The Bistro Of Li Linke

Gabriel, a dominant omega, is caught up in a complex web of intrigue and danger at the royal court. After uncovering the truth about Olivier, a member of the royal family, and inciting a rebellion, he is marked by an unknown alpha. As the rebellion overthrows the old order, a new empire emerges, driven by a ruthless ruler whose rise Gabriel inadvertently enabled.Haunted by the weight of his actions, he flees from his family, his past, and the dangerous ties of the court. On the run, Gabriel must deal with shifting alliances, hidden enemies, and the growing power of the mysterious alpha whose mark he carries. As the empire's grip tightens and ghosts from his past resurface, he must decide whether to confront the forces threatening to engulf him—or risk losing himself completely in a world that regards him as either a pawn or a weapon.

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Aarya’s life was a dream on the surface—wealth, love, and a perfect engagement to Veer, the man she thought she knew. But on the night of her engagement, cracks began to show. A mysterious stranger whispered truths she wasn’t ready to hear, and a single glance at Veer’s secretive smile shattered her illusion of happiness. As secrets unravel and betrayals come to light, Aarya finds herself trapped in a web of deception, love, and revenge. Every truth she uncovers pushes her deeper into a mystery that threatens not just her heart but her life itself. And amidst it all, the stranger she once feared may be the only one who can save her—or destroy her completely. In a world where love and lies walk hand in hand, Aarya must decide: will she cling to the comforting lie or risk everything for the painful truth?

Quincy Reigns was the kid nobody noticed—until the day he died. Bullied, overlooked, and dreaming of a life beyond the torment, Quincy’s only solace was his best friend, Drake, and his secret crush on Jade North, the most beautiful girl in school. So when Jade asked him on a date, Quincy couldn’t believe his luck. But luck had nothing to do with it. Jade and her friends weren’t interested in love—they were after power. Dark magic power. And Quincy was the perfect sacrifice. Betrayed and left for dead in an abandoned church, Quincy should have been gone forever. Instead, he was reborn. A mysterious force known only as the *Spawn System* chose him, granting him unimaginable powers: the ability to manipulate shadows, summon weapons from the void, and command forces beyond human comprehension. But this gift came with a price. Quincy was no longer just a boy—he was a weapon, a wildcard in an ancient war between demons, angels, and everything in between. Now, Quincy must navigate a treacherous world of witches, archangels, and mythical creatures, all while uncovering the truth behind his transformation. Why was he chosen? What is the Spawn System hiding? And can he trust anyone—including himself—when the line between hero and monster begins to blur? As Quincy hunts for answers, he’ll face the ultimate choice: seek revenge on those who betrayed him, or rise above his pain to become something greater. But in a world where power corrupts and shadows whisper, survival might cost him his humanity.

All she wanted was to convince Qin Zhan, a well-known patisserie, to join her in her new restaurant. But, everyone who she had sent returned with bad news: Rejected! Rumor has it that Qin Zhan quit life as a reputable chef to stay in the small town and run a small noodle stand. No matter how much anyone offered to hire him, Qin Zhan had rejected every one. No! That man would not even hear a word before he showed everyone to the door. Since everyone she sent returned with no good result, Gu Xin Ye had no other choice but to do everything herself! Just as Gu Xin Ye thought that she will be able to convince Qin Zhan with her persuasion skill and charm, a misunderstanding led her to work for Qin Zhan instead, as his helper! ----- Illustration: kirinlukis ----- Shared universe with: 1. Loving You Too Much 2. A Lifetime with You 3. You're My Only Star 4. The Dragon Beside Me 5. Love So Sweet 6. Commander Qi's Runaway Wife 7. The Wedding Planner's Romance

"The Legend of Li Jing, the Military God" - This is not just a historical novel, it's a masterpiece that completely reshapes the legend of Li Jing, one of the four great generals in Chinese history. Set in the most splendid era of Sui and Tang dynasties, this novel skillfully reconstructs the dynamic era, allowing readers to deeply experience the political, cultural, military, and social landscapes of that time. Here, Li Jing's growth is not just a hero's journey, but also a profound exploration into Chinese traditional culture and national character. In this novel, elements of intrigue and romance are ingeniously integrated, creating a world that is both realistic and imaginative. The author extensively draws upon the pacing of Western novels and the narrative strengths of traditional Chinese chapter novels. This unique combination not only enhances the rhythm and tension of the story but also presents a rich and captivating narrative world to the readers.

