Novels by Camellia

She stammered in an attempt to explain herself, "You’ve misunderstood me, Mr. Tanaka. I-I don’t harbor romantic feelings for Mr. Alan at all."Koichi Tanaka heaved a long sigh. "Young Mistress, I have served the Ito Clan for many years and stayed by your side for a long while, so I know you well. There is no need to hide anything from me, nor do I mean to pry into your private affairs. The trouble is, if I can read your thoughts so clearly, the Chairman’s sharp eyes will see right through you without a doubt. I fear you will never get to meet Mr. Alan, yet your secret affections will be laid bare before the Chairman instead.""I..." Keiko Ito fell speechless at once.She knew Tanaka was only reminding her out of genuine concern.She also understood her father Takehiko Ito would never allow her to pursue any relationship with a foreign man. He had told her countless times that she could only marry a native Japanese of pure blood.In his eyes, even descendants of migrants who came from

Keiko Ito said in shock, "Didn't Father acquire a thirty percent stake in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical? Logically, Ichiro Kobayashi would only hold seventy percent of the company's shares. How could he transfer ninety percent of the shares to a Chinese firm?"Koichi Tanaka lamented deeply, "That is exactly why the Chairman flew into a towering rage. He signed the equity investment agreement with Masayoshi Kobayashi, the acting president of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, and made the payment right after signing. But then Ichiro Kobayashi came back, which renders the entire agreement signed with Masayoshi null and void."Keiko Ito nodded faintly, "So Father’s plan to invest in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical has fallen through completely?""It is far worse than just a failed plan," Koichi Tanaka sighed mournfully. "The chairman of Zhenyuan Pharmaceutical told the Chairman plainly that he would not refund a single cent of the four point five billion US dollars Ito Corporation transferred to Kobayashi Ph

She had long been melancholy over lacking chances to spend time with Alan. If she got to coordinate work matters with him from now on, that meant she would get to see him regularly.Her heart instantly brimmed with excitement.Meanwhile in Tokyo, Japan.After Alan made an example out of one to warn the rest, the handful of remaining executives at Kobayashi Pharmaceutical had become as docile as sheep.Working alongside Paul, Ichiro Kobayashi completed all formalities for the share transfer and registration changes at Tokyo’s local commercial authority.Ninety percent of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s shares now officially belonged to Zhenyuan Pharmaceutical.Given the critical importance of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s upcoming production shift, Alan could not leave Tokyo for the time being. He planned to stay in Japan until every production line successfully switched over to manufacturing Zhenyuan Stomach Powder.The Tokyo production line was scheduled to be the first to complete the trans

No one had expected Alan to break all the unwritten rules. Before they could unite to stand against him, he had already dismissed half the workforce.This sudden mass layoff plunged every fired employee and their families into severe financial trouble.Therefore, none of the remaining staff dared to harbor any rebellious thoughts. Retaining their jobs with pay unchanged from before meant their family lives would remain unaffected, a huge weight lifted off their shoulders.At this point, they had no desire to put up any resistance at all.The group quickly bowed their heads and pledged their full loyalty, vowing to work wholeheartedly for Alan’s Kobayashi Pharmaceutical.Alan nodded in satisfaction and turned to Ichiro Kobayashi. "Starting today, you must fully cooperate with Berg to overhaul all production schedules of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical. Halt all production of the company’s original medicines and switch full production to Zhenyuan Stomach Powder. Do you understand?"Ichiro Koba

Koichi Tanaka sighed repeatedly, "The Ito Clan holds varying stakes in all the enterprises you just mentioned. Their decline has dragged down our assets as well, and this is indeed a critical problem..."Takehiko Ito spoke with exasperation, "That is not all. The most worrying part is that Japan’s younger generation as a whole suffers from a severe lack of creativity!""Look at China over these years. A large number of world-class internet companies have sprung up one after another, such as Tencent, Alibaba, ByteDance, JD.com and Pinduoduo. There is also DJI, which commands over seventy percent of the global drone market. In contrast, not a single influential internet firm has emerged in Japan during this period. If this trend continues, we will lose all our competitive edges across the board!"Koichi Tanaka nodded, "By comparison, China’s top-tier clans have seen their wealth and influence soar alongside the continuous advancement of all Chinese industries. They now possess the clout

