"Where do you think you're running off to?" Xin Zimen glared at Zhao Huan who came out of his study. "I told you to fix that little girl."
"Xiao Zi, she's a human, not a bloody machine that I could fix," replied Zhao Huan feeling like this brother-in-law of hers really needed to learn how to talk.
"Don't try to be smart with me, Huan!"
"Oi!" Zhao Huan hit his head. "How dare you be disrespectable to me? Don't forget I'm your elder. Be nice."
"Whatever!" He grumbled before asking, "How is she? Anything serious? Should I take her to the hospital? Or should I bring the hospital to home? I think the latter is a better idea." At this point, he was more so having a conversation with himself.
"Xiao Zi..." she called him but he was so engrossed in rambling on and on that he didn't notice. "Xiao Zi!"
"What?"
"She's fine. Ask someone to bring this medicine and after feeding her something light, tell her to take the medicine and sleep. She badly needs it right now." Xin Zimen listened to her giving some other instructions and he mentally noted it all diligently while nodding his head. After she was done, she kept looking at his face before finally asking, "Why are you panicking as if she's your daughter?"
"She's like one," answered Xin Zimen without thinking. 
Since Zhao Huan didn't close the door behind her, Xiu could clearly hear them clearly. And as soon as Xin Zimen said she was like a daughter, Xiu felt like someone had cocooned her body in a warm and fluffy blanket. It felt extremely good.
Outside, Zhao Huan tried to touch his forehead while frowning, "Are you okay? Any discomfort anywhere? Or did you fall over your head last night?"
"What nonsense!" he had stepped back to avoid her touch. 
"Sorry, but I'm more willing to believe that you're possessed than to believe that you've suddenly developed compassion. That's a humanly feeling. How can you have it?"
"I'm also a human," he retorted.
"Really? You never acted like one though." Xin Zimen glared at her while she laughed it off with a shrug and turned to leave. "Take care of her and yourself. Also, you can call me without a reason as well. I promise I won't bite."
Xin Zimen didn't listen to her, he gave Xiu's prescription to the maid behind him and took the tray with the bowl of porridge in it from her hands. He entered the study and placed the tray on the table saying, "You're already this big and don't know how to take care of your health? Don't you know health is wealth? How can you be so reckless about it?" He pulled a chair beside her and sat down. With the spoon, he was mixing the porridge while rebuking her. 
This might be the first time someone was actually angry with her because she was neglecting her own health. But even though he was being harsh why was she feeling so happy about it? Oh, it might be because of the way he carefully blew on the porridge before bringing the spoon before her mouth. 
Xiu instinctively opened her mouth. She neither complained nor did she even bother to refuse his help. After all, she could still use her hands. There was really no need for him to feed her. And yet, he was doing it and she was letting him do it.
"You shouldn't have disturbed your sister-in-law early in the morning for me," Xiu finally thought of distracting herself from all the strange feelings. She knew these feelings well. She had felt like this when she was young. She always thought if her father was around, her mother would perhaps be different. And right now, he was actually making her want to wish for a father all over again. 
"I'm doing her a huge favor, the least she can do in return is using her medical degree for me," retorted Xin Zimen in a way that Xiu didn't understand his meaning at all. He wiped her mouth with a tissue and passed her a glass of water as he went on, "Don't think about it. She is a doctor, she knows patients come first."
He heard a knock at the door and stood up to open the door. He came back to Xiu's side with her medicine which made Xiu scrunch up her face in instant dislike. 
"Take this," said Xin Zimen as he passed her the medicine. "I just asked the maids to clean another room for you. After this, you're gonna sleep there."
"I can go home to rest," said Xiu.
"This is also a home," replied Xin Zimen firmly. "Besides, I think we have enough rooms to accommodate a small girl like you. You can fit anywhere."
Xiu pursed her lips and didn't argue. Instead, she silently took the medicine. Then when she saw him collecting the dishes, she said, "Can I borrow this?"
Xin Zimen looked up slightly and saw the book in her hand. He didn't react for a minute. But then he sighed and said, "It's not the genre you should read. Your young brain should read those love stories or one of those fluffy rom-com." 
"I don't like that anymore. Besides, what's wrong with this?" Xiu questioned while raising her brow. Since the moment she saw that quote in that book, she was certain that she was close to solving the mystery surrounding Destiny Novell. That's why she decided to borrow the book. 
"It's a psychological fiction. Really not your type," answered Xin Zimen lightly. His brows were constantly knitted together as he spoke. Until this day, even he wasn't able to read that book. He couldn't bring himself to. It brought up the pain, he didn't want to relive.
"Psychological fiction?" Xiu hadn't noticed it before. She looked at the cover of the book curiously before searching up the author's name on her phone. As she read the search result, she blurted out in surprise, "Wen Ai? Where have I heard this name before?"
"That's my wife," he answered for her making her gape at him.
"What?"
Xin Zimen chuckled at her response. Indeed, the author's name was Wen Ai. It was his wife's work; One that she penned down before leaving this world. 
"Wow! She has written three books. But..."
"But this is the only novel she wrote," Xin Zimen completed her words for her. "Writing was a hobby of hers. As for this novel, I don't even know why she wrote it."
After Xiu skimmed through the profile she found on the internet related to his wife, she was frowning deeply. There were no photos and even less of information related to Wen Ai. But something caught Xiu's attention, "Why are all her books related to psychology?"
"Not psychology. It's criminal psychology," corrected Xin Zimen making Xiu's brows to raise up. "She was a criminal psychologist. But don't tell anyone." Although he said the last sentence playfully, she could tell he wasn't really joking. 
Xiu didn't know much about his wife, Wen Ai. Except that she was no more and that she was just as weird as Xin Zimen is. So, that means if she was a Criminal psychologist, he wasn't as simple as he seemed, right? Xiu's brain had already started working up on this detail.
"Stop thinking and get some rest," said Xin Zimen as he urged her to get up and follow him. 
Xiu did so. The room he brought her to was right beside the one where Nora was sleeping. As Xiu walked inside she realized this room wasn't much different from the one beside it. Expect that this one had a balcony where a swing was hanging. 
"If you need anything, just use the telecom. No need to hesitate at all."
Xiu nodded her head as she got on the bed without any argument. She was too drowsy after taking that medicine. Besides, arguments needed some energy which she lacked right now the most.
"Have a good rest," he said while stroking her head very gently.
Xiu's eyes were closing on their own but she still didn't forget to question. "What does January 14 represent?" Xin Zimen's hand on her head stiffened. "It's written at the start of the book."
Xin Zimen crouched down beside the bed as his eyes kept looking at her. He could hear her soft breathing indicating, she had gone to sleep now. "14th of January..." he mumbled softly. "It's my daughter's birthday." There was a sad smile on his lips as he said that out loud.


"Are you looking for your Mr. Right?"

"Why would I wait for him? Mr. Right is lost on his way."

He quirked his brow at her answer with a faint smile at the corner of his lips.

"Then what are you doing?" He questioned in amusement.

She placed both her hands on his chest and pushed his masculine body against the wall taking him by surprise.

Her honey-brown eyes blinked at him with mischief dancing in them as she planted a firm kiss at his jaw and said, "I'm planning on taking advantage of Mr. Right Now!"

His eyes widened dramatically in disbelief. Before his eyes darkened with desire and passion. 

He placed his hands on her small waist and she could feel the heat of his big hands through the flimsy fabric of her shirt.

His head leaned ahead as he whispered close to her ear, "Feel free to take whatever you want." 

