began to eat. There was not even the sound of chopsticks hitting the bottom of the bowl.
Lu Shu was stiff. "The food in Japan will never be as good as the food in China."
Li Heitan asked, "Teacher Bai Nuo said that the cherry blossoms there are beautiful."
"No, no," said Lu Shu.
Li Heitan asked again, "Teacher Bai Nuo said that the names there are different. For example, Matsushima Nanako and Noguchi Nanako[2]. Great Lord, when are you bringing us there to play?"
Lu Shu flared up. "Are you done? Didn't I say that it's not fun? What's so amazing about the names? You said that Teacher Bai Nuo taught you this, right? We have names like that in China too."
Everyone was dumbfounded. Lu Xiaoyu slowly put down her chopsticks. "Tell me, whose name is made up of five characters?"
Lu Shu paused for two seconds. "Leshan Boboji?!" 
"From Lu Xiaoyu's distress, +666!"
"From Hao Zhichao's distress, +666!"
"From…"
"You're crazy." Lu Xiaoyu could not stand it. She pulled on Lu Shu's sleeve and walked out of the canteen. Chen Zuan and the rest could only heave a sigh of relief after they left.
Chen Zuan gave Li Heitan a thumbs up. "You have guts. I like that!"
Cheng Qiuqiao glanced at him. "Don't try to look for trouble."
Lu Xiaoyu sat on the wall of the Longmen Fortress. She asked, "Did you encounter any danger in Japan?"
Lu Shu thought about it. "It was slightly dangerous, but it was not because of the master that was killed."
"Are you talking about Wen Zaifou and Yu Fuyao?" Lu Xiaoyu asked.
"Yes," said Lu Shu. "I feel that there is something wrong with them, but I don't know where. Wen Zaifou is an old acquaintance of ours, and Yu Fuyao killed all those slave owners by herself."
"Why are you overthinking this?" Lu Xiaoyu paid no attention. "You do know that even if you don't do anything, they will eventually come and find you, right?"
"But I cannot allow them to use the Earth as the battlefield," said Lu Shu calmly. "That's right. This time, I brought the spirit of a master back. Who will you choose to inherit the natural law? The Bishop or Johnson? Or the fourth Rank One spirit?"
Lu Xiaoyu was now able to control four spirits, but to be honest, the fourth Rank One spirit could only be used with other spirits. It would not be very powerful. It would not have any special skills either.
Lu Xiaoyu thought about it. "Johnson then, so it'll be easier to create swords for you. Do you have a way to keep spirits now?"
Lu Shu explained. "Yes. Do you remember the gourd? The one that can twist the heads of others…"
To be honest, Lu Shu was startled as well. He had told Zhong Yutang that he wanted to bring Li Dian in for an interrogation. The gourd had been obtained from Li Dian. Lu Shu wanted to know the origin of the gourd.
Lu Shu thought about it. This head-twisting gourd seemed to be a perfect match with the origin of distress points. Was any ordinary person able to immediately know the name of a stranger? If Lu Shu did not know, he would not be able to use the gourd to its fullest potential either.
Li Dian was on his way to Luo City from Qingzhou. He was rushing over.
Lu Xiaoyu sat on the wall and softly said to Lu Shu, "Should I capture Duanmu Huangqi's spirit as my fourth spirit? What do you think?"
Lu Shu thought about it. "I think that it's possible…"
[1] a popular oily, spicy, and numbing Chinese sauce
[2] both names are written with five characters in Chinese and Japanese


Magical energy has come to this world; Lu Shu could only stare as one powerhouse after another appear.

Looking at his own peculiar ability, he exhaled a breath of cold air.

Dog balls!

...

This is a story of how Lu Shu used poisonous chicken soup to become the Demon King

Translator Synopsis:

This is the story of an orphan, Lu Shu. He is not any regular orphan, but a metahuman experiencing the changes in himself, his country and the world during the dawn of the magical era. Watch as Lu Shu embarks on a journey to hone his peculiar abilities together with his sister, the adorable and charismatic Lu Xiaoyu. Along the way, they’ll encounter supernatural events, obstacles and even the most powerful people in their country. How will Lu Shu make the best of his abilities and oust his never-ending list of rivals and opponents?

Jasper sighed but it is only when he realized what happened. He talked rudely with Evelyn…


He quickly walked out of the room and realizes that it is already past noon. 


"Uncle, did Evelyn come for lunch?" Jasper asked as soon as he spotted the Butler who is preparing a tray to carry food upstairs. 


"No, master. Miss asked to send her lunch upstairs" he politely answered. 


Jasper nodded his head. "Uncle, prepare some spicy chinese dishes and send them to her. It must have been a while she ate them" he said. 


He remember what she had told him few days back. She is missing Chinese foods and wanted to eat them. 


Butler froze, totally surprised by what he heard. But he regained his composure and nodded his head happily. 

Looks like their master really care for the miss. 

….....


Meanwhile, Evelyn just completed sending every known information related to council and Jasper, to Austin. 


Though it is very evident that Jasper loves his niece so much, Austin seems very frightened to attack her. So, she should search for his another weakness. 


"I am damn hungry" Evelyn muttered to herself. And as if on cue the heard someone knocking her door. 


Smiling happily she rubbed her stomach. "Our feast is ready" she hummed and sprinted to the door and opened it quickly. 


Her mouth watered as she inhaled the fragrance of the food she has been missing since a week. 


"Thank you so much uncle. I have been craving for this and wanted to go to Chinese cuisine to eat. Thanks a lot" she jumped up and down like a small child as she clapped her hands. 


Jasper who is 'accidentally' standing there chuckled. He started wondering why every girl loves food. 


Even his Linda was like that and his brother in law always cooks for his wife whenever she is angry on him. 


"You should thank young master, miss. Not me. He asked us to cook these especially for you. He indeed cares for you....it is just his short temper" Butler talked out his feelings openly totally not aware that his master is seeing them. 


Meanwhile, as soon as Evelyn heard what Butler said, her face darkened with anger. Her eyes misted up a little. 


"Ahh….uncle. I just remembered that I have to take my herbal medicine. I should not eat anything spicy…so, I am truly sorry for this. I can't accept your sir's kind offer" Evelyn said little mockingly. 


"Oh sorry for that miss. But, we also have normal lunch prepared, if you want I will right away ask someone to bring it to you" Butler disappointingly said. 


Evelyn sighed. "I am sorry uncle.  I am feeling so heavy actually after that 'respectful' breakfast with your master. I think I am not hungry anymore" she pursed her lips. 


"But miss. You didn't eat your breakfast too" 


"It's fine uncle. Thanks for your concern but I am fine" Evelyn smiled sadly and closed her door. 


Meanwhile Jasper who witnessed all this felt guilty. He should not have let his emotions control him and hurt others. But that was not his mistake either… 

He is just in bad mood!!

After all,  he felt that she is over reacting. 

Sighing deeply he went back to his room and locked himself up again. 


Even he decides not to eat. 


Meanwhile Butler massaged his temples. 
Who does he feel like they are couple who fought with each other?
........

