Prologue - The Beginning They said she was weak. They said she was unwanted, unloved, unworthy. But when Ji Yunxi opened her eyes in a body that wasn't her own, she learned the truth- she was bound to a System. A cruel, merciless voice whispered in her mind: > [Complete your missions. Cross the worlds. Face slap the fakes.] Every task seemed small. Protect a sibling. Pass an exam. Survive a night. But with every world, the enemies grew sharper, the betrayals deeper, the battles deadlier. Ji Yunxi, once a broken soul, became a storm cloaked in silk. A woman who smiled coldly as her rivals choked on their own schemes. And yet- through every world, through every face slap, through every twist of fate- he was always there. The tyrant in the high school hallway. The CEO in the glass tower. The general on the battlefield. The immortal above the clouds. Everywhere she went, he found her. Always stronger. Always watching. Always hers. She only wanted to finish her missions. But he only wanted one thing- Her. And in the end, when the final world comes, when her true mission is revealed... she will have to decide: Will she walk away, or will she finally admit that across a thousand worlds, his obsession became her fate?

In a world where high-IQ criminals run wild, even monsters learn to hide behind human smiles. Schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, ritualistic murders - every case Mu Mian touches peels back a deeper layer of human madness. The cat fetus case. The couple killers. The Angel of Death. Violence lurks beneath every delusion, waiting for its chance to claw into reality. And at the center of this chaos stands Mu Mian, a socially odd, frighteningly brilliant forensic pathologist. Her first meeting with Police Captain Fang Rui goes like this: "Hello," Mu Mian says with perfect sincerity. "Would you be willing to... donate your body to me?" From then on, nothing in his life is ever normal again. Later, during a case, Fang Rui asked with a straight face: "If I fell into the water with the victim's corpse, who would you save first?" Mu Mian answers without hesitation: "You." Touched, he looks at her, until she finishes, perfectly serious: "Because corpses float on their own." Between serial murders, psychological profiling, and crime scenes that could haunt nightmares, the pair somehow become the most chaotic investigative duo the city has ever seen, a stoic captain and the adorable little gremlin determined to dissect everything in sight... including him. ---- Content Note: This story includes crime investigations, forensic science elements, and suspenseful scenes typical of mystery-thriller genres. Reader discretion advised, if you're sensitive to crime-related themes, feel free to skip scenes as needed. Otherwise, enjoy the mystery, banter, and brain-twisting cases!

Book 2

THE EMPEROR FIGHTS THE HAREM FOR ME Gu Lingyun suddenly transmigrated into a vicious female supporting character in a harem battle novel. She appeared to be a favored concubine, but in reality, she was only cannon fodder. Gu Lingyun, who had read eight hundred harem battle novels in her previous life, was eager to try the harem fight and was preparing to show off her talents. However, she found that the plot seemed a little different. Being falsely accused of pushing another concubine into the water. Gu Lingyun hadn't made any move, and the concubine who fell into the water was thrown into the cold palace. It was rumored that she had an affair with an imperial physician. While she was still thinking of countermeasures, the imperial physician was thrown into prison. Gu Lingyun: ... Xiao Yuheng had acquired a miraculous power since he was a child and could hear other people's minds. He grew up as a perfunctory and hypocritical person; thus, he thought that his acting ability was already top-notch compared to other people. It was not until he met Gu Lingyun, who was a better actor than him. Gu Lingyun had tears in her eyes and looked very pitiful, but she couldn't suppress the excitement in her heart, "They actually framed me for drugging the dog emperor. Is the harem battle about to begin? Come on, I'm ready!" Unexpectedly, Xiao Yuheng smiled slightly and whispered softly, "Ignoring my beloved concubine is really a crime worthy of death." The 101st time Gu Lingyun prepared for the harem battle... failed again.