In the kingdom of Veydrith, where honor is currency and deception is an art, Lady Evelyn Varcrest has spent her life proving she belongs among the kingdom’s elite knights. Known for her sharp sword and sharper wit, she has little patience for noble politics—or persistent suitors. But when an infuriating noble refuses to take “no” for an answer, Evelyn makes an impulsive decision that changes everything: she pretends to be in a relationship with the one man she despises most—Damien Aldric. Damien, the infamous Shadow Knight, is as dangerous as he is charming—a man whose past is cloaked in secrecy and whose reputation precedes him. He thrives in deception, maneuvering through the treacherous world of politics and war with ease. When Evelyn drags him into her reckless lie, he doesn’t just go along with it—he makes it his game. What starts as a temporary ruse quickly spirals out of control as the royal court takes notice, and their fabricated romance becomes a political spectacle. Forced to keep up appearances, Evelyn and Damien navigate lavish banquets, noble gossip, and deadly intrigue, all while clashing at every turn. But the deeper they play the game, the harder it becomes to tell where the lies end and the truth begins. As old enemies resurface and hidden agendas come to light, Evelyn begins to question whether Damien is truly the reckless rogue she once despised, or if he’s hiding something far more dangerous—something that could shake the very foundation of the kingdom. With steel in one hand and deception in the other, Evelyn must decide: is she fighting against him or alongside him? Because in a kingdom where secrets cut deeper than blades, the most dangerous game of all is falling in love.

Sophie and Daniel have built their marriage on love, not money. Scraping by in a tiny apartment, working long hours, and sharing cheap takeout, they believe they’re in it together—until Sophie discovers the truth. Daniel isn’t struggling. He never was. He’s the heir to a massive fortune, secretly sitting on millions while Sophie worried about rent. When she finds out, the betrayal cuts deep. Was their love ever real, or was she just an unwitting participant in his experiment to "live simply"? As Sophie grapples with the lies, Daniel insists he only hid his wealth to protect their love from corruption. But now, their marriage is unraveling. Sophie can’t trust him, and Daniel doesn’t understand why she won’t just enjoy the life he’s ready to give her. Money was never supposed to come between them—but now, it threatens to destroy everything. Can they rebuild their marriage on truth, or will their love crumble under the weight of Daniel’s hidden riches?

Aurora Miller’s life changes when her grandfather hires a new butler. Silas Sinclair is loyal, mysterious, and undeniably alluring. But beneath his devotion lies a past filled with secrets. As Aurora uncovers the truth, she realizes the danger hiding behind his gentle facade. Falling for him is not just a mistake. It could cost her everything.

Megumi Fujiboma, a boy who met an untimely end, awakens to find himself reincarnated as the head of the prestigious Fujiboma household, a branch family of the revered Boma clan. From the moment of his birth, everyone eagerly anticipated the growth of this remarkable heir. However, their enthusiasm quickly faded when Megumi was revealed to lack external abilities, and was declared unfit to become an exorcist—one of those destined to drive the world away from darkness. Yet, Megumi was not one to be easily defeated. He possessed a powerful binding system that equipped him to transform his circumstances far sooner than expected. [Target successfully bound] ******** [Talent has successfully awakened: Grade One Fire Talent] [Receiving tenfold the rewards] ******** With each stride he took, however, a new challenge emerged: his inferiority in external energy. "If one cannot harness the profound forces of light and darkness, then their latent talent is rendered completely useless." ... And to make things worse, he possessed an ability that had a very small, but catastrophic drawback.

She was unique. She had the determination of a Phoenix. She could soar up in the sky of immortality if she pleased. With remarkable martial skills, bizarre ideas, the possession of spiritual medicines, phenomenal hands that can bring the extinct back to life and slaughter, she discovers a new world waiting for her. Her abilities will bewilder the nation! With nothing in her hands, she can still overwhelm the world into a clatter of turmoil while engraving a name for herself on the pages of history. From the emperors of many kingdoms to the nobles, even the merchants, they will all aim to carry her favour, including the hollow Hau family that tarnished her. In her voyage from weakness to strength and fame, she will encounter mysteries, secrecy and love Novelist’s conclusions: This fantasy includes divine immortals, the conflict for supremacy, and of course politics. A foreign world of mystery and fascination awaits A peculiar civilization that thrives, ___ This is not a translation.

What will you do in a world where you have to kill and get others skill But you have to start with no skills. It is a survival game in which the price money will make you super rich overnight and MC1 have no choice to participate because to clear his debts of his family And MC2 is orphan who seeks the thrill of survival.

