Painting Prize

When there were strange signs in the sky, there must be demons lurking. Li Mo, who had studied antiques since he was young, had a strange change in his eyes after being struck by lightning. With a pair of divine eyes, he gained the ability to see through things and sense objects. He bought a gourd bottle for 500 yuan at a flea market and sold it for 230,000 yuan. A painting he casually bought turned out to be a genuine work by Xu Beihong, worth thirty to forty million yuan. The black double-eared bottle that came with the purchase of a set of gold jewelry turned out to be a genuine possession of the Ming imperial family. Ancient bronze ware, exquisitely crafted porcelain, calligraphy and painting with bold and vigorous strokes, and thrilling gambling stones came one after another. From then on, Li Mo's life underwent a revolutionary change. "I have divine eyes, and there are no treasures in the world that can escape my sight."

She came to Florence to paint her way out of grief. He offered her a contract to keep emotions out. But what begins as a deal built on control soon becomes a war of silence, obsession—and surrender. Aanya Roy, an Indian artist haunted by loss, arrives in Florence with a sketchbook and a name whispered in art circles. She doesn't paint to be seen. She paints because it’s the only way she feels alive. Leonhart Moretti is a billionaire forged by tragedy. Cold. Brilliant. Untouchable. Women are part of a system: contracts, limits, rules. No emotion. No deviation. Until her. When Aanya uploads a blank canvas as a response to his challenge, it isn't defiance—it's art. It's her refusal to be tamed. Intrigued beyond reason, Leonhart offers her a 90-day contract: complete creative freedom in his studio. But beneath the surface lies another game—one of dominance, surrender, and unraveling control. In a city that worships beauty and secrets, how far can two broken souls go before the lines between art and desire, power and love, are blurred beyond recognition? R18 (Explicit Content) Contains mature themes including psychological tension, erotic content, dominance/submission, and emotional trauma. Reader discretion advised. Author's Note: This is not just a billionaire romance. This is about silence as power. Touch as art. And what happens when control becomes devotion. For readers who love slow-burn tension, flawed but brilliant leads, and emotionally layered storytelling—welcome to Florence.

In ihrem früheren Leben verlor Xia Chu ihre Jungfräulichkeit vor der Ehe und wurde von ihrer Familie als zügellose Frau verachtet, gezwungen, einen alten Witwer mit einem Hinken zu heiraten. Ihre Tante und Mutter starben nacheinander ihretwegen. Allein in den Süden fliehend, um zu arbeiten, erlitt sie ein hartes Leben und starb schließlich tragisch durch die Hand eines Schurken. Wiedergeboren, ist sie entschlossen, diejenigen zu beschützen, die sie lieben und die sie liebt, um das Schicksal neu zu schreiben. Diejenigen, die ihr Fallen stellten, wird sie die Konsequenzen spüren lassen; diejenigen, die sie zwangen, wird sie zum Knien und um Gnade Betteln bringen; und diejenigen, die sie töteten, wird sie wünschen lassen, sie wären tot! Übrigens, dieser große, stoische Mann mit gutem Aussehen, Loyalität und Fähigkeiten, ich könnte dich genauso gut heiraten, da du alles hast.

Dans sa vie antérieure, Xia Chu a perdu sa virginité avant le mariage et a été méprisée par sa famille comme une femme dévergondée, forcée d'épouser un vieux veuf boiteux. Sa tante et sa mère sont mortes l'une après l'autre à cause d'elle. Fuyant seule vers le sud pour travailler, elle a enduré une vie difficile et a finalement connu une mort tragique aux mains d'un vaurien. Renée, elle est déterminée à protéger ceux qui l'aiment et ceux qu'elle aime, à réécrire le destin. Ceux qui l'ont piégée, elle leur fera subir les conséquences ; ceux qui l'ont forcée, elle les fera s'agenouiller et implorer sa pitié ; et ceux qui l'ont tuée, elle les fera souhaiter être morts ! Au fait, ce grand homme stoïque au beau visage, loyal et compétent, autant t'épouser puisque tu as tout pour plaire.

In 2017 South Korea, a group of people drowning in debt and driven to desperation were invited by a mysterious organization to participate in a high-stakes survival game with a massive cash prize. 456 players were taken to a secluded facility, where they had to compete in six childhood games to determine the sole winner. The losers would be eliminated (killed). The prize money was as high as 45.6 billion won, but the chances of survival were minuscule.

It's been thirteen days since Minho's death. Jisung always visited his grave, reminiscing about every moment and time they shared. One day, while at Minho's grave, he noticed a cherry blossom tree and someone sitting beneath it. The person's features were obscured from Jisung's view. When they finally met, Jisung couldn't shake the feeling that the stranger shared Minho's voice and personality, even though he couldn't see the stranger's face. MINSUNG!!