Inside the room 


Evelyn rubbed her tummy again. 


She knew that Jasper is watching them. So to make him even more guilty, she actually faked her tears.

 And even after closing the door she couldn't help but hope that he will knock her door and apologize to her. 


However minutes turned hours and it is almost late evening but no one knocked her door. 


"Such a ruthless, heartless, emotionless person. Whoever his wife will be…she will surely die because of his excess stubbornness" Evelyn cursed. 


By then,  she is not at all aware that this 'perk' will be exclusively belongs to her. She don't know that their fates are entwined just like their names. 


Biyu means Jasper, the precious stone in China. 


Just like their names they are meant to be one soul… soul mates.

Jasper is one of the most formidable person of the country. However, no one knows how he looked nor what his real name was…


But his last name is enough to send shivers down their spines. It is because in addition to the influence his family has in both the underworld as well as the political world, he is also known for his ruthlessness and genius….


However, on contrary to how the world pictured him, he ‘was' a sweet, kind and generous person with a romantic heart. But that heart belongs to only one woman in his life, whom he loved immensely ever since he was young…. Linda. 


But Fate had other plans for them and she disappeared without a trace, all of a sudden, taking his heart all along with her…


With his heart stolen away from him, he no longer shared the same feelings with anyone else as he had with Linda. But after a long search, he finally discovered where his Linda is…


However, it was too late. He came to realize that she is already in love with another person. 

…..


Linda is a kind, simple girl, with a pure heart but a naïve mind. She is a fallen queen of modeling industry, who willingly sacrificed everything for the person whom she loved. However, she is not destined to have a happy life, even after doing all this for the person she sacrificed for, who never truly loved her. 


While she was busy planning her happy future with him, that person had continued scheming, wondering how to use her in all the ways he could….

……..


Zhou Biyu, she is the only girl who had managed to become Jasper's close friend, in a little span of the time. Unlike other women who tried to climb on to his bed, she is some of the very few females who did not fall for him as soon as they met….


As time passed, Jasper truly started liking her as his friend and she was probably the only female friend who earned his trust and respect. 

However, Biyu is not someone who he thought was…. since the first day they met, she has been working with his enemies behind his back. She has been blackstabbing him on the name of friendship and family. She is not the angel he thought her to be…


In fact, she is his own personal villainess. 
By the time she realized her mistakes and ascertained that she is in love with Jasper, the damage was already done and she has already done many unforgivable things.


With only one chance to redeem her mistakes, she will deceive her own people and save him from the grave danger they had planned for him. 
Later, she was murdered by her people for betraying them. 


But just like their names, they are destined to be together. And she finds herself reincarnated in Linda’s body, the only woman whom Jasper loves the most….


With everything changed, will she redeem herself and take revenge for both herself and Linda….And cherish her time with Jasper?
Or, does Fate have another plan for them that might test how true her love for Jasper is?

……..


Join the love story of Jasper and Biyu, to find out how the badass villainess redeemed herself into his angel and took the revenge for both herself and his former love Linda. 
With the exciting mysteries and twists ahead in their future....


Experience the love, familial drama, trust, revenge and fun with this couple…along with unexpected turns.

......
Discord link 
https://discord.gg/3CC6KgK

The rest of the training went by quickly, as Elder Xing went over the basics pros and cons of each weapon that Bai Qi asked about. Most of it was instinctive to Bai Qi, though there were some weapons that caused him to raise his eyebrows.
After the hours had gone by, Bai Qi was engrossed in the lesson, a low chime reached their ears.
"Ah," Elder Xing said. "Lunchtime."
He turned around, putting all the weapons away, and opened up a doorway leading back to the cafeteria. "Go ahead," Xing motioned. "I have matters to take care of, so eat without me, and wait at the dining hall. Elder Mu will pick you up for your lessons after."
Bai Qi walked through the doorway into the dining hall, taking a seat at the curved table. The elder from breakfast, the one that was reading at the end of the table was surprisingly still there, giving the impression he had been sitting there the entire time. He was nonchalantly munching on the bread. He looked up at Bai Qi as he walked in, then went back to his parchments.
The room was already filling up, as the chime from before signaled the gates opening. As Bai Qi sat there, Elder Fang came bumbling in, with what looked like a cat on his shoulders.
"Bai Qi," Elder Fang said, nodding at him. The cat on his shoulders hissed at Bai Qi, and unfolded wings from its back, taking off from Elder Fang's shoulder.
"Oh no you don't," Elder Fang said, swiping and grabbing the cat by its hind leg. 'Don't mind it, she's moody most of the time."
Elder Fang plopped the cat back on his shoulder, and the cat hissed again, swiping at Elder Fang's face with its pudgy arm, claws out, Elder Fang tilting his head back to dodge. "Harmless," he said, not reassuring Bai Qi at all.
"I'm sure she is," Bai Qi said.
"Well, I would have loved to come by and chat about how your days been," Elder Fang said, "but I need to get the monthly rations and head back to my animals."
The elder at the end of the table looked up, and then tossed a ring towards Elder Fang, then looked back down. Elder Fang briefly looked at the ring, then put it on. "Well, that's it for me," he said, as he waved goodbye, walking through the gateway.
The dining room was considerably emptier compared to the breakfast crowd. The afterglow from the gateways slowly faded away one by one as food started to appear on the tables.
Bai Qi slowly grabbed food, and ate, ignoring the momentary glances from the other people. He felt really out of place, though this was more of him feeling like someone on display, as he couldn't really eat faster to finish early and leave since Elder Mu would be meeting him here. For that reason, he tried to slow down, but the lessons from Elder Xing had left him hungry, so he couldn't help but finish eating quickly.
As time went by, more and more people finished eating. The dining hall slowly started emptying, one table at a time, until there were only about a handful of people left, mainly situated around a single table. They were engrossed in a discussion.
Some more time had gone by, the elder at the end of the table looked up, then cleared his throat, the sound being amplified through the hall, The people at the table looked up, and waved at the elder, before collecting their items, and bowing before leaving. As they left, the glowing orbs and the candles on each table dimmed, before going out completely.
The hall was basked in shadows, with sunlight coming in windows, illuminating patches at a time. The elder table was still illuminated.
Slowly the minutes trickled by, as Bai Qi sat there, wondering if Elder Mu had completely forgotten him. The elder on the other end of the table even looked at Bai Qi curiously, wondering why Bai qi was still there, but not bothering to say anything.
After a while, Bai qi lost hope, and as things seemed bleak, where Bai Qi considered asking the Elder for help, the gate glowed, and Elder Mu stepped out. "Miss me?" he asked, as he walked through.
"Late much," Bai Qi replied.
"I got caught up in some matters."
Bai Qi gestured at the hall behind him.
"It was a series of  important matters."
Bai Qi gestured again.
"Cheeky huh," Elder Mu said, sitting down, and bringing up some food in front of him.
Bai Qi just stared at him.
"I didn't eat."
Elder Mu did scarf down the food quickly, and washed everything down with a single drink, before standing up and motioning Bai Qi to get up as well. He raised his hand towards the elder at the other end of the table, and the Elder nodded back, focusing on his parchments once again.
"Let's go," Elder Mu said, taking the stairs down from the platform. Bai Qi followed suit, as Elder Mu walked the length of the dining hall until they reached the end, where Elder Mu pushed open a door and motioned Bai Qi to go through.
"Back to the garden?"
"Yep," Elder Mu said nonchalantly. They walked briskly, following the twisting cobblestone road, until they circled the mage tower, coming into sight with Elder Mu's garden.
"Have you looked into the books I gave you yesterday," Elder Mu asked suddenly.
"Just a bit," Bai Qi replied. " I flipped through some of the pages, though I couldn't make understand most of what I saw."
Elder Mu nodded. "So the boy wonder doesn't know everything."
Bai Qi chuckled. "Is that what they're calling me?"