He was the perfect boyfriend… or so she thought. Elena Carter is a rising detective, fearless and brilliant. But her world shatters when she's assigned to track down a ruthless mafia leader—only to find out that he shares the same face as the man she loves. The deeper she digs, the more terrifying the truth becomes. Was Adrian Russo ever real? Or was he just a mask? And when forced to choose between her duty and her heart, will she kill the man she loves… or die trying to save him? A story of passion, betrayal, and secrets that refuse to stay buried.

When Special Agent Celeste Carter goes undercover to infiltrate the deadly DeLuca crime syndicate, she never expects to find herself drawn to the enigmatic and dangerous Adrian Russo—the heir to the empire she’s sworn to take down. As she gains his trust, their game of cat and mouse turns into something far more dangerous: an undeniable connection neither of them can ignore. But when a shocking revelation shakes the foundation of everything they believed, Celeste and Adrian must choose between duty and desire, loyalty and betrayal—before the truth destroys them both.

Zhou Min, an ordinary teacher at a private primary school, goes about his daily routine, shuttling around the campus, repeating the monotonous tasks of lesson preparation, teaching, and homework correction. He's like a puppet confined to a fixed track, with no excitement in his life. This seemingly calm life is completely shattered on an ordinary teaching day. That day, he was standing on the podium, talking eloquently as usual, but he didn't notice at all that a faint and eerie light and shadow was quietly spreading in the corner of the classroom. Just as he turned around to write on the blackboard, a piercing chill suddenly hit him. Then, a mysterious force swept over him with overwhelming power. His eyes went dark, and his consciousness dissipated instantly. When Zhou Min regained consciousness again, he found himself in a dim place. The air was filled with a damp and rotten smell. Strange towering trees grew in a twisted manner, and the criss - crossing vines seemed to hide countless pairs of spying eyes. From time to time, deep roars and rustling sounds of unknown origin could be heard. It was as if this wild and uninhabited land hid countless unknown secrets and deadly crises. Who, or what kind of force, brought him here? And what terrifying truths are hidden in this unknown wilderness?

In the depths of a cursed reflection, truth and deception blur into one. Vivian Sinclair never believed in the supernatural—until the day she moved into Blackthorn Manor, an old estate shrouded in unsettling whispers and forgotten secrets. A long-forgotten mirror hidden within the greenhouse awakens something inside her, something that shouldn’t exist beyond the glass. A shadow of herself stares back, watching, waiting. At first, the visions are subtle—flickers of movement when no one else is there, a whisper of her name in the dead of night. But as the days pass, the haunting presence becomes undeniable. Her reflection begins to move on its own, revealing memories she never lived, secrets she never uncovered, and a version of herself she doesn’t recognize. Sebastian Graves, a scholar obsessed with the manor’s dark past, warns her that some mirrors do more than reflect—they remember. And the one in Blackthorn Manor doesn’t just hold history; it holds something alive. Something that wants out. As the lines between reality and illusion fracture, Vivian realizes she isn't just being haunted—she is being rewritten. The more she resists, the stronger the presence grows, feeding off her fears, her doubts… and her lies. Because the darkest truths aren’t the ones buried in the past. They’re the ones we tell ourselves. And in the end, the mirror never lies. But Vivian might.

History will always lie. An inevitability that is etched in the memory of the world itself. The tides of war will always be set in stone yet floats and sways in the currents of time. Those who win over the garden shall see the world of a new age, different from the ones of gods and heroes. Those who nurture the garden should not fall prey to its beauty, lest they will be swallowed by its lies. Allendis the lowly mercenary did not think his fate could get any worse. He did not know what destiny has in store for him but he must find a way to survive the horrors of the world. Eddan is a place of the divine and the monstrous but filled with promise and unknowable truths. Survival is a must. Even if he has to help carve up the world into someone’s image.

In a single moment of chaos, an ordinary man from the modern world finds himself standing over the body of a fallen angel—one he accidentally killed. Before he can even process what he’s done, the world around him shifts. The air crackles with divine energy. A system message appears. [ERROR: Angelic Presence Compromised. Initiating System Override.] His existence is rewritten. His body reshaped. His soul forcibly molded into the form of the angel he slew. But there’s a catch—the fallen angel’s true power is locked away, and the system has bound him to a fate he never chose. Now, he must navigate the celestial hierarchy, masquerading as an entity far beyond his understanding, all while scheming his way to unlocking his stolen divinity. With powerful angels watching his every move, demons lurking in the shadows, and a divine war brewing, he must play the greatest deception of all time—convincing the heavens that he belongs among them. But in a world where faith is power and truth is deadly, how long can a fraud survive before the gods themselves take notice?