She felt his hot tongue licking her earlobe making her heart to beat erratically.
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Chen Xiu; known as Ms. Goody-two-shoes. A Superstar who was said to have it all which made her the center of hatred and envy as well.

Little did anyone knew that the same Superstar had to nurse her own wounds in the silence and darkness of night where no one was looking.

But for how long could she hold on for? Eventually, she decided to end her own misery and ended her life in the darkness of night, her only companion.

Having woken up in a new body and at a new place wasn't something she could ever believe in. At least, not until she became Bai Xiu out of the blue.

The day she thought to be her last became her first as a second chance awaited her. But whether this new chance was a blessing or disaster, it was hard to tell since she was trapped in a new body with a new life with the shackles of only her old memories.

New life or a new curse? What really awaited her? The same disappointing silence of the night or was there someone calling out her name desperately at the end of the tunnel? Were sparks meant to fly in her heart or the fire in her heart was meant to burn her whole? Was this leap of faith gonna make her fall on her face or was she meant to fly the horizon?

The new life brought a lot of questions. But the answer was simple...

You would never know until you give it a shot!
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This is an original novel by Xiao MeeHee. All rights are reserved to the author.
Thank You! 
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Other Novels by the author: 
"Mr. CEO Loves The Devilish Beauty"
"The Inconceivable Flame: A Fallen Angel's Disguise"
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The afternoon sun shone into the study through the window, and cast mottled light and shadow onto the wooden table. Although it was summer, the occasional breeze still made people feel a little cool.
Draco was in the Study being entranced by the sea of ​​books. He had not let go of an even simple magic book of spells.
With his awesome cheat called 'super memory', Draco could always feel his knowledge reserves constantly increasing. This increase in knowledge can bring more satisfaction than other desires.
People are short-sighted animals, so other generations, including Draco himself, will be passionate about many online games. As the experience on the screen increases, the gold coins will give you instant feedback, and the rewards of one short cycle will make you feel uncomfortable.
On the contrary, who does not know the importance of learning? But how many people can continue to learn? The extremely long feedback cycle brings endless self-doubt in the process. People often struggle to think that they have done nothing and think about why they can't see results. Often this is the case, each and everyone chooses to retreat and fall. Becoming a slave to the short-cycle feedback.
Don't worry about forgetting, plus his passion for magic, made Draco a real study addict.
"It seems that liquid luck potion is very difficult to make." Closed book, Malfoy sighed.
The previous Malfoy was not very interested in the so-called strong efficacy potion such as Polyjuice Potion. Instead, he was very curious about the liquid luck potion, and how the potion can temporarily change his lucky value. In this life, there is a chance that Draco will not let go. But looking through lots of books he still came to a conclusion – that is, it's difficult to find materials for the potion and that it has a difficult production method. Even if he made no mistakes and everything was ready. He would still have to wait six months.
"But I won't give up trying." Draco thought so.
"What's bothering you." Just as Malfoy was thinking, a middle-aged man suddenly entered the room. There were some familiarities between them.
"Small things, maybe my kid is too happy to be happy." This is Lucius's voice.
The sound barely fell, when a knock sounded on the door.
He closed the "Magical Potion Production and Uses" book, stood up from his chair and walked to the door to open it.
"Hey, little Malfoy, we met again, this time you may need to help your Uncle a little busy." The master who is familiar with the sound is the Hector he saw last time. Standing next to it is Lucius.
Before the words were finished, a small silhouette emerged from behind Hector, watching her Draco couldn't help but touch his forehead.
Who could It be? Of course, it is Pansy Parkinson.
Today Pansy had replaced her gothic-style dress with a white dress. The cuffs had this pale yellow bow, and the skirt was embroidered with a rose pattern. Her red leather boots were simple and expensive, and she also held a delicate ladies' bag. If the last time Pansy was dressed up like a devilish little demon, this time it was like a fairy coming out of a fairy tale.
"We meet again." Pansy looked at Draco and said softly.
"Welcome." Draco didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so he could only bow slightly.
"Hey, that gangster." Hector suddenly said.
"Which family does not have two such people? You don't have to make a big problem out of it." Lucius advised.
It was difficult for two people with unequal status to have friendship, and the friendship that lacks the exchange of interests is not a true friendship. As a pure-blood wizard with two similar interests, it was impossible to only be a pure friend relationship. Malfoy Family's gold Galleons naturally didn't come out of thin air. Gaining profits through various investments is not just a patent for muggles. The wizards will need to make money.
Unfortunately, today Hector had encountered economic problems, and fortunately, there was Lucius to help him. Therefore, it was necessary for the two people to go out for a discussion.
"I don't want to give all my money to Gringott's." There was no good feeling for the group of Goblin from wizards. Hector was no exception.
"Okay, don't say these words in front of the children." Lucius turned and said to Draco. "You've heard us. I have an arrangement with your Uncle. It's not convenient to follow, so you accompany her. I think we can come back at night."
"This girl had to follow me, she gave me a headache whilst asking to come. Now I can only trouble the little guy in your family. We can't delay the situation anymore, or we don't know what the locusts will take."
"Pansy, behave, don't be like the last time." Hector still warned Pansy before he left.
"Okay, okay, you can rest assured," Pansy said while playfully pouting, her face was flushed red, it seems she had recalled the accident.
"Don't worry, father, Uncle, I will take care of her." Draco also had some regrets about the accident. He hoped to make up for it this time. Naturally, he promised, but he estimates it is very It's hard to imagine what will happen afterward.
"Let's go, Hector, I think those locusts will enjoy our anger."
"I can't wait, Lucius, it seems that they have forgotten our past reputation for a long time. It is time for them to be reminded of it."
Then the two men's physique disappeared with a crack. Obviously they had apparated.
"This is the legendary apparition." Draco couldn't help but show a craving for such power. Compared to the lethal spells, he was more interested in the more mysterious spells. When any witchcraft involves space and time, the difficulty will rise geometrically. Compared to the fordable powerful spell Avada Kedavra, Draco felt that this witchcraft was the source of the progress of Wizarding World. It was also showed the true presence of magic and it's mystery.
Think about it, how much difference does Avada Kedavra have with bullets from pistols? The common people, that is, the technology research of the muggle had long been ignorant of witchcraft. What is the most powerful magic or a nuclear bomb?
However, in terms of space-time, the research of the wizard is ahead by a lot, and there may be many restrictions on the use. However, the Time-Turner involves the mystery of time, and the apparition is enough to make the scientists in the muggle want to break their heads over.
"I really look forward to the future." Draco was fascinated by the magic that he will learn in the future.
"But now I still have to deal with a little problem." Draco thought: "Apologies again, I have more strength than the little girl."
Of course, Malfoy soon knew that his thought was too hopeful.
"The last thing…" Draco had just said half a sentence when:
With a "pa", the small bag on Pansy's hand was directly dropped onto Draco's desk. Her shy look had disappeared since the disappearance of their father's without a trace. Instead, it was replaced with a cold look.
"You can open it now." Pansy's tone was a little provocative.
Malfoy still didn't react to what happened. But he still did it, he opened the bag.
"Damn." Draco felt that he was still underestimating the degree of vengeance of women, even though Pansy is still only a loli.
"I think the officials of the Ministry of Magic would be happy to see the evidence. There are still many people who are dissatisfied with your father's offense." Pansy's face showed a smirk.
