Old Men Kissing

Leander and Camila had been in a sensual relationship for almost a year, despite Camila's discomfort with his poor lifestyle. Eventually, she saw an opportunity to break free when Rex, a rich campus heartthrob, proposed to her on her 19th birthday with an extravagant gift package. Though she never planned to ditch Leander, she realized that he wasn’t the right person to help her achieve her goals and dreams of success. You might think the easiest way to end the relationship would be for Camila to tell Leander she was no longer interested. But it didn't happen that way. Instead, she accepted Rex's proposal and lashed out at Leander with a barrage of insults. The story didn't end there. Camila and the rich guy went to shocking lengths to frame Leander for fraud. As if that weren't enough, Leander was unfairly expelled from the university. Well, this is just the tip of the iceberg. You won't believe what happens next. Watch out for the shocking twists and turns as we find out if, and how, Leander Goldstein makes his dramatic return.

Asher Deville is a multi-talented powerhouse with many identities—an imperial general, the president’s trusted aide, and the legendary investor known as GOLDMASTER. Most importantly, he is the world’s most powerful healer. But when he chooses to hide his powerful identity, masquerading as a poor orphan, his fiancée, Scarlett Wellington, decides to humiliate him. She calls off their engagement and brands him a gold digger, out to leech on her family’s wealth Soon, Asher’s true identity will be revealed and everyone who dared to talk down on him will bow at his feet!

My wife gave our final piece of meat to her secret lover while I stood freezing in a sixty-below-zero blizzard. The man who had cast aside everything to keep them alive was now a joke, a useless son-in-law left to perish in the cold. They were never aware of the truth. I had been the secret heir to the most powerful family in the city. I had thrown it all away for her. Mocked by my in-laws and treated as a servant, I still believed she loved me. Until the Cold Apocalypse occurred. The world froze, monsters came out, and civilization collapsed. My devotion to blindness brought me a miserable, frozen death. But death wasn‘t the end. It was three days before the end of the world when I finally opened my eyes. This time, the obedient husband is gone, replaced by something much worse. The Chimera King System has loaded. When I carried the carapaces of mutated monsters, I absorbed their DNA and the strength that comes with it. This time, I will not plead. I will not give. I will not love blindly. My wife and her lover believe they will be able to use me once more when the ice thaws. They’re wrong. This time... I will make sure they freeze.

Three months after the apocalypse destroyed civilization, Jake Carter has learned one simple rule: Everything has a price. Fuel is worth more than gold. Food is worth more than kindness. Trust is worth nothing. Living as an ordinary scavenger in a wandering survivor caravan, Jake expects nothing more than another day of barely surviving… …until he opens the world’s first Golden Card. Inside is a pair of ordinary-looking glasses with an impossible ability They reveal every hidden card carried by monsters before they’re killed. While others gamble their lives hunting blindly, Jake already knows which infected carry legendary rewards. Strength cards. Weapon cards. Fusion cards. Healing cards. Even mythical White Origin Cards. Armed with knowledge no one else possesses, Jake begins collecting treasures faster than anyone in history. But the stronger he becomes, the darker the world reveals itself to be. Humanity’s greatest enemy isn’t the infected… It’s the survivors willing to betray anyone for power. And somewhere beyond the endless monster hordes, something far more terrifying than the Anomalies has begun watching the man with the Golden Vision.

After living a honorable life as a military captain, Alexander Bennett's life took a devastating turn when his most trusted ally turned against him, resulting in the tragic loss of his entire team on a fateful rainy day. Left for dead, he was rescued by an elderly stranger, but only on the condition that he would marry one of his granddaughters. Bennett agreed, and in doing so, he wed Cassie, the lovely and treasured member of the Williams family, all in an effort to conceal his true identity until he was ready to exact revenge on those who had wronged him. As a live-in son-in-law, Alex found himself at the mercy of his wife's family, who bullied and belittled him at every turn. Yet, he remained resolute in his vow to make his enemies pay for their treachery against him and his fallen comrades one day. A man once devoid of love and compassion, Alexander's path to vengeance was fraught with uncertainty. How would he defeat those who had wronged him? Will he be able to have his revenge? To uncover the story of Alexander Bennett, the former captain of the Falcon Team, read on...

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.

In a world full of secrets and threats, Elron Wallace was born half-human, half-alien, unaware of his extraordinary heritage. When his father was killed in battle against a mysterious army of monsters known as the Dark Mist, Elron and his mother became their targets. With newfound lightning powers, Elron must learn his true identity while escaping pursuing monsters and finding unexpected allies in hidden places. Joining the ARMOR group, Elron learns to control his new powers while leading an epic battle to fight evil and defend the truth. However, when the existence of a dangerous artifact is revealed, the final battle tests the strength, courage, and loyalty of Elron and his friends. With the future of the world depending on his choices, Elron must discover his true power and face the ultimate betrayal to save everything he loves.

In the heart of New York City, "Rags to Riches: The Untold Saga of the Trillionare" follows Ethan Anderson's journey from poverty to unimaginable wealth. Battling childhood adversity, betrayal and Ill treatment, he rises to prominence, but shadows from his past threaten his empire and the life he now found himself in. Amid high society's glitz, secrets unravel, forcing Ethan to confront his demons. This riveting tale of ambition, betrayal, love and redemption captivates with its spellbinding narrative, leaving readers gripped until the final page turns.

In his first year of college, Noah discovers that he is nothing more than the fake heir of the Bennett family. After the real heir returns, he is cast out and loses everything. From a young master, he falls into a poor student who is bullied and looked down on. Meanwhile, the real heir, who was raised in simplicity, is known to be intelligent and perfect. Until one day, the bullying nearly takes his life. But Noah does not die. When he opens his eyes, a mysterious system appears, giving him the chance to become rich and change his fate. This time, he will not just survive he will rise to the top.

The Frost is coming. But my warehouse is already full. The world ended not with a bang, but with a sudden, catastrophic drop to minus sixty degrees Celsius. Atmospheric ash blocked the sun, burying civilization under a white desert of ice. In the freezing concrete tomb of an abandoned subway station, college student Alex Ryder is down to his last two protein bars—barely enough to keep his heart beating for forty-eight hours. But when Alex gives his remaining food to a dying child and the med student looking after him, reality glitches. [Gift Confirmed: Protein Bar x 2 → Elena Vance] [Multiplier Triggered: 187x] [Reward: Military-Grade MREs x 374] The rules of the apocalypse have just been rewritten. For Alex, survival is no longer about looting or killing for scraps—it’s about giving. Hand over a rusted pocket knife? The system returns a crate of fifty high-carbon tactical machetes. Gift a cup of dirty oil? It multiplies into barrels of high-grade aviation fuel, restarting the subway’s dead generators. While the rest of the wasteland is chewing on frozen leather and shivering in the dark, Alex is turning his subway station into a high-tech, fully powered underground paradise. But warm air and the scent of hot food attract wolves. As brutal warlords and hyper-advanced remnants of the old world elite close in, Alex must expand his territory, unlock new "connection slots" with elite survivors, and build an unstoppable military-industrial complex.