Fragments of the Past

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Republican era.

A yellow dragon came down to earth. Warlords carved up the land, and artillery fire raged everywhere.

In Xuanhe Alley in Nanjing stood a pearl shop. Its proprietress, Bai Yi, ran the shop on her own after taking it over from her uncle.

Dressed in a white qipao, Bai Yi loved to squat in her shop, listening to opera and eating watermelon, occasionally trembling with fear because she was poor.

The more famous you are, the more trouble you attract. Faithful to the teachings of her late father, Bai Yi kept her life plain and unremarkable, like a plate of tofu boiled in water, with not even salt added to the water.

But in the year she turned twenty-one, a group of mysterious people entered her life.

They called themselves Desire Masters. They claimed they could smell every kind of desire in the world and save people from themselves.

Bai Yi was blunt: “Do you think I’m an idiot?”

And yet, from that moment on, her life was quietly changed.

The wheel of fate had begun to turn. Who had wagered a fortune on this game of chess?

In an age of war: the goodness and evil of human nature, family feuds and national enmity, love and hatred.

What kind of mysterious organization was the Bureau of Transactions?

Who was it that kept watching her from the darkness?

* * * New story coming soon: “The Black Dove and the White Crow”

In the year 3070, the world was divided into nine regions.

As the youngest female investigator in the Criminal Affairs Bureau, Lu Manrong diligently investigated all kinds of cases.

Eager to meet her boss’s demands, she bought an android.

The silver-haired youth was handsome and refined, and not only was he good-looking, he was also considerate.

He turned down every blind date she didn’t want to go on, kept her company while she worked late into the night, and tucked her hands into his pockets to warm them.

Until one day, she drank a little and suddenly felt inexplicably hot. He thoughtfully helped her take off her clothes.

Perhaps a little too thoughtfully.

“Do other androids do this too?” she asked doubtfully.

“Of course.” Noah replied without batting an eye. “Loyalty is an android’s finest virtue.”

The next day, Lu Manrong looked at the kiss marks on her neck and fell silent.

This wasn’t normal. There was definitely something wrong with this android.

Tsundere, cold beauty x gentle, loyal android boy

Four cases lead to a shocking mystery.

Piece by piece, the truth emerges and the real culprit is revealed.

He had devoted so many years to her.

And time knew he was nothing at all.

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