Pagkatapos ng 7 buwan na relasyon na pinagdaanan ni Heidi, ang pinakamahaba, syempre yun din ang PINAKAUNA ;) ay dali dali naman siyang hinanapan ng kanyang mga kaibigan ng mr. right para makalimutan ang ex niyang manloloko na si Rain. Sa dinami dami ng lalake na kanyang na pag krusan ay walang tumagal na mahihigitan ang isang buwan much more ang tagal ng relasyon nila ni Rain na pilit niyang kinalilimutan, malagpasan na kaya niya ang 30 day mark nang makilala niya na si Harold ang matalinong charmer ngunit antipatiko king ng kabilang section o maging parang free trial na lang sa apps ang relationship status ni Heidi.

Aki just wanted to have a job. To be free from his boring town and her mother's banters. It was an escape that he desperately needed. After a faulty day, he met Ryo. Quickly, his world turned upside down. But everything wasn't always black and white. After several years, everything changed. Will they overcome the storm or get swallowed up by the hurricane?

Again with the help of the GPS, I finally arrived at the park alone. After pleading and begging Jack to not follow me and installing an app on my phone which reported Jack and Jane about my whereabouts, I could finally roam around alone. Jane also installed two more security apps that only God knew how they functioned. Honestly, I didn't bother about those apps. My main focus was on how I was feeling. I felt different walking around the streets, I felt like a free normal human being.

I came here to pretend to live like a normal seventeen-year-old girl, but with Jack constantly following me, how on earth would I not attract attention?
A few days ago, Ginger alerted me that a man was stalking me [ Ginger and I became friends really quickly, I didn't know how] I shuddered in fear and my mind was racing through horrifying thoughts. I thought about HIM but shook those dreading thoughts away. I was almost close to getting a panic attack. Goosebumps rose on my skin and I could feel myself getting jittery and sweaty.
But my nerves calmed down and I nearly snorted when the stalker turned out to be my bodyguard, Jack. Surprise! Surprise!
And guess what I had told Ginger, "Oh, honey you're wrong! That's my uncle! He assumed that I secretly had an affair with my teacher since I spend extra time in school, Which is actually due to my drama practices."
I thought Ginger wouldn't buy it since it was such a silly reason. Who would have an affair with pepper hair, fat and fifty-year-old teachers? Surprisingly, Ginger looked pretty convinced and so sure that she called the police and apologized to them. She said that it was her mistake on her behalf.
'Oh good Lord '
She had informed the cops! The cops were already approaching our school and were quite disappointed hearing the news. They went back again after coming halfway. She had reported to them that some middle-aged man was stalking me, only to discover it was Jack.
'Holy mother of Nutella and KitKat'
I was wondering whether I should have been worried or relieved that my best friend was so protective of me?
Anyway, I was just glad that I got rid of Jack. I hummed quietly and walked towards the noisy park. The weather was so fresh and the atmosphere oddly peaceful yet energetic due to the boisterous children playing around. The chirping birds and the smell of wet mud due to the gardener sprinkling water on the grass almost reminded me of my palace garden. Almost.
These past few days, I had hardly left my cozy, little room because of my over-protective bodyguard jack. Noah and I still didn't have a proper conversation even at school. He probably didn't want to embarrass himself and I had to keep in mind the outfit I was wearing. It wasn't attractive or appealing either. In fact, never in my life had I ever worn these dull clothes.
Noah was hot, handsome, and seemed kind. I was attracted to him already and I didn't have any shame in admitting that because I was obviously drawn to him, so there was no use denying. Whereas, I on the other hand looked like a stinking cow in this disguise. I had a pitiful geek look, not even the cute geek look, but quite the opposite. When I was asked to put up the facade of a nerd, I was pretty excited. Nerds were adorable with glasses and books. But my disguise was nowhere near there.
I sighed wearily and walked into the park. I immediately froze on my tracks when I spotted Noah and Kyle, Noah whose back was facing me. But Kai noticed me entering the park and immediately reacted by chucking the ball away and shouting excitedly, "Look who's there!"
Noah turned to me and I saw him unconsciously mumbling my name. I smiled at Kai and he grinned at me looking adorable flashing his cute dimples. I wondered if Noah had any since I had a soft spot for guys with dimples.
Kai ran towards me in full speed and hugged me. I was surprised by this sudden emotion and awkwardly glanced around before I crouched in front of him to return his warm hug. We then pulled away and he quickly grabbed my hand. He actually dragged me towards Noah and I was astonished to find his bursting energy.
Thankfully, Kai stopped in his tracks when I was merely two inches away from Noah. I quickly stumbled back to put some respectable distance between us cleared my throat. "Nice to erm meet you, Noah."
I half-smiled, but didn't return back my smile. I was about to curtsy like a silly Victorian woman, when I suddenly remembered who I was and pretending to dust my long, sky blue, denim skirt. I was thoroughly embarrassed because anybody could figure out that I was pretending. so I looked down at Kai who was engrossed in removing a tiny thread from his glove. Knowing that I had no options left, I swallowed and looked up at Noah.
He was already staring at me like trying to figure something out and our eyes locked with each other's. Within seconds, he broke our eye contact and said nonchalantly, "Likewise."
Then he looked away somewhere near the trees that suddenly caught his attention. I looked there too, but couldn't see any other than those same dried trees with ocher-yellow colored leaves.

