Contemporary

"Sign it, Leon. A trash like you doesn't deserve to breathe the same air as the Miller family anymore." Leon Ardent looked at the divorce papers on the cold marble table. For three years, he had been the perfect house-husband. He cooked, he cleaned, and he endured the constant mockery of his wife’s wealthy relatives. He was the "Garbage Son-in-Law" of Northwood City. He did it all to fulfill a secret vow of humility. But today, the vow was over. "Is this what you truly want, Sarah?" Leon asked quietly. Sarah Miller didn't even look at him. She was busy leaning into the arms of Julian Vance, the billionaire heir who had promised her a throne. "I want a king, Leon. Not a servant. Take your cheap clothes and get out of my villa before the security throws you into the rain." Leon picked up the pen. With one swift stroke, he ended their marriage. As the clock struck midnight, the silent city of Northwood began to tremble. A fleet of black private jets darkened the sky, and hundreds of armored vehicles surrounded the Miller estate. The most powerful men in the world, people Sarah could only dream of meeting, knelt in the mud before the man she had just discarded. "Young Master! The three-year trial is complete! The Ardent Global Syndicate awaits your command!" Leon stepped over the divorce papers. The humble husband was dead. The Sovereign had returned. "Sarah," Leon whispered as he walked past his trembling ex-wife. "You wanted a king? Too bad. You just threw away the Emperor." Now, Sarah wants him back. Julian wants mercy. And the Miller family is begging for a crust of bread. But Leon Ardent is no longer the man who cleans floors.

They killed my family. Stole my empire. Forced me to marry their daughter as a "peace offering." For three years, I played the worthless son-in-law; beaten, humiliated, spat on by my wife's family. They called me a coward who abandoned the Chens during the massacre. They don't know the truth: I was drugged, framed, and left to rot. On the night my wife signed our divorce papers, her brother left me bleeding in an alley to die. That's when IT awakened; the Ancestral Blood System, a Chen family legacy that activates only when the heir loses everything. But this system doesn't give free power. It demands SACRIFICE. Want money? Trade your memories. Want strength? Endure torture that breaks your soul. Want revenge? Lose the ability to feel joy. Every victory costs a piece of my humanity. Every choice drags me closer to becoming a monster. The five families who butchered my bloodline think I'm still that pathetic son-in-law. They're about to learn what happens when a caged lion breaks free. My mother-in-law mocked me? I'll buy her company and make her beg. My wife's new fiancé tried to kill me? He's the mastermind behind my family's murder and he has a system too. The world thinks the Chen Empire is dead? Watch me build something even gods will fear. But here's the problem: The more I use this power, the more it corrupts my soul. At 100% corruption, the system consumes me and unleashes an ancient demon that will end the world.

Aiden's lavish lifestyle came to an abrupt halt when his bank froze his accounts and seized his fortune, inherited from his late parents. With no choice but to return home for an extended stay, Aiden received a cryptic message and task from his father's attorney - spend a designated amount of money each week or month for a year or forfeit all rights as the sole heir to the fortune. But Aiden soon discovered that there was more to the challenge than just spending his money. Picking up a mysterious green credit card, Aiden was transported into an alternate world where magic and technology coexisted. Here, Aiden's spending habits would be put to the test, and the stakes were high. Aiden found himself navigating a treacherous thrifty system, where wise spending choices were paramount. He was forced to confront his extravagant and wild lifestyle head-on, and soon found that it was not as easy as he had initially thought. With his inheritance and future at risk, Aiden had to choose between the life he had always known or a newfound path filled with secrets, danger, and uncertainty. Join Aiden on a thrilling journey as he unravels the mysteries of his inheritance, learns the true value of money, and discovers a world beyond his wildest dreams.

After a year in prison defending his lover, Oliver Roberts returned to a shattered world—his lover was missing, his parents were caught in financial turmoil, and his father was dying. In a last-ditch effort to save his father, Oliver searched for a rare medicinal potion, utilizing the healing abilities he had learned from a mysterious man. However, fate brought him to the esteemed Hoshier family after an accident changed his life. When Oliver saved Mr. Hoshier from a terminal illness, he received a surprising reward: marriage to Hoshier's daughter, Elena. Trapped in an aristocratic world full of intrigue, Oliver had to face the challenges of being an unwanted son-in-law. In the midst of a stressful marriage, he had to navigate complicated family relationships and face enemies and secrets that threatened his position. Could Oliver change his fate and find his rightful place in this new world?

Julian Rivera has endured scorn and humiliation as the Steel family’s despised son-in-law, for three years. Labeled as a failure and useless by his wife, Rose, and treated as an invisible outcast by her wealthy relatives, Julian’s only offering at their opulent gatherings is his sincerity, a trait the Steels mock mercilessly. But when a mysterious figure from his forgotten past hands him a ring tied to an ancient power, Julian’s world shifts forever. Will he use his strength to seek vengeance, or can he win back the love and respect of the woman who abandoned him when he needed her most? When the mocked becomes the master, the rules of the game change forever.

[My second story; ”Michael Scofield Has Returned!”, has been on hot cake! Do check it out and get completely hooked] Julian, a penniless nobody from England— for over five years lived in a certain part of the world that believes being poor is an absolute sin. Living with his family in-laws for over four years and losing his job as a part-time waiter of five years, Julian was stunned by an instant divorce from his wife, which changed the course of events. Julian turned the stumbling blocks thrown at him into stepping stones to become victorious and make his oppressors bow to him and swallow their words at his feet when they realized he had always had their fates in his hands. The story of Julian explicitly unleashed the journey of a weak underestimated son-in-law who clinged back to his roots when all wrongly presumed that life was done with him... Unknown to all, fate hasn't begun with him yet…

Achiel was considered a trash bag. He was worthless, looked down upon, and derided. Adding fuel to the fire, his wife cheated on him, then framed him for being the cheat. His last hope was lost in Auroville. When he thought his life couldn't get any worse, a twist turned. A LAVISH SYSTEM. It's time for some fun.

Rylan Daystar was fired and humiliated by his wife's family, leaving him with nothing but a burning desire for revenge. He returns to his old life of substantial wealth that he had given up for his ex-wife, Eve McCullough. With a heart full of vengeance, Rylan sets out to wreak havoc in the business and social world, determined to annihilate anyone who had ever wronged him in the past. Get ready for an adrenaline-fueled ride as Rylan unleashes his fury and seeks retribution!

Zale, a third-class graduate, and a poor delivery guy, was treated like scum by almost everyone in the society, insulted and despised.  Even the people he called family weren't exempt; his mother-in-law and brothers-in-law treated him like trash. His wife cheated on him with different men. One night, after a heated argument with his wife, whom he caught in bed with another man, he left home completely depressed and frustrated. He nearly thought of committing suicide out of frustration. However, that same night, he received a mysterious phone call that changed his life forever. From now on, he was no longer the poor delivery guy looked down upon by the society, instead, he was the heir to Adair's billion-dollar empire. Follow Zale's journey and see him get even with those who looked down on him and face-slap the people who called him 'useless'.

Everyone treated Althon badly. His lover even played tricks on him and betrayed him by having an affair with a rich man. When he thought his life was ruined, a man came with an army and said, "Young Master, we have finally found you. You are the greatest heir of the richest family in the world." Althon was shocked. Cover by Meganovel