She was never meant to survive the story. Qi Yue was just a forgotten name in a tragic novel-a fake daughter, cannon fodder, a girl who died early in a zombie apocalypse no one remembered. But when Lin Yue, a terminally ill girl from the real world, awakens in Qi Yue's body one year before the world falls, she refuses to meet the same end. Armed with foreknowledge of the plot and a mysterious space-type system called AURA, she breaks away from her twisted adoptive family, escapes the shadows of her past, and begins rewriting her fate-brick by brick, bullet by bullet. In a world collapsing under viral mutation and human greed, Qi Yue rises from pawn to player. With cold intelligence and burning compassion, she builds safe zones, tames the wasteland, trains warriors, and uncovers the devastating truth behind the virus-and her own existence. Alongside loyal allies like the reserved but unwavering Shen Jin, she fights back against corrupted power, monstrous mutations, and the very authors of the apocalypse. But survival is never enough. As war ignites and enemies close in, AURA evolves into something more than a system-it becomes family. When the final choice comes, it's not about who wins, but what you're willing to sacrifice for the world you want to protect. From forgotten cannon fodder to commander of humanity's last hope-this is the story of a girl who was never supposed to matter, and how she rewrote the end.

When the news of her marriage to the elegant and noble young master of the Pei family came out, everyone said they were a perfect match. But a perfect match is one thing, a marriage without love is like a pile of loose sand, sooner or later existing in name only. Just like at the wedding, Shan Yin almost mispronounced Pei Yunhe's name, and the guests whispered among themselves, saying they were just a couple in name only. Looking at Shan Yin, who feigned composure and poise, Pei Yunhe raised an eyebrow and made a note of it. - A month into their marriage, Shan Yin fell ill, and the Pei family went to great lengths to bring in renowned physicians from prestigious families. The old Chinese medicine doctor took her pulse, glancing only at the refined and elegant Pei Yunhe beside him. "Young man, you must learn restraint." "I'm not young anymore; being too reserved won't work," the refined man replied. "Ahem!" Shan Yin blushed, both their voices hoarse from being forced to call his name repeatedly the previous night. From then on, the rumors were dispelled, and Shan Yin and Pei Yunhe became the model couple of Nan Qiao.

Continuation of Book 1

When Xu Xiangsi opened her eyes, she was no longer the pampered heiress of the modern world - she had transmigrated into a 1960s novel as the cannon-fodder daughter of a fallen capitalist family. The Xu family is in crisis, her so-called relatives are scheming to seize her fortune, and her fiancé plans to flee overseas with her step-sister - after getting rid of her first. Unfortunately for them, this new Xu Xiangsi isn't the naïve socialite they remember. With a mysterious storage space at her disposal and a sharp tongue to match, she takes her wealth, her wits, and escapes to a remote island for a brand-new start. ---- Enter Long Peiye - a cold, disciplined officer whose reputation on the island is as unshakable as the sea cliffs he defends. Nobody expected that the aloof Captain Long would end up utterly smitten with the mischievous young lady who turns his orderly world upside down. Soon, rumors swirl through the compound: The fierce Captain has become a doting, wife-spoiling husband! And when jealousy strikes, even the sternest soldier falters. In the soft glow of lamplight, he traps her against the wall, his voice low and rough: "Wife... don't you love me anymore?" ---- A story of rebirth, love, and self-reliance - where a spoiled heiress learns to thrive, and a cold officer learns to melt.

She was just a tired grade school teacher in the modern world- unappreciated, overworked, and denied her promotion year after year. Her only escape was her favorite otome game... until a tragic accident with a banana peel ended her life. When she opened her eyes again, she wasn't in her small apartment anymore. She was in a luxurious mansion. In a child's body. The villainess of her favorite game. Born as the real daughter of a Marquis, she knew how her story was supposed to end: starvation, betrayal, poison, and death. Her stepmother and stepsister would steal everything from her, and her own father would let her die without a tear. But this time, she refuses to play the role of a doomed villainess. Armed with memories from her past life, loyal brothers at her side, and a sharp tongue sharpened by years of teaching, she'll rewrite fate itself. Yet the world of nobility is more dangerous than she imagined- scheming crown princes, false heroines, poisonous stepmothers, and a cold northern Duke whispered to be a beast. But what if the "beast" turns out to be the one man who sees her for who she truly is?

In a world swallowed by chaos and monsters, twenty-year-old Elara Wynn bound with a mysterious system that grants her a supermarket - a safe haven surrounded by a glowing shield where the air is clean, food grows, and danger cannot enter. Determined to bring life back to the wasteland, she rebuilds, farms, and decorates her little shelter, waiting for survivors to find her. As Elara welcomes her customer and resident, her humble supermarket begins to evolve into something more - a refuge, a home, and perhaps the spark of a new beginning in the apocalypse. But beyond the safety of her barrier, the world still burns - and every visitor could change the fate of her fragile paradise.