Audenzia Dola Aimee (e-ya-me) is an undercover princess wearing a black wig and thick-rimmed glasses and going by the name Maureen Harris, to hide away from her dark past. She has to stay hidden from the enemies who just wish for her misery, so she moves into a quaint town near the countryside where she meets Noah, a boy with his own share of problems and mysteries. 

Their worlds collide brutally and just when they find themselves growing closer, secrets begin to unravel which questions everything. 

Her identity. Her honesty. Her love.

Favorite color: really any but soft UvU 
Race: Asian
Things I like : Kpop, Anime, Going out ;-;, snacking on things XD, Sleeping!, also watching. oh and cold weather
Things I don't like : Hot weather
location!!!: America! (can't go any further than that! XD)
Fave Kpop groups: Seventeen and Treasure!!!!
other reading apps I use~: Webtoon~~~

Welp ye hope you learned a bunchh more abt moi soooo bye XD

A fun adventure with Seventeen! (umm i guess not really horror lol but for sure it's thrilling!) :^)

Claire decided to be generous partly because she was bored. Six had said he didn't know how to work his phone and showing him how would give her something to do and break the awkward silence permeating the room. 
"I can show you how to work the phone," she told him, holding her hand out for it again. 
He gave it to her without a word and she tried to figure out where the best place to start would be. It wasn't like he would need to add new contacts any time soon…he definitely didn't have social media accounts so adding those apps would be pointless…basic phone features might be best. 
Claire showed him all of the various settings and functions before moving onto basic apps such as GPS and the weather forecast. She also showed him the calendar feature and how to set alarms and timers.
Once the basics were done she wasn't sure what to do. He did say he wanted to understand what her life was like…what if she installed some phone games for him? 
She would have to go with the free ones and warn him away from in-app purchases because those were a trap that drained your money faster than you could blink. She had no idea how much was in his bank account but since he wasn't working anymore it would have to last him a good long while. 
"Would you like to play a game?" Claire asked. 
Six tilted his head, indicating interest. "What kind of game?"
She figured she should start with something simple that didn't involve a storyline or any elaborate skills. A fairly simple classic should work. 
"I've been playing this one since I was a kid on my mom's old phone. It's called Bejeweled," Claire explained as it downloaded. "You try to make matches of three or more of the same jewel as fast as you can. If you match four or five at once you can make special gems that can be used to get you more points. Watch and learn."
She didn't bother turning off the tutorial that always started when you first downloaded the game so he could see how it worked. But once that part was done she went as fast as possible trying to win. 
Classic Bejeweled was pretty difficult; she had never made it past level 7. She preferred the blitz version where you tried to get as many points as you could in a minute or the other mini game versions that were now included in the smartphone game, like the one where you had to match jeweled butterflies before they were eaten by a spider. 
Claire could see if Six took to the original before introducing him to the variations on the app's menu screen. She made it to level five before the game ended and handed it over to him. 
"Here, you try," she encouraged. 
Six accepted the phone from her blankly and clicked on the 'play again' button. His eyes darted back and forth as his finger frantically swiped at the screen. He made it to level fifteen before running out of possible matches. 
Her eyes nearly popped out of her head. "Are you sure you haven't played this before?!"
"I haven't," he replied. "What is this?"
He was referring to the scoreboard. He was playing against the default scores to beat and his score had skyrocketed to the top of the board on his very first try. 
"It's a scoreboard," Claire explained. "See that string of numbers next to your name? That's what you scored in the game."
Six squinted at it. "That isn't my name."
The name he had been randomly assigned was John233545 because of the fake identity his phone had been registered with.  
Claire ended up showing him how to change it in the game's settings. "Whatever username you pick will show up on the scoreboard from now on. Choose wisely."
Six tried using his name but that was already taken. So was the actual number 6. After that he officially ran out of ideas and looked to her for help. 
"What is yours?" he asked. 
The question surprised her. "Uh…it's beware.the.claire. Kinda dumb, I know. I like rhyming things."
"What rhymes with six?"
Hang on; did he want to copy her? Was he really that unoriginal? She supposed he was since he got completely stumped after realizing his name was unavailable. 
"Mix, fix, picks, bricks, licks, nix, tricks…" Claire listed off. Her mind was going blank. That was all she had. "I can't think of anything else. Sorry. Why don't you try something else?"
Six looked at her blankly. "Like what?"
"I don't know…what do you like? You could choose your name based on that."
He thought about it a moment and ended up choosing '6cheeseburgers' as his username. Still not super original but at least this one wasn't taken. Claire had to hold back her laughter, not wanting to offend him. 
"What are these other options on the screen?" Six asked once he finished editing the settings and was back on the home page of the app. 
"Oh, they're different variations of the game. Follow the tutorials and you should be able to pick them up without my help."
The student had already surpassed the teacher on classic mode so she doubted she would be of any help to him. And she turned out to be right. He moved up rapidly through the default scoreboard on each one, though some of the harder variants took more than one try. 
Claire scrutinized him. There was a tiny divot between his eyebrows that showed how hard he was concentrating as he played. Aside from that his face remained as it always was. 
If she didn't know any better, she would say he was super into this. At least as into it as someone like him was capable of being. Had he ever played games before at all or was this his first time? 

