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Chase Fake Gods

Chasing the light in the darkness

Lin Kecong is a quiet and depressed person. Since the age of 5, his father, Lin Daqiang have lost his business and become a gambler and a drunkard. He become violence and start beating up Kecong. On Kecong 6 years old birthday, Kecong and his mum Li Xuefen was celebrating his birthday. At 10pm, a drunk Daqiang pulled Kecong out of his room and locked him inside the dark store room of their farm. Xuefen kept knocking on the door to ask him to stop beating their son. But Daqiang tied up Kecong and kept using his belt to whip him hardly. After whipping he spray water on him and leave him inside the darkroom with all the rats and cockroaches. The next morning, his mother quickly sent him to the nearest hospital. Xuefen worried of his health, she bring Kecong and leave the farm and leave her hubby. Xuefen went to Shanghai city to work as a bar hostess to bring up Kecong. Kecong did not know what she work as. 13 years old, Kecong successfully got into Shanghai High school. Everyone in the school despair him as his school uniform is also dirty and torn. 13 years old Kecong have been working in MacDonalds after school hours to help his mother to pay the house rental. 14 years old that year, Daqiang found him and beat him up badly. The next day he fainted in the art classroom due to fever cos of his leg and back injuries. His teacher, Chen Ming and his senior, Wang Jia Hao sent him to the hospital. His mother known of his injuries and found out that the injuries were caused by Daqiang, she took a knife and look for him. Kecong rushed over to look for his mother but instead he saw his mother got killed by his father. Daqiang got caught and went into prison for 10 years. Due to the incident, Kecong went into depression and start talking to himself. In the school he cried everyday. Jia Hao and Chen Ming kept looking after him. A month later after hearing his father went to jail, he took a knife in the arts classroom and cut his wrist. Out of sympathy, Jia Hao started looking after him and even brought him to his condominium to stay with him. After six months being together, the both of them fell in love with each other. Jia Hao applied for Shanghai university but his parents insisted that he go to Harvard University to study medicine. Later his mother felt strange and followed him back to the condominium and saw the both of them kissing in the room without clothes on. Out of anger, she informed his father. His father asked his men to abduct Kecong to his warehouse. They tied him and kept beating him. Jia Hao mother, Wang pei pei slapped him and said him disgusting. Kecong did not dare to answer a word. Chen Ming informed Jia Hao that Kecong was abducted by his parents. He went up to his father’s office and begged him to release Kecong. Pei pei said as long as he willing to go to Harvard they will take as this matter never happened before. Left with no choice, he accepted their request and asked them to give Kecong some money to see doctor and give him a place to stay. They agreed and release him. Without leaving a word to Kecong, Jia Hao left Shanghai to Harvard university to study. Kecong nearly lost his right leg and he went into depression again. He accepted Jia hao’s parents money as a loan and rejected their condo to stay. In the hospital he committed suicide twice. After recovery, Chen Ming took him in to stay in his house but he rejected. After finishing his secondary school, Kecong started to work. He work few jobs a day; a courier in the day, by night he went to a gay pub to work as a waiter. He rent a small old attic room to stay. He eat a box of rice or noodles for a week and biscuits for a week. 3 years later, while sending courier service to an advertising company, the manager spot his looks and offered him to act in an advertisement. The advertisement made him famous overnight. By 22, he managed to return back the money to pei pei and pay off his dad loans.
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Faking it Till They Make It

Welcome to the world of Ava and Ethan, two people who, despite their brilliant professional accomplishments, are utterly baffled by the modern complexities of dating. Overwhelmed by the relentless pressure from their well-meaning-yet undeniably meddling-families, they devise a bold, if slightly reckless, solution: a sham relationship. This is not your average rom-com plot; there is so much more to this. Ava is a driven marketing executive who happens to be fiercely independent and in control. Ethan, on the other hand, is a successful entrepreneur who prides himself on being sharp-witted and a strategic thinker. Their plan, perfectly planned with strategic social media posts and strategically scheduled "dates," is at first without flaw. But as they navigate awkward family dinners, increasingly elaborate lies, and the unexpected consequences of their charade, the line between fiction and reality begins to blur. That perfectly built world of Ava and Ethan gets threatened the moment Ava's charming yet manipulative ex-boyfriend and Ethan's ambitious, cutthroat business rival appear. The situation is further made precarious by adding intrigue and conflict to an already delicate situation. This novel covers the modern relationship intricacies, including family pressures, societal expectations, and struggles in balancing personal desire with professional ambitions. It's a self-discovery story, vulnerable, and those surprising ways love finds us when we try hardest to avoid it. Get ready for a whirlwind romance that is full of wisecracks, heartwarming moments, and undeniable chemistry between two people who are determined to take their lives into their own hands-even if that means muddling through a minefield of artfully construed lies and unexpected truths. Get ready to root for Ava and Ethan as they go on a journey of self-discovery.unexpected romance, and the hilarious chaos that ensues when a well-intentioned plan goes spectacularly awry.
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