I Became The Wife Of The Male Lead Chapter 20

Kade was more than a thief; he was a legend who had escaped three hundred prisons across fifty countries and built a global empire of shadows. But his luck finally ran out on a cursed mountain, where he died clutching a bag of diamonds that could buy a nation three times over. Death, however, was just another lock for Kade to pick. Awakening in the dark abyss of the world of Arak, Kade finds himself bound by the "Red Death Chains" and a sentient Villain System that demands total obedience. The System wants a puppet to rebuild the fallen demonic empire of Zordon. The body he'd reincarnated in. It picked the wrong man. Before the System could even finish its first tutorial, Kade breaks the mana draining chains and slaughters a horde of orc demons using nothing but a rusted shackle and his legendary instincts. Realizing the System needs his brilliance more than he needs its guidance, Kade forces the cosmic entity into a corner, striking a deal with it. Now, armed with new abilities and his intelligence, Kade aims to rebuild the empire of Zordon both in the realm of demons and humans. Arak has had peace for a period, but it would no longer last, not while he has returned.

He knew this world. Not because he had lived here before, but because he had once read about it in a novel he never finished. Now, somehow, he has become the long-lost biological son of one of the most powerful families—a true heir who disappeared years ago and has finally been brought home. But someone has already taken his place. The adopted son has spent years being loved as the perfect child and raised as the future heir. And now that the real son has returned, he has no intention of giving up the life he believes belongs to him. Smiles hide schemes. Kind words carry traps. Even a simple family dinner can become a battlefield. Fortunately, the new heir remembers a few things from the novel. Unfortunately… only a few. And as events begin changing from the story he remembers, he soon realizes that knowing part of the plot may not be enough to survive it. Because his return hasn’t simply changed who will inherit the family. It has changed the entire story.

They called me a loser. They laughed when I got dumped in the rain. They thought my life was over. They were wrong. My name is Leo Vance. Twenty-four years old, junior analyst, three years of savings thrown away on an engagement ring my ex-girlfriend never wanted. The night she left me for Richard — the arrogant heir of my own company — something inside me broke. Or maybe something finally woke up. An old coin I bought at a flea market years ago cut my palm. Blood met metal. And then I heard it. **[Ding! Omni-Investment System activated.]** Now I see what nobody else can. Above every person, every object, every decision — glowing numbers. Investment return rates. Percentages. Exact outcomes. A beggar on the street? *Invest $50. Return: 10,000%.* A "worthless" painting at auction? *Hidden masterpiece. Return: 4,000%.* A quiet intern everyone ignores? *Key to destroying your enemy. Return: 5,000%.* I started with fifty dollars. Within a week, I had a million. Within a month, Richard was on his knees, his family's empire crumbling because of information only I could see. But money was just the beginning. The deeper I go, the more I realize this system doesn't just show financial returns. It shows martial secrets, ancient techniques, hidden powers buried in this city's underworld. The people who laughed at me? They're about to learn what happens when a nobody sees everything. I don't get angry. I don't beg. I invest. And I always collect.

Framed for the corporate destruction of his home city while exiled on a fake European fellowship, architect Darian Cole returns to Varen City to find a luxury development bearing his stolen name and his wife living in its penthouse with his corrupt former deputy. Facing a public that despises him, including his own father, Darian uncovers a forged signature and an illegal paper trail engineered to make him the scapegoat. Partnering with an relentless investigative reporter and armed with physical consultation records, Darian exposes a multi-city investment scheme, clearing his name and building a new model of public accountability to protect the next neighborhood from being erased.

After having a terrible accident, Clover somehow transferred to the body of a man named Aston. However, who would have thought that Aston was the husband of the woman Clover loved so much in the past. The woman who managed to make Clover devastated and regretful. Getting a second chance, should Clover play the role of Aston, or should he still be Clover? "As the richest and most famous mafia in this country, of course I will take the second option! I have high self-esteem, Damn it! Why do I have to pretend to be a stupid and weak husband like Aston?!"

Dom lives with his younger sister, who suffers from a mysterious illness that has left her in a deep coma. After losing both of their parents, he became her sole caretaker. Determined to find a cure, he chose the dangerous path of becoming an adventurer. When he took the aptitude test to obtain his combat skills, the only ability he received was a weak Dodge skill. Because of this, he was mocked, ridiculed, and looked down upon by everyone around him. Even the only party willing to accept him eventually cast him out. All of this led Dom to enter the dungeons alone as a solo adventurer, where he found himself facing certain death. But in a single moment, everything changed.

Her mother covered her mouth as tears filled her eyes. “This… this cannot be real,” she said. “The specialists told us your nerves were permanently damaged.” Her father approached more slowly, his expression controlled. He looked at Sonia’s legs carefully, then at the crowd gathering around us. “This is unexpected,” he said thoughtfully. “Very unexpected. How did this happen?” Sonia looked slightly overwhelmed by the attention. “I… I don’t know,” she admitted honestly. “I woke up this morning and I could feel my legs again. I stood up, and they supported me.” Gasps erupted around us. “A miracle…” “Did the family secretly hire someone?” I stood beside her the entire time. Yet it was as if I did not exist. Conversations flowed around me, not to me. I was present, but irrelevant. “What a shame,” someone whispered nearby. “Now that she can walk again, she is still tied to that useless man.” “She deserves better than him.” “When she was crippled, he was suitable. Now? Not anymore.” I smiled faintly to myself. When she could not walk, they pitied her and mocked her marriage. Now that she could stand again, they were already calculating her value. Sonia heard the whispers too. I saw her shoulders stiffen slightly, though she tried to maintain her composure.

Liam gave up his dream career, his pride, and ten years of his life for the woman he loved. He never once complained about being called a "live-in son-in-law" — all because he had Chloe, the love of his life, and their two beautiful daughters. But one DNA test shatters it all. One of his twin girls is not his own flesh and blood. Betrayed and broken, Liam demands the truth, only to be met with lies, threats, and a wife who keeps denying the scientific results outright. Was Chloe ever the woman he thought he married? Who is the real father of his daughter? And when the truth finally comes out... will Liam be able to walk away, or will love drag him back into a lie one more time?

Alaric Hildebrand—the eldest heir to the Lord of Vaelcryss, House Hildebrand. A cruel betrayal forcibly wiped out his family. "It's my fault for falling for that girl," Alaric lamented regretfully. What should have been a happy day had turned into a stabbing without any harm. He swore revenge if he were to come back to life, even if it meant sacrificing everything he owned. –I Died on My Wedding Day

In a world where the strong rule and the weak are forgotten, Mo Qian is reborn at the very bottom with nothing to his name. But he carries a secret ability no one has ever seen. When he touches a weapon he can see its soul. The battles it has fought. The warriors who wielded it. The martial arts secrets buried deep within the steel. All of it waiting to be devoured and made his own. One touch. One command. A lifetime of another warrior's experience becomes his. But knowledge without strength is worthless. And Mo Qian is still just a skinny boy at the bottom of the world with everything against him. He will rise though. One blade at a time. One soul at a time. All under heaven will kneel. I Alone Devour All Under Heaven.