Investigação / Mistério

Once upon a time, I was as stupid as a dog. Wherever she went, I followed her, like a piece of chewing gum that could not be shaken off. I would eat shit and agree with her words. Everyone called me a "fool" and said that this was how my life would be, and how I would end. But when I finally woke up—— ...... "You said you were my wife but I do not deserve to be your husband? Oh, but look at your face! It's ugly to fit with mine even in a mere picture!" "Didn't you say you'd rather die than let me touch you? Now you're begging me, crying, wanting a son from me who looks like me—shouldn't you be dying instead?!" "Why is everyone saying I have been bullying? Sit back and watch, it's just the beginning." * * When the abandoned fool finally regained his memory, the whole world realized that they had offended the wrong person—they had to come begging for forgiveness. WHAT TO EXPECT: [o] In a nutshell, this is a Romance meets Indomitable Husband and The Heir... with a dash of Face slapping. [o] Progression Urban Story. No instantly showoff your wealth MC. [o] Much violence and romance elements. [o] Clever schemes, well detailed action, and in-depth character development and drama. [o] No system or magic

O Bored Prowler of the white pages stained in dark ink. Do ye tire and lose interest in the scrolls of endless writers that tell the dry tales of Systems? Of modern men who traverse through time and space to arrive in fantastical worlds where they achieve naught but baseless journeys? Of tasteless worlds with no intrigue, failing to grasp thy mind? If that be the case, hearken unto me, O Prowler! Let me appeal to thy desire for adventure and darkness, bringing thee into the world of LEASTRIA, where ye shall follow the story of foul men born from distorted shadow! Where selfish Stars toy with fate from their Odd Demesnes! Where the Enlightened, the Sorcerers, the Cradlers and the Genuine Accursed roam and rend the Sheltered Lands with their obscene lust and greed! Where ye shall follow the story of the Cursed Child as he seeks ‘The Bringing’ and rises from meagrehood to significance under thy eyes. Hearken unto my voice and begin this tale, if ye fear not to prowl in Mythology. Do ye dare, O Prowler, to be lost in true Fantasy? ---------------- I will be posting this story on Royal Road under the name Shade Arjuun

A Murder Mystery Set in a Cape Town Hospital Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, known for its world-class medical care, becomes the scene of a chilling murder. Dr. Alex van Wyk, a respected but controversial surgeon, is found dead in his office, his body carefully arranged as if he were still at work. The only clue? A cryptic message scrawled in blood on his desk: "Do no harm." Detective Siya Ndlovu, a sharp-witted investigator with a troubled past, is assigned to the case. As she delves into the hospital’s inner workings, she uncovers dark secrets, rivalries, malpractice cover-ups, and a black-market organ trade operating beneath the surface. The suspects range from ambitious doctors to desperate patients and even the hospital's board members. Tensions rise when a second body turns up, a nurse found in the morgue, her lips stitched shut. The message is clear: someone is silencing those who know too much. With the clock ticking and another potential victim in the killer’s sights, Siya must navigate a web of deception, greed, and medical ethics. Can she unravel the mystery before the hospital turns into a hunting ground? Or is the killer always one step ahead?

For five years, architect Ethan Cole designed the buildings that made his wife a billionaire. When she divorces him and burns his late father's unfinished masterpiece: a revolutionary design. Ethan walks away with nothing. Until a rival dynasty heiress recognizes his "signature" in his ex-wife's award-winning tower. Now, as structural flaws in his ex's empire begin to surface, Ethan must decide: save the buildings that bear her name, or let her legacy crumble, literally.

Brian Patrick, a humble delivery boy, was falsely accused of siphoning $15 billion dollars by his ruthless boss, Morgan Harris, sent to jail for fifteen years and finally released as a poverty-stricken, boy. He re-united with his family only to be informed he had been an adopted son and a bastard all the while. Family despised him to the path he threaded; friends tagged him a total loser, a failure, a poverty-stricken nobody and a nuisance that shouldn’t be associated with. Those he worked for refused him his paycheck for the sake of his history as an ex convict and his ragged looks and he ended up scavenging dustbins for survival. Because of his poverty, his father-in-law, Fanny Luis, the richest tycoon in Rio Hondo, divorced him and betrothed his wife, Melissa in an arranged marriage, with the son of a billionaire, despite saving her with his kidney, when she was down with a kidney failure. “I promise you some day, you and your family will bow before me and hail me the world richest man,” he had told his wife when she divorced him… Later, about taking his life, he was called “Boss” by tycoons, big wigs and billionaires, who knew his true identity. Soon his true identity was revealed to him; the true heir to the Saint Don Group, the richest oil and gas conglomerate in the world. Everyone that saw him bowed at his feet, his wealth and charming looks pulled the most beautiful girls and his net worth commanded more than thirty trillion dollars. He became god of wealth. If only his haters had known he was the world richest man, perhaps they wouldn’t have underrated him. But now he would be taking his revenge on those that treated him like a piece of rag.

After cleaning all the bathrooms in O’Brian mansion every day, Kevin had enough of the mistreatment of his wife’s family members. One freakish accident in the bathroom changes everything, and it’s time to make his in-laws clean their own damn bathrooms and give him the respect he deserves! Those who stand in his path shall lose control of their bowels!

"Greediness comes with a price. It will bear the fruit of vengeance." As John Percy survives the murder attempt by his in-laws, he swears vengeance. He will do everything to take the life they took away from him. Along came the Grim Reaper of the AI Industry, Hyalou Jean Porter. She assured the O'Briens will feel the highest scale of the pain of suffering, an offer that John Percy can't seem to refuse. But the offer has a price of its own.

The world was full of chaos, disaster and tension only the strong can survive. Deliver us O'Lord their sound tone everyday. No one can predict what could happen next as the Devil sends more disciples to conquer the world. God finally hears people's prayer by sending a disciple with a Trinjule sword which can only battle the evils. Only the chosen one can unlock the sword. A story full of action, love and battle. Suitable for all ages.

It was already six years since Chance stormed out of his mother's house burning with fury because she wouldn't tell him about his father and his true identity. But life hasn't been to him as he thought it would, he now lives the exact contrast of what he knew before. Poor, broke, penniless, and to make it worse, unaccepted in the new world he found himself. Schooling at the Elite Society University (ESU) was a tug of war, as only the rich and famous had their way there. On the eve of her birthday, Vinita Irons, his girlfriend of almost a year betrayed him, chosing to roll with the elote circle and hence saw Chance as an embargo to her progess. Together with her new friends, they humiliated Chance and treated him like trash. At the highest of it all, his mother requested he returns back home, she had finally agreed to reveal his true identity to him. Unknown to all his bullies and everyone who despised him, Chance O'Connor was the son of a billionaire businesswoman who was also a presidential candidate for the country and a trillionaire father who was King of the major four empires in the country. He left campus as the trashboy, Chance Franklin, and returned as the trillionaire empire ruler, Chance O’Connor. What fates has he destined for them all?

When gifted healer Joseph Briggs is condemned by his own master and cast into the wastelands, his destiny ignites. From the ashes of betrayal, he awakens the Ancient Medical Rising System, a divine force that fuses healing and destruction. Now, armed with forbidden arts and haunted by vengeance, Joseph walks the line between savior and scourge, battling corrupt healers, shadow syndicates, and the demons within his own heart. In a world where medicine is power and compassion is weakness, one forsaken doctor will rise to heal the sick…and purge the wicked.