the talisman by sir walter scott

Tang Hao was an honest man making an honest living, but despite all his honesty and kindness, life often looked the other way. Even when he stood up for a man in the streets, he ended up being beaten to a pulp and the man he stood up for? He disappeared. That left Tang Hao with nothing to prove and a hefty medical bill blowing through his savings. However, while he lay unconscious in the hospital, he could feel a warmth coming from the jade pendent he wore as it began to feed him with a trove of priceless information. Now discharged, and still armed with the same naivety and honesty, what will our village peasant do with this newfound power? Will he go on to conquer the hearts of a hundred women? Will he defeat the mightiest crime lords? Only time will tell, but for now, fate has many whimsical plans for Tang Hao.

At the peak of her career, A-list actress Song Ning announced her withdrawal from the entertainment industry for love, shocking the nation. Everyone thought that she must have found her ideal home. That was why she was so determined. At first, Song Ning thought so too. For the rest of her life, she would not be a celebrity. She would only be a virtuous and virtuous woman who would take care of her husband and children at home. However, on the night before their wedding, she found out that her fiancé was having an affair with her best friend. Enraged, Song Ning found a random man to register their marriage at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau. She originally wanted to take revenge on her scumbag fiancé, but she did not expect that the man who registered his marriage with her was the heir of nation's largest financial group, Mu Chen. After they got married, Mu Chen doted on Song Ning and protected her in every way possible. He didn't allow anyone to bully her. Song Ning always thought that she would be happy for the rest of her life and live the best life she wanted. That's right, she got it. It was just a little different from what she had originally imagined. The person who gave her everything was someone else. Many years later… Song Ning looked at Mu Chen affectionately. "I'm really lucky. Thank God I met you and saved me from hell." Mu Chen smiled faintly. “Yes, thank God.” However, Song Ning would never know. Mu Chen wasn't talking about thanking God for letting him meet Song Ning. He was thanking God for letting Song Ning's fiancé cheated on her so that he would have a chance. There was no such thing as an accidental encounter. It was just a premeditated pursuit. That day, he waited for Song Ning outside the Civil Affairs Bureau for ten hours…

Auf dem Höhepunkt ihrer Karriere verkündete die A-Schauspielerin Song Ning ihren Rückzug aus der Unterhaltungsbranche aus Liebe und schockierte damit die Nation. Alle dachten, dass sie ihr ideales Zuhause gefunden haben musste. Deshalb war sie auch so entschlossen. Das dachte Song Ning anfangs auch. Für den Rest ihres Lebens würde sie keine Berühmtheit mehr sein. Sie würde nur eine tugendhafte und tugendhafte Frau sein, die sich zu Hause um ihren Mann und ihre Kinder kümmern würde. Doch in der Nacht vor ihrer Hochzeit fand sie heraus, dass ihr Verlobter eine Affäre mit ihrer besten Freundin hatte. Wütend suchte Song Ning einen beliebigen Mann auf, um ihre Ehe am Eingang des Amtes für zivile Angelegenheiten zu registrieren. Ursprünglich wollte sie sich an ihrem dreckigen Verlobten rächen, aber sie hatte nicht damit gerechnet, dass der Mann, der seine Ehe mit ihr registrierte, der Erbe des größten Finanzkonzerns des Landes, Mu Chen, war. Nachdem sie geheiratet hatten, kümmerte sich Mu Chen rührend um Song Ning und beschützte sie auf jede erdenkliche Weise. Er erlaubte niemandem, sie zu schikanieren. Song Ning dachte immer, dass sie für den Rest ihres Lebens glücklich sein und das beste Leben führen würde, das sie wollte. Das ist richtig, sie hat es bekommen. Es war nur ein wenig anders, als sie es sich ursprünglich vorgestellt hatte. Die Person, die ihr alles gab, war jemand anderes. Viele Jahre später... Song Ning sah Mu Chen liebevoll an. "Ich habe wirklich Glück. Gott sei Dank bin ich dir begegnet und du hast mich aus der Hölle gerettet." Mu Chen lächelte schwach. "Ja, Gott sei Dank." Doch Song Ning würde es nie erfahren. Mu Chen sprach nicht davon, Gott dafür zu danken, dass er Song Ning treffen durfte. Er dankte Gott, dass er zuließ, dass Song Nings Verlobter sie betrog, damit er eine Chance bekam. So etwas wie eine zufällige Begegnung gab es nicht. Es war einfach eine vorsätzliche Verfolgung. An diesem Tag wartete er zehn Stunden lang vor dem Büro für zivile Angelegenheiten auf Song Ning...

The Crown Prince of Jiangcheng, He Zhiyao, had a canary at home. As time passed, he surprisingly developed some deep fondness for it. Just when he thought he would keep it for life, his canary flew away.

He rescued her. It took him eight years to pamper her into the most beautiful woman in the city. Anyone who dared to lay a finger on her would die! Little did he know, she had long set his sights on him. She considered him as her possession. Did someone look at her man? It didn't matter if the person was a man or a woman. She'd torture them in the most horrible way possible! However, to her surprise... "Are you done playing?" He forced her into a corner. That's when she found out that he'd known all along...