They think she’s a myth. A prize to claim. A body to breed. “Cute. Let them try.” Living among humans as “Astrid”, selling potions and pawning herbs to keep her ailing father alive, Rhiannon Astrid Vale has mastered the art of survival—hiding her claws, her scent, and the dangerous secret nestled in her blood.  She’s not just a werewolf. She’s alpha-born. And worse? She can hear every filthy, possessive, broken thought a wolf dares to have about her. When a hunt for rare herbs spirals into a nightmare, Rhiannon is captured and dragged into the brutal world of werewolf politics on an auction block. Sold to the infamous Bloodfang Pack—a council of five rival alpha brothers barely held together by blood and violence—she becomes the most valuable prize in existence. To them, she’s a rare, breedable, power incarnate. To her? They’re five obsessions waiting to be unravelled. Because Rhiannon isn’t just rare—she’s the living legacy of the she-wolf who cursed their kind two centuries ago. Her blood holds the key to saving or dooming every last one of them. And whether the curse breaks or burns depends on one thing: Who she chooses. Trapped between dominance and desire, with five alphas clawing for her body and her loyalty, Rhiannon doesn’t beg. She seduces. She manipulates. She makes them burn for her until they’re ready to tear each other—and the world—apart. But as passion twists into something terrifyingly close to love, and every kiss threatens to unravel her defences, Rhiannon faces a brutal choice: Burn the pack from within to save herself... Or let herself be devoured by five alphas who would bleed the moon dry just to keep her. She came in chains. She might just leave crowned in blood.

Rey Mysterio never wanted the mafia life. He just wanted to paint, drink overpriced tea, and avoid his dramatic brothers. Then a genie exploded out of his teapot. “One wish, master. Choose wisely.” Rey wished to live – simple, right? Wrong. Now he has 365 days to find a reason to stay alive, or his time runs out. Enter Luna Leone – mafia princess with eyes like midnight and an obsession she doesn’t bother hiding. The first time she sees Rey at an exhibition, she decides: “He’s mine. Whether he knows it yet or not.” Add a chaos-loving genie, a cat with a crown, mafia brothers barging into his apartment at 6AM, and a ticking clock. Rey’s peaceful life just turned into the wildest painting he’s ever created.

Bery's painting life nearly came to an end by the hands of bandits. They attacked her in the wilderness while she was painting the mountains. However, the claws of a massive dragon laid bare, saving her in the process. Little did Bery know, Valerie had already set her eyes on the cat kin. Valerie had decided to make Bery her most special hoardling. "You cannot escape me, little kitten."

In a dystopian future, society has found a new form of entertainment — a brutal, high-stakes spectacle where those guilty of heinous crimes are thrown into a deadly game. Broadcast live across the globe, the prisoners fight for the ultimate prize: freedom… and a billion-dollar fortune. Each prisoner is assigned a monetary value — a mere million dollars per life. Spectators become players themselves, able to support or sabotage the contestants in real time, wielding power over who lives and who dies. As the world watches, a question echoes in every mind: Are human lives truly worth a price… or are they priceless? Temptation, greed, and fear push the condemned to their limits. In this ruthless arena, morality collapses and survival reigns supreme. When the walls close in, will you choose to kill… or be killed? Upload everyday 2 chapter everyday with over 1.2k words every chapter.

In her past life, Xia Chu lost her virginity before marriage and was scorned by her family as a wanton woman, forced to marry an old widower with a limp. Her aunt and mother died one after another because of her. Fleeing alone to the south to work, she suffered a hard life and eventually died tragically at the hands of a scoundrel. Reborn, she is determined to protect those who love her and those she loves, to rewrite destiny. Those who framed her, she will make them suffer the consequences; those who forced her, she will make them kneel and beg for mercy; and those who killed her, she will make them wish they were dead! By the way, that tall, stoic man with good looks, loyalty, and skills, I might as well marry you since you’ve got it all.

"Mr. Lin Jie, as the world's youngest Nobel Prize winner in Physiology, could you share your thoughts?" Lin Jie looked at the flashing cameras in front of him, reminiscing: "Before the age of nineteen, I was just a teenager counting the days waiting to die. What changed my fate was that one surgery." "What that surgery brought me was not just rebirth..."