"Secrets of the Dark Arts, Uncle Lucius's hobby is really admirable." Pansy pointed to a photo. The photo had the title page of a book with the name Lucius.
As for the other photos, he took apart the label made by Lucius. The densely packed letters were shocking, and you can see the lines and circles that are especially drawn boldly.
People always fear the unknown, but if it is true, it was still easy to accept. The previous Pansy was afraid of dark magic, but it was certain that Lucius was not so scared after the study, but instead interested. It is also a good thing to use to threaten Draco.
"The book must have been taken away from the Dark Chamber." Draco felt like he was a big idiot.
In a sense, children are really hard to fight. Adults understand the trade-offs and exchange of interests. For example, Hector knows that Lucius studies dark magic, and at most he will remind him with two sentences, but Pansy is different. Who knows if she will really report to the Ministry of Magic.
Looking at Draco's somewhat stiff expression, Pansy said smugly: "It seems that the camera of muggle is still very useful."
"Say, what do you want to do." Draco's expression quickly returned to normal.
The thinking of an adult soul is very fast. Thinking carefully, how many Death Eaters escaped the sanctions with similar reasons such as the Imperius Curse? Lucius's own network of relationships must be very deep. Maybe a lot of people at that time have already known it, but for the sake of looking good at that's all. Moreover, Lucius's money isn't clean. The evidence of this degree was not a big deal.
Retreat 10,000 steps, even if Pansy really handed it in, it will advance the original Ministry of Magic assault check.
Pansy, who looked at Draco's stiff look, was satisfied, but now Draco's calm performance made her feel very uncomfortable. She imagined that Draco should be scared out of his wits and plead for forgiveness. The result was the opposite.
"Hey, nerdy, look at your book." Seeing Draco's usual expression, Pansy suddenly felt that it didn't mean anything. She wanted to see the shame of Draco's submission, instead of his poker face.
In fact, we can't underestimate the IQ of children. For Pansy who lives in a big family, she understands the seriousness of the consequences. Usually, you can be awkward, but if you are willful in this kind of thing, you might make family enemies. Although her father is still moderately powerful, it would still be difficult to escape from such a situation, Pansy also saw Hector's rare angry side today.
Originally she only wanted to scare Draco as last revenge. Unfortunately, it didn't work. Pansy wasn't really enthusiastic about it. So Pansy was in a bad mood.
"pa." The sound came, Pansy stepped on the floor and walked over to the desk, found a chair, and sat down, licking her lips and wondered what he was thinking.
"It seems that this good feeling has fallen to a negative number." Draco naturally couldn't think of Pansy's psychological activities. Of course, he also knew that he must have offended the little loli.
"I don't think much about it." After seeing Pansy sit down he didn't have to worry anymore. Malfoy was happy and so Malfoy began to study the Luck potion again.
"Right, there is a "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" in the fourth row of the third row of bookshelves. If you are bored, you can flip it yourself." Malfoy gave a hard time reading and also gave Pansy a suggestion to pass the time.
"Who wants to see the kind of book that's for a child."
Not to mention that it was safe, Malfoy reminded that Pansy was loudly shouted like a kitten.
"Well, I stepped on a minefield again.�� Malfoy felt that he was lamenting more than he had in the previous 8 years. "I still read this book for Dumbledore. Dumbledore doesn't know what to expect if he hears your evaluation."
"It seems that today's time is gone again." Malfoy helpless shook his head and thoughtless of it.
"Well, Miss, what do you say?" Malfoy closed the book that he hadn't looked deep into.
"Humph." Pansy turned her head and stopped talking.
"I have to make a big sacrifice. Let's be a cultural communicator today." Malfoy couldn't help but think of some of the things that his seniors did.
"In the distant Eastern countries, such a story happened a long time ago…" Malfoy suddenly spoke up and began his identity as a copy.
"There was a Chinese person named Liang Shanbo…" The story is the well-known Liang Zhu of the Chinese people and is known as the Romeo and Juliet of the East.
"It seems to have some meaning." Pansy sitting in the chair was also a bit curious. "I will listen to it." Thus Pansy hardly interrupted Draco.
Many Westerners still have a longing for the mysterious kingdom of the East, so Pansy chose to continue listening when her curiosity was overwhelming.
Not much time.
"What is the beauty of the mountain?"
"Which Ma Wen is a kind of appearance, who knows that he has a bad belly like you. He's a bad guy."
"This image seems to be irreparable." Listening to Pansy's evaluation of the story Draco didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
"In the end, the two became butterflies, and they stayed together forever." Draco took a long sigh of relief and felt that he had returned to his childhood when he was a child. His eyelids were a little moist, and as a somewhat emotional person, even if the story is repeated from his own mouth, Draco he still felt some emotion.
"I don't believe that this story is not enough. Now I estimate that Pansy's eyes are red." Malfoy who was confident in the traditional cultural story of his country thought.
"Is it finished?" Pansy asked.
"It's over."
"Oh." Pansy snorted.
"This reaction is not right, aren't young girls the most eager to love such stories and feel sad?" Hearing Pansy's sneer Draco could not help but feel depressed.
Seeing Draco's depressed look, Pansy couldn't help but reveal a happy expression, and then explained: "Although I hate you, I have to say that your story is good, I just laughed at you as a tragedy." "
Draco felt that his mind could not keep up with this little loli.
"Poor you, you read so many books, you really learned to be a fool." Pansy once again taunted. "Obviously Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai are probably Animagus. These are just a play that is directed by a more reasonable elopement. If you read so many books, don't you even know the animagus transformation?"
"That World and this World are not the same," Draco said so in his heart and that he couldn't keep up with this little loli.
"But it's really interesting. As a reward, I will let you continue telling a story."
"Miss, you are addicted." Draco secretly cursed.
"But I don't believe that I can't move a little girl." Draco was provoked, and Pansy was touched.
"It must be that Ruth is too fat, otherwise maybe both can be saved." This is Pansy's spit on the Titan Nick.
Draco almost vomited blood.
Draco, whose self-confidence was seriously harmed, had to change the subject.
"This girl named Hua Mulan is very powerful. Father always tells me that I can't do this. How can a girl have to keep so many rules? I have to use the opportunity to make him tell me a story." It made Pansy somewhat satisfied.
"hu." Draco breathed a sigh of relief. "he almost lost the face." Draco thought to himself.
"But your performance, if the male child was killed early." Draco's heart had a bellyful of anger. It must be said that women have disadvantages in some aspects, but in other aspects, they also receive a lot of preferential treatment.
"I don't care about you when you look at the stories you are telling."
"That's a great honor, my Lady." Draco thought that finally solved a problem.
"But let's talk more about this later." Pansy staring at Draco, as if she had found a new toy.
"Okay." Draco quickly agreed with Pansy's request, but not for her.
"I still can't forget my hometown, it's worth it. This is a way he recalls it." As he told the story, Draco also recalled his past, perhaps these stories in his brain are the only ones about his hometown.
"Hey, Malfoy, what are you doing?" Pansy reached out and waved in front of Draco's eyes. Pulling him back from the memory to reality.
"Sorry."
"Is it so boring to tell this young Lady a story?" Although she didn't want to admit it, because of these stories, Pansy's perception of Draco was much better, so her tone is much better now.
"It seems that you get along very well, Pansy didn't bother you?" It seemed that this time the problem had been handled perfectly, and Hector and Lucius are back a lot earlier than expected.
"Father! I wasn't any trouble." Pansy said while playfully pouting, apparently she had switched back to lady mode.
"It's okay Uncle, I am also very happy to have someone accompany me." Draco naturally responded politely.
"It's too late, so let's have dinner here," Lucius said.
"No, it's not that late. I still have something to deal with. I will come back again tomorrow." Although the matter was solved to Perfection, there were still some hand-tails waiting for Hector to process, so Hector refused Lucius.
Lucius was also very clear about this, so after saying a few more words, he and Draco sent the Pansy father and daughter duo out of the house. Pansy still peeked at Draco before leaving.
Which Draco interpreted as "I will return!"