Your typical boy meets girl love story...if the boy was a highly trained super soldier and the girl was a target he was hired to kill. Six knew there was something different about Claire Conway the moment he laid eyes on her but he never would have guessed how she would turn his entire world upside down!

*Cover art by polkadottedscrunchie*

Favorite color: really any but soft UvU 
Race: Asian
Things I like : Kpop, Anime, Going out ;-;, snacking on things XD, Sleeping!, also watching. oh and cold weather
Things I don't like : Hot weather
location!!!: America! (can't go any further than that! XD)
Fave Kpop groups: Seventeen and Treasure!!!!
other reading apps I use~: Webtoon~~
Do I have other social media that I post on??: Nope nothing because I don't need Snapchat, Instagram, twitter, stuff like that XD.

Welp ye hope you learned a bunchh more abt moi soooo bye XD

also super sorry that this isn't an actual chp XD

An adventure with the Kpop group called Treasure!

The three people got off the car and Yang Dao sighed, "You sure have a good sense of value for money, sister Yun."
Feng Yun smiled. She knew that Yang Dao was talking about the house. The last time he came here was in the night and left to accompany Feng Yun in the morning. He could not admire the beauty of this place completely. The faint fragrance in the air, the colorful scenery. He liked it a lot. Laohu Bai said, "Young Master, do you want to rest or do you want to learn first?"
Yang Dao said, "Learn first. How about we sit in the garden pavilion? The weather is not too cold, and the sky is clear as well."
Feng Yun nodded as she placed an arm around his shoulder and said, "Yes, I was about to say this. Come, let's go to the pavilion."
The three people walked up around the house and came to the back garden, where a big white marble pavilion was built. Inside the pavilion, a mahogany set of four chairs and a tea table were placed. At this moment, a maid was wiping dust off the furniture. Yang Dao spoke to Feng Yun in a low voice, "Sister Yun, you have such diligent staff, yet you keep them all scared. This is not fair."
Feng Yun sighed and said, "Young master, I want to be warm as well, but these guys might just ride over my head. What will I do then?"
Yang Dao said, "Why is it that every Elementalist I have seen has a temperament corresponding to the element they practice, but you guys are all opposite?" he spoke in an aggrieved tone.
Tyberius Old man had a wild and free persona like the wind, Lin had a calm and strong character like water, Talen was sturdy and firm in his nature like earth. Victor was warm and nice to everyone, like a fire in the cold. Kaya was bubbly but sharp. Yet Laohu Bai was unlike the Earth, she was all naughty and moody. Feng Yun was ice cold to the others.  
This was something he did not understand. He wanted to ask them both about this for a long time, and only now did he get the opportunity and the excuse to. Laohu Bai said, "I will explain this to you, young master."
Yang Dao nodded. The explanation will start after they sit down in the pavilion. Lisa heard someone approach and turned back. She was startled to see Feng Yun. Immediately stopped her work and stood up with a bow. The boy sighed when he saw this. He took the lead to speak, "Miss Lisa, you can complete your work, do not worry about anything."
Lisa looked at Feng Yun, who nodded to her. The little maid bowed to express gratitude and quickly finished dusting the last chair. Yang Dao said, "Miss Lisa, can you bring us some tea can cookies?"
Lisa nodded with a faint smile and left. Laohu Bai said, "Young master, why do I think that your emotional quotient worked just fine right now?"
Yang Dao stuck out his tongue to her as he replied, "Boo, you don't get to judge as your EQ is impaired itself." his words made the white-haired girl freeze while Feng Yun started laughing.  
They did not expect Yang Dao to come back at her so viciously. Laohu Bai immediately made a grabbing gesture toward the boy, who moved and dodged her hands. He said, "Sister Yun, she is bullying me." as he hid behind Feng Yun.  
Feng Yun said, "Xiao Bai, it is okay. He was joking with you. Come teach him about the third stage."
After the black-haired girl played the peacemaker, they sat down on the chairs inside the pavilion. Laohu Bai said calmly, "The third stage is called Elemental Contractor. In this stage, you sense the source energy present in an element. Then you channel that energy inside your body. Once you successfully do that, you swear to not use the energy attained from the source energy for any sort of harm and dark things. Once this is done, you are officially a contracted Elementalist."
Yang Dao replied, "Source energy, Sister Yun told me about it last time. I will first try to make the air bend and then I will step on to the third stage." then he glanced outside the pavilion. The two ladies saw he was not too hasty in his cultivation and were satisfied. They nodded as they exchanged a glance. Soon, Lisa came pushing a trolley, with an exquisite tea set placed on it.  