In the realm of immortal cultivation, Lu Changsheng traversed as a peasant youth, overlooked by a celestial sect. Yet, endowed with the Multitude Progeny System, he could earn rewards by propagating his lineage, nurturing offspring. Thus, Lu Changsheng began his journey by marrying into a cultivation family, embarking on a path of intrigue, networking, and fostering descendants to expand his family's cultivation legacy. As the cycles of time passed and epochs changed, countless supreme beings in the realms of immortality, formidable figures in the demonic path, revered saints among the demon races, and peerless beauties rose and fell, fading into the river of years. Only Changsheng's family endured, immutable through the ages, perpetually existing, towering atop the path of immortality, sharing longevity with the heavens and earth, radiating brilliance akin to the sun and moon.

He paints for spirits, but he only hunts for one: Lulu. Allan's journey to find his lost love takes him to the heart of the Mega Kingdom. But what he discovers is not the woman he remembers, but a destiny he never asked for. He is no mere painter—he is a mage, and the gods have chosen him. An empire is in chains, ruled by a celestial witch whose power is absolute. To free its people, Allan must become the weapon they need. But will the power required to challenge a sorceress cost him the very soul he set out to save?

The Loyalty Game Psychological Drama | Political Family Suspense When Governor Tunde Iroko’s mother needs a caregiver, he launches a secretive, high-stakes contest: The Loyalty Game. With a $6,000 monthly prize, candidates from all walks of life compete in a series of intense psychological tests to prove their worth and their loyalty. But this isn’t just about caregiving. It’s a battle of trust, secrets, and survival under constant watch. Friendships form, alliances crack, and betrayal lurks behind every smile. As the game unfolds, the candidates and the governor’s family must confront harsh truths about power, love, and what it really means to care. Who will win the game? And at what cost? Dive into The Loyalty Game—a gripping tale of suspense, heart, and human ethics.

Reincarnated into a fantasy world, Ren just wants to live a quiet life as a farmer. Too bad his "basic" farming skills involve accidentally reshaping landscapes, obliterating cosmic threats with a well-aimed turnip, and generally defying reality. As his unassuming, innocent demeanor masks terrifyingly absolute power, he unwittingly gathers a harem of awestruck (and dangerously powerful) women, all while wondering why everyone makes such a fuss over his prize-winning, god-tier tomatoes.

Amid the bustling City of Keystone lies hidden groups and buried magic to unravel. What comes are changes in the stars that will shine upon myths and legends, but draw bigger shadows to their truths. It's all too much for Daniel Hart, who just wants to paint for others, but he finds his brush influenced by the slippery effects as maternal mysteries cling to him. WARNING: This is very much full of SMUT before it is mystery and magic. Lots of weird slimy shenanigans too!

Perched on the edge of a rooftop, ready to end it all, Griffith makes the ultimate decision—to fall. But instead of death, he awakens in the mysterious kingdom of Kiligrim, a realm teetering on the brink of chaos, with a newfound drive to live. Griffith is thrust into a ruthless game of survival. Griffith must outwit deadly rivals and unravel the secrets of shadowy factions, all for a single prize: the throne. In a world where every move could mean life or death, Griffith’s fight to live becomes a battle to rule.

They said that omegas are born to be wanted. I was born to fight. Pulled from the streets and thrown into a cage, I expected to be sold like an animal. And I would be another prize for a cruel alpha. But then he came. "You don't belong to anyone anymore. You are mine now." He owned me. But what he didn't know... I would rather burn than forget freedom. In a world where omegas bow down and alphas win, Can a heart still find freedom even behind iron bars?

Adrian Hudel has always been the invisible son in the Hu family, overshadowed by his elder brother Wryn, who was groomed to inherit the family business. Adrian’s only solace lies in his passion for painting, a dream he clings to amidst the cold indifference of his father, Wuner Hudel. But when Wryn abandons the family overnight, fleeing from an arranged marriage to the richest man in the country, Ethan Levistis, Adrian’s life takes a devastating turn. --- The cover is mine. The cover is of MC-Adrian Hudel. Free to collect. BL Story.

Struggling artist Ren Yuhan never expected a single accident to flip his life upside down. One ruined painting. A four-million yuan debt. And a cold, mysterious CEO who offers him an impossible choice: jail… or marriage. Forced into a one-year contract marriage with Li Zeyan, Ren is thrown into a world of luxury, secrets, and dangerous emotions. What starts as a fake relationship begins to feel all too real. But Li Zeyan is hiding something—and Ren’s heart might not survive the truth. Enemies to lovers. Cold CEO x soft artist. A slow-burn romance full of angst, comfort, and secret kisses.