A person from earth is reincarnated as Draco Malfoy. Armed with future knowledge, he tries to defeat all obstacles while protecting his family, fighting Voldemort and figuring out how to deal with teenage girls.

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I started to look around the library with observation for skill books or actual books that require manual learning. 



[Magical Cooking - By Hugo Long
The book is made of birch paper with a hard leather back cover:
Atomic Composition:
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[Building Foundations - By Zac Hahn
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[...]



Most of the books in the library were, well diverse because, it's a library... 



If I recalled the libraries that exist in real life organize books through the Dewey Decimal System. So how are the books organized in this world? Since obviously fighting books and magic well, should have a different classification right? 



Even if this game did use the Dewey Decimal System, what's the point since I don't even remember the correct order of the books. I started looking around at the books to see if I could get any hints on how the books were organized. 



Although the books are labeled by name and sections, I still have no idea what which section means. It also doesn't help that each section of the library still has a varied selection of books. 



Instead of wasting my time figuring something out, I just walked to section M, since there are huge signs which point to each section. 



The signs are arranged in a circle in the middle is a huge study area with hundreds of desks and chairs surrounded by thousands upon thousands of books. 



I have to say this library is huge, I can't even see the end of section M. 



It would make my search very easy if each lettered section represented how the books were organized. As in, a book starting with M would go into section M.



Well, I don't think life wants me to have it easy since the first book I saw in Section M was Glass making by Kai Doyle. In which nothing in the label corresponded to the letter M. 



Unless?



Glass has 5 letters and his name is 8 letters long, while M is the 13th letter of the alphabet. 



I quickly went to another book to check if my theory is correct. Psychological Manipulation for beginners by Felix Rowland. 



"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...13, 14, Shit." 



I don't think my theory is correct. 



The question is though, what is the correlation between Psychological Manipulation and Glass Making? 



I picked up another book, 10 Worse Fighting Styles Ever Created by, Matthew Malone. 



???



I'm so confused wtf is the correlation or is the library this messy and none of these books are in the right place. Or, is there some secret organizing system among the people of this world that I have yet to find out about. 



"Welp, back to observing every single book in this library."



"Nope, nope, nope, tf is 100 ways to satisfy women in the bed, maybe just a peek...YEP NOPE NOPE, onwards!" 



This is like finding a needle in a haystack, in the middle of this ocean of books, I'll find a good book that will be helpful. 



The only thing is why was my luck so good in the beginning where I was able to receive a legendary skill and a magic skill. 



Did Margret rig it, or did I use up all my luck?



"Hmmmmm, very sus (plot armor?)" 



In the remaining 8 or so hours in this game, I've yet to find a good book that would help me in the game. 



[Players, the game will be closing for maintenance in 30 seconds, please find a safe spot of log out...]



The same feminine monotone voice that had explained the game to billions of beginners. 



I didn't have to do anything, besides waiting until the game closed, I just kept on using my observation skill. During these 8 hours, my observation had leveled up to level 10. 



[Enhanced Observation - Epic]
Gives Atomic Make-Up of object and description. 
Gives Weaknesses and Strengths of Monsters that have a lower level than the User or Higher level than the User, increases by 1 every level after 5, Currently, user can find monsters details up to 5 levels above the user. 
Level 10/???


Just as I was observing through the library, I had finally caught something interesting. 



[Magic Flow Through the Human Body by, -]



My vision instantly blacked out. 



"Looks like I'm back in real-life." 



I took off the googles and check my clock.



"Exactly 12 hours, not a second more not a second less." 



"At least, I won't oversleep for online schooling anymore, since I'm waking up half an hour before my AM class, Bio and Informatics start." 



The thing that I was most curious about was the new elements that I had learned in-game. Could I transmute them in real life?



In my head, as I was about to transmute something, I noticed a new tab in my head. 



[Elements Learned]
Basic Objects- 9658/???



Foreign Objects- 32/??? 



I mentally clicked on Foreign Objects, as the basic elements are most likely objects made up of different elements found on Earth. 



Foreign Objects:
Black Eleven Steel 
Holy Mithril
Eleven Wood
Ice Troll Hide
Black Pressed Stone
...


Most of the Foreign Objects had minimal use and would not help me very much besides the Black Eleven Steel, Holy Mithril, and Eleven Wood. That I had found out about from the Katana and the Beginners Armor.



However, the question is, how can I get the stats of the Katana from in-game?  



I quickly transmuted the Katana from in-game into real life, using a few hundred pounds of gold that I had transmuted in my free time. This would make it so when I'm transmuting large or dense objects, I wouldn't accidentally kill myself by creating a vacuum.  



I've also learned to always keep my window open. 



As soon as I mentally sent the signal my hand glowed purple and the hundreds of pounds of gold disappeared and my room which was filled with air is completely devoid of air. 



I felt my skin start to burn due to the human body being put into a vacuum. My insides were also freezing and I felt the blood flowing through my body begin to backtrack. 



Although the process of transmuting only took roughly 5 seconds, If I was subjected to that pressure for a couple more seconds I would die. 



I felt a huge gust of wind as the air flowed back in my room. 



In my hands was a shiny black katana with a glowing white tang on the handle. 



However, I had no time to admire the katana I had transmuted as I started coughing up blood, due to the blood in my body backtracking. 



I was also sure I sustained some internal injuries due to their being a lack of pressure my frail organs definitely didn't come out unscathed. 



"Shiiiiii-"



I held back my curse as I realized it was still 8 in the morning and I would definitely receive a beating if I cursed out loud. I looked all over my arms and noticed burns all over them.  



I begin to transmute the skin and muscles on my arm back to normal. Since I had learned the atomic composition of simple proteins and skin cells, which definitely helped the process in order to regenerate my surface skin cells. 



As for my internal injuries, I'll have to let them naturally heal, since I have yet to learn in-depth about the human body and don't know what my organs are made out of. 



If I mess up transmuting my skin, it would be ok as it wouldn't be fatal. However, if I messed up while transmuting my internal organs, well then shit, I guess I'm not alive anymore.

An everyday average Joe, through a stroke of luck managed to uncover humanity's lost secret of transmuting. From there onward, he must ward off forces that desire this long lost ability and uncover, more of humanity's lost secrets.

"What the hell? Liang Jie has a big hole in his chest! "

"Look, Liang Jie's body is disappearing. Has he failed?"

"What's going on? Did Liang Jie really have an accident? "

Monks of the spirit world were shocked. They wanted to witness a miracle, but the result was somewhat unacceptable.

As for the dean and Wang Jing, they were also horrified. Liang Jie failed when he was in thunder calamity, which was really hard to accept.

Is true evil psychological calamity really unable to survive? Liang Jie was targeted by the spirit world Yuan family?

"Liang Jie"

"teacher"

On the other side, ShangGuanYu and others, all red eyes at this time.

Before that, they were calm. After all, everything was still within Liang Jie's tolerance, but now it is different. Liang Jie actually failed.

"How did this happen?"

At the moment, all the people are really worried. How they hope for miracles!

Liang Jie shouldn't have died directly because of the Five-element of yin and yang, but true evil psychological calamity is really special, and his current situation is really very bad.

"Haha ... dead! See you still arrogant! "

People from all the big families in the spirit world breathed a sigh of relief. Liang Jie's soul disappeared. Even spiritual power fluctuation did not have any residue. he was completely dead.