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Finals are over, as I mentioned before. This chapter is unfinished and a bit rushed, mostly because I have been working on some other things in the last few weeks. Some of which have been rewriting the entire outline for this story.

To start, I need to make some drastic changes, things I'm going to be doing over the week. I have been a bit distant from this novel, which I am going to admit, mostly because I had a hard time fleshing out what each chapter was going to be, and I think the biggest problem is because I'm forcing myself to adhere to rules in a fantasy novel, which if you ask me, is probably the stupidest thing I can do.

So I started an entire overhaul. I know I mentioned the last chapter that I was going to westernize the novel sometime in the future, but the problem is that I can't keep with the eastern influences and the rules they have because it's going to force me to rewrite my novel sometime in the future. One example of this is the metal element in Chinese cultures, being part of the 5 main elements. While I like the idea of 5 elements, I think to have wind as a core element is much more important. If I keep at what I'm doing right now, metal is going to end up being a useless element, or an overlooked one, or wind is going to end up being a useless element, forcing me to choose between them. Honestly, wind is much more versatile, and fits more with the idea of a paragon, with metal falling under Earth, no shade intended at the Chinese elements.

Second is the problem with time. When creating a calendar to follow the event's I realized that I didn't really like 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, or 365 days time standard that we have. I mean, just looking at the numbers, to someone else, those might seem random, though I do understand where they come from. And then it hit me. This is a fantasy world. Why do I need to follow rules set for Earth? Base 10 is so much nicer, and just makes sense, so I made a 25 hours a day, 10 days a week, 4 weeks a month, for 10 months, giving us a total of 400 days a year. A much nicer and rounded number, and it's decently close to Earth's rotations, so I can keep the same physics, as well as add a few changes of my own. Also, why be limited to one moon? Two moons are dope. Say hello to Yvnamior, and Yvnamaus, the two moons of this world. Yep. You guys can access the beta calendar here, I made a draft:
https://fantasy-calendar.com/calendar.php?action=view&id=b356c2b9a5eb99205180963fe084c76e

Link's gonna be posted on discord, as well as a full list of the changes I'm making. I'm just going to mention the important points. I also realized I've been ignoring the discord, so I'm going to try and interact with the discord a bit more.

Names as well. For now, I'm going to keep the names. Over the summer, I'm going to try and create a phonetic language, so that I can generate names that have meanings, that actually interact with the world. Why have a fantasy world be limited to Chinese culture?

Another small change that I'm making is creating a runic system to stand alongside the system of magic circles. This is going to be a small detail for now, as I had already had the idea, tying the runic system to a group that is already part of the story. For now, the runic symbols will be used to replace the Chinese element characters that some of you guys noticed on the cover of this novel.

In this week and next, I'm going to go back, and slowly edit out the discrepancies in my story. Those that have your notifs on, you'll see the story being updated, you can ignore them for now. When I release the next chapter, I should be finished with the changes I'm making.

Some of you guys on the discord already know that I used calculus to keep numbers realistic, so that should just prove that I want this novel to be something special. I want it to be up there, writing so vivid that you could close your eyes and be there. I know my writing dropped a bit in quality, something that I want to bring up, so that's what this week is going to be as well.

As for what happens after this week. I'm going to try and write a chapter or two a week after this.

Discord is https://discord.gg/B7xQSKS
If the link doesn't work, hit me up at Paradoxicality#1088

Godspeeds

Where exactly does is the line between good and evil? After all, it’s up to the storyteller to change the events. Add a little flourish here, and a twist there, and you have a murder seem like it was instigated by the victim. A bit of tweaking here and changing some of the details there, and the classic hero becomes the villain. The whole thing gets thrown under the bus when you consider perspectives. Climbing to the top means crushing the dreams of others, no matter what. 

But this isn’t about that. Sometime, it’s the smaller picture that matters. 

The mortal realm has been the middle ground, the demons under, the heavens above. Though they stay separated, there have always been the unfortunate who  crossed the borders, and saw the world for what it truly is.

This is a story of Bai QI, an unfortunate given a second chance to tread the path of the ultimate magician. Finding himself in a world without memories, powers he never knew he had, and a mystery hidden in his own being, this is the story of survival, of death, of betrayal. This is the story of life, of hope, of power and truth. This is the story of Yin and Yang, of how one cannot exist without the other.