The maid served the tea, Feng Yun signaled her not to disturb Yang Dao, who was lost in the scenery. Lisa nodded and performed her task. Laohu Bai said in a low voice, "Young Master, what is it?"
Yang Dao replied to her, "Nothing, just thinking about what product to develop next. Probably a mobile OS. Sister Yun, What do you think?"
Feng Yun thought for a bit and said, "Young Master, the idea is good, but a mobile phone OS, will take a lot of apps and software to make a full virtual eco-system. No?"
Yang Dao nodded and said, "We make a mobile phone market, ask the developers in the world to develop and upload their apps on that market. That will support the app system. Almost all the apps in the smart store can be used on every phone. We will just provide them with an optimized OS."
Feng Yun nodded, her eyes shined, she said, "This might work. I will have your general manager deal with it."
The boy smiled and picked up his cup of tea. He took a sip and said with a sigh, "Good tea."
Feng Yun smiled and said, "It is a credit to Lisa. She made the tea."
Yang Dao glanced at the maid, who stood on the side, with a timid expression on her face. He said, "Thank you, Miss Lisa."
Lisa shook her hand and waved her hands. Yang Dao chuckled at her cute look. He suddenly thought of something and asked, "Sister Feng Yun, How about we use Miss Lisa as a virtual assistant avatar? She will be perfect."
Lisa was shocked, the other two were surprised. Laohu Bai asked, "Do you have a mobile assistant already ready?"
Yang Dao shook his head as he said, "Not yet, but soon."
Feng Yun asked the maid, "Lisa, would you like to be an avatar model?" her voice was not cold, but soft."
Lisa looked down on the floor, as Feng Yun continued, "You know it is a good opportunity?"
The girl nodded and used sign language. She was asking Feng Yun if she could continue working here even after signing the contract with Yang Dao.  
Feng Yun smiled and said, "Okay, you can stay here and work."
Lisa bowed to her in thanks and after everyone was done drinking tea, she left with the cups. Yang Dao asked, "Why is she so adamant to stay here?"
Feng Yun spoke with a sigh, "She was a rescue from New Dawn. Her voice used to be very melodic, but those bastards. They ruined her voice forever. She always tells everyone that she was born with it, but that is not correct. She is a fine young woman, but because of her hoarse voice, she acts like a mute. She is afraid that everyone will shun her that is why she came up with that story that she is born mute from birth. her parents were all killed by the New Dawn bastards. After some rehabilitation, she set off on the path to regular life."
Yang Dao felt even sadder in his heart. He did not expect such a pretty girl to have such a harsh past. He realized she wanted to stay here not because of anything else but because she feels safe here. He said, "It would be nice for her to go out and see the world."
Laohu Bai shook her head and said, "The people surviving the New Dawn traps are all vulnerable to have a mental breakdown when they are exposed to the world. We have tried several times, but the induction never works well. These people all develop a stigmatic brain of not trusting anyone completely, and the constant paranoia that someone is about to drag them back to that place just makes this thing a lot more difficult. Lisa is one of those who have adjusted in a regular life comparatively better to those who are living inside the mental asylums."
Yang Dao did not know that the New Dawn was so terrible and so strong. He ground his teeth and then he sighed. Suddenly his cellphone buzzed. He picked it up and saw it was Yurika calling. The call connected and an upset voice sounded, "You left just before I came? Do you not want to see me anymore?"
Yang Dao held his forehead and said, "Do you want me to call, Sister Tina, and tell her, you are playing the mellow drama card on me to avoid the orphanage duties?"
Yurika shrieked on the call, but before her loud voice could affect Yang Dao he had already placed the phone on the table and a voice sounded out, "DAO, YOU BETTER HELP ME COME BACK EARLY. THESE KIDS ARE difficult TO HANDLE. DID YOU HEAR ME? OYE DAO... DAO... AARRGGHHH YOU WAIT FOR ME TO COME BACK, I WILL SPANK YOUR TUSHY."
The call hung up and Yang Dao shook his head, while the two women finally let go of the restraints and started laughing at the warning Yurika issued.


Yang Dao is an orphan. He does not speak much. He is so introverted that if not for his grades no one would have even known about him. 

One day it all changed. A red helicopter landed in front of him and a black-haired beauty walked up to him. She spoke in a joyful and emotional voice, "Young Master, this servant finally found you."
...
Follow Yang Dao, a boy blessed by the heavens. A guy who was given four familiar spirits by the heavens.

DISCLAIMER: THE COVER IMAGE DOES NOT BELONG TO ME.