At this moment, the spirit world's monks are crying. They don't want to accept this fact, but everything in front of them cannot be changed. Liang Jie has really disappeared.

The flesh and spirit have all been obliterated, can he survive?

In fact, no one can really judge now, because the reincarnation calamity has not yet dissipated! If Liang Jie is really dead, the cloud will dissipate.

"Wait, there's still a chance. The reincarnation calamity hasn't disappeared yet!"

"Fortunately, Liang Jie did not die completely. Now he should be on the verge of death."

"come on, we support you! Don't let us down! "

The studio was blasted by the barrage because of this amazing discovery. Everyone was praying for Liang Jie not to have an accident.

For monks, Liang Jie is almost the existence of faith. If he dies, many wishes cannot be realized. The most direct way is to follow Liang Jie to rise together.

This time, ShangGuanYu they also noticed this problem, there gave birth to a glimmer of hope, even if the hope is very slim.

"It's just a death struggle. he was killed in true evil psychological calamity. Can he still go against the heaven?"

"I can't say for sure, because the current situation is too strange, maybe there is still a chance."

"Even so, it's not surprising. If a genius like Liang Jie does not have the luck of heaven, it would be too fake!"

The people of the spirit world are also somewhat helpless at this time. They can accept such results.

If Liang Jie really died so easily, they actually felt that they were such a serious fool.

At this time, in the illusory space where psychological calamity is located, Yuan's people control the demon and want to find Liang Jie's hiding place, but no matter how he searches, it will not help.

True evil psychological calamity, this is the fight between Liang Jie and the demon. it is supposed that it is over when Liang Jie dies. why is psychological calamity not over yet?

"Is there another change?"

Yuan's people hurriedly cast formation to deduce the situation in Liang Jie.

However, he suddenly found that the body of the demon was out of control, which horrified him. Did the demon give birth to spiritual wisdom? It was a disaster for him!

"Not good!"

The real demon has revived some of the spiritual wisdom, which is tantamount to making him suffer from true evil psychological calamity.

Once they return to the spirit world, they must also survive the calamity. He can no longer leave unharmed.

As the demon's intelligence slowly recovered, Yuan's family suddenly found that the panic was completely unnecessary, because although the demon had opened its intelligence, it did not produce consciousness. It was just a false alarm!

"hmm?"

Only this idea has just been raised, Yuan's people found something unusual.

Also don't know if it is accidental, Liang Jie's true spirit fragments had a flash, as if absorbed by the demon, this makes them can't believe it.

Did Liang Jie fall into the devil? This should not be!

"What are you afraid of?"

Just when he was surprised, a voice suddenly came.

This shocked the Yuan family. Isn't this the voice of Liang Jie? He didn't really die, but also attached the true spirit to the demon.

"You're not dead?"

Yuan family's eyes are dignified. He can't target Liang Jie now.

Liang Jie, who is in the body of the demon, is already in an invincible position.

"Dead, but dead is a vain self."

"I have the true word "Xing" and it is not difficult to understand these things."

"The so-called demon is deception. My body is beyond repair and even far less powerful than the real demon. All this is not an illusion, but the demon deceives me with my strongest posture."

Liang Jie's voice came again, explaining the whole story of the matter, Yuan family this just understand what is going on.

In fact, the so-called true demon is Liang Jie himself. The just Liang Jie is really vain. If he fails to understand, then he is really dead.

But at the moment of his death, Liang Jie discovered the secret, which is why he was able to integrate the true spirit into the body of the real demon. It was also after integration that Liang Jie discovered that this is his own body.

"..."

Yuan people cannot express their feelings at this moment in words. He did not expect such a crisis to give Liang Jie a chance at the last minute.

He was indeed going to die, but he understood the mystery, so he was able to retain the true spirit, so there was still a change for him.

"The true demon is me, and I am the true demon!"

As Liang Jie's voice sounded, Yuan's family was shocked again.

His spirit was stronger than Liang Jie, but he was driven out by Liang Jie.

In the end, all he did was to help Liang Jie. This is really ironic. Perhaps this is fate! Liang Jie should not die now!

The magic energy dissipated, revealing the original body, this is Liang Jie's own body.

The green lotus on the back is particularly conspicuous, emitting a faint blue brilliance at this time. It is the power of life Tao, which is repairing the damaged true spirit of Liang Jie.

However, after Liang Jie accepted the fact that the true demon is also the real him, he left a devil seed in his heart. If which devil seed takes root, Liang Jie will most likely fall into the devil path.

"Whether it is good or bad depends on fate. I am still me!"

Liang Jie did not pay special attention to such things as the deep cultivation of devil seeds.

As long as he is still alive and keeps going, what is the difference between devil and fairy? Even if he cultivates the devil, it is just a way of practicing on the Tao to heaven and earth. just follow his heart.

As for the rest, it doesn't matter, because how to cultivate is his own choice, and others can't help him choose, let alone change anything.

Liang Jie, a student of the Department of Archaeology at Nine Regions University, accidentally got a magic artifact, and used its ability to communicate with all the magical instruments in the world, and started Taobao store, vowing to let the cultivation people of the world buy everything they want to buy. Elixir, magic instruments, and everything...