Therefore, every word Koichi Tanaka said must have come straight from the bottom of his heart.With this thought in mind, Takehiko Ito pondered silently, "Could that young man really be that formidable? So powerful that Koichi Tanaka believes even I, the patriarch of the mighty Ito clan, cannot afford to provoke him?"Takehiko Ito knitted his brows tightly and turned to Koichi Tanaka. "Then what do you suggest I do now? I cannot simply let him keep those four point five billion US dollars for nothing.""That is absolutely out of the question," Koichi Tanaka replied. "Chairman, the four point five billion US dollars we transferred to Kobayashi Pharmaceutical was sent via Ito Corporation's official corporate account, and the bank retains complete, clear remittance records. Kobayashi Pharmaceutical has not issued the corresponding shares in exchange for this sum. We can file a lawsuit against the company in court to demand the full repayment of the entire four point five billion US dolla

What kind of spell does Albert hold over her? Could it merely be his lineage from the Supreme Martin Clan? That hardly makes sense. Waldren also descends from a supreme clan, yet Emily cannot even be bothered to spare him a glance.As they whispered among themselves, Emily closed the Merit Leaderboard. She had indeed hoped to find news of Albert, but the rankings only displayed squad captains, so the odds of his name appearing were slim."Captain, a new mission has been issued! It’s a rescue assignment. It seems the academy’s intelligence was flawed—the evil fiends of the All-Living Ghost Skin Domain are far stronger than we anticipated," Ada hurried over and said with a grave expression.Emily spoke calmly. "Three Grand Evil Specters right as we entered. This is clearly a trap laid for all our squads."With the exception of a handful of elite teams, any ordinary squad encountering such a threat alone would suffer catastrophic losses.Still, the upcoming rescue mission was welcome new

Ida claimed one pill for herself without hesitation, then flicked a second over to Holland. He had held off one Grand Evil Specter earlier and lost his teammates to abduction, so he more than deserved a share.As for the last top-grade pill, she thought for a moment and handed it straight to Albert."We would have suffered heavy casualties back there without you, so this pill is rightfully yours."Ida had a decisive, domineering streak. She made the call unilaterally without consulting anyone else.No one raised an objection, though. Just as she’d said, if Albert hadn’t stepped in, their fates would have hung in the balance by now.Albert did not put on a false show of modesty. He reached out and accepted the pill. This Heavenly Scarlet Pill would push his strength a notch higher. The dangers lurking within the Lesser Celestial Firmament had proven far deadlier than they’d anticipated, so he could not afford to pass up any chance to grow stronger.Ida split the remaining lower-grade H

Where were the abducted disciples taken?As Albert sank into thought, Nicholas suddenly tapped him on the shoulder, sounding astonished. "Albert, look at the Merit Rankings quickly."Albert froze for a moment, then focused his mind to activate his Ancient Spirit Leaf and pull up the merit leaderboard.The light screen before him shifted to reveal a ranking list. One glance told Albert why Nicholas had urgently flagged him down.Perched unrivaled at the very top was a familiar name.Emily — Three Grade-A Merits, One Grade-B Merit.Those simple figures made Albert draw a sharp breath. Had Emily run into the same deadly ambush they had?But somehow… she had slain all three Grand Evil Specters?How was that even possible? Even Ida had only managed to kill one and let the other two escape, yet Emily had wiped out all three without a single survivor.Albert could only marvel inwardly.Emily’s strength was utterly monstrous.While Albert reeled from the staggering speed at which Emily had ac