METAWIN POV: I was suddenly woken up by a staggering breeze. I must have forgotten to close the windows again. I couldn't sleep anymore so I decided to look for my phone on my bed. Sadly, that would be a process since the bed is huge and has a lot of things on it. I turned to my right and switched on the lights. Light enveloped the room - almost too bright. As I scavenged through the untidy bed, I came across multiple things like my EarPods, MacBook and a few socks. Sliding my hand over the sheets, my hand bumped my phone. Took me long enough to find it. I unlocked it and began scrolling through my apps. I opened Instagram and checked my latest feed. The first post I saw was from Kendall Jenner and I double tapped. After checking my feed, I went to my account and saw that I got new likes and followers. Early morning clout feels good. As I was doing other things on my phone, another wind rushed in and left a cold chill running up and down my spine. While closing the windows, I couldn't help but notice the nature. The leaves swayed rhythmically with the howling wind. They towered over the dorm building and cast a shadow across my room. I guess it's time I got out of bed. I checked the time on my phone and it read 6:15am. I decided to take a short walk before I took a shower. I began dressing up and looked in the mirror. I just remembered how fucking good-looking I am. I grabbed my EarPods and played some music and headed out. As I walked out of the dorm building, I noticed the environment looked really peaceful. If someone wanted to be alone this is the perfect place. Meaning I get to walk around unbothered. I looked to my left and noted that the forest next to the dorm room is actually really good looking - of course not as good as me but it could probably square up just fine. While still walking along the path and enjoying the cold breeze, I noticed a guy from afar who was observing the forest and nature as well. This early? I had to investigate. As I approached, the dude looked a little startled. Did I look frightening? He had blonde hair and blue eyes, sorta pale skin. He was wearing a blue coat which looked really warm against all this cold weather. He looked young too. Must be a year lower than me. "Hey, what's up?", I asked. "Why are you here all alone this early?" No response, despite looking right at me. "Are you okay? Is there something wrong?" A little concern radiated out of my body. How do I deal with this? No response again. I then snap my fingers at his face and he rebooted and came back to life. "What are you staring at? Is there something on my face?" I questioned, because he started to look at me weird with his pail skin. His eyes gave off some startled glare. "Oh, sorry, it's just that I've never really seen you around here. Are you new?" he quickly replied. New? Me? Of all people? I'm one of the most popular boys in the school! This guy is clearly wasting my time. I should just leave him alone so he can just stare at nature himself. Once I was a few meters away, a thought came across me. This guy needs to learn a lesson about status in this school. He's just a nerdy looking guy. Who even cares about him? I then turned around swiftly and began trailing back. Step by step, as I approached, the autumn leaves on the ground made crackling sounds once my foot connected to the ground. I reached him and grabbed him by the neck. "Are you stupid or something? You don't just stare at people when they ask you questions, especially if the person is in a higher form than you." I scolded him. Maybe that will get to him. But that wasn't enough. "Let me go! Let me go!" he screamed as he tried to break free of my grip. He knew he was alone so he didn't bother begging for help. I then clenched my fist in anger and my fist slammed his stomach. He let out a sound of discomfort. You could tell he had enough so I let him go and he fell to the ground. That'll teach him not to fuck with me. I then walked away with the wind still howling in the atmosphere. I had to get back so I could get ready for the day.

Skylar was never like most boys. He always felt different. He didn't know what the difference was until he an annoying encounter with a boy named Metawin. That was when he truly understood how he felt.

Nadia has always had a crush on a boy named Hudson. Hudson, however, never noticed her despite her attempts. Will Hudson finally notice her in this new school year?