The next day, everyone got up very early. Even without Peter Lee rallying them, everyone got out of the tents. Everyone was either excited or anxious. They felt that the key moment of their expedition had arrived.
After breakfast, everyone got together. The difference was that Peter Lee's team had packed up the tents and were ready to go, while the expedition team's tents were still intact, as were Nabari and Salem's tents.
It was time to separate.
"According to what we said before, my team and I will enter the Devil's Sea, and Professor Wei Kang's team will stay here. If we haven't come back after seventy-two hours…" Peter Lee looked at Nabari and continued. "Just ask Mr. Nabari to take you out of the desert first. When you return to the tribe, tell your chieftain that you have fulfilled your promise to me."
Nabari nodded with a heavy heart.
"Of course, I don't mean that we will be in danger in the Devil's Sea. It is more likely that we will encounter something interesting and stay behind longer, thereby delaying our return." Peter Lee may have felt that his words were rather unlucky and decided to reassure everyone. "Along the way, we have recorded the GPS coordinates and can safely return on our own. Even if we are a few days delayed, we will implement a quota on the supply of food and water. We will be able to endure it, no big deal."
He chuckled and continued. "This is also not the first time we have starved. We faced situations in which we had a lack of food before, and we survived those. What say you, my team?"
"Well said!"
"No problem!"
His team members were confident in his leadership.
For both teams, the preparations before entering the desert were abundant. They both carried a lot of water and food. Just as he'd said, a few additional days in the desert merely meant a period of supply rationing. Without any other major accidents, they would still be able to safely leave the desert.
A quota on supply would unfortunately be a blow to morale. If everyone chose to operate as individuals, there would be civil strife due to insufficient food or water. There had been many such cases. Unless absolutely necessary, Wei Kang would hope not to do so.
However, Peter Lee's team was a tried-and-tested team. Each team member had the same beliefs, and the possibility of civil strife was very low.
To be honest, the expedition team should focus solely on themselves and not add to the worries of others. That would be a job well done by itself. Wei Kang knew this, and he nodded slightly.
The adventurous Salem wanted to follow Peter Lee's team to the Devil's Sea, in the hopes of earning bragging rights—"I am the only Bedouin who dares enter."
However, as soon as Salem saw the look on Uncle Nabari's face, he knew that he would not be able to make that trip.
Zhang Zian had thought for a long time last night and still couldn't make up his mind. According to his own analysis, the probability of facing danger in the Devil's Sea was not high, but there certainly must be a reason for the Bedouin to avoid the area. Nevertheless, he felt that since he was here, why not enter the place?
"Zhang Zian, teach me more Chinese over the next three days!" Salem ran over and wrapped his arms around Zhang Zian's shoulders.
Along the way, Zhang Zian taught him some sporadic Chinese greetings, but Salem was not satisfied. If he wanted to learn greetings, he could go to the small business hawkers who sold goods to Chinese tourists. He wanted to learn what he deemed "real Chinese."
Zhang Zian did not know what to do. Having learned a few greetings and swear words, Salem seemed to think that Chinese was an easy language to learn. That was not true at all. Merely learning all the correct names for relatives and how to address them was such a headache!
Except for Zhang Zian himself, the others did not know that he considered entering the Devil's Sea. Thus, once Peter Lee finished his speech, he asked his team to get in the cars and prepare to leave.
Zhang Zian could only keep it to himself, as it would be troublesome to explain his motives. Fina or the Holy Cat statue would be difficult to explain. People might even think it was an excuse for him to follow Peter Lee's preaching.
Then...the only remaining option was to, over the next three days, find an opportunity or an excuse to enter.
Another reason that was somewhat less righteous to talk about was that, by letting them go first, they would help clear the road and make sure it was a safe path. They would bear the brunt of any danger… If anything were to happen up front, he would be able to pause and head back to safety.
He glanced at Fina, who was also very calm. She did not seem to care much about entering or not.
The expedition team watched Peter Lee's team line up and send dust flying into the air as they drove into the hive like sand dunes. They soon disappeared over the horizon. They could only gauge where they'd gone by the sand that was displaced.
After a while, the dust settled, and the team was completely gone.
Wei Kang wiped his palms and woke the expedition team up. He said, "Stop staring and start working. There may be animals in the vicinity. Set up the infrared camera. Zhang Zian, use your drone and observe the terrain."
"Sure."
Everyone replied in unison and went to take care of their respective tasks.
Nabari and Salem were not assigned tasks. The former sat down on a blanket and smoked while looking out at the Devil's Sea. The latter kept bothering Zhang Zian, asking him to teach him Chinese.
Zhang Zian manipulated the drone to take off. Although Peter Lee's team was invisible to the naked eye, the drone could still spot them.
He noticed the route they took and secretly took note of it in his mind. His mouth then kept talking to entertain Salem.
"Zhang ZIan, I want to learn the most authentic Chinese, not written communication. Do you understand what I mean? I find that you Chinese people rarely say 'hello,' so how do you usually say hello?" Salem asked.
"I don't say 'hello' with my friends. That would be rather strange. As for with strangers…we don't say it much either," Zhang Zian replied.
"Yeah! I noticed. So when I first meet Sihwa, what should I say? Do you have any suggestions?" Salem said. "I want her to be amazed by me!"
Zhang Zian was deep in thought over other things. He replied offhandedly. "For that…usually we say, 'What are you looking at?'"


1. Download a suspicious game
2. Catch a few magical pets as partners
3. Go through interesting daily routines and lead the pet shop to a whole new level

Li Du wanted to help out with the cooking and preparation of dinner.

Mrs. Liu adamantly refused and smiled. "You are our precious guest, Ah Du. How can we let our guest help out? Don’t worry, you will have a taste of my culinary skills very soon."

Wesley waved to Li Du. "Brother Li, come over here, let me show you a nice gun."

"What? You are still playing with guns?!" The shout came from the kitchen.  

It was Mr. Liu; he could hear them quite clearly as it was an open kitchen.

Wesley laughed at his dad’s reaction. "Dad, I’m just joking. I’m an overseas student, not an American citizen; there’s no way I could keep a gun. I can only go to the shooting range."

"The shooting range is out of bounds too!" said Mr. Liu, followed by a series of loud, constant chopping sounds as he chopped up the sautéed, preserved pork with ease.

Wesley’s parents had superb culinary skills. As dish after dish appeared on the dining table, Li Du and Wesley took turns to introduce the Chinese dishes to Sophie.

The Chinese cold dishes appeared on the dining table first. There was braised beef with sauce, cold, dressed, sliced sausages, braised pork trotters in the old Peking style, marinated eggs, and more. 

Next, the warm dishes started to make their way to the dining table: roast duck, spicy diced chicken with peanuts, spicy prawn balls with peanuts, stewed pig's feet with tofu, and braised, sautéed preserved pork in soy sauce garnished with red chili and coriander.

"Uncle, there’s so much food, we won’t be able to finish it," Li Du said looking at the table full of food.

"Okay, just one more dish coming up: the stir-fried shredded pork meat with spring onion and a soup. Please sit down, I brought Mao Tai over as well; we can have a drink together later," Mr. Liu said.

"Dad, I want to drink as well."

"Go drink your pig trotters soup, you rascal!"

The last dish was the shark fin soup in a casserole; its exquisite aroma filled the air around the room as it was served.

When Sophie realized what was used to make the soup, she looked uninterested and said, "My apologies, but I’m not having the shark fin soup as I joined the Endangered Species Protection Agency. No more shark fins for me."

"That’s alright—I won’t have any either. Wesley can have it. This soup is a tonic, nourishing blood and vital energy," Li Du said.

Wesley mumbled to himself softly in his mother tongue, "It’s always about nourishing, nourishing and nourishing. It will go to waste tonight anyway."

"Huh?" Mr. Liu didn’t catch that.

Wesley replied, "It’s nothing." Wesley then spoke in English, "Come, Brother Li, Doctor Sophie, make yourselves at home, eat more."

"Yes, please enjoy the food. Oh, does Doctor Sophie know how to use chopsticks?" said a concerned Mrs. Liu, looking toward Sophie, then Wesley.

"No worries Mom," Wesley said. "Brother Li is here. He will help Doctor Sophie with the food."

And Li Du did just that. Sophie didn’t reject his help; her cheeks were full of color, her head was low, and she ate in small mouthfuls. She looked comfortable using the chopsticks as well.

Li Du relished the wonderful dinner the Liuses had whipped up for them.

"Aunty, Uncle, thank you so much for having us—the food is awesome! I can understand how Jin Long got to his size now."

Wesley did not care about his size nor shape; he was happily munching on a pig trotter with one hand and a roasted duck drumstick with the other.

Mr. Liu laughed heartily, "Great, we are glad you enjoyed the food. You are Jin Long’s savior, you do not need to thank us. We should at least do this for you."

Mrs. Liu nodded, "Precisely, as the Chinese proverb says: ‘A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring.’ If there’s anything we can do for you, please feel free to ask us."