With such heavy casualties among his teammates, his final mission rating would be reduced to the lowest tier. One could say the Lesser Celestial Firmament mission had barely begun, yet Holland was already all but guaranteed to rank dead last.Sweetie, Nicholas and the rest were filled with icy dread at the sight. The Grand Evil Specter had targeted their group first. If Albert had not sensed the imminent danger and unleashed that high-grade Divine Tier Art as a deterrent, they would have been the ones sealed inside those skin sacks right now.After all, Thurman’s strength at the Intermediate Heavenly Spirit Realm alone stood no chance against a Grand Evil Specter."Wait a minute—there were three Grand Evil Specters in total, right? Only two fled just now!" Fink suddenly spoke up as if he had spotted something amiss.The instant his words faded, a massive black cocoon plummeted from the sky and crashed down before the group.The cocoon was forged from countless gray-black light threads

It had turned the initial training grounds that countless disciples expected into a high-level zone teeming with lurking death threats. One could scarcely imagine the sheer terror and heavy casualties that would befall any moderately weak squad stumbling upon this scene in other districts.At this thought, every person present wore grim expressions.Yet the three Grand Evil Specters gave them no time to deliberate further. The twisted, feral character "Evil" carved across their faces suddenly split open.The next instant, accompanied by countless shrill wails, billows of dense white mist gushed forth, swallowing the entire town within mere breaths.Albert and his companions channeled their soul force to fend off the frigid, sinister fog.Albert stared into the white haze, spotting countless dust-like particles drifting within it. A chill ran through him the moment he realized the fog was formed from countless tiny, eerie skin flakes.Worse still, the mist possessed an uncanny power to

"What terrifying abilities this Grand Evil Specter wields!" Fink’s eyes twitched wildly. The Grand Evil Specter had only made a casual strike, yet it had forced them into such a miserable predicament—the gap between their strengths was far too stark.By then, the crimson membranes thick with surging malicious aura had drifted directly above their heads, poised to drape down over them like a blood-stained net.Behind Albert, brilliant starlight spheres materialized one after another. Meanwhile, within his Water Soul, all golden droplets brimming with Source Qi shattered completely and merged into his soul force.The number of star orbs behind Albert instantly surged to eight, and mighty soul force swept outward like a raging tempest."Nine-Scaled Heavenly Dragon Battle Physique, Power of the Nine Dragons!"The dragon-shaped mark on Albert’s glowed bright, faint dragon roars echoing within his body, and ferocious power surged through his flesh and blood like an unstoppable flood."Thund

Kane turned him down flat. He calmly laid out all the risks. This bloodbath was far more than a simple murder case — a tangled web of illegal profits sat behind it all. He had no powerful connections to fall back on. If he got dragged into this mess, everything he’d worked so hard to build would crumble to dust.Cruz didn’t get angry. Instead, he understood perfectly. He saw right through Kane’s cautious, ambitious nature, and sighed softly. Being overly rational, weighing every single gain and loss nonstop, wasn’t always a good thing.Holt’s fate was proof of what happens when you bottle everything up and never fight back for yourself.True loyalty can’t be calculated. Lifelong bonds only form when someone steps up to help you when you’re at rock bottom.“Everyone else runs away, but not me.” Cruz’s voice was rock solid. Even Cash had stood by his friends, and he’d never abandon Holt when he needed him most. With that, he turned and left, ready to shoulder every risk alone.Kane stoo

After hanging up the call, Holt’s eyes burned red as he dialed Cruz to confirm his sister had been abducted. Layer upon layer of schemes, exploitation, and humiliation inflicted on his family shattered the last line holding him back. He resolved to cast aside every rule and force Cruz to dig up every secret of the Wade clan. With nowhere left to run, he had staked everything he owned.Late that night, inside the standalone building at No.75 Century Avenue on Black Street, Kade — Wade’s blood uncle and the core figure of the Wade family — sat feasting on hot pot with two trusted lieutenants, daydreaming about the enormous profits from monopolizing the city’s entire drug market. They agreed on a seventy percent cut, planned to operate from the shadows, manipulate drug prices through official channels, and crush every rival completely.Midway through their drunken revelry, Holt, covered in wind-blown snow, silently climbed the stairs to the second floor.Spotting the unfamiliar intruder,