The shareholders of Hanxi all looked at the document in front of them with shining eyes. "CEO, who made this proposal?" One brave shareholder blurted.
They all nodded with that man. Who had made that proposal indeed? It looked flawless. While it was expensive at face value, the long-term plans set within the document had completely blown them away.
Their business was profitable and recognizable. But the issue was that not enough people had smartphones to buy these apps. Most people still prefer flip phones. While they could get their apps on those phones. It wouldn't be as profitable as this plan in front of them.
Mr. Tuhs inwardly gloated. If there was one word to describe this plan. It would be a monopoly! His daughter actually planned his company to be able to monopolize the entire search engine industry!
Not only that, but with that would come the rapid growth of smartphones, the plan included many apps that they can release. Making the demand for smartphones increase. If the demand for smartphones increased, then the companies behind them, would make them at a smarter pace, meaning they could move further into the plan...
It was a risky plan, but even an idiot could pull the plan off. It was simply spectacular. It looked like the works of the best business planning people all joined into one brain and blurted onto a piece of paper...
'I wonder if they would pass out if I told them my daughter made this plan along with others?' Mr. Tuhs didn't even need to do anything. He just proposed following these plans and they had all agreed to do them unanimously!
"I will introduce you to the person behind the plan soon. But for now, do we all agree to follow this plan?" Mr. Tuhs moved the subject away. It wasn't time for his daughter to unveil herself yet.
Of course, the shareholders immediately raised their arms in agreement. "If that's the case, then we shall implement the 5-year plan immediately." 10 years, in that time. The document estimated the business to multiply itself by more than 10 times...
Astrid actually kept that part quite modest. If everything was done well. That goal could be met in just a year...
....
"Really? My cousin has certainly grown up then." At home, Mrs. Tuhs was on the phone on to one of her relatives.
"Yeah, she has grown to be cheeky. Honestly, you should have seen Howard's face when I saw the box. The look of understanding made me question life." Mrs. Tuhs chuckled, as she spoke in fluent Russian.
On the side, Andrea was a little surprised to hear her Madam speak Russian again. It had been a while since she had called her relatives...
"Oh, it's been too long since I last saw her. Is Howard's business going well?" The voice seemed concerned.
Mrs. Tuhs chuckled. "How could it not? You know his skills more than I do. Also with my background behind him, how could he have issues that aren't within his control." Mrs. Tuhs replied gleefully, she knew the governments in Russia and Germany both quietly support her husband's business.
The woman on the line laughed. "I guess so. As he benefits the government they seem to continue wanting in investing and reaping benefits. Honestly, they seem to be too smart for their own good." She seemed to be complaining that the governments used Mr. Tuhs business for their benefits.
"I wouldn't worry Veronica, we also benefit. Whenever you have some time, come around. The weather is much better here." Mrs. Tuhs was inviting to her only remaining family.
On the phone, Veronica sighed. "Weather this, weather that. I don't care for the heat. You know that." She complained, but didn't decline the invite.
Mrs. Tuhs smiled. "Oh yeah, I also have some good news to tell you when you get here." She abruptly ended the call. Causing Veronica to message her, but she replied that if she wanted to know, she should come to meet them soon.
....
"How did it go?" Astrid met up with Saverio at lunch. As she left class early, and he was doing his photography.
Saverio smiled at Astrid. "It's as you said, the trees around the garden were quite ripe. But some of the fruits were failing." He responded as he went through his camera.
Astrid gave a smile. Which made Saverio unconsciously shivered. She hummed and then reached into her pocket.
As she brought out a small block of gold. Saverio felt some sweat form on his forehead. "Intelligence gathering is tough work. Payment is necessary." Astrid spoke, she wasn't going to leave without Saverio taking the gold today.
The gold was equivalent to $400,000. Saverio couldn't calculate that, but Astrid knew the price since she told her dad to convert it herself...
"Al-Alright." Saverio took the block dutifully. Seeing Astrid's calm gaze, he gulped from fear.
'It seems stuff like this is the norm for her.' He couldn't help but be worried. A 14-year-old girl bringing a block of gold into school...
The gold didn't way much, luckily he had brought a bag with him today. Otherwise, he would have needed to put it into his pocket...
He also wondered what Astrid's identity was, to be able to bring solid gold into school with no issue... She must have riches behind her. But he had never heard of her background, was she hiding it? 
Next on his thoughts was how to explain it to his parents... He couldn't just say that he investigated a company for a student at his school could he?
"Just store it safely for now. When the time is right, you can convert it." Astrid seemed to understand the issues Saverio thought of.
"Ah! Astrid! Can you explain a formula for me quickly?" Francesca then appeared, as she had a bad look on her face.
Astrid nodded and then explained what Francesca wanted to know. Even writing down some easy-to-understand steps to help her. By this time, every student was on lunch break. And they were joined by Winoa and Leone.
Having another boy to talk to, Leone was quite happy. So he and Saverio spoke about boy things. While Francesca blabbered about many random topics...
"Oh, how I wish to wear this dress. Isn't it just beautiful?" At this moment, Francesca was using her newly acquired smartphone to look up some of the latest modeling news.
Astrid then took a look again at Francesca. She didn't seem to have grown since the start of the year, but it looked like she had fleshed out a little in those areas...
Sensing Astrid's gaze, Francesca looked up and then blushed. "W-What?" Astrid's gaze was too obvious for Francesca to not get nervous.
"You've gotten more substance." Astrid replied, as she withdraw her gaze.
"..." Substance? Is that the way to describe it?
Francesca looked at Astrid with a frown. "If you mean I've grown in other areas. Then I have. But have you looked in the mirror lately!? How could you have grown so much taller so quickly?" Francesca was aggrieved, the difference between Astrid now and 3 months ago was so vast.
Astrid now was a similar height to Winoa. Meaning she was at least an average height. But she was still relatively flat. Francesca didn't know that her mother used some padding to help her out...
Winoa coughed slightly and looked at the two boys. They looked away and decided to 'walk' for a bit, knowing that they were caught listening to something they shouldn't be.
Astrid sighed and grabbed Francesca's hand. Then leading her hand to her clothing...
"W-W-W-W-W" Francesca couldn't stop stuttering, as Astrid made her squeeze the padding.
Noticing the understanding on Francesca's face. Astrid let her hand go. *Cough* "S-Sorry." Francesca was embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
Winoa didn't know what to feel. Her Young Miss... Violated herself?
"Don't be. It's no issue." Astrid replied, as if making someone touch her own fake breasts wasn't something she cared about...
*Cough* "The next lesson will be soon." Noting the atmosphere wasn't very good. Winoa decided to clear the air.
Astrid nodded and went to class. While Francesca was left thinking on how to apologize to Astrid for her lack of assets and touching them...
....
The employees at Hanxi all worked without breaks for the day. Just before they were going to go for lunch. They caught sight of their boss. With a furious aura surrounding him. They didn't know what was going on, but with news of a new project circulating. Shouldn't their boss not be in such a bad mood? They barely got home for midnight, they were terrified to even stand up to go to the toilet...
At least they got paid for their extra woes. While Stephan was forced to sit through meeting with the fury of his boss. When he learned the reason behind his mood... His face was strange to say the least.

In the interests of themselves, people live. What would a person do to live during their toughest times? Would a person lose their humanity for their future life?