She once tried hard, but the marriage unknowingly turned into a lifeless pond. Her husband stayed out all night, and she gradually became numb from heartache. Work became her true companion. The only gift from this marriage was that it forged her into a calm and independent female journalist. She thought her heart had long drowned in that lifeless pond until she met that man in a crisp police uniform, with a crooked smile and cunning eyes... Their first encounter was at the scene of a crime. She went to report, and he went to apprehend. He mistook her for an accomplice, mercilessly cuffing her wrists to a wire fence! She panicked and bit him, desperately defending herself: "I don't have the stolen goods you want!" He, however, looked at her through his sunglasses with wicked charm: "Really?"

[Queen's Comeback • Weak-to-Strong • Face-Slapping • Powerful Couple • Mutual Spoiling] Queen of all trades, Si Fan, is back from the dead—this time as a pushover heiress with her name. Best friend schemes, family disowns, world laughs. “Just a notorious nobody without the Si name!” But the queen just smirks, dives into business, and racks up cash. She’s the boxing champ, the showbiz puppeteer, the top hacker, the finance empress—all while living it up without the Si family. One day, she cruises into a mansion in her Maserati, a heartthrob by her side, leaving everyone agape. Her stepfather, crushed under her heel, begs for mercy through tears. Her stepsister seethes with jealousy. Next thing you know, her boyfriend’s revealed as a financial powerhouse. Then her true lineage drops: noble heir’s daughter, with four doting brothers. The queen’s on easy street, watching scumbags flail below, loving every second they can’t touch her.

If you were given a chance to obtain Power or Happiness, which one would you choose? Kate once had it all. Clothes, food, a place to stay, and a loving family. However, it all ended when her parents were murdered by a mysterious organization. Stella, her split personality, was the reason she barely made it out with her life. A few years passed as she lived everyday in desperation. Tired, hungry, bitter, and on the verge of collapse, she was saved by a young boy when things took a turn for the worse. His name was Ciel Summers, her future dearest one. Things were going smoothly until she managed to pass the entrance exam to the prestigious Saint Claire Academy. Hidden schemes played behind the scenes as a serum capable of awakening the latent powers of anyone below the age of 15 was developed. They set their eyes on the elite students of the academy, and kidnapped Ciel, who became an unwilling test subject. It was the beginning of a series of events, which led Kate to discover the name of the organization that killed her parents and the secrets that were buried deep within her body. ----- If you get tired of the Kiddy Arc and want to read their adult lives then feel free to jump chapter 327, but I doubt you'll understand anything at that point xD! [Disclaimer: I will be changing POV's from time to time. This is how I wanted this story to be written. So please, bear with me. Thank you.] Updates: 1 chapter a day. Feel free to donate in my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/YourSir Chat with me on discord!: https://discord.gg/haeYN7N ---------- Feel free to check out my other story! "Go! Go! Summons: Summoning the Perfect Boyfriend" [Fantasy Romance, Female Lead, Comedy, Slice of Life.] https://www.webnovel.com/book/17411890805745005/Go!-Go!-Summons! Special thanks to RedPandaChick for helping me edit my novel. Thank you very much! P.S Cover Photo is not mine. All credit goes to their respective owners.

[Pain and tormenting + Paranoid possession + One-on-one romance + Painstaking pursue] Jazmine Gardner loved Giancarlo Tapia so much, and everyone in the city knew that to marry him, Jazmine abandoned everything. However, Giancarlo hated Jazmine. He hated her for taking the position of his wife which was meant for the woman he had been liking, Yoselin Larsen. He hated Jazmine for being unscrupulous. When Yoselin was pregnant with Giancarlo's child, the baby was brutally aborted. Jazmine knelt humbly on the ground and begged him to let her go, but only saw a flash of disgust in his eyes, and he sneered, "Do you think you deserve it?" Overnight, her company went bankrupt and her parents died. She fell from heaven to hell. Until that day, he received news about her... "Mr. Tapia, your wife had a difficult birth. Both she and the baby died." At that moment, Giancarlo went mad...

ROMANCE-COMEDY . Pernikahan mereka terjadi karena kesalahan dari mempelai pria, kemudian masalah lainnya yang belum terselesaikan di masa lalu sebelum mereka menikah kembali datang. Perkara itu menuntut untuk di selesaikan atau pernikahan mereka menjadi berantakan. Tidak lama, ada seseorang yang berhasil mengetuk pintu hati abang dan apakah Tika yang percaya suaminya adalah lelaki budak cinta itu akan percaya. Kalau ternyata abang sempat main api sebelum sadar dan meminta maaf, namun orang yang mengetahui itu bukan hanya abang dan sahabatnya. Ada satu orang yang man dia adalah orang gila yang terobsesi dengan Farhan yang belum berhasil di tangkap karena perlindungan kekasihnya. Dia mengungkap semua itu di hadapan Tika, yang ternyata abang massih berhubungan dengan perempuan itu. Jadi apakah abang bisa menyelesaikan masalahnya, mari ikuti kisahnya.