The case had reached its final stage.
They would send the relevant dossiers to the Procuratorate.
When they sorted out everything, they realized that there were as many as 16 files about the entire 121 case…
It took the detectives about a week to sort and organize the evidence accordingly before handing them over officially.
During this period, Bai Muchuan tried to communicate with Meng Chi frequently.
However, he still kept his mouth shut about the case…
Meng Chi's mom also tried to contact many people in Xi City, trying ways and means to meet Meng Chi—
However, even Meng Chi himself was unwilling to meet her.
…
Xiang Wan's level of curiosity regarding Meng Chi's psychological state reached its peak.
She even discussed her questions with Zhan Se.
Coincidentally, this complicated person also piqued Zhan Se's curiosity.
At present, there was sufficient evidence to close the 121 case.
Meng Chi's crime was very clear cut.
Nevertheless, Meng Chi's feelings towards Xie Wanwan obviously contradicted their pieces of evidence.
However, since they had proven that Meng Chi had consulted a psychiatrist before regarding his split personality, then this would nullify the contradictions.
One personality of his treated Xie Wanwan well, but the other personality wished he could kill her. It might have sounded ridiculous, but it was not impossible.
However, the law did not have a clear treatment about a person suffering from split personality or multiple personalities. This meant that it did not acknowledge the existence of such a condition affecting a crime someone had committed. Hence, besides it being something they could take into consideration, it was only of minor importance to the case.
In Zhan Se's perspective, she felt that Meng Chi displayed obvious traits of a split personality.
"Based on my many years of research, these people have one thing in common…"
"What is that?" Xiang Wan was eager to know.
Zhan Se replied, "He believed that there is one more soul living inside his body."
"Why is that so?" Xiang Wan looked startled for a second.
"Split personality is actually a psychological disorder. Only when the patient himself believed the existence of this person would this person be 'born' within him. If you think about it, all of us actually have different personalities, not only double, but even more…"
"Mm, it's just like how you would sometimes talk to yourself inside your head. There are even times when one voice would express totally different views from the other. All these could be different personalities, right?"
"Correct!" Zhan Se affirmed her simple explanation.
"But usually," she continued, "people's cognition of different personalities is unlike those who are suffering from multiple or split personalities. They would not be as extreme or as radical, and keep dwelling over things… When one has a healthy psychological state, it would not be easy to give rise to another independent personality. Hence, when a split personality occurs, it is usually closely related to traumatic events…"
"I know! It's called post-traumatic stress disorder, and then with this—one would turn evil!"
"Hah!" Zhan Se felt amused when Xiang Wan used the word 'evil'. "You're right; the word you used is very accurate! I've been researching for the past few days about Meng Chi's behavior. It should have started from the death of his sister since his dad refused to donate his bone marrow to his own daughter, and caused his mom to become mentally unstable. His dad then divorced his mom and remarried. Not only that, but the mistress his dad remarried also had a son… This series of blows should have triggered that."
These things could already drive a normal person crazy.
At that time, Meng Chi had to dress up like his twin sister to make his mom happy. What exactly was he feeling when he went through all these?
Did he not feel hatred?
That was impossible.
He must have felt hatred. He must have felt a need for revenge.
Xiang Wan's thoughts were the same as Zhan Se.
However, she wanted to flatter her Senior without her noticing.
"Senior Zhan, you're really capable! After what you've just said, I'm now enlightened!"
That really worked on Zhan Se. "Criminal psychology is a profound and complex subject. Take your time! You've just started, so there's no hurry!"
Xiang Wan nodded as she replied, "I will! I still need Senior to guide me along!"
"Hah! You sure know how to talk!"
That appropriate compliment gave Zhan Se a happy mood. Her fondness for Xiang Wan also came from her heart.
"Let's progress together. If you have any ideas or doubts, bring it up! We can discuss them together!"
"I will! Thank you, Senior!"
…
Before formally handing over the case to the Prosecution; Xiang Wan followed Bai Muchuan to the detention center.
They were now detaining Meng Chi there.
He would be in there for a long time before the court passed any judgment.
Bai Muchuan did not go there empty-handed.
He had brought along a set of books.
It was "The Grey List"—a physical set of books.
Xie Wanwan was the one who bought the books and asked Bai Muchuan to give them to Meng Chi.
When they opened the package for inspection, Xiang Wan actually felt a little surprised to see that.
According to Xie Wanwan, it was Meng Chi's favorite novel; it was something he was obsessed with.
Back then, he was also the one who wanted to film "The Grey List" into a drama series.
Xie Wanwan hoped that Meng Chi's favorite book, "The Grey List," would accompany him during his incoming period of hardship—
This was what Xie Wanwan said to them: "We are brother and sister after all; I'm only doing my part!"
"Do you also feel that it was him who did that to you?" Xiang Wan asked her.
"Yes," said Xie Wanwan, "besides him, I really can't think of anyone else!"
She sounded so certain.
Xiang Wan looked at her apathetic expression.
Then she thought of the hefty amount of assets Meng Chi had given her.
She kept her mouth shut after puffing a sigh.
…
Xie Wanwan and the rest of them did not seem to know that the author of both "The Grey List" and "The White List" was actually Bai Muchuan.
Xiang Wan felt sweet and warm inside when she knew this little secret of Bai Muchuan.
This was proof that Bai Muchuan trusted her.
Absolute trust.
She treasured this trust.
Hence, she would definitely not feel jealous over a trivial thing such as Bai Muchuan helping Xie Wanwan bringing books to Meng Chi…
However, Bai Muchuan was being very careful since he stole several glances at Xiang Wan, checking out her expression. He also used his "identity" as Second Young Master Mu to give a mild explanation. 
"Treat it as a special benefit for a wealthy fan!"
"… Eh? Wealthy fan?" Xiang Wan frowned at him. "Are you expecting him to send you gifts or something?"
"He gave me a lot of gifts!" Bai Muchuan remarked.
"Ah!" Xiang Wan was astonished. "Really?"
"If I lie, can I write a chapter lesser?"
"… Nope." Xiang Wan rolled her eyes at him.
Bai Muchuan ruffled her head; a smile appeared on his face. "Go look at the ID of my number one fan. That's him."
"…"
Wow!
How much money was that?
Xiang Wan had actually seen this ID before.
She had a hard time counting the number of digits she was seeing…
She had never thought that Meng Chi was his number one fan.
Not to mention that Bai Muchuan seemed so calm about it—
"So that is your real fan! What a pity!"
"Pity? What's there to feel pity about?"
"Well, once he entered prison and got the death sentence, you'll lose him forever…"
"!" Bai Muchuan rolled his eyes and stared at her before ruffling her head once again. "So I should keep him till Lunar New Year?!"
"… Hur, better not!"
This unexpected discovery made Xiang Wan see Meng Chi a little differently when she saw him.
She couldn't just look at him as a criminal suspect anymore.
Besides that fact that he was a murderer, he was also Second Young Master Mu's number one fan.
He was also… someone with an illness.
Meng Chi sat quietly on a chair with handcuffs on him. His hair was now shorter; his lips were dry and cracked. There wasn't much color on his face, and he had lost so much weight that he was almost out of shape. If not for his distinguished facial features, his current appearance and aura was a huge contrast between the Meng Chi who was donning his prison garb and the CEO Meng who was always in his suit and tie. They were totally like two different people.
Xiang Wan was very curious about which personality he was currently.
She sat beside Bai Muchuan, but her gaze was focused on him quietly.
Meng Chi did not look at her, but at the books Bai Muchuan had placed aside.
"Thank you!"
"Your sister asked me to pass them to you!"
Xiang Wan noticed that Bai Muchuan used the word "sister" instead.
She also noticed a slight change in Meng Chi's eyes when he heard that word.
That cold glint disappeared in just a second.
"Do you also like 'The Grey List'?" Bai Muchuan asked.
The fact that Bai Muchuan did not mention the case surprised Meng Chi.
He chuckled after giving Bai Muchuan a casual look. "Yes, so can you sign this book for me?"
This sudden and unexpected sentence took Xiang Wan unawares.
What was going on?
What was he up to?
Meng Chi actually knew about the fact that Bai Muchuan's the author of the books?
Bai Muchuan raised an eyebrow. He did not show any sign of having the same look of surprise that Xiang Wan had on her face.
"How did you know?"
"I just guessed it!" Meng Chi's expression was nonchalant.
"Just guessed?" A corner of Bai Muchuan's lips quirked upwards. He propped his forehead and tapped on the surface of the stack of books. Next, he took the book on top and flipped through the pages while showing an indolent smile. "Your ability to guess seems just as good as your ability to investigate!"
His tone sounded peaceful as if he was chatting with an old friend.
Meng Chi's nose moved. "Nope, it's actually the opposite. In fact, I couldn't get hold of the identity of Second Young Master Mu. It has puzzled me all this time as to who exactly he is. Hur, Captain Bai is indeed a very careful person! However, the moment I saw you holding the book, I suddenly feel enlightened! Only you, Captain Bai, is worthy of the pen name Second Young Master Mu!"
So they fell into his trap instead?
Impressive!
Bai Muchuan's gaze sharpened suddenly. "Why did you try to investigate the identity of Second Young Master Mu?"
Meng Chi looked into his eyes slowly and said each word clearly.
"I like it! Really like it! I like it so much, I feel like I'm going insane!"
"…"
His tone started to sound serious, and his mood soon reflected on his face.
Especially, the last few words; he said them as if he was growling!
Xiang Wan felt goosebumps all over her skin when she heard that!
Bai Muchuan raised an eyebrow after a momentary pause. "So should I feel honored?"
Meng Chi let out a chuckle as he calmed down.
"That's up to you. If you're here today just to give me the books, I'm really glad, and I feel honored. If you're here to ask about the case, then sorry! I'm just going to give you the same old stuff; I have nothing to say!"
"You've got character!" Bai Muchuan smiled. "I'm here to give you the books. As for you… if you have anything to say, you can tell it to the judge in the future!"
When he said so, he took out a sign pen from his bag and wrote a few words on the title page of the first volume of "The Grey List".
"The darkness outside locked up the light within. You can't see the light as I can't see through you. The reason being is that you are behind the door while I'm outside of it—Second Young Master Mu."
…