When Li Du left Wesley’s apartment, he was carrying a box full of preserved Chinese food, such as the spice marinated dry rubbed duck, Chinese smoked sausages, dried fish and scallops, and some of the food packaged in containers they could not finish earlier on.

Li Du tried to refuse, but Mr. Liu insisted. "So you’ve forgotten what Uncle told you earlier? Just take them, there will be more that will arrive very soon."

And so Li Du accepted their goodwill.

Back in his apartment at Pine Tree Tops, he started to sort out the preserved food, storing it in the appropriate places.

Rose came back from work. When she entered the house, she flung her shoes to one side and walked into the kitchen.

"Hey, isn’t that sautéed preserved pork? That’s Chinese sausage, where did you get it?" Rose was surprised.

Li Du turned around and happened to catch a glimpse of Rose’s long, slim calf, and foot. She was wearing black stockings. The kitchen lights were gentle and had a warm hue; under those lights, Rose’s stockings and delicate skin matched nicely with each other.

"Where are you looking?" A chilly tone of voice asked.

Li Du could not help but roll his eyes. Don’t wear stockings if you don’t intend to show anyone—what a bully! he thought.

"Where did you get those from?" The female cop asked once again.

Li Du refused to answer to spite Rose. He continued sorting out and storing the food, but with a faster speed.

Rose stomped her feet; the glossy red nail polish on her toes shimmered under the warm light, and together with her sulky face, she had an alluring charm.

"Okay, okay, look all you want," Rose said with a dissatisfied tone. "I really can’t understand men—what’s so great about the stockings?"

Mr. Li was infuriated; he could not hold in his anger and rebutted, "Who wants to look at them? Are you suffering from the paranoia of being watched? A friend gave all of this to me, and it is all mine!"

Rose twitched her lip before lifting a leg.

Thinking he had angered Rose, Li Du quickly took a few steps back and fell into a defensive posture.

Seeing that, Rose was lost for a moment before laughing so hard that she had to hold her belly and catch her breath.

"You thought I was going to kick you? Don’t be afraid, I don’t have violent tendencies."

Load of bullsh*t! Li Du cursed in his thoughts. You don’t have violent tendencies? Who are you fooling? 

"Then why did you lift up your leg?"

"Didn’t you want to look at my leg? You answered my question, so I let you look at my leg." The lady cop looked very serious. 

Li Du was flustered. "Are you a dimwit?"

"You dare to call me names?" Rose had a change of expression.

"I’ll make you supper—authentic Chinese flavor! From China!" Li Du replied promptly.

"So do I need to exchange that with my leg?" the female police officer asked hesitantly.

Li Du huffed out a sigh; Confucius was right to say that only women and the petty-minded were difficult to handle. Be close to them and they pick on you. Keep them at arm's length and they complain.

"I’m just teasing you. You should look at your face—can’t take a joke?" Rose laughed loudly again, not giving a hoot about how she looked.

An irate Li Du threatened, "Okay laugh, just keep laughing, be warned that there might be poison in your supper later!"

"Oh, you want to murder a police officer?" asked a fearless Rose. "Then you better be prepared to stay behind bars for life. Pray hard that your a**hole can do its job for the longest time possible, otherwise you will need to wear adult diapers every single day." 

Li Du stared blankly at her for a while and then finally turned away from Rose. "The supper’s going to be salty, and could be bitter too."

Rose showed a beautiful smile. "I’m just joking—you know I love to joke around. Make a nice meal young man. I like your...your cooking!"

As she said that, she walked over to Li Du and gave him a hug from behind.

Li Du figured that this female tyrannosaurus must have been in a good mood tonight as she would never usually crack such jokes or speak to him in this way.

In order not to ruin it, he had to cook supper nicely—or, he was going to have it tough in the future.

The next day, Li Du and Hans, together with Godzilla, participated in an auction in Phoenix.

However, they did not win any unit; all the seven units at that auction were basically trash and had no value. Li Du did not even attempt to bid.

The last week in June, Hans had a piece of good news: "An auction’s coming up. I heard the Vagabond Storage Company might have some good stuff."

"What good stuff?" Li Du asked.

Hans swiped his nose with his thumb. "Heavyweight bikes, and I heard there’s more than one of them. They are big storage units!"



They love gold, and they love silver. Even more so, they love gems that dazzle, like stars across the skies. 
Firearms, jewelleries, and precious metals; A collector’s world will not be complete without antiques.  
Storage auctions, old goods trade, re-estate sales and gold-digging. But the truth is, if one wants to make money, then the supreme way is through searching for the legendary treasures. 
Holding the fort, there’s an ocelot, a wolf, and an Andes condor. At the side, there’s a loyal hound, an irascible ape, and an African honey badger. Who said that you can only rely on humans when treasure hunting?! 

