"Alright, I understand."
In a high-end hotel in the city center, a professional-looking woman in a fitted business suit held her phone and spoke earnestly. "Don’t worry, sir. Whether the medicine works or not, we won’t hold you accountable. We can also draft a contract if needed."
"And the price of 300,000 is acceptable. I agree to this reasonable offer."
"Good. I’ve already sent a courier to deliver it to your address. Make sure to check for it," Luo's father replied over the phone.
Qiao Xin acknowledged with a sound of agreement.
Just then, there was a knock at the door. Qiao Xin quickly opened it to find a delivery robot standing outside.
"You have a food delivery," the robot announced—since regular delivery personnel weren’t allowed upstairs, all orders were handled by robots.
"Is this it?" Qiao Xin entered the retrieval code, and within seconds, she pulled out a small paper box from the robot’s compartment. Inside was a tiny pill, unremarkable in appearance.
Dark and grimy.
Almost like a ball of dirt.
She sniffed it, and an indescribable stench immediately made her frown.
Was this really the right thing?
Why did it smell so revolting? In her twenties, Qiao Xin couldn’t recall ever encountering anything this foul.
She took a photo with her phone and sent it to Luo's father for confirmation. Once he verified it was indeed the pill he’d sent, she placed it back in the box.
Qiao Xin had already done her research on Luo's family—a remarried household, ordinary with nothing particularly unusual. The couple had a daughter in college, and Luo's mother’s health had indeed taken a sudden turn for the better.
Her decision to reach out to them had been entirely coincidental, with no signs of premeditation.
And for some inexplicable reason, she found herself believing in the efficacy of this so-called "family heirloom remedy." Perhaps when people were at their most desperate, they clung to even the faintest glimmer of hope.
Whether it was prayers to gods or God Himself, the underlying sentiment was always the same: "What if? Maybe?"
Clutching the box, Qiao Xin hurried to the hospital.
Grandpa Qiao was still awake, staring blankly at the ceiling as if lost in thought, the steady hum of the ventilator filling the room.
When he noticed Qiao Xin, his weary face softened into a faint smile. "Xin… what’s the matter?"
She sat beside his bed, first adjusting his blanket before asking gently, "Grandpa, are you feeling any better?"
"Heh… cough… a little." Grandpa Qiao chuckled weakly.
Just seeing his granddaughter seemed to lift his spirits. Yet, even so, he didn’t want her wasting her energy on an old man like him. Despite his years of dominance in the business world, time had caught up with him.
Looking back now, he realized that good health was the greatest wealth of all.
But this illness had also revealed many truths. Without him holding things together, his sons’ incompetence had become painfully clear.
For all their talk of filial piety, not one of them had even bothered to visit the hospital.
"Grandpa, I got hold of a family heirloom pill. A woman with the same condition as yours showed significant improvement after taking it…" Qiao Xin explained.
Grandpa Qiao seemed to understand her intentions. He reached out and patted her hand lightly.
"It’s alright… No one would blame you for trying, Xin’er."
"If only I were ten years younger, I could’ve cleared the path for you."
He sighed deeply, then noticed the pill in Qiao Xin’s hand. "Is this it? Let me take it."
Qiao Xin shook her head. "Grandpa, we should test it first."
Since its ingredients were unknown, she wanted to have it analyzed to avoid any risks.
"It’s fine… Even if it’s poison, it doesn’t matter. This old man doesn’t have much time left anyway," Grandpa Qiao said calmly.
His body was already failing—things couldn’t get much worse.
He planned to swallow the pill and then reassure Qiao Xin that it had worked, just to give her some peace of mind.
Qiao Xin understood his reasoning. Waiting for test results could take too long, and there was no telling how many days her grandfather had left.
"Then… let me get you some water." Knowing she couldn’t change his mind, she poured him a glass.
"Heh, alright."
The mechanical hospital bed adjusted, raising him into a semi-reclined position. After swallowing the pill, Grandpa Qiao was nearly overwhelmed by its foul taste. But as a man who’d weathered countless storms, he took another sip of water to wash it down.
Just as he was about to speak, his throat tightened.
His ashen face suddenly flushed red.
"Grandpa, are you choking?!" Qiao Xin panicked, ready to call for a nurse.
But before she could move, Grandpa Qiao grabbed her wrist and shook his head. "No."
He took a deep breath, and his once-cloudy eyes seemed to brighten.
"Why… do I feel better already?"
He could sense strength returning to his weakened body—an almost unbelievable change.
Qiao Xin was stunned. Better already?
Could the medicine work that fast?
She wanted to say that drugs didn’t take effect so quickly, but the color returning to her grandfather’s face made her hold her tongue.
What was happening?
Was it just a placebo effect?
But the healthy flush on his face seemed too real to dismiss.
"Sigh… Truly remarkable. Far more effective than any hospital medication," Grandpa Qiao exhaled slowly.
Then he coughed again.
"Grandpa…"
"It’s nothing." He waved her off. "Do you have more of this medicine?"
For some reason, it had reignited his hope.
If there was a choice, who would willingly resign themselves to suffering?
He’d built an empire, and now, with the company in turmoil, he wouldn’t be lying helplessly in a hospital bed if not for his failing health.
"Yes—yes! The seller is willing to provide more," Qiao Xin replied, her voice trembling with excitement now that the pill’s effects were confirmed.
with Taming My Adopted Niece) (Multiple Heroines + Power Fantasy) Before transmigrating, Wang Jianqiang suffered greatly from novels with no female leads. Holding firm to the belief that "women only slow down my blade," he stubbornly maintained his virginity even after decades in the Sect of Dual Cultivation. In his twilight years, with his cultivation stagnant at the third level of Qi Refining, he finally succumbed and "rewarded" himself once—triggering the awakening of the Godly Cultivation System. From then on, he realized women might actually be his lucky stars on the path to immortality. Deciding to indulge freely and savor life, he found his ungrateful adopted niece knocking at his door...
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
ts me of treason?" "Correct. The host must return to the capital and gradually build up influence." "Wait—I have half a million soldiers, and you want me to go back to the capital to 'build influence'?" "Host, you are currently the Northern Garrison General, loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty." "Of course I am loyal to Great Xia! Absolutely loyal!" "But you keep referring to yourself as 'We'..." "Never mind the details! Summon all the regional commanders and military officers! We suspect treacherous officials are manipulating the court! They shall march with Us to the capital and purge the corrupt!" "......"
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