Aspiring author Xiang Wan was deemed hopeless by her family and better off married when her fourth novel still did not do well. 
Just as she started to doubt herself and wonder if she should continue to pursue her dream as an author, things take an unexpected turn when a dazzling guy appears before her and she was taken away by the police as a prime suspect of a murder case.
A murder had taken place and the details were eerily similar to her mystery novel. 
From then on, her life turned topsy-turvy.
...........
Translator Review:
This is a novel encompassed with mystery, ethics, family ties, and romance. Of course, the highlights of this book are the murder cases. 
Although it’s a modern setup where none of the characters have a system or any other cheats, the Author managed to delight me with her writing, creative plots and a good pace without dragging her story. 
I marvel at the way the Author links up the clues and plot to explain the individual cases as well as paving the way to unravel the huge conspiracy behind the individual murders. Romantic plots are light-hearted so readers could take a breather from the plots of gruesome murders.
Frequency of release:  1 chapter/daily

A few more days had passes since then and me and my mystery guy are talking on the phone every night. We talk mostly about books and movies. I'm a movie lover and he obviously loves books.
So here I am , on a Saturday afternoon, in a library looking for a book about unsolved misteries and crimes, something like Sherlock Holmes but mixed with fantasy. 
When I told him what movie genres I love he suggested me a few books in the same genres. Of course , me being me, I refused to believe him that it's more fun reading. I actually replied to him "I prefer to spend 2 hours to watch a movie then an entire day to read a novel. I'm wasting too much time I don't have." I sad  to which he chuckled softly and than started to tell me about the plot and characters. I quickly interrupted him saying " What are you doing? No spoilers!!!!  You're killing all the excitement and fun like that!" I yelled in the phone annoyed at him.
"I taught you said you weren't interested." He said clearly amused.
"I'm not!" I replied shortly and then changed the subject because I knew I was gonna lose to him ...again.
After a short search in the Mystery/ Crime section of the library I found the book he told me about. Apparently it's a series consisting of 3 volumes , almost 600 pages each. My eyes wide and full of curiosity , I was debating if I should buy just one or all 3 of them. 
After a few minutes I acted on impulse and bought the whole series. 
I went to the cashier and paid for the books, put them in a bag and went home.
'Here goes my new pair of shoes.' I. cried silent tears on the way back doubting myself if I made a good or bad choice.
'Books over shoes. Shoes over books.....arghhh whatever. If I don't like them i'm gonna ask for a refund from that jerk!' 
I arrived home, put on my slippers, I made myself a cup of tea and sat on my sofa with one of the books in my right hand.  I started reading it and before I knew it I was hooked on it so bad that I didn't even realise that it was already late at night. My tea on the coffee table was barely touched and now cold. 
My stomach started to scream at me for not feeding myself for half a day so I got up went straight to the kitchen and made a sandwich with ham, cheese, a few slices of tomato and a little bit of mayonnaise. I sat on the stool at the dining table and started eating the sandwich. All throughout eating I was thinking abot the mystery novel and couldn't wait to go back and read some more.  By the time I was ready with the first volume it was already 3 am in the morning so I put it aside , and yawned all the way to the bedroom. 
The next day I did the same...nothing but reading late into the night hooked on the second and third volume, only stoping to eat twice when my stomach started swearing at me for not feeding myself properly.
Monday morning I woke up as usual at 7:30  barely able to open my eyes. I rushed into the bathroom to prepare myself for work but when I looked into the mirror I scared myself. Guess what? Yupp...panda eyes!  a little red and swollen like I haven't slept in ages.
Arghhh... I was so ready to put the blame on that jerk for my panda eyes. I wanted tot text him 'some' words but I stopped myself before touching the phone. 
'Don't be a crazy bitch.' I told myself. So I started preparing for work, got out of the apartment with my bag in my hand and a slice of toast bread in my mouth and headed to work..as usual.
Upon arrival I said 'hi' and waved at some colleagues. I got some odd and curious glances from them but I ignored it and went straight to my desk and prepared for work. 
3 minutes before 8. Hah...a new record. I smiled to myself happily.
As usual, Ryan places a cup of coffee in front of my face. 
'Ahh....sweet heaven.' I think to myself at the smell of coffe. I lift my head and prepare myself to give him my best smile as gratitude for bringing me coffee.
"Woooaa...." He exclaims, eyes open wide and takes two steps back.
" What happened to you?" He asks me staring straight into my eyes and examining them more than it's normal.
"Ahaha..." I give him a small smile and try to hide my eyes , suddenly feeling conscious of how I look.
'I knew I should've put on some make up before I left home.' I sigh to myself.
"That bad?" I ask instead of answering him.
"Uhm..." Ryan scratches the back of his head trying to find the right words. "Not that bad?" he answers more like a question.
'Look at him all flustered...pfftt.'
" Rough monday morning. You know i'm not fond of mondays."  I give him a slick smile not wanting to debate on it anymore.
Ryan quickly catches on and stopes asking questions.
"Okay... have a nice day." Waves and says 'bye' going back to his department.
By the time is lunch time i'm so tired that I barely keep my eyes open. I  go to the bathroom, splash some water on my face and stare in the mirror for a few second. I grab my phone and take a picture of my eyes, crop it so only my panda eyes are visible and sent it to my Mystery Guy along with a text : "this is all your fault." and put an angry emoji at the end.
Got no response so after having a big lunch I continue working like a zombie for the rest of the day until it's time to go home.
I'm barely trough the door when my phone starts ringing.
Ring ring ring.....

What happens when a wrong phone call leads you to meet your forever after?

Meet the story of Krista a young office worker and Andrew a young handsome man with a passion for books that changes her boring life into one full of love and excitement.

Morning came sooner then later, I went about my routine after offering proper prayers to God, I'm no fan of churches but I believe God exists and he's the supreme being, I thankfully woke up early so I was able to eat a proper home cooked meal.

 The rest of the day went really well too, I had no problems as Mark, Tess and Matt was all absent, it was unsettling however but even the populars barely noticed and there wasn't really anything I could do so I held my peace.

 Three exact days after my banter with Mark, they –Mark, Tess and Matt still were all not present, I didn't know why but I couldn't shake the unpleasant feeling that something was wrong somewhere, so even if it was a herculean task, I asked the populars for their whereabouts, I mean Mark's and Tess', then I found out it was Mark's birthday week so the lovers were on a week's vacation to the popular city of love – Paris. Even at that, I still wasn't satisfied and that didn't actually explain the mysterious disappearance of Matt, as far as I could remember the Bookworm had a perfect attendance.

 Tuesday was when my worry was confirmed to be valid, all three of them were declared missing by the school management, Mark and Tess' parents only noticed they were gone yesterday and it turns out Matt is an orphan and the orphanage was obviously careless about his whereabouts until a family showed interest in his adoption, no one had a clue of where they could be, not even the populars. 

 The school's CCTV footage for the entire week was mysteriously wiped clean and the security guard on duty all week said they hadn't left the school compound, everyone was dumbstruck, even the teachers couldn't take a guess of what might have happened and the unusual part was that it disturbed me even more than I was willing to admit, why it was so was what I couldn't fathom.