Truth Truth is a bitter, harsh reality— sought only when absolutely necessary. If it were up to most, they’d choose to live within lies. The best lies carry a sliver of truth, enough to make them believable. Death Much like truth, death is rarely desired. Only those weary of life seek it out. But for many, it feels like a curse— a curse they long to break. Immortality A sweet lie that countless souls chase. Yet death, with its bitter truth, has claws that may be delayed but never denied. In the end, death is the truth that all living beings shall acknowledge whether one wants or not… ... after running away... why did I come back? ... Discord server link: https://discord.gg/htcCHBHjXd

*Echoes of Her Lies* follows a heartbroken man who, after a series of unanswered messages, discovers the painful truth about his former love. What began as an innocent connection soon turned into uncertainty and sleepless nights, until a shocking revelation shattered his world. With the trust once shared between them, he gains access to her private messages and uncovers her betrayal—she’s moved on to someone else, the very person he had warned her about. Torn between seeking closure and the desire for revenge, he wrestles with his emotions. Though he resolves to move on, a dark thought lingers: instead of letting go, what if he made her feel the same pain she caused him? This gripping tale explores love, betrayal, and the haunting power of unhealed wounds.

In the fractured world of Luminora, where the arcane hums through the veins of steel and whispers linger in forgotten corners, a girl with golden locks treads lightly, her smile a fragile mask for a truth that could shatter everything. She clings to dreams too vivid to be mere memories and to a longing for something lost—something never spoken. She glances from afar to see a boy with hair as dark as the void walks unnoticed, his silence a riddle to the world around him. Their lives entwine, not by choice but by the pull of unseen strings, as shadows stretch across the light, and every step seems guided by forces neither can name. In a realm where hope glimmers faintly between cracks of despair, their journey unfolds—a delicate balance of joy and sorrow, of wonder and fear, as they seek to unravel the secrets binding them to the shifting edges of a world that defies understanding. What they find may reshape more than their fates, for some truths are too vast to stay buried, and some destinies too great to remain untold.

Evelyn Hart, a talented but emotionally scarred architect, has spent years building a new life under a borrowed identity. After the tragic death of her best friend, Sophia, Evelyn assumed Sophia’s name to escape her own troubled past. Now, she’s hired to restore a crumbling 19th-century mansion, where she meets Liam Carter, a charming historian with a mysterious air. As they work together, their connection deepens, and Evelyn begins to let her guard down. But Liam has secrets of his own. Unbeknownst to Evelyn, he’s not a historian but a journalist investigating Sophia’s disappearance—a case that has haunted him for years. Just as Evelyn considers confessing her true identity, a shocking discovery in the mansion’s walls turns everything upside down. A hidden letter suggests Sophia’s death was no accident, and Evelyn may have been involved. To make matters worse, Liam reveals he’s known the truth about Evelyn all along. He fell in love with *her*, not the persona she was pretending to be, but their relationship is now tangled in a web of lies, betrayal, and danger. Can love survive when it’s built on a foundation of lies? And what happens when the truth threatens to destroy everything they’ve built?

Running away from my father’s shadow was supposed to set me free—but life had other plans. Unlike those spoiled rich girls who rebel to "find themselves," my story is different. My father isn’t just wealthy—he’s a fraud, a con artist wrapped in fame and fake billions. The world sees a powerful tycoon, but I know the truth: we're as broke as beggars. The problem? His fame clings to me like a curse. People think I’m stingy when I can't splurge like my so-called friends. Job interviews? Forget it—no one believes I’ll work hard when they assume I have money to burn. And when someone does consider hiring me, they think I’m pulling a social experiment, robbing a more deserving candidate of the opportunity. After years of living under his lies, I finally find a haven where no one knows my real identity. It should have been my fresh start—until I accidentally capture the hearts of two billionaires. One of them is my boss: powerful, magnetic, and maddeningly irresistible. The other is charming, relentless, and determined to win me over. Both of them are dangerous to my carefully hidden secret. Both of them tempt me in ways I never imagined. But I can't have them both—and choosing between them might just destroy the fragile life I've built. How long can I keep pretending before my father’s past catches up to me—and my heart leads me into even deeper trouble?

I've always wanted to be happy but I became toxic, The more I try the more I fail. This is a story about me. In the end I hope I'll make it