Yuki Hoshino lives a quiet life, painting the world she’s too afraid to feel. Ever since a childhood storm took her parents, she’s feared the rain—and the emotions it brings. Then she meets Ren Sakamoto: drenched, smiling, and full of questions about clouds and wind. Their paths cross on the first rainy day of the semester, and for the first time, Yuki begins to see the rain not as a threat, but a memory—one she’s finally brave enough to revisit. As the skies clear between them, so do the shadows of their pasts. But just when Yuki begins to open up, Ren vanishes without a word. Left with only fragments—a broken umbrella, an unfinished letter, and the memory of his smile—Yuki must confront the storm inside her to uncover what really happened. Can love find its way back when the rain falls again?

I was just an ordinary AI security consultant. Until one day at the Paris Air Show, I stunned the French President with a new defense tech that rewrote global security doctrine. My invention—Project AegisX—used neuro-dynamic algorithms and electromagnetic rail cannons to eliminate drone swarms with precision, stealth, and style. Ten billion dollars of funding. A hundred-billion market cap. Nobel Peace Prize. Replacing my old college dean. And even buying out Magic Mike to turn it into a global tech-art fusion show. From defense to entertainment, from neural networks to world peace—this is the wild ride of a tech maverick who turned sci-fi into reality.

The dead should stay dead. Kael Arvid repeated the words like a prayer as he adjusted the raven mask over his scarred face. The carved beak pressed cold against the bridge of his nose, the eyeholes narrowing his vision to slits of flickering torchlight. Beneath him, the ballroom of House Dain shimmered—a grotesque painting of gold and rot. Nobles laughed behind ivory masks, their gloved hands clutching goblets of wine dark as clotting blood. The air reeked of clove and something fouler beneath, like meat left too long in the sun. He hadn't come for wine. The dagger at his belt was hungry. It had waited seven years for this night. Seven years since House Dain's soldiers kicked in the door of his family's cottage. Seven years since he'd watched from the treeline as the flames turned his sister's screams to smoke. Seven years of imagining this moment—the moment he'd slide steel between Lord Dain's ribs and whisper his family's names as the light

In Feyland, many realms exist. There is a realm painted in soft pastel light, one that glows with vibrant, bright colors, and another drowned in pure darkness—with no color, no light, and no warmth. But there is one more realm, untouched by most. A realm where only one Fey lives. It is the darkest of them all… but its darkness glows. It is beautiful. And terrifying. In a land divided by light and shadow… will love still rise?

A fiction&fantasy story about about the Villain and the hero's live, how they annoyed each other to become friends but it all goes down hill for Opal. The Villain(Opal) she couldn't stand it anymore she hated being disliked by everyone no matter what she did to help so she decided to get revenge, that is when their friendship fell apart and now the hero has come to put her down.

Jesse is a ridiculous boy. He has always dreamt of being an artist. Since childhood, he has painted on silos, made art projects out of spare parts, and attempted to portray the image of his mother perfectly, even long after she's gone. The Mange is a story about this silly boy named Jesse who searches for his Mother Art, and for a reason to stay alive.

Selene Ravenswood was born with a cursed mark that made her a target—a prize to be hunted by alphas, witches, and vampires alike. When Alpha Rylan Storm sets his sights on her power, Selene’s only chance of survival is Damon Blackthorn—a forbidden half-vampire, half-wolf who should have killed her on sight. But fate has other plans. Bound by a dangerous mate bond, Selene and Damon must fight through betrayals, forbidden love, and ancient blood wars to protect each other. As the most feared alpha and the witch council close in, Selene must uncover the secrets of her blood before the curse consumes them both. Will their bond be their greatest strength or their ultimate downfall?

In the mystical world of Verdantallis, the gods created seven towering dungeons, each a treasure trove of loot and power, with a fragment of the ultimate prize at the very top. Heroes are beckoned by the promise of any wish granted upon conquering them all. An anomaly unfolds within the depths of the Great Forest Dungeon as an ordinary goblin mob gains self-awareness and embarks on a journey to conquer all seven dungeons of Verdantallis, chasing the elusive fulfillment of the gods' promise.

"You will be a flower that blooms only at night," Madame Sumire once told her. "And if you bloom just right, someone might pluck you from the darkness." Born the only daughter of a low-ranking samurai, Aika Takamura knew loss too young-first her father, then her childhood, and finally her freedom. Sold into the famed Hanabira Teahouse to repay her mother's debts, she was taught to survive in the only way women like her could: through painted smiles and hollow affections. Years pass, and Aika becomes a prized courtesan-adored, desired, and utterly unseen. Until one night, a quiet man named Renjiro Hayama enters the teahouse not with hunger, but with humanity. He doesn't ask for her touch. He listens. And with each visit, Aika's heart dares to hope that perhaps... she was meant for something beyond the red lanterns. But freedom has a cost-and love, a risk. In a world where women like her are not supposed to dream, Aika must choose between the life she knows and the uncertain future that waits beyond the paper doors.