Sure enough, the next day Eastwood high was more of a desert than a school, very few teachers and almost a nonexistent population of students were present, I could tell it was because of fear, no one knew what gobbled up two popular students and the Bookworm, they had probably all come to a conclusion that their disappearance had something to do with coming to Eastwood so they all stayed in the security of their respective homes.

 Cops were everywhere around and in the school building, they were trying their possible best to piece the puzzle together but there were very many unfounded pieces, pieces I might be able to help with, for example, only I knew Matt went to the library during lunch hour, only I knew Tess was also in the library at that time,it was only me that could tell that Mark probably went in after I told him off several days ago, I wanted to tell the cops that I might have figured out the link behind their disappearance, that maybe something or someone in the library was connected to their disappearance, but I wanted to get my facts proven first so I decided to go to the library – alone.

 The library's quietness was creepy, everything was just as it used to be, neat rows and rows of books stacked properly in the wooden shelves, reading desks were just as orderly as it used to, even the librarian's nude nail polish that had been there since I could remember hadn't moved an inch, I wandered all through the large empty space but not a thing was out of place except from the new stack of books at the rear end of the room.

 Those books however were kind of disorganized and out of place, I carefully looked around it for anything that could be a clue, 

Nothing.

I sighed in resignation and made to leave the room when I noticed a bright book cover strangely hanging out of the remaining books on the top shelve by my right, out of curiosity, I picked the book and checked the cover for the title,

The mystery.

It had the picture of a glowing golden mansion drawn very beautifully over the cover, however the author's name wasn't indicated. I turned the book over instinctively to check what the story is about and surprisingly, very few words were written as the synopsis.

….four highschool students join forces to unravel the mystery….

It was strange, no author, no publisher, nothing. I opened the first page of the book, THE MYSTERY was boldly written on it, the next page had the table of contents, it only had fifteen chapters outlined on it;

1. Shawn Theodore Bradford.

2. Theresa Aurora Maxwell.

3. Matthew Matthew Matthew.

4. Mark Octavos Stoner.

5. Joanna Yvonne Cooper.

My heart skipped a beat when I read my own name on the fifth chapter, maybe it was just a coincidence? I went on to read the rest of the chapter content, the book can't actually be based on lives of random people right?

6. Find and fit in the key to the golden mansion.

7. Fit in the missing pages to their appropriate books.

8. Obtain the treasure box.

9. Change the course of history.

10. Tame the lions.

11. Get the yacht to the shore.

12. Race to the crown.

13. Secret task; protect your teammates.

14. Walk through the house of horror without screaming in horror.

15. Unravel the mystery.

Of all novels I've ever read, both electronic and paperback, this novel is sure the most unusual. I mean, who publishes a book without her name being indicated, no dedication, ten worded synopsis, unusual and unrelated chapter names? It was really strange but I couldn't put the book down, so I ignored all the warning alarms blaring in my head, went over to a study desk and opened the next page of the mysterious book –The mystery.

 

All is not what it seems," I whispered with my fingers crossed and everything changed, literally everything....

Have you ever wondered if there is a world of imaginations and imaginary friends and characters?, well here's a spoiler; there is and it's up to Joanna Coopers to get sucked into it so she can rescue her friends/enemies and by rescue, it means living through and maybe changing details of a number of novels to unravel a very unusual mystery.
But that might seem farfetched as Joanna is a timid,shy,highschool loner that barely talks and does nothing but read books, is that going to be a blessing or a curse?, would she be able to handle the seat of leadership being dumped on her by fate?, would her long time crush finally notice the beauty and strength she has under the nerdy facade?
Find out in this adventurous story of abnormalities where nothing is what it seems.
Notice: A few books highlighted in this work has nothing to do with me, they're solely works of authors I love and adore, a link to their work(s) would be indicated in the author's note. However, the general concept is my intellectual property and I wouldn't tolerate plagiarism, if you notice anyone copying my story without reference to it, kindly DM me.
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Hi, dear readers!
*Waves cutely at you* (￣▽￣)/
I got a few responses and tips from some of you, so I decided to write a small introduction to this novel.
This novel is full of baits.
I warned you. *Smiles devily.*
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                ARC ONE
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I put a mysterious tag for ARC 1, because it has a mysterious feeling to it.
We know nothing about our protagonist and her boyfriend.
She seems to be laughing a lot, but is the laughter genuine or is she trying to cope up with her stress?
It's a very short, face-paced ARC.
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I put a psychological tag for ARC 2.
















An arc that would possibly make you drop the story. (I noticed from the rapid plunge in views and votes, which conveys that this book is not for everybody.) •́  ‿ ,•́












To understand the character's actions and decisions, we have to dive deep into their past. It's about our protagonist's previous life. How she met her boyfriend, and how she died. ARC TWO is like a separate story. There's no transmigration, no reincarnation and mainly, no second chances.
Don't get discouraged by the length of ARC TWO and give this novel a chance.
It'll be toxic, and if you feel it's too much, stop reading. NOBODY should force you to do anything!
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        Character Introduction
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💙 Bing Shi - Main character. (MC)
冰 ( bing / bīng ) - Ice
诗 - ( shī ) - poetry, poem, verse
Spiritual animal: Snake. They are symbols of rebirth, transformation, immortality, and healing.
Personality color:  Blue. (I found the description of the color on the internet.) The color of trust. Blue the shade of the sea and the sky is thought to induce calm and convey serenity and peace. It instils confidence and inspires feelings of loyalty, integrity and responsibility. Cool blue is conservative and can also be perceived as aloof. Emotion: Trust, Responsibility, Honesty, Loyalty, Inner security, Harmony. Used to: reduce stress, create calmness, relax, secure, create order. (I found the description of the color on the internet.)
Her style: High class and sophisticated. But in the comfort of her home, she likes to wear animal pajamas.
🖤 Mr. Jelly - Bing Shi's boyfriend.
Real name: 玄慕
玄- black , mysterious
慕 - to admire
Spiritual animal: Shark. It stands for fierceness, authority, determination, remorselessness, efficiency, perception, mystery, preparedness, superiority, competitiveness, innovation, grace, and style. Its ability to continually move symbolizes adaptability, activity, fluidity, and control over emotions.
Personality color: Black. (I found the description of the color on the internet.) The color of mystery. Black is actually the lack of color. It covers, hides, and implies that there is a barrier. A strong and powerful color, black is formal and sophisticated, sexy, and secretive. It connotes fear and evil and conveys pessimism and a lack of hope. Emotion: Power, Control, Authority, Discipline, Elegance. Used to: Hide feelings, Intimidate, Radiate Authority, Create Fear, Associate with mystery. (I found the description of the color on the internet.)
His style: Black pants and black shirts. Simple as that. Different from his girlfriend, he doesn't want to waste his great mind thinking about what to wear the next day.
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❰Aren't you a fan of such novels?❱

Bing Shi: "I'm a big fan of transmigration novels, but if I could have a choice, I would never participate in them."

❰Why? You might find your soulmate.❱

Bing Shi: "No, thank you. I'm more than satisfied with my current boyfriend."

Unfortunately, a tragedy occured, separating a young couple from each other. In order to reunite, Bing Shi would need to travel through different worlds and successfully finish all the main missions given out by the System Headquarters.

 
❱ Author's note:

- 1v1 (No harem)
- bxg, mxf (boyxgirl, malexfemale)
- High EQ MC

*WARNING* Mature content only in some chapters. 
*Pictures used in this novel belong to their rightful owners.

Illustrator: WLOP 
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