**Other work**
- The One Who Is Hidden- Status- On hold

"The balance of power on earth is simple. Some elect those into power, some are hereditary, some are figureheads. While some take power by force. Across the world, power is held by those who are influential, but what happens when that balance of power is broken? What happens when an ancient enemy of humanity comes out of the shadows? Will those in power control the mass? Will they hand over power? Or will they stand in front of those threats, and defend humanity to the last standing city?"

Astrid Tuhs died at age 14 due to illness. However, her body now had a new host. Someone from a more modern time of Earth, with a past one wouldn't be able to guess no matter how hard they tried. With skills in close to everything that is thinkable for a human. Astrid suddenly becomes healthier, starts going back to school, makes some friends, becomes closer to her family. 

But there were still many questions for Astrid to answer. Why was she reborn into this body? What are the secrets of this world and her family? Why does her body contain this strange illness?

Astrid goes on in her journey of life, as her detached view on life changes with her family's influence, as she gains people she trusts, and she heavily advances the new world she is living in. Her knowledge is something no person knows on this earth. 

With her position in the family being that of the apple of their eye, she slowly changes from a weak, and sick young teenager. To a child of intelligence, one that the children can't bully her, to one where her parents let fly as a phoenix, as she starts to stand in this slightly different earth...

On March 22nd at 8:00 p.m., merely two days after the launch of Star Cloud 1.0 OS, Xing Hai Technologies released another software product, drawing attention from across the country and evoking a tremor throughout the globe.
Presiding over the launch at an indoor venue that could accommodate up to a thousand people, Chen Jin remotely controlled his avatar robot and introduced the world to Work Assistant 1.0.
"Our 8,324 top veteran programmers from within our country have ensured that every single line of code generated by Work Assistant will be equivalent to that written by virtuoso programmers…
"Once you are skilled in using Work Assistant, you will soon be coding on par with master coding talent!...
"It allows normal programmers to master many skills while specializing in only one. Programmers who only know Java can obtain a module of C++ code while not being fluent in C++ themselves. Back-end programmers can realize complex front-end interfacing…
"It can transform Android and IOS code into HTML5 and vice versa. It allows Java and C++ code to compile with each other, and it has certain transcoding and code translation functions."
Of course, these latter functions were yet to be able to transform the whole application layer, but they were working for simple logical algorithms.
Finally, Chen Jin described the product's pricing. Work Assistant would be provided in the form of computing power in exchange for a subscription fee. Every portion of computing power rated at 100 million times per second would be sold at 500 dollars.
Junior programmers could basically suffice with a single portion. This would improve their productivity by a factor of 1.5 to 2.5. Intermediate programmers could settle with 10 portions, boosting productivity by 3 to 5 times. Senior programmers could purchase at most 100 portions, improving their overall work efficiency by 6 to 10 times.
As for all 8,000 elite programmers who participated in Work Assistant's beta test, Work Assistant would always be free of charge for them without any limitations on computing power.
The launching of Work Assistant 1.0 caused an uproar within the programmer community. At last November's 7th World Internet Conference, Chen Jin had given a speech titled "How to Solve the Bald Crisis," and he had described Work Assistant, the programmers with a deeper understanding of programming had expressed their disbelief. They had thought that his thinking was sound but that he was vastly underestimating the difficulties in actualizing a working product.
In just a few months, however, the legendary Work Assistant was formally announced with great fanfare as the gospel for programmers. The so-called "bald crisis" might really be lifted, at least for the programmer community.
With this evening's announcement, however, programmers did have something to say about the product's pricing strategy. Many began voicing their dissatisfaction during the live broadcast of the press conference.
"How disgusting! Why must they foist limitations on such a good product, just like what Baidu did to their download speed? And the pricing is so damn high."
"I think I'd be considered an intermediate programmer. If I were to use this tool comfortably, will that cost me 5,000 dollars a month, which is one-fifth of my salary?"
"Too expensive! The most expensive software in history! Even the genuine Windows OS was only 880 dollars, and that was a one-time payment."
"Chen Jin explained that this is to prevent turmoil within the programming industry. If our work efficiency were to improve by 5-fold or even 10-fold, what would happen to the junior programmers? They'll all have to go home and plough the fields! The programming industry won't be lacking people for several consecutive years, and this will kill new talent in the field!"
"Okay, we can't rely on the conscience of capitalists. Only a higher cost will dispel their urge to lay off employees."
"If senior programmers want to utilize the entirety of Work Assistant, they'll need to purchase 100 portions of computing power, right? And that would be 50 thousand dollars per month? But programmers of this level can upload quality coding resources to Work Assistant's servers in exchange for contribution points. I heard that for each point they earn, they can use the tool for free without speed limitations for a day. A total of 100 points would mean they would get to use it for free for a hundred days. It would be like they're quenching thirst with poison. Xing Hai Technologies is getting better at their own games."
"Oh? Fifty grand and I can use Work Assistant for free without speed limitations?" At least one veteran programmer with more than a decade of experience thought the price reasonable and would give it a try.