Wade did not send any officers Holt knew. Instead, he arranged two unfamiliar burly men to drive Holt home.Inside the car parked in the alley, Holt told the two men to wait at the alley entrance. He walked two hundred metres alone to the small courtyard, pushed and pulled the door, only to find it bolted from the inside.Bella took ages to open the door, her clothes dishevelled. Holt skipped small talk and cut straight to the point: where was the black cloth bag Jett had passed to him.Bella’s eyes darted nervously as she stammered, claiming she had tossed the bag aside carelessly after taking the money and could not remember where it was. The bag held vital clues about their key supplier — his only bargaining chip to strike a deal with Wade and save his own life. The two tore the room apart searching for it, and in a panic, Bella lied that she had thrown the bag away entirely.Holt spun around sharply, just in time to see the cabinet door hanging open, with a naked figure frozen sti

Holt completely lost control of his emotions and roared with bloodshot eyes, “He’s my own brother—my full-blooded elder brother!”Kane froze rigid where he stood, every muscle locking up at once.“I held my fire during the raid not out of dereliction of duty, but because I couldn’t bring myself to pull the trigger!” Holt gasped, spilling everything in a rapid rush. “If our blood relation comes out, I’ll be suspended immediately pending investigation, and I’ll lose every chance to break him free. My plan was to pull an all-night shift, forge logged attendance via the surveillance feeds, then ambush the transport convoy en route. Even if I failed, I’d leave no trace linking me to it!”Kane shot back coldly, “You froze up just from a face-to-face confrontation back there. How do you expect to stand your ground against a fully armed prisoner escort unit? This isn’t a rescue—it’s you throwing your entire future away.”Only bleak despair lingered in Holt’s gaze. “If I do nothing, I watch hi

“Hold your ground! Move in per the original plan!” Kane swiped the blood and grime from his face, his voice steady and icy. Voss’s right arm had been blown apart—raw flesh and splintered bone exposed—and he blacked out on the spot, rendered completely combat ineffective.At the horrific sight, Jett flew into a red-eyed rage and opened fire wildly. A hail of bullets slammed into Kane’s body armor, sending sparks flying, yet none managed to pierce the plating.Seizing the split second while Jett reloaded, Kane charged forward at full speed despite his heavy gear. He drove his shoulder hard into Jett’s jaw, using the momentum of his weight to hurl the man airborne before slamming him brutally into the snow.Gritting through searing exhaustion and pain, he pinned the suspect firmly to the ground. More than forty officers swarmed in from the perimeter, forming an impenetrable wall of riot shields, and the remaining gang members were neutralized within ten seconds.Seventy-pound irons were

Kane stood up, saluted and acknowledged Wade’s words. Though he appeared deferential and obedient on the surface, cold unease swelled inside him. This exceptional promotion and deliberate flattery were never genuine admiration—merely a calculated move in the game of power.Deep into the night, inside Holt’s house.Jett bowed his head, gulping down bland plain noodle soup, guilt lingering in his rugged eyes. Once he finished eating quickly, he walked over to the window, pressed himself against the icy glass, and silently stared at their mother sleeping soundly inside the room.“How much worse has her illness gotten?” His voice came out hoarse.Holt replied in a low murmur. “She’s barely hanging on.”Jett fell quiet for a long time, then pulled out a thick stack of cash and held it out to Holt with an unyielding gesture that brooked no refusal.“Ten thousand US dollars. Eight thousand goes toward Mom’s medical treatment; use the rest to cover household costs.” His tone remained calm. “I