Fabiola and the big cook stood beside each other. His plate came to the judges first. 
The plate was revealed and a whole little pig was revealed. Its skin glistened in a caramel golden color. A sweet fragrance was emitted from it.
The Chinese chef took a knife and cut right into it. When he put out his knife he looked surprised. He then cut another time and put out a piece of the pig to let the other two see what was inside the pig. Eira and the Italian chef leaned forward to see. They looked at the plate and started to laugh.
"Wow, I really thought it was real. We got fooled. Awesome." The Italian chef laughed.
"It sure did. I couldn´t believe my eyes when I cut into it and saw a cake inside of the pig." The Chinese chef chimed in.
The pig was actually a cake. After it was in shape it was coated with hard caramel to make it glisten like the pig just got out of the roaster. Then it was painted all over to look more realistic. 
They dig into the cake and tasted it. There were bits of bacon in it so it was sweet but kinda savory too. A great combination.
They nodded in delight. This was good. Of course, this dish passed.
Next came the strawberry spaghetti from Fabiola Beaufort. 
The presentation looked nice but it was really a simple dish. The spaghetti noodles are in fact nothing more than ice cream. The strawberry sauce was just a simple jam. It was good. The idea is mediocre. But there was nothing special to it. It wasn´t anything new. 
"Fabiola, this is a delicious dish. We all enjoyed the ice cream but... it´s nothing new. There is nothing bad about this dish but the idea itself isn´t a new invention. It isn´t a new creation. And if we have to compare to the other two dishes that passed... it´s just normal. Nothing that stays in mind. I am sorry. You didn´t pass." Eira explained to her.
Fabiola looked disappointed to the ground. She didn´t want to cry because everything Miss Morgan said was true. But still, it hurt.
After that, the 5th round officially came to an end. The interviewer walked to the remaining two contestants to get a statement from them. 
From Bear, he just got a grumble and a hard stare. From Mr. YX, he just got a "No comment."
The interviewer decided to talk to Fabiola Beaufort because she seemed not to mind him and gladly exchanged a view words with him.
With tears glistening in her eyes she thanked everyone for their support.
"Thank you so much. I got this so far because of it. I also want to thank Mr. YX for helping me out. I really saved me from a big embarrassment. I wish him all the best and hope he wins." She smiled charmingly into the camera and bowed to leave.
Then the interviewer walked to the judges to get a statement from them. The Chinese chef and the Italian chef both were excited to see the winner in this competition. They had high hopes for both of the contestants and wished them good luck.
"Miss Eira what do you think about the two contestants. If you have to guess which one will win?" The interviewer asked.
"I can´t say who is going to win. Like the two chefs here already said I am also excited to see who it is going to be. Both of the contestants had given us amazing dishes in the past rounds and I am sure they will amaze us even more in the last round."
"You are the organizer of this event so could you maybe tell us who Mr. YX is truly is? Everyone is wondering about that." He asked her further.
"I am sorry I also don´t know that. I only saw the names of all hundred contestants at the beginning where I had taken notes of their dishes. Still, I mostly worked with their entrance numbers so I can´t possibly know all the names. I am sorry but I also don´t know who Mr. YX is but that doesn´t matter. He is a great cook. We should judge him for his skills and not his name."
The interviewer thanked her for her answer and ended the live broadcast. 
Helen came to Eira to give her a bottle of water.
"That was a hard day. Are you feeling ok? You tried so many dishes in the past days I am sure you are sick of it already." She joked. Eira smiled at her lightly.
"I am sure sick of food for a while. I didn´t eat anything else than the food I had to taste. The mass rounds were the hardest. Trying so many dishes. Ugh. I am glad that tomorrow all of this is over."
Eira and Helen started walked to the parking lot. In the middle of their way, they saw Fabiola standing in front of the chef with the face mask, Mr. YX. Her face was bright red like she was blushing and she was nervously biting her lips while gripping her shirt tightly. 
Mr. YX just stood there emotionless. At least it seemed like it since the face mask covered half of his face and everything you could read his emotions from are his eyes. And they just looked blatantly at her. He crossed his arms and said something to her. She looked at him and tears were starting to form again. He didn´t comfort her or anything but just walked past her to his car and drove away leaving her standing like that on the same spot.
"Don´t you think he was a little rude to her Miss Morgan?" Helen whispered to her while they were quietly walking past Fabiola from a distance.
"It is hard to say because we don´t know what they talked about. But I sure seemed cold to her. Let´s not judge too soon. We don´t know their history." Eira adviced her and walked to her car.
"Don´t you think we should talk to her?" Helen asked her again.
"No, I don´t think we should. Let her be. Besides I am already late for the meeting. Let´s speed some things up. Ask her another time when you see her." Eira quickly got into her car and waited for Helen her secretary to take a seat in the passenger seat. They both drove off to the meeting also leaving Fabiola standing and quietly crying to herself.

After her mother left Eira Morgan and her father she did everything to support her father and after years of hard work, they finally succeeded. Now they own famous noodle restaurants all over the world and Eira is the CEO of their company while her father is the main chef and developer. She had long crossed her mother out of her mind and decided not to look for her or resent her in any way. She now just wants to lead a peaceful life with her father and leading a steady business.
Little did she know that her past would take over again and her mother soon went into her life. Will she welcome her mother with open arms or will she cut her ties with her once and for all?

Even though James wanted to try to sit on the throne, but he held back his impulse as he was not the King yet, not officially. After another couple of minute to admire the throne room, he and Madison left.

They continued their tour in the vast Lannister Palace. As their tour was ongoing, the more shocked they became. The Imperial Garden with an array of fascinating flower, the Harem palace complex, and many more.

Yes, the Harem palace complex. As the founding King Zhang Yong was from  Tang Royal Family, he had many concubines on his arsenal. He built another palace complex separated from the main palace where all of his concubines lived.

The Harem practice continued generation by generation, and even Zhang Kui had seven concubines under his names. A pity all of his concubines already died and didn't leave any descendant. Even though Western culture heavily influenced the Kingdom of Lannister, but as the founding King was a Chinese people, the Chinese culture still dominated.

After 1 hour of their small tour, James and Madison decided to stop as they were already exhausted. They headed to the huge dining hall they were visited earlier and found it was already lively with people. All the people quickly give their salute when they saw James and Madison.

"His Highness, please sit. We already a special lunch for you and your sister arrival." A middle-aged man dressed in a butler suit said politely. 

James already knew this man as he was one of the people that picked him up from China. According to the introduction, his name was Oliver, and he was the chief butler of Lannister Royal Family. His family had served the Lannister Royal Family since King Zhang Yong era.

"Do you know where Zhou Huang and Joseph, Oliver ?" James said as he sat at the main seat.

"Prime Minister Zhou Huang busy with the daily affair of the Kingdom while I don't know where His Grace Duke Joseph is." Oliver answered politely.

James contemplated for a moment before he dismissed his thought to search for the two old men. Then he ate the sumptuous lunch prepared specially for today occasion. All kind of cuisine placed on the table, Chinese, Western, Middle-East, you say it.

Even though there were many foods placed on the table, but only James and Madison were eating them. After eating to their full, not even a quarter of the food was consumed. 

"Oliver, how do you deal with the leftover food ?" James asked Oliver, who stood not too far apart.

"We usually throw it away. Why you ask this, Your Highness?" Oliver asked.

James felt it was a terrible waste of food. Even though he was technically a Royal now, but he was just an ordinary person in essence. Even with the Emperor memory in his mind, but it still couldn't change who James was.

"In the future, don't throw all the food away. You can eat it if you want, or give it to all the guards and maids." James said as he wiped his mouth with a napkin. 

Oliver got a little bit surprised by James decision, but he quickly developed a good impression on James. 

"Your Highness, Her Highness, please let me show your living quarter." Oliver said.

James and Madison quickly followed Oliver, which led them into another palace complex outside the main palace. 

"Your Highness, this is the Crown Prince living quarter. You will be living here until the day of your coronation." Oliver said as they stopped at a 'mini' palace. 

Of course, the mini here was compared to the main palace. From James's point of view, this palace was almost as big the Buckingham Palace in London. 

"Her Highness, please follow me. Your living quarter is not far from here." Oliver said to Madison, who always hid behind James.

"Brother, I don't want to be separate with you." Madison said as she looked at James with her teary eyes.

James hesitated for a moment before he said, "You see, Oliver. My sister always lives with me since her childhood. Especially now we are in a foreign land, I can't bear to leave her alone. So I think she should live with me for now."

"But... She can't live with you, Your Highness. She must...." Before Oliver could finish his sentence, James stared at him with his sharp eyes.

"Who says she can't live with me ?" James asked sternly.

Oliver gulped his saliva as he felt James stare was too sharp, but he quickly replied, "It's the Kingdom rule. It stated the prince and princess couldn't live together unless it's a special circumstance." 

"Isn't this a special circumstance? Anyway, she lives with me for now." James overbearingly said. Joke, his sister Madison always lived with him since their parent died in the crash that year. She couldn't sleep properly if no one slept beside her at night. Maybe it was because their mother always slept with her since she was a baby.

Oliver couldn't say anything at this moment. But what could he do? He was just a butler, whereas James was the Crown Prince soon to be the King. So he could only let James and Madison and left to inform Zhang Kui about their situation.

James Zhang, a Chinese-British mix, found that his life changed dramatically. The Goddess of Luck seemingly took pity on his dull and ordinary life as he was suddenly got a cheat like system. 

"What?!! Do you tell me that my grandfather is actually a king and I'm his sole descendant?!!"

Since then, the whole world changed in an unknown direction. An unknown feudal monarchy country surfaced its face again on the face of Earth. 

See how James turned a backward, weak, and small country into the superpower that surpassed the United States. 

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This novel placed on the parallel world. If there was anything in this novel that was the same as our world, it was purely coincidental!!!

Also, if anyone feels familiar with the setting of this novel, it was because a Chinese story inspired this. But it was only the idea, not plagiarism!!! If you already read my fanfic before, then you know what I'm talking about.

The cover is not mine, I'm just taking it from google :)

Kimsun Electronics HQ

Seo Joon was in the elevator on his way to the underground parking area. It was lunchtime and he was craving for some Chinese food. 

He took out his keys and unlocked his car, he was about to open his car door when he heard a female's voice not far from him. He turned his head and saw Becca Wise. She was wearing a pink maxi dress, looking very feminine. She on the phone and was standing beside a car next to Seo Joon's.

"Will you stop? You've crossed the line. Just stop calling!", she sneered angrily before she cut the call.

She turned her head to the side and noticed someone looking at her, "You?! What are you doing here? Were you following me?", she exclaimed with her brows furrowed.

With his hands in his pockets, Seo Joon stifled a laugh, "Following you? Ms. Wise, why would I do that?"

"I don't know. Creeps do. If you're not following me, why are you here then?", her tone became friendly, she crossed her arms.

Seo Joon reached for his wallet and took out a business card, he handed it over to Becca, "I work here."

She received the card and read the words in it, her brows raised and she looked at him again. "Oh… you're President Kim's son?"

He shrugged, "I'd say it must be you who's following me here.", he said with a smirk.

Becca bit her lip, she felt embarrassed for randomly accusing the Vice President of Kimsun Electronics, "No… I was here to see my cousin, she works at the marketing department.", she leaned on her car and added, "Sorry. I was having a bad day. Didn't mean to accuse you, I'm not usually like this."

He smiled a gentle one, "It's alright, were you heading somewhere?", he asked.

"Well, I'm starving so I was gonna grab some lunch.", she unlocked her car as she spoke.

He tilted his head, "I was about to head out for lunch too… do you want to have lunch together?"

She looked at him and thought for a few seconds before she agreed, "You know what? Why not. I've just arrived in the country and I don't really know any good restaurants."

"How do you feel about Chinese food?", Seo Joon asked with a smile.

"Ugh! Love Chinese food! I'll follow you in my car.", she said before she got inside her white BMW.

...

Seo Joon and Becca arrived at the restaurant and they entered together. They were seated at the rightmost part of the dining area, it was already half past one in the afternoon and there weren't a lot of customers anymore.

As they chatted and enjoyed the delicious Chinese cuisine, a familiar figure appeared at Seo Joon's peripheral view. By instinct, he turned his head and saw Hannah arriving with Shawn and sat just across their table. She didn't notice him at first and was happily talking with Shawn who was in front of her. Seo Joon clenched his jaw.

Becca was talking about her favorite horse in their ranch and she laughed at a memory of her while she was riding. Her laugh was very playful and Hannah subconsciously shifted her eye towards their table. She met Seo Joon's gaze and she was surprised to see him there, she glanced at the woman sharing a meal with her best friend's brother and suddenly, she felt threatened. She was totally charming! Even Hannah had a hard time looking away.


'Why would you be threatened? It's not as if you're together. What a joke, Han.', she said to herself before she turned to Shawn again and ignored the other two. 

Becca noticed Seo Joon's change in expression and she followed his gaze. "Do you know them?"

He turned his head to her and gave a faint smile, "Ah, she's my sister's best friend.", he said before he ate a piece of soup dumpling.

"Why don't you go and say hi?", Becca casually suggested. She glanced at the couple again before she looked at Seo Joon.


"Nah, she's on a date. So... your horse? Who names their horse Bulletproof Alf?", he changed the subject.


Becca laughed heartily, "Hey! I thought it was cool when I was young, okay!? I was kind of boyish back then and we used to play pirates and bandits with my friends and then my dad got me a horse. We figured, why not make him join the gang, you know?"


Seo Joon snorted, "It does sound like a Bandit. Bulletproof Alf.", he shook his head and laughed.

"Oh that's not all... you should've met my dog, Dorothy the Pillager; and my cat, Scarface Kylie.", both of them were sent into a fit of laughter. 

From time to time, without him knowing, Hannah would steal a glance and sigh inwardly. Seo Joon and the girl were having so much fun in each other's company and she feels so sour.


After their meal, Seo Joon asked for the bill, but when it arrived, Becca grabbed the holder very quickly that his hand was left suspended in the air and paid for the meal. He was shocked and didn't realize what happened until the waitress had already left.

"W-what did you do? I was gonna pay.", he said with a puzzled expression.

"I know but I wanted to treat you to a meal, you know... I kinda accused you earlier.", she said sheepishly.

Seo Joon chuckled, "That was nothing, well... if you insist then I'll let you do so today. I'll just have to treat you to another meal then."

"You don't have to.", Becca replied.

"Maybe but I don't like to owe someone.", he smiled and stood up from the table, "Shall we go?"

She nodded her pretty head and followed him from behind, "Oh, Joon... do you know a good coffee shop? I need a caffeine fix", she asked as she passed by Hannah and Shawn's table.

Hannah looked up at them, Seo Joon didn't glance at her but just continued to walk, "I have great coffee in my office. I'll make you some."

"Really? Wow, I'm honored but I won't turn down free coffee!", Becca excitedly admitted.

Hannah's brows scrunched up very slightly as she tried not to show any emotions on her face but her mind was already in chaos. She was getting nervous but what else can she do? It's not like she has any right.

Did Seo Joon intend to say that to make Hannah hear? Who knows. Whether it's true or not, Hannah was still protesting in her heart. It's been a while since they have talked to each other, but since he wasn't willing to make amends, she thought, 'Why should I?'.

And thus, Seo Joon and Becca left the restaurant and headed to back to Kimsun Electronics.

[COMPLETED]

Nobody's perfect. Not even Samantha Kim who was born from a wealthy family and a CEO of her own company. She had a lot of interests but she was still unhappy... like she was missing something in her life. 

She was known as a strong and independent woman, who liked to keep things to herself and doesn't want to rely on others. She had built a wall around herself, wanting to live a low profile life and away from the limelight. 

She is successful and confident, but what does she really want to do with her life? Who does she want to spend her life with? Why haven’t any of her past relationships worked out?

Meeting Daniel Cho, the Most Eligible Bachelor of M City, will change her in ways she never expected. But how much change will it do to her? Samantha struggled as she tried to understand the feelings she's going to experience with Daniel. Will she stay strong? Or will she crumble?

Enjoy the story of Samantha on her journey of self-discovery, coming to terms with their pasts, and a chance encounter with a man. See their seemly fated encounter and watch as they navigate their relationship.