...
The press conference now entered its second half, although typically after the announcement, it would have ended, but it didn't. In fact, the "real" conference had just begun.
To promote Xing Hai Technologies' Star Cloud OS, Chen Jin announced another few key bombshells!
"I believe that all of you here are aware of Google's overbearing behavior. With patent fees of 10 dollars for every mobile phone, plus taxes, the cost for each mobile device in the future will rise by at least 100 dollars. Not only that, but their tactics will also effectively grind down our local phone manufacturer's last speck of profit, and consumers will spend vastly more for their devices."
"A hundred dollars isn't that much, but I would like to ask everyone, Are you willing to spend this money?"
A few instances of sparse voices propagated from below the stage. "No!"
"Alright. Even if most of you are willing to spend this money and are able to afford it, what if Google announces increased prices the next time around? Patent fees might rise from 10 dollars to 20, 30, and more. When various fees start piling up, how will you react?"
"Should you continue to tolerate this?"
"Google is no philanthropist. They want money. Coincidently, in these past few years, we have become stronger and richer. If they don't earn from us, who do you think they will earn from?" 
"So, what should we do? If they want our money so badly, what could we do? Should we just present ourselves to be robbed?"
Chen Jin shook his head. "No, not me, and not you either. On the day they announced that they were going to impose a fee, we started making and using our own operating system."
He pulled out a phone from his pocket, tapped the screen, projected the phone's screen on the big screen behind him, and said, "From now on, use Xing Hai Technologies' Star Cloud OS, because it will be free of charge forever."
"Wow!"
Clap clap clap!
Cheering and applause exploded from the audience. On the phone of an unknown brand, the operating system embedded on his device was Star Cloud OS 1.0!
"The software ecosystem for Star Cloud OS has yet to mature. Currently, it has about 10 simple apps, but we are using this system to tell Google, You want our money? Dream on!"
Clap clap clap!
The crowd applauded fanatically.
Chen Jin was not evading the challenges Star Cloud OS faced, either. "Of course, we are aware of the Star Cloud system's weaknesses. The system is new, and it's still being perfected. Its ecosystem of applications is almost at zero. Comparing it with the Android system, which has a complete ecosystem of applications, I'm afraid that 99.9% of users might be reluctant to use this system."
"But we have determination, the capabilities, and the resources. We will strive to perfect the ecosystem of applications in the shortest time possible!
"Xing Hai Technologies will at all costs let users of the Star Cloud system say that: Not only is Star Cloud OS better than Android, it is also better than the Fruit company's IOS system!
"We will be establishing a League of Star Apps, and we welcome all hardware manufacturers within the country to join us. Together, we will build the Star Cloud system's underlying application ecosystem, fulfilling the customized needs of all companies.
"To all hardware manufacturers within the nation that are willing to join us, Xing Hai Technologies will provide interest-free loan assistance or financing services. We have earmarked 50 billion dollars for the first round of funds. If that's not enough, we will increase it to 100 billion or even 200 billion dollars! Whoever wants the money only needs to ask!
"In addition, Xing Hai Technologies will be launching a development tool called Star Cloud Studio 1.0. All programmers can download it for free from the Star Cloud official website It includes everything from technical documents, the Star Cloud Virtual Machine, and the software development kit. We welcome all programmers to join us in developing Star Cloud apps!
"Not only that, within the Star Cloud Studio, we have integrated a lightweight version of the Work Assistant, a tool that will be completely free and has no speed limitations. All programmers will have access to this tool. It will greatly curtail the difficulty of development efforts and expedite productivity by a significant margin… but it is only available for the development of Star Cloud apps."
"And last but not least…" Chen Jin prepared to announce the coup de grace. "To encourage programmers to participate in forging the ecosystem of applications for Star Cloud OS and enrich Star Cloud's App Store, we have decided to earmark another 10 billion dollars to reward our app developers."
"As long as the application you create is of good quality, receives good ratings, and has attained a certain number of downloads, you will be rewarded with a 1-million-dollar cash prize!
"That's right! Fees are required if you upload apps on other operating systems, but not only do we provide it for free, but there's also an opportunity to obtain a million dollars in cash!
"There are 10 thousand quotas for the reward, and anyone has an opportunity to claim it!
"In addition, for paid apps such as games uploaded by developers, 100% of the profits gained will be paid directly to the app developer. Whether you earn 1 billion or 10 billion dollars, we will not take even 1% from you."
Chen Jin held open his wide arms. "Join us, hardware manufacturers within our country. Join us, outstanding programmers, join us quickly! Xing Hai Technologies has nothing but money! We ask you to please believe in Xing Hai Technologies' technical capabilities. With the combined effort of everyone, Star Cloud OS can certainly exceed any foreign operating systems, but only if you are willing to join us!"
"The League of Star Apps welcomes all of you!"
Boom… The audience at the venue was overwhelmed with excitement.
Boom… The hardware manufacturers and programmers within the Z nation were shocked and in furor.
Boom… The higher-ups of Google were stunned and flustered.


Through a mysterious portal, Chen Jin arrived at this strange place - a post-apocalyptic world where civilization had been destroyed. 

Consequently, he found -

A piece of metal scrap
A robot trash collector
A battleground
A city
A ton and more of gold
A copy of high-tech documents
A...
In short, Chen Jin found a planet.

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