Join us as we discover how the two of them will answer these questions and more. As she makes mistakes, how she rises to the challenges put in her path, and how he chases after her, dotes on her and loves her unconditionally. 

It’s not always the straightest path for Samantha and Daniel, and she paved her own way but hear the story of how just a little encounter changed her life forever.

Samantha and Daniel will have a happy encounter, but will they also have a happy ending?

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**Characters and Plot are fictional. Any similarities between names and settings are purely coincidental.**

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Dell did not rush back onto the bed this time. Instead, he sent Chen Zhao out of the manor.
"I'm sorry, Chen, it was my fault. I hope that if you have time in the future, you can visit and be my guest. My manor will always be as lively. I think those girls will also welcome you... Of course, that includes Tsura."
"Thanks... If I have time, I'll come." Chen Zhao did not really want to waste his time here, although such a debaucherous scene was indeed alluring. It seemed like he should find a female companion first.
Chen Zhao unlocked his phone and found the number of the policewoman Gerlyn whom he had just met the day before. She would be a great choice.
After returning to the motel, Chen Zhao approached the counter. "Ethan, here's your share. Sixty dollars."
"So how's your first client?"
"He was really hard to deal with. Next time if he asks for my help, tell him it'll cost $3000."
"You're mad. $3000? He's rich, but he'll definitely not accept this price."
"Believe me. He will."
Seeing Chen Zhao's confidence, Ethan bared his teeth. "I have indeed picked the right person. From the moment you saved that girl yesterday, I knew that you're not a usual doctor."
"Fine. Although I have learned Western medicine, my Chinese medicine knowledge isn't too bad either."
"No, no. That's not what I'm not talking about... Yesterday you shouted at the girl's soul and forced her to return to her body, right?"
"You..."
"Although I couldn't see it, I've guessed it. It must be the case! You're a so-called wizard doctor right?"
"Please, Ethan, stop joking around."
"I'm not joking. I can tell what kind of person you are just by looking. I must be correct. That night, even the paramedic that came later said it was a miracle that the girl could live."
"I'm hungry. Give me two burgers. Ethan, your burgers are really nice."
"Of course, but it's two bucks for one."
"Can't you treat me to a meal?"
"I can give you half price, but you can forget about getting it free."
"Alright, and a bottle of coke." Chen Zhao took out a bottle of coke from the fridge at the side.
"Aren't you doctors always claiming that carbonated drinks are bad for health?"
"We doctors also say that drinking is bad for the body, but we still drink."
　　...
Chen Zhao returned to his room and opened the metallic box, where he discovered that there was another demonic crystal inside. However, the piece this time was extremely small, perhaps only about the size of the tip of a finger.
"Are you not returning to Hell?"
Raymond crawled out of Chen Zhao's shirt. However, he could not see the metallic box. In fact, he was not even able to touch it.
"Human, do you really want me to leave you?"
"Up to you. The demon that I summoned last time did not really like to stay around me."
"I feel that I will have more opportunities to display my skills if I stay with you."
"And also more opportunities to obtain demonic crystals?" Chen Zhao twitched his lips. He would not believe that a demon would like him.
"I don't deny that."
"Fine. You can stay for as long as you want."
Chen Zhao started eating the burgers and drinking the coke. "Do you want some?"
"No. I have not finished digesting the demonic crystal you gave me just now. Moreover, I'm not really interested in human food."
Suddenly, Beelzebub jumped out from the shadows.
"Huh? Beelzebub? Why are you here? Did I summon you?"
"I can feel the scent of food. Leave one for me... Wait... You have another demon here? You actually summoned another demon behind my back! You despicable, shameless, mean human. How can you do this? I thought I'm your one and only!"
Chen Zhao was speechless. "If I have a choice, I would get rid of you now and never summon you again."
"You... Ah!" A tail suddenly appeared behind Beelzebub's back.
Raymond bit Beelzebub's back with full force. In pain, Beelzebub jumped into the air and raced around in the room with Raymond on his back.
"Damn! You're a subordinate of Raymond, the King of Lust! I knew it, I knew it! It's this dirty and abject bug that has seduced you. Don't worry. I'll help you to take care of it. I'll never let it appear beside you again. I am all you need!"
"Subordinate of Beelzebub, you pathetic, fat pigs. This is already my territory. Now, scram out of the human world, or I'll help to sterilize you!"
In fact, both Beelzebub and Raymond were the names of their respective demon kings, and not their names. The names at the back were their surnames.
They did not have first names, which only powerful demons would.
The two little demons fought each other with all their might in the room, but none of them could win over the other.
In Hell, demons had territorial awareness. However, they were in the human world, Chen Zhao's territory.
Oblivious to the fight between the two demons, Chen Zhao started tidying up his clothes. Just now, he had managed to ask Gerlyn out.
Gerlyn had agreed to have dinner with him. Raymond crawled beside Chen Zhao's feet.
"Human, bring me. I can drown that woman in ecstasy. I'll become your most useful and most powerful demon servant!"
"No need for that. I'm confident in my own ability."
"Human, bring me. No matter what you treat her, I'll make her fully satisfied, even if it's dog shit..."
Chen Zhao raised his foot and sent Beelzebub flying away directly.
...
As Chen Zhao's personal driver, Vincent made a punctual arrival at the motel.
"Vincent, go to Platinum Building."
"Chen, do you have a date tonight?"
"Yup."
"Then did you bring any condoms?"
"Err..."
"Here you go. Free." Vincent took out a small box from a larger one beside his seat.
"Thanks."
"We've reached. Hope you have an amazing night."
Chen Zhao and Gerlyn had agreed to meet at the restaurant on the top floor of Platinum Building. It was a high class Western restaurant. Its interior was somewhat dim, but all its seats were near the windows. Through them, one could see the night scene of most of Los Angeles.
Gerlyn was wearing a low-cut dress. Her hair was tied up and her face had some foundation on.
"Gerlyn, I'm sorry to keep you waiting. You look gorgeous tonight." In fact, Chen Zhao had planned to pick Gerlyn up, but she had rejected the offer.
"I've also just arrived."
"I originally thought that I would need at least ten tries before you would'll agree."
"I just happened to be free today."
Chen Zhao allowed Gerlyn to order food first, after which he ordered the same thing.
"Which department are you working in at the police station?"
"Crime investigation. All the cases I am handling are homicides... The taste of this restaurant seemed to have improved significantly. At least it's worth the cost now."
Chen Zhao also started eating the food. "Yes, the taste is not bad at all."
It tastes ordinary. How is it worth the cost?
The food they had ordered cost at least two hundred dollars, but the taste was only so-so.
Was it due to the different taste of people in the East and the West?


Chen Zhao can summon demons and see Death.

“Beelzebub, use your Gluttony ability to treat this patient’s anorexia.”

“Raymond, this old man wants to regain his manly function. You know what I mean.”

“Blackie, tell me honestly, when and how is this person going to die... What? You don’t know? You’re the Grim Reaper!”

“That lady wants bigger breasts, a prettier face, and a slimmer body. Wait... I don’t have any demons with these subordinate abilities yet. Seems like I need to make another trip to